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Starfield players pirate the DLSS mod after the developer locks it behind paywall
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this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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Man, and I was just about to get that mod too. Really scummy.
No, it's always been behind a paywall. There's one by a different modder that isn't: https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/761
How has anyone's experience been with this? I haven't installed it yet.
Tried it last night. At first it wouldn't start and had to change a digit from 0 to 1 or vice versa in the .ini, but worked fine after that.
Is it? Didn't someone put effort into this?
For sure, but like most every other mod for any game out there, there's donation pages and Patreons. What if you buy it and download it, and it turns out it doesn't work for you? You can't refund it like you would a Steam game. Locking mods, an already experimental thing, behind a paywall is scummy, because you're not only profiting off of someone else's game, you're also taking money from people who aren't even sure it's right for them. There are tons of mods out there that are not paywalled and are comfortably financially supported through Patreon. Using a paywall in this situation is just a cash grab banking on a freshly released game. Literally the day after.
Can you link to a few game modders who don't paywall but get enough in donations to make a living?
The difference is the legal boundary. Microsoft allows you legally to write your own code and sell it to people to run on their computers without owning Microsoft as a company. Bethesda owns their software, and has legal agreements you agree to when you skip through them when you start up the game, saying you won't mod it or profit off their game. Look at my other comment if you want to actually see where.
"you won’t mod it" this, as you know, is something people have done for decades and ignored.
Once again, you didn't read my comment lmao. You're right. They do ignore it, but they don't ignore it when money is involved. Literally look up cases where companies shut down mods, they usually are financially driven.
Since you're not here to actually have a discussion in good faith, I'm going to go. Take care 👋
I read all your comments. Classic way to leave when someone doesn't agree with you. Ta ta.