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Why?
He deserves compensation for his work just like anyone else does.
I thought once you paid once on Patreon, his discord bot flagged you and you could download forever at that point even if you didn't leave it subscribed? Either way, I hope people buy it instead of pirating it. Especially since the lame pirates always say "like it, buy it" right?
No, not all people are scum who steal because they feel like it. If $5 is too much for you, you probably shouldn't be buying $70 games and $2000 computer systems to play them on. Go without if you can't afford it, don't steal it.
If all mods followed PureDarks example of charging say 5 bux.. You apply a couple hundred mods and now your paying 2000+ dollars for mods... No, that would be insane.
This isn't a typical mod though. It takes a lot more effort to make than an ini edit or a new face for a character. I think he's fine charging. Specialized skills usually get paid for, and this mod takes them to make.
No one should pirate his work. The best way to combat paid mod is just making free versions like LukeFZ's.
Agreed. If you don't like something being paid, make your own or don't use it.
.Its copyright crap. I shouldn't have said "illegal", they get into legal trouble. Usually just a C&D to make the modders back off trying to charge money or to kill a given mod entirely.
There's that and I imagine most people/groups that do large additions usually would just do their own project if they wanted to earn off of it, rather than confront a potential (even if not correct) cease and desist.
.Everybody listen to mom here. She might wag her finger at you over the internet if you don't listen!
Copyright law is still law so it's fine to say something that violates it is illegal. The real distinction is that it's civil law rather than criminal law which is an important distinction for many reasons but it is law so it is a question of legality.
Even if it wasn't against EULA paid mods set a bad precedent. It will be the death of modding if everyone starts charging for mods. There is zero QA with mods, you need to try them before you know if they are worth anything. most mods I download end up being trash or not working as advertised.
I feel this does not take market force into account, for one you could have a reimbursement window like on steam, for paid mod it is 24 hours I think currently, people would rate and review mod like they do for games, the best would rise, modder would offer free demo-incomplete version of their mod or free before gaining a reputation over time. Market force would find ways to make it work.
I don't like this method of thinking because this is the Corvette Tax, but in game form. If you can afford this, then you can afford that. This is a slippery slope that can snowball way out of control. Mods are generally free because for the most part, they are community backed. The only reason there's a price tag on this DLSS mod is because they know some people will pay due to FOMO.
If you guys didn't make FSR sound like the worst thing on the planet earth, you wouldn't have this problem to begin with.
Any time limited demo implementation would require extensive and intrusive DRM. Which is antithetical to the whole idea of modding, we need more freedom, not less.
That was DLSS 1.0, DLSS 2.0 launched 2020 changed that for generic training of very high quality 16k resolution rendering, no training for the specific game needed and rely less on it now that it use the current game temporal data and motion vector
Not since DLSS 1.0.
A guildmate of mine made what was considered an essential add on for elder scrolls online when it launched. It got over 2 million downloads in a month and got a whopping single $5 tip. I disagree tips are a viable option therefore. Sometimes the freeloaders need to be made to pay up if your goal is making money. Just an example.
Oh, so your pirate habits will land us with Denuvo on every game if that's what you're after
. Thanks for being a leech, have a nice day.Oh, so your pirate habits will land us with Denuvo on every game if that's what you're after
Except when it isn't cracked for months or years. But yes, that is another way the pirates hurt legitimate customers
.I would say 4 months + a few days for DLSS, HDR 6+ months.
Except when it isn't cracked for months or years. But yes, that is another way the pirates hurt legitimate customers
Actually the subscription is unneeded from what I've read. You just subscribe for one month and his discord allows you to get new versions forever.
Haha, yes, yes I do remember them. I prefer Denuvo to those decoder rings or the old CD checks
. You are right people will always pirate.Haha, yes, yes I do remember them. I prefer Denuvo to those decoder rings or the old CD checks
That does sound like the prudent choice most of the time
.Well, in a lot of ways it's a valid point. If people are plunking down $1000+, then buying the games in question, then $5 for access to one modders works to add something that doesn't exist in the games they may be looking to play, especially one that's high in demand, isn't an outrageous price. Now I'm not endorsing modders start charging considering a majority of the mods are just taking existing assets and just making minor tweaks or adjustments, but in the case of PureDark he's taking an external element that's not present in the game itself and implementing it, in this case adding DLSS and Frame Generation to a game that doesn't support either. Honestly, in any expensive hobby people should expect to have to pay something, and they should also know to stay within their limits and not extend.
It's not the worst thing, but when compared to DLSS and XeSS it's inferior. I know it's a catch-all solution, and Starfield's FSR implementation isn't bad, but DLSS has been shown to be superior in every way, and in some cases superior to native resolutions. I honestly don't mind FSR, but having an Nvidia GPU, I'd prefer DLSS, and if it's not hard to implement, why not include it? I think that's what made FSR appear to be worse than it actually is, because in the eyes of someone like me, it makes me question why an AMD sponsored game wouldn't include DLSS? People with Nvidia RTX GPU's are going to use DLSS anyways, so there's going to be little to no comparisons from that camp, and the people that can't use DLSS are going to probably use either FSR or XeSS so there'd probably be little comparison there either, so why exclude others, and force people on to the worst looking solution of the three?