Can I legally put this unit up for download?

[Spiffor]

Mrmitchell:
Not quite. You don't have to redraw the whole units, but merely to export them with FLICster, isolate one of the Gallic Swordsmen, and import it back with FLICster. That's hardly the reverse engineering you're describing.

[alva]

To be honest, to me this is one of those, hmmm, I'm not sure, I'll better not ask and just do it.

Better to be sorrow (sp?) then safe

[St Leo]

It's easier to apologise afterwards than to ask permission in the first place.

[centrifuge]

I don't think this is such a big deal,

...what about civ3 to ctp2 unit conversion for example, nobody has ever made a fuss about that.

[Rasbelin]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
Civ3 sucks.

Amen, comrade.

[ixnay]

Besides, if you put up the unit are all the Civilopedia/icons/sound effects that are associated with the said PTW unit included? Or would someone trying to hobble together their own PTW version have to get those from elsewhere?

In any case I think the threat that posting this one unit has to the pocketbooks of Firaxis is negligible.

[DrSpike]

Agreed. Seems pretty harmless...............most of the smarter companies support modders, because they can increase the longevity of their games.

[duke o' york]

Seeing your units in their vanilla Civ 3 may even convince people who have not already done so to go out and buy the expansions so they'll get the full benefits of PTW, etc. They look great and won't have any effect on Civ 3 if used in the vanilla game. It's not as if you've bundled massive rule changes or any of the finetuning of the game that PTW etc introduced. It's just a unit.

Can the "Civ 3 is utterly great/****" +1 ers please stop it.

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Can the "Civ 3 is utterly great/****" +1 ers please stop it.

I agree. Annoying

[Spiffor]

I thought the community forum was the one area where Civ3 lovers and bashes could meet and throw mud at each other? Is it not?

But anyways, a word from the mods about JW's units would be welcome. The CFC policy I mentioned earlier was completely understandable when PtW was just out, but it has now a near-nil use.

[Rasbelin]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Can the "Civ 3 is utterly great/****" +1 ers please stop it.

Nope, n00b.

[Alex]

Put it up for download, JW. Relax.

Oh, and civ3 sucks. But it is good too.

[Wernazuma III]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Agreed. Seems pretty harmless...............most of the smarter companies support modders, because they can increase the longevity of their games.

But FIRAXIS is no smarter company, sadly. I'm sure, if they figure out, they come with their thugs and beat the crap out of JW.

[FrustratedPoet]

It would be ATARI who did it anyway.

[Skanky Burns]

Infogreed as they were nicknamed at the time. Sadly, I can't remember their actual name. I'm sure it will come back if/when I regain soberness.