new SEIV milestone reached

tesco samoa · #1 May 20th, 2005, 09:44 AM

just think sj... if your tools are in the package... Your software will be at EB

Gandalf Parker · #2 May 20th, 2005, 11:02 AM

Well Strat-1st has already announced the release. Im guessing that anyone who hasnt already been contacted, maybe isnt going to be contacted. That doesnt necessarily mean that your stuff wont be included, just that Strat-1st doesnt feel a need to contact you about it.

After all, its not Shrapnel the indept-developer turned publisher and now the proud defender of the indept developer, the company which has already asked us all to participate in betas, in us all developing a new game, in producting a new magazine, etc etc etc.

Atrocities · #3 May 20th, 2005, 11:58 AM

GP you lost me. Its to early in the morning for my brain to be working. Sounds like your being sarcastic..... am I wrong? No offense.

David E. Gervais · #4 May 20th, 2005, 01:36 PM

Q: Since when is SFI in control of the 'content' of the CD? I was/am under the impression that Malfador is the one who decides the CD content, and therefore Aaron is the one to speak to.

I'll see if I can get Aaron to make an 'Official' post on his site about what exactly the differences between se4:Gold and se

eluxe is. At the very least it will help the existing fan base in their decision to buy or not to buy this new release.

Cheers!

Fyron · #5 May 20th, 2005, 01:35 PM

Aaron would still be the person putting together such a CD, not S1st... They would just print it and market it. I still think it is just a mislabeling of SEIV Gold...

Gandalf Parker · #6 May 20th, 2005, 01:41 PM

Nope, no sarcasm there. Strat-1st will be the legal side of the CD. So even if it is SEIV Gold it probably has to be called something different than that. And whether Aaron wants it or not Strat-1st may have jumped on the announcement after deciding that the way things were done with the mods and tools freed them of need to contact the authors. Usually something isnt announced if there might still need to be negotiations on it. From what other authors have posted about Strat-1st once the contract is signed, some things are decided without them. Aaron of course is the mostly likely source for who is deciding what goes on it though.

As far as the things that Shrap has done those are all true statements also. People hanging around in only one forum might not know of all of it but its all cool stuff.

Gandalf Parker

Suicide Junkie · #7 May 20th, 2005, 04:05 PM

I don't expect them to be stupid enough to blatanty rip off the community's mods and tools.

If shrapnel did it, they *might* get away with just a massive loss of respect and reputation instead of legal action.

Gandalf Parker · #8 May 20th, 2005, 06:27 PM

"rip off"? I dont think it would be considered a rip off to not ask about things if they dont need asked about. But I dont know what arrangments were made on the last disc. Was it ask and kudos? or was there money involved?

Suicide Junkie · #9 May 20th, 2005, 06:57 PM

While the tools and mods are free to download, selling them without the author's permission is a different story.

Now, if they are only going to be using the really really old mods and shipsets and whatnot that were on the SE4 Gold CD, then Aaron has already got permission.
But if such is the case, then the newsletter entry on SE4 Deluxe is somewhere in the range of misleading to lying:

Quote:

This Deluxe Edition adds all the latest tweaks and upgrades, as well as including all level and campaign design tools, allowing anyone to become a part of the expansive Space Empires Mod community.