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The SDK, and plugin/utilities licensing...

by Ted Southard · in General Discussion · 07/31/2001 (6:16 am) · 5 replies

I don't know if this question was asked(don't have enough time to scan through all the topics so bear with me).

I would like to create some utilities/plugins that can export trueSpace data to the V12 engine. Obviously, I would buy the V12 SDK to make that work, and I would like to sell the exporters and any other utilities that I make. How would the licensing work in that case? Would I have to use the source code in order to actually pay GG, or just the fact that I made a utility/exporter with the V12's formats would require that I pay royalties on that product?

Any info is appreciated...Thanks.

Ted southard
DigitalFlux Entertainment, LLC
http://ns1.DigitalFluxEntertainment.com
DigitalFlux@Earthlink.net
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Torque Owner Jeff Tunnell
#1
07/31/2001 (7:58 am)
As long as none of the source is included in your tool, editor, etc., you can charge for it. Writing to the V12 file formats is encouraged. We want to make a standard.

Jeff Tunnell GG

Torque 3D Owner Ted Southard
#2
07/31/2001 (10:16 am)
Also, is there any way to get the file formats now, or will they be released with the SDK?

Ted Southard
DigitalFlux Entertainment, LLC
http://ns1.DigitalFluxEntertainment.com
DigitalFlux@Earthlink.net

Brendan Rogers
#3
07/31/2001 (4:53 pm)
I've also been asking around in the mapping community for somone to do either Quark or Q3radiant support for V12.
Hopefully we will have more options than just worldcraft.

Torque Owner Harold "LabRat" Brown
#4
08/02/2001 (12:34 pm)
I can give you the file format for the .bm8 files.

My tool for .bm8 creation probably isn't as nice as the one that will come with the SDK though, but it worked for me.

The things I didn't support with my tool were MipMap creation and PNG conversion.

Torque 3D Owner Ted Southard
#5
08/02/2001 (1:23 pm)
Thanks, I'd appreciate that :) My email is below...

Ted Southard
DigitalFlux Entertainment, LLC
http://ns1.DigitalFluxEntertainment.com
DigitalFlux@Earthlink.net