Starsector 0.97a is out! (02/02/24); New blog post: Save/Load UI, Autosave, Intel Map Markers, and More (04/10/24)
Anyways, if its such a bad deal what will make modders go along with it anyways. If the cost for making something can never be brought back because of this tax, then why would anyone make anything for this, also, then why would people buy content that is totally not worth the money.The problem may be that the EULA grant Valve and the publisher all rights on your mod the moment you post it on the workshop. Technically they could leave the workshop free for a few month, then switch to paid mods and set a price for all of them, even without your consent. And soon we might see mandatory use of the workshop arise because it makes more money that way...
I'd like to see someone try Neutrino Corp ships, I'm absolutely terrible at trying to fly their frigates.Then check NemoNeamo's videos because he plays a lot with Neutrino and has over 100 episodes on all his seasons.
While I'm talking about this fear of mods or assets being stolen, I feel I need to point out a massive, glaring issue with this new Workshop implementation, because right now people are focusing on "Oh my god, you mean I might need to pay for some mods?" while I think an even more horrific thing is "Oh my god, you mean I will have to pay to check and make sure if someone has stolen my work!?". Let me explain. The new implementation is set up so that there's a 7-day grace period after an author uploads a file with a pricetag. During these 7 days users can view the file page, look at the pictures and read the description, but they cannot download the file. The idea of this grace period is to get the community to police new uploads before they're added to make sure that nothing bad is added to the paid section of the site. Seems like a good idea. Except if a mod author is using stolen assets from other people's mods.
Unless the thief is pants on head stupid they're not going to talk about stealing assets from other mods or put up pictures that would suggest assets have been stolen. The only way the authors of the assets that have been stolen will know it's happened is if someone buys the mod and then tells the author. At which point the author is either going to have to engage in the new world of mod piracy (which began yesterday in earnest) or they're going to have to buy the mod for themselves. So you want to say, "But Dark0ne, the author can buy the mod, investigate, then ask for a refund, as there's a refund system!". Yes, there's a refund system. A refund system that refunds you in Steam Wallet money that you can never take out of Steam. So once you've bought that mod, that money will always be Valve's from that point on. Refund or not. That, I'm sorry to say, is batshit. Freaking. Crazy. Add to that the fact that the mod may have made substantial sums of money before it's spotted, some of which may have already been paid to the thief, or alternatively has been removed from the thief's account before they could get the payout and, guess where the money goes then? That's right. Valve's coffers.
The only reason the modders' cut is so low is because there is no negotiating leverage whatsoever on their side.Actually if a couple of mods like SKSE or SkyUI could have leverage as most of the other mods are based on them. If they made a stance like forbidding use on paid mods or simply removing them altogether until a better deal is struck Valve and Bethesda would have to at least consider changing something.
So many ships that in the end, he trimmed half the ships out of his mod to reduce bloat (which makes me a sad).That... may have been my fault for the most part.
