Guest wrote: ↑Sat, 10. Oct 20, 03:38
I will only add this:
if you are just going to copy sounds from a different game and throw this in as a mod. I will say this: this will have copyright issues. And to be fair, I am already contacting the companies you have used in your readme file. Because it is just simply not legit to just copy sounds from one game and trying to throw that in another game.
Ok, let me get this straight.
Have I used sounds from other games in my mod? Yes. I never hid that fact, it is in the readme and the description.
Did I do it with the intention of harming those developpers ? No.
This mod was made with one sole purpose in mind: to get the best sounds I could in X4. I tried to use as many royalty free sounds as I could, but I quickly realized that I wouldn't be able to obtain the results and quality I was looking for without using sounds from other games. At that time I was doing the mod solely for myself and didn't think about publishing it. I finally arrived to a result that was satisfying to me. That was the time when I thought "maybe other people would enjoy this mod as well" and went ahead to make it public. The point was never to get money or popularity from it, nor to harm developpers, but to offer an alternative take on X4 sounds.
So yeah, I made a mistake. I will have to face the consequences. In the meantime, to avoid any further infringement, I have removed X4 sound overhaul completely and will cease all development on it. I apologize to all the developers I have harmed by using their sounds. It was never my intent to cause you any prejudice. I also apologize to the users of this mod, for the way this all ends.
To finish, I would just ask something to you, Guest: if you were concerned about copyright issues, why haven't you first written to warn me about it and voiced your concerns instead of threatening me with legal action? I would have removed the mod all the same had you just pointed the issue. I would have liked to have a chance to correct my mistake.