Would LEC care if I distributed copies of JK.exe for free?

With the way gaming technology has advanced, I'd say the 1st SITH engine is as good as abandonware.

What's the risk?

They'd be all over you before you could say "OH GOD NOT THE LAWYERS! NOT THE LAWY--*kapow*"

Can you still get hold of Outlaws? I'd pay moeny to play that again but haven't seen it in years...

[well it's nearly related!]

Well, I managed to snag a copy in some obscure little bargain bin a couple of years ago, but you'd have to pay up big time to get it from me....

/my precious!!!!

>.>

<.<

Well, at least it gives me faith!

(I could pay in kind if you liked ;))

There's really no such thing as abandoneware, and distrubuting games is really only safe if the major companies involved are dead.

Dead, you say?

*loads shotgun*

LucasArts is still selling JediKnight is one of their cheap "LucasArts Classics" packs.

I need to get another two discs because I need to use JED.

Dead, you say?

I'm gunna get luuuucky tonight![/size]

Exactly. JK isn't abandonware yet, because LEC is still selling it! It'll be a good few years yet before it's completely forgotten.

Wouldn't that reqiure Massassi to die? :p

NoooooOOOOOO000000!!!!!!!!1111 That's not possible!!!!!!

Instead of distributing the modified executable itself, distribute a script that will modify the executable on the fly....

'Abandonware' is just warez that no-one wants.

Yeah you'ed be sued.

I am suprised that LEC still has copies of JK around their warehouses.

Go ahead and distribute. I don't think you would be seen, considering that JK doesn't sell in significant quantity anymore.

And while you're at it go ahead and kill a hobo he doesn't have any family so nobody will miss him.

A paradox!

Someone boost up this thread's reply count.

We need more threads like this.

This is LEC we're talking about. You'd have lawyers swarming all over you within a week!

Has anybody actually asked LEC about modifying the JK.exe, and got an answer back? Maybe there's some kind of price (albeit, most likely a ludicrous one) like there is to edit and distribute the Quake 3 engine.

Either way, asking the company if they care what you do to their game engine is probably a better idea than asking a community of editors.

You would be set upon by a hungry pack of crack corporate lawyers, who would not only sue your pants off but manage to impound your car and force a prison sentence on you.

I still think it would be funny to see LEC's resopnse, though. :p

Wouldn't it make more sense to use a better engine made specifically for creating games, like 3D RAD, or better yet Conitec 3D Game Studio / A6?

Both have pretty good shading, but 3D Game Stuiod looks way better.

Of course, I'm only comparing screenshots, which is probably a bit biased. I've tried 3D RAD, it's meh. It runs surprisingly smooth, even on 500 MHz machine, but seems a bit difficult to figure out a lot of things (particularly in the area of customization). Honestly, I haven't experimented with it that much. Haven't tried 3D Game Studio at all (although I have it). Just haven't gotten around to installing it.

Of course, neither of these are free, but all updates to 3D RAD are free once you buy the engine.

Pfft. As soon as I get my CS degree I'm gonna write one *****in' game engine.

Which will be no better than the SITH engine

I have a copy at home somewhere me thinks. Actually, my brother was playing it a few weeks back.

Martyn, hope you're watching 'cause this ends in under two hours.

Bought my copy there for $7 over a year ago. If you miss this one, another cheap copy will show up soon I'm sure.

[edit] Bah, forgot you aren't in the US. [/edit]

I don't think ANY LEC software is abandonware.

It's the thought that counts Masq!

Cheers!

*bumpper dooby doo!*

I came to check the vote count/bump this thread, and happend to read what _XxCRiMSoNxX_ had said about the hex edited jk.exe's lying about.

Well.... it's not Jedi Knight the game that would be distributed. I think LEC would get awfully peterbed about that more than just the engine exe. After all, what good is the engine exe alone unless you already own JK? Thats where mods come in, and if LEC would care if people played a mod that runs off of JK.exe alone, and included 100% original files.

And what about the Internet Privacy Act? Couldn't someone theoretically cover themselves with that to prevent LEC from even entering the site offering said mod with JK.exe included?

[Hmm, 1/4th say they wouldn't care. Y'know, I honestly thought it'd be lower than that.]

That internet privacy act doesn't protect against things like that, people who made those disclaimers on the frontpage of their site aren't protecting anything they do. It's just a misinterpitation of the law by some kid making some mod, and since then, everyone thinks it makes them suddenly higher above the law. It doesn't work, and will never work: if it's illegal, they will charge you.

JediKirby

Methinks a search warrant supersedes the internet privacy act, yes?