The creator of one of the most popular Total War: Warhammer III mods ever has deliberately corrupted it so that it will no longer work with “unauthorized reuploads,” amid a row over the rights and wrongs of AI-generated modifications.

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[–] 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

That's not what's happening here though.

Recently, people have used AI to release sub mods of SFO: Grimhammer III that work with updated versions of the main

It's people building mods that need his framework from what I understand, not contributing to his codebase with it. No harm done except to his ego.

Crazy to get downvoted just for pointing out the guy didn't even read the article. Get a grip.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 week ago

    It looks like the article itself is being a bit misleading; the actual statement doesn't mention submods at all, but re-uploads of the original mod. Digging a bit further, it seems like the author is updating the mod to work on the game's most recent patch, and while he is doing that a bunch of people have used AI to update the mod to that patch and uploaded it wholesale as if it were their own work

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    This looks like some classic vintage modder drama with someone claiming only they can use what they publish, for a game the makers let them make mods for.

    Just more so as ai means so many people can get involved and make that molehill into a really, really big mountain.

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