gasofa writes...again, sorry if I am missing something. I see two links on this topic and they are both the same link. I am looking for two different links. The original map version and the stolen map version.

possible in theory, but i don't think the guys at USL were smarter than Regolith etc. and therefor i don't believe in a decompiler at the moment.

we don´t have a lin for the stolen map, we only have the original one.We saw this map in their server only

on these servers?

Game-Monitor - CoD4 USL

edited on Sep. 17, 2008 12:19 pm by Sevenz

yes
in this server see

*[USL]*SniperOne-NEW

As far as i know, there are no .ff or .bsp decompilers (you would need the .ff decompiler first to get to the .bsp)

But its easy enough just to change the load screen and textures, looks like one load screen was taken of one side of the map and the other is the other side of the map

well if i'm not mistaking, sps has been credited on the loadscreen (low right) ... it says map by sps, but still taking a map, renaming it and all that just shouldn't be tolerated with or without credit ... they need permission to do that

KilLjoY writes...agreed. What can we do about it? Do we as a group say, "you need permission." Then they ask for permission?
If it were my map, I would tell them that they should have asked for permission and then forgotten about it. I'd already be credited as was on the load screen. Perhaps I would ask for better credit.

This type of things normally happens with custom models or levels for games that do not use protective packaging such as FF files and compiled .d3dbsp, on such modding/mapping sites they tend to boycott the edited materials by not hosting the downloads, dis-crediting the unauthorised user/editor and not advertising the work.

But giving links (including links to their server) to 'their' version of the map does not help your cause, only helps advertise and distribute it for them.

(maybe links for unauthorised content should be solely given through the private messages function to the admins)

You could also just create your name / clanname in brushes and hang it up in the sky, that's how you can fix the problem.