So I tested this game.. Short feedback and a few suggestions

zechi · Post by **zechi** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:20 pm

VPaulus wrote:
zechi wrote:What about asking for a permission? Is Ubisoft still the copyright holder for the SSI games? Perhaps they would allow to use the Pacific General library. I even think that the units description in the Pacific General library were not outlined by SSI, but instead copied from other sources (encyclopedias etc.).
With all due respect to your opinion, but I think that's not the right path.
IMO, it doesn't seem good to use the material of SSI, or in fact, use directly material from one source.
Like lordzimoa suggested, the right way IMO, we should gather a group of volunteers and do the work ourselves.

It was just a suggestion and I hoped that perhaps Slitherine has been in contact with the copyright holder of the SSI five star series. Then it this could have been an easier way to do it.

WabeWalker · Post by **WabeWalker** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:38 pm

About the documentation - it was only when you explained how many words you were dealing with that I realized how much effort it would have taken.

I agree that it's best to invest your energies in the program itself.

Besides, you guys are very active at this forum. If somebody has a question, they need only ask.

soldier · Post by **soldier** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:24 am

Completing the library could be something a modder could do. Modders filled out lots of stuff for the Steel Panthers library and that has many, many more units. I use that game as a military encylopaedia now and it would be a great basis to work from but it doesn't feature so many air units. Personally I'd prefer to see the developers tweaking and working on new content for the game.