xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@Vo The character itself or just those specific images?

@PamelaDrew That didn't help at all. It just talks about the types of CC licenses.

@PamelaDrew I've checked their FAQ. It didn't say anything about characters, settings, or entire franchises.

Are there any free content licenses that can be applied to characters, settings, etc? Can you use the CC licenses for those?

@PurpCat @tadano Open Game Art has a few base models that don't look out of place for an OG Xbox game. They could probably work with id Tech 4. This one is licensed under the CC-BY.

https://opengameart.org/content/human-basaemeshes

Unfortunately, most of the other base models go for the low-poly aesthetic.

@LukeAlmighty @binkle Zuckerberg is in major damage control mode right now. Everyone saw through the bullshit with the Metaverse project to the point that even John Carmack criticized it, and nobody trusts his AI projects either.

I don't know if you have noticed, but lately he has pulled a Peter Thiel by LARPing as a libertarian in hopes to win back his trust, but nobody is buying it.

If the LifeLog/Facebook connection theory is true and he truly is a plant, then he can easily be replaced by someone else.

@PurpCat @tadano Does ID Tech 4 come with any base models at least? That's what I meant about how amateur games using it still looked like official games from Valve.

@PurpCat @tadano People have been making Source engine games/mods that are graphically comparable to HL2 for years. Most games that share the same engine also share base character models, even if they are made by different companies, so at least part of the artist work is already done.

@binkle I don't know if it's just Zuckerberg seizing the opportunity after Elon Musk shot himself in the foot or it's an attempt at reputation repair. Facebook most likely started off as a DARPA project (look up LifeLog), so it's important to them that Facebook stays relevant no matter what.

@binkle A few days ago, Zuckerberg said that Meta would be pro-free speech (whether or not it's true is up in the air) and the few Mastodon instances that haven't blocked threads are now blocking it.

@bonifartius Stux is the biggest virtue signalling admin on the entire fediverse.

>Avoid capitalists spaces. You have no right to free speech on private spaces
<"Capitalist" space suddenly claims to be pro-freespeech
>DEFEDERATE FROM THREADS!!! Instances that allow anti-LGBT rhetoric have no place in our "public space"

Imagine this being the reason to finally block Threads, instead of concerns about EEE. Not like Cuckerberg is actually going to allow freezepeach anyway.

@PurpCat @tadano
>It's not about accuracy, it's about the "aesthetic"

Yeah, but I'd argue that the texture warping was part of the aesthetic.

@PurpCat @tadano You can't accurately replicate PS1 graphics without disabling floating-point calculations during the rendering process. Personally, I think it's easier to replicate N64 graphics (just blur the textures) or Sega Saturn graphics (use quads instead of tris).