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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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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 111 points 5 days ago (2 children)

AI contributions are gonna ruin the stability of so many long term projects.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 37 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 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.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 49 points 5 days 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

[–] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

No, it’s someone protecting the work they did because a bunch of hacks steal it, modify it with AI and submit it as their own work.

[–] funkydutch@feddit.nl 6 points 5 days ago

Seems to be a common theme with modders and since way before AI. It's weird.

[–] Nihilore@quokk.au 3 points 4 days ago

no harm done except to his ego

And the fucking planet