It's a culture thing, not a legislative thing. No amount of forum rules could ever change that; those of us who care just need to make a conscious effort to be welcoming and understanding and hope that the general forum attitude follows.
So, I've had a thought. Boston Dynamics' Spot is on preorder; give it another 10 years and they may be affordable. Battle Bots is a thing again. So, in 10 years are we going to see Boston Dynamics-esqe Battle Bots?
I don't post all that often, but... I really like making content for Beam, mostly skins - no, only skins (I've started maps, but they've never gone anywhere) Would taking commissions for skins for BeamNG be a decent idea? Would people pay for that, or is that too much? I'm fairly confident in my abilities but I've not a lot to show for it, and it can take me a while to finish things sometimes. People pay for unfinished mods right? So why not a couple of completely finished skins of a similar, or perhaps better, quality? And I'm not suggesting charging over the odds for something fairly simple, but just a mere pound maybe. Or a tenner for a pack. Fairly low prices for personalised skins that would otherwise not be made. I might regret posting this later, but as of now it seems like a fair post to make (and somebody else's input / opinion would be nice)
As in people pay you to make a personalized skin for them? I'm not sure how many people other than other content creators (basically just Youtubers) would desire that. They are generally the only ones paying for certain types of mods, though they are the target audience of that small set so take that as you will. As we see with every paid DLC discussion and the Raven mod, there's a very strong and vocal group who hates the idea of paying for anything, but it seems that most people realize that financial transactions are a thing in the real world. It certainly wouldn't be much of a source of income, but no harm in a couple of comission pieces here and there I guess.
Ok, I think I've been stewing on this for long enough... I'd like to promote the idea that paid mods aren't bad. My reasoning is: 1. It promotes quality. By making mods more impactful, it encourages people to pick quality mods that they think are valuable. 2. It's a massive boost for mod creators. For as little as a dollar per download, I could have over 200k to my name, and people like @FLyInG 2 YoUr SoUL could have almost a frickin million. By creating popular mods, you could boost your financial income greatly. 3. I don't mean to imply that all mods are necessary to pay for, as i, and many others are perfectly willing to donate time to modding for the fun of it. And finally, I'd like to say that if you left a one-star review on @aljowen 's raven r20 because he locked literally 2 configs and a widebody behind a cheap paywall, that if less than £2 for a few months work is a big deal, you are gonna suffer when you have to pay real bills, because living ain't cheap.
Within reason I don't have a problem with them existing. However, considering a healthy chunk of the game's audience seems to think that software engineers/game devs work for free with zero overhead, I doubt we could get to the point where the community as a whole accepts it in the forseeable future. Which is an important prerequisite...
I'm with you on this one. Making mods ain't easy, and it's convenient that mods like the almost dev-quality Satsuma 210 are free. I'm in another game community, and there are loads of paid assets in it. All the same, it would suck if almost all downloadable assets here were locked behind a paywall. It would drive members away. Still, doesn't detract from the fact that modders spend a lot of time making their mods.
i cant mod but if someone can send me like 50 bucks so i can buy weed? its fucking over for the modding community.
Let's at least have the common curiosity be kind about the Raven R20 paywall stuff so the devs don't lock this thread =P
Just agreed to his post, you can check. Anyways, I am in the mood for a rant, you? Spoiler: EV rant I hate electric cars, I don't care what you say about hurr durr they betur 4 deh enviroment hurrr durr. I just love putting my foot down with excitement and noise when I drive my RSX. But in an EV you don't get that feeling, you put your foot down and... you get disappointment, you get speed until you reach it's awful top speed, I just hate them you know. But it's you life, your choice I guess.
Some EVs can be bad in a funny way like the geoff from Top Gear. The geoff (also known as the Hammerhead Eagle) had a top speed of 10 mph before James, Jeremy, and Richard changed it to the Hammerhead Eagle.
