Privateer 3D Archive Licence?

[Nucleartaxi]

Does anyone know what license the Privateer 3D Archive (link) uses? I am planning to work on a Privateer remake in Rebel Galaxy Outlaw when the modkit comes out and was considering using these models if allowed by the license.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Bandit LOAF]

Unfortunately there's no license available, they're commercial models that are technically owned by Electronic Arts. (No one will mind you using them but there isn't anything to say that legally.)

 

[DefianceIndustries]

They are also not particularly well optimized for game engines. They were made for rendering sprites so there are a ton of extra polys and flipped normals. I'm not sure if those will be an issue when the mod kit comes out, but it could become a performance issue.

 

[FekLeyrTarg]

Agreed.
However, they are the perfect reference for building even better models.

EDIT: I've just remembered that there are plans to release the "Grayson's Revenge" assets from 2017's April Fool's as a mod for RGO.

 

[joergen.vsteel@btinternet]

Did this Grayson's Revenge ever get released?

 

[ChrisReid]

Nope, and I don't believe the mod kit materialized either.

 

[Bob McDob]

They don't use the Origin models anyway, I believe they're the ones Howard Day made for Pioneer, which was an aborted Privateer fan game (not to be confused with Pioneer, which is an aborted Elite fan game)