Can i use f1 manager db viewer?

[serkom10]

Hi everyone,

I'm considering using the F1 Manager DB Viewer to modify my save files in F1 Manager 2024. I want to know if this tool is allowed and if there are any risks of getting banned for using it. Has anyone used this tool or knows if it's safe to use without violating the game's EULA?

Thanks for your help!

[The Met4l God]

Originally posted by serkom10:

Hi everyone,

I'm considering using the F1 Manager DB Viewer to modify my save files in F1 Manager 2024. I want to know if this tool is allowed and if there are any risks of getting banned for using it. Has anyone used this tool or knows if it's safe to use without violating the game's EULA?

Thanks for your help!

If you read the EULA, it says you're not allowed to modify the game. Now, will they enforce it or do anything about it? I don't know.

[Kamishiro Rui]

There's literally zero way they could tell. Well, unless you posted online that you did but last game they didn't care so I'd bet they don't care now either.

[The Met4l God]

Originally posted by Sinister Grin:

There's literally zero way they could tell. Well, unless you posted online that you did but last game they didn't care so I'd bet they don't care now either.

I don't think there's a non-zero chance they can't tell. They also outline in the EULA that they do collect some information.

[yr-tva]

Its a single player game. Do whatever you want.

[Oggmeista]

how are they supposed to find out?, also as @yr-tva says it's single player only so any deviation from reality is just affecting and cheating yourself, does not affect anyone else, so i say knock yourself out..

[iklms]

Originally posted by The Met4l God:

Originally posted by Sinister Grin:

There's literally zero way they could tell. Well, unless you posted online that you did but last game they didn't care so I'd bet they don't care now either.

I don't think there's a non-zero chance they can't tell. They also outline in the EULA that they do collect some information.

It's a single player game.

If they were to ban you from playing it for this, it's the easiest chargeback in history.

[The Met4l God]

Originally posted by iklms:

Originally posted by The Met4l God:

I don't think there's a non-zero chance they can't tell. They also outline in the EULA that they do collect some information.

It's a single player game.

If they were to ban you from playing it for this, it's the easiest chargeback in history.

Okay who cares?

I answered the question. The OP was concerned about violating the EULA to which I answered their question.

[𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶]

It's a single player game, not a multiplayer game. You bought it, it's yours, you can change whatever you want in a single way for your own consumption. What they don't allow is for you to change the game and use it in a plural way for your benefit, such as cloning the game with tools and spreading it around the world.

[The Met4l God]

Originally posted by 𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶:

It's a single player game, not a multiplayer game. You bought it, it's yours, you can change whatever you want in a single way for your own consumption. What they don't allow is for you to change the game and use it in a plural way for your benefit, such as cloning the game with tools and spreading it around the world.

I get what you're saying, but just because we bought the software doesn't mean it's ours. This isn't an Open Source or AGPL-licensed game.

LIke I said, who knows if they actually care, but the EULA says you aren't allowed to modify the game at all.

[SER]

Yet they allow modding... so its not much different if you use a database editor to make the game harder or to change a few things in the game. Its not multiplayer.
And yes the software is OURS if we bought it I didnt get a license code or entered anything that accepted a contract when I bought the game. Its only a problem if you start selling the game yourself or infringing on their copyright. Thats why there is a EULA on a single player game. Most software companies do not care if its modded and honestly they dont even know if you change things. Clearly this release needs help.

[𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶]

Originally posted by The Met4l God:

Originally posted by 𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶:

It's a single player game, not a multiplayer game. You bought it, it's yours, you can change whatever you want in a single way for your own consumption. What they don't allow is for you to change the game and use it in a plural way for your benefit, such as cloning the game with tools and spreading it around the world.

I get what you're saying, but just because we bought the software doesn't mean it's ours. This isn't an Open Source or AGPL-licensed game.

LIke I said, who knows if they actually care, but the EULA says you aren't allowed to modify the game at all.

If i buy the DVD i can not crash the DVD if i want ? ..single use ..if you make something in game keep for you .

It's like an external tool that edits and changes the game, it's not illegal because it doesn't do anything on its own, you're the one who takes it and changes it, as it's a one-person game you can only do it for yourself, you can't steal the codes to sell or share in open source with the game already modified, because the same tools that game creators have to make them, others also have.

[𝔓𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔶]

Originally posted by SER:

Yet they allow modding... so its not much different if you use a database editor to make the game harder or to change a few things in the game. Its not multiplayer.
And yes the software is OURS if we bought it I didnt get a license code or entered anything that accepted a contract when I bought the game. Its only a problem if you start selling the game yourself or infringing on their copyright. Thats why there is a EULA on a single player game. Most software companies do not care if its modded and honestly they dont even know if you change things. Clearly this release needs help.

You can crash the code , i can fk the code , you can burn the code , you can clean your a.ss with the code , you buy the game with the codes , you can change the code , but its you for you..only you can not spread the code , share the code with modifications like make a DVD clone .when you buy aq game is a orgy of codes you are buying

[Ryker]

https://f1setup.it/

[The Met4l God]

Originally posted by SER:

Yet they allow modding... so its not much different if you use a database editor to make the game harder or to change a few things in the game. Its not multiplayer.
And yes the software is OURS if we bought it I didnt get a license code or entered anything that accepted a contract when I bought the game. Its only a problem if you start selling the game yourself or infringing on their copyright. Thats why there is a EULA on a single player game. Most software companies do not care if its modded and honestly they dont even know if you change things. Clearly this release needs help.

Other than a few insignificant bugs, I'm not sure what you're referring to.

I don't really want to get into a long-winded philosophical debate on product ownership, but I'm of the opinion that we don't own the game and paid money for the ability to use it. I would argue that if we owned it, modifying the game wouldn't require some special tools or reverse engineering. Just a simple text editor.

[SER]

Originally posted by The Met4l God:

Originally posted by SER:

Yet they allow modding... so its not much different if you use a database editor to make the game harder or to change a few things in the game. Its not multiplayer.
And yes the software is OURS if we bought it I didnt get a license code or entered anything that accepted a contract when I bought the game. Its only a problem if you start selling the game yourself or infringing on their copyright. Thats why there is a EULA on a single player game. Most software companies do not care if its modded and honestly they dont even know if you change things. Clearly this release needs help.

Other than a few insignificant bugs, I'm not sure what you're referring to.

I don't really want to get into a long-winded philosophical debate on product ownership, but I'm of the opinion that we don't own the game and paid money for the ability to use it. I would argue that if we owned it, modifying the game wouldn't require some special tools or reverse engineering. Just a simple text editor.

It is not philosophical. Its this tangible vs intangible. If I buy something I now own it. Just because I downloaded a game doesnt mean I dont own it. Do I expect updates and other things to said game sure if the game needs it, and most games these days need patches. But back in the day we bought the games at the store. There werent updates, so we made our own updates by modding the games. Same is true today. There are many bugs in this game, too many upon release. Ive worked with software development so I know the cycle. Game developers seem to think that they can just release whatever they want and then patch it without going through it. There was obviously no beta test. Read all of the reports of problems on their website. Yes some are not important, but there are some there that are major and game breaking and should not need to be addressed via a patch. Those should have been caught earlier IMO. Its still playable with a little help right now. As long as the end user is not modifying the source code or changing the game and re-selling it as their own then it is what it is.