SCS marking mods incompatible for refusing to let them use their work

[Buzzed L1ghtyear]

is this really happening? one of my favorite modders is no longer on the workshop and his reasoning was that scs marked them incompatible...

[Qrazy]

A mod maker should be well aware of them needing to keep their mods updated.

[Buzzed L1ghtyear]

Originally posted by Qrazy:

A mod maker should be well aware of them needing to keep their mods updated.

no you misread my apologies he said they marked them incompatible because he wouldn't let scs use his work

[Maito Reyes]

Originally posted by Buzzed L1ghtyear:

Originally posted by Qrazy:

A mod maker should be well aware of them needing to keep their mods updated.

no you misread my apologies he said they marked them incompatible because he wouldn't let scs use his work

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[AyMazingATS]

You are probably talking about the Viper Pete right?

Well newsflash....Viper is done modding the truck. Has nothing to do with SCS.

SCS does not control mods, nor will they use the work of someone else.

These types of threads serve no purpose except to try to throw SCS under the bus and through the mud.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Companies like SCS and Bethesda will never ask to use a mod's assets. It would run into a lot of legal issues around copyright laws and the companies don't want to spend money on things like that. Especially SCS, since they have a whole legal team devoted to just acquiring the licences for trucks from the companies that hold the copyrights to them. Those companies are the ones that actually refuse to let SCS release old models of trucks with the exception of the two that are in game since they were the most popular models.

[Buzzed L1ghtyear]

no this is an engine modder has nothing to do with vipers truck, i don't want to say his name as i don't want to start anything, i was just wondering if its happened to anyone else or just him

[Buzzed L1ghtyear]

Originally posted by AyMazingATS:

You are probably talking about the Viper Pete right?

Well newsflash....Viper is done modding the truck. Has nothing to do with SCS.

SCS does not control mods, nor will they use the work of someone else.

These types of threads serve no purpose except to try to throw SCS under the bus and through the mud.

you assume thats what i was trying to do......

[AyMazingATS]

Vague statements get the most obvious answers.

SCS does not controls mods whatsoever. They do not and cannot mark a mod as incompatible. Now if someone upload a paid mod to here/SCS Forums then that mod would be removed.

You are sorely mistaken along with the person trying to stir the pot.

As this thread serves no purpose I have reported it too. No offense to you OP.

[Underscore_101_3]

SCS doesn't make mods incompatible, game updates do, and that can't be blamed on SCS, nor the modder, it's just how it works.
SCS needs to update their games and don't have to take mods into account, but i've read a post by one of the moderators that is also a beta tester that they were asked if (a) specific mod(s) still work with some update, idk how common that is, or for which (type) of mods specific.
At the same time it's up to the modders to keep a mod up to date or not, but they don't have to, it's their kindness when they so do, but when they don't it's not their unkindness, life just goes on and maybe they quit playing the game, real life caught up with them, or maybe their mods gets stolen too often and are fed up with it, or they are fed up with whiners asking them to update the mod or add this and that, etc,...

What SCS can do, or ask moderators to do is remove mods when they use intellectual property owned by SCS, this is happening for example in the case of truck ports from ETS2 to ATS and visa versa, or for example when paid dlc content is used that then gets freely avaiable for everyone,.... etc,..

[Buzzed L1ghtyear]

the mod author said "scs deemed my steam mods incompatible cause I've locked them from access and they got upset with me... if you browse the workshop in a browser you can see the mods still" apparently he was having trouble with people stealing them ***NOT SCS*** my bad on that but still seems ♥♥♥♥♥♥ for scs to do that

[Underscore_101_3]

Well, that happens a lot, i'm guessing when a moderator can't see what's in a mod then they are deemed stolen, or inapropriate.
It seems to happen often because of Convoy, or streamdeck, Nvidia play something, idk what they are all called, but it happens when some ways of playing only allow for Steam mods, so people upload other author's mods to Steam, and "hide" or set them to "private"

edit: Not saying his mod is any of that, but just explaining what's possible.

[Capt Fuzzy]

There has to be more to this story than what we're getting...
I've never heard of ANY company doing something so childishly vindictive as what you describe here, and for what?
There's no point, at least none that I can see, for doing anything like this.
The mod authors OWN their work, SCS knows this, so why would they risk a 'legal battle' over something that they could just as easily make themselves?
This truly makes no logical sense...

EDIT: Making a mod private 'hides' it from everyone, not just the moderators.
The only way the author of a 'private' mod can allow others to see, and thus download their mod is to provide a link to that private mod.
That's kind of impractical if you are wanting people to use your mod.

[AyMazingATS]

Steam moderators are not SCS employees. Steam controls Workshop content.

If a mod was removed it was because either:

1. The mod was not made by said person and was uploaded. This is called stealing/piracy.

2. Upload paid mod content up to and even including links where a mod can be purchased will have content/links removed.

3. Uploaded SCS content from ETS2 for ATS. These types of mods will be removed.

4. Nudity, pornographic, or violated Steam content guidelines. You said it was an engine mod but this is posted because these are reasons that Steam will remove mod content.

Sounds like this person, whoever it is, has uploaded mod content that they did not make and was therefore removed by Steam Moderators.

[Underscore_101_3]

Number 2 is incorrect, you can link to paid mods, of course not upload them.

[AyMazingATS]

Originally posted by Underscore_101_3:

Number 2 is incorrect, you can link to paid mods, of course not upload them.

Paid links have been removed from mods. SCS does not want link to paid content on the Workshop because of possible licensing issues. That is fact. Same rules as on the SCS Forums. You can't even mention names of paid mod trucks there.

ETA: That is also why every single post about paid mod content gets locked. It cannot be discussed here.