Costume swap (mod-ish) already happened

[Alden]

Careful opening these, the first one is strictly NSFW

https://i.imgur.com/jrLddvj.png

https://i.imgur.com/WVAdbSr.png

https://i.imgur.com/GT18Pvc.png

https://i.imgur.com/PH7lTvb.png

[Hellstorm901]

It's not really piracy to begin with if the developer put files on your computer which you can access

Your HDD is your private property which they downloaded content onto it in agreement with their license they issued to you to play the game.

owned by Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd. (“Koei Tecmo”) or its licensors.

You are defined as a licensor due to having bought the game, what you receive as part of that license is down to KT
Whatever they sent you when your downloaded the game is yours to use unless that license is revoked or until they change their terms and conditions however any changes to Terms and Conditions must be agreed upon by a user (usually by receiving a new "Do You agree" page)

Also as your tool is basically like GTA's Open IV in that its simply a tool to let other people use it how they wish they'd run into the same exact problems that idiot who tried to shut down Open IV ran into.

[NEPAFU]

Thanks for your efforts Lily! Having the extracted files is really nice.

[百合 姫]

İlk olarak Hellstorm901 tarafından gönderildi:

It's not really piracy to begin with if the developer put files on your computer which you can access

Your HDD is your private property which they downloaded content onto it in agreement with their license they issued to you to play the game.

Their license is that whatever they sent you when your downloaded the game is yours to use unless that license is revoked.

Also as your tool is basically like GTA's Open IV in that its simply a tool to let other people use it how they wish they'd run into the same exact problems that idiot who tried to shut down Open IV ran into.

Getting entangled in legal issues can be a serious life problem, so it's always prudent as a developer to follow the EULA as much as possible.

I think the guy who wrote FAR for Nier Automata has a pretty good track record of trying to follow EULAs; this does explain why he chooses to work on some games and not others. Koei Tecmo's blanket prohibition of modding or even analysing the game is a reason not to work on the game.

It's the publisher's discretion to enforce the EULA; they are very likely to turn a blind eye to people modding the game to fix a bug or enhance performance/features. I'm not so sure they will turn a blind eye to people modding a game to get access to licensed content that they aren't entitled to.

They're most likely to come after those who brazenly show how to do so, and also developers if they're (Koei Tecmo) silly. This is why my stance is, I don't condone the use of my tools for EULA violations, but I can't control it. And even if they asked me to take it down, I've open sourced it, so it would not really accomplish anything.

[Hellstorm901]

İlk olarak NEPAFU tarafından gönderildi:

Thanks for your efforts Lily! Having the extracted files is really nice.

Now someone mod in a Madoka Magica outfit please

lol

[General Plastro]

Jeez people, you guys take EULAs way too seriously.

They aren't laws

Most of them actually infringe actual laws from many countries when regarding consumer rights or digital laws.

I only ever hear of courts taking EULAs seriously in the US.

What the OP describes is tottaly legal depending where you live.

In some places digital data can be owned, but not replicated or sold for profit, for example.

[General Plastro]

Besides, if it weren't for these methods, we might not get the crosspromotion stuff

[Ossie]

İlk olarak Alden tarafından gönderildi:

Just to give context:

dlc_als is NoA costume
dlc_arn is FF15 costume
dlc_bkn is Bikini DLC
dlc_frs is Atelier Firis
dlc_rrn is Atelier Rorona
dlc_slr is Sailor Bikini
dlc_twl is Bath Towel
dlc_vac is Summer Outfit
nkd is Nude Body
pjs is Pajamas
pvt is Private Outfit
rft is Reflector Outfit, changing this will change the combat outfit effectively
scl is School Uniform
swm is School Swimsuit
tng is PE Uniform
udw is Underwear

Also, all the COSTUME_w is the wet varient, so probably a good idea to swap those too

FF15 is the cindy costume right? ill just wait for a proper guide since its not a hinako costume :( and it will get messy.

[Alden]

İlk olarak Ossie tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Alden tarafından gönderildi:

Just to give context:

dlc_als is NoA costume
dlc_arn is FF15 costume
dlc_bkn is Bikini DLC
dlc_frs is Atelier Firis
dlc_rrn is Atelier Rorona
dlc_slr is Sailor Bikini
dlc_twl is Bath Towel
dlc_vac is Summer Outfit
nkd is Nude Body
pjs is Pajamas
pvt is Private Outfit
rft is Reflector Outfit, changing this will change the combat outfit effectively
scl is School Uniform
swm is School Swimsuit
tng is PE Uniform
udw is Underwear

Also, all the COSTUME_w is the wet varient, so probably a good idea to swap those too

FF15 is the cindy costume right? ill just wait for a proper guide since its not a hinako costume :( and it will get messy.

this game has both, arn stands for Aranea, which is for Hinako, Cindy is on a different girl, Kaori, and her costume code is dlc_cdn

[百合 姫]

İlk olarak General Plastro tarafından gönderildi:

I only ever hear of courts taking EULAs seriously in the US.

What the OP describes is tottaly legal depending where you live.

Yeah, well... unfortunately, I live in the US, and this DLC piracy mod paints a target on my back, so...

If they're silly enough to try to DMCA my work, I'll counter-notice because I believe it to be clean room reverse engineering. But after that it'll be court...

[motaku96]

So they had the Firis outfit in the game all along but wouldn't sell it?

[Alizarin]

what is a18_decrypt.exe? and how do i download it?

[TrishaCat]

NICE
Hopefully someone will make an all out (quality) nude mod

[Alizarin]

İlk olarak NEPAFU tarafından gönderildi:

1. Extract PACK00_02.PAK using a18_decrypt.exe
2. Place files in correct folder structure "SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\BLUE REFLECTION\DATA\"
3. For Hinako, go to "SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\BLUE REFLECTION\DATA\x64\character\pc00"
4. The file names are kinda self explanatory, just back up what you want to swap
5. Rename PACK00_02.PAK so the game reads from the extracted files

What is a18_decrypt.exe and where can i download it?

[CLG]

This is piracy and I don't see how anybody can say otherwise. All the costumes have a license, if you do not purchase the license then you do not have access to it. It's the same concept as downloading a trial program and using a crack to unlock all of its features. You were only covered under ONE type of license with your initial install, it doesn't give you any special privledge because everything was installed on your harddrive. This is straight up piracy. You are circumventing licenses and using features you would normally have to pay for.

[Pan Paka Pan]

İlk olarak Cute Little Girl💕 tarafından gönderildi:

This is piracy and I don't see how anybody can say otherwise. All the costumes have a license, if you do not own purchase the license then you do not have access to it. It's the same concept as downloading a trial program and using a crack to unlock all of its features. You were only covered under ONE type of license with your initial install, it doesn't give you any special privledge because everything was installed on your harddrive. This is straight up piracy. You are circumventing licenses and using features you would normally have to pay for.

Yeah that was my line of thinking as well.