(warning for egosoft) Some one stole nebulas from X3 for there game !

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(warning for egosoft) Some one stole nebulas from X3 for there game !

Post by The-Last-Communist » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 18:07

I was looking at new games just two minites ago and then saw this , a wierd looking space game is coming out...looking at the pics the nebulas look like X3s... so I looked closer and I conferm they are ! just want to tell egosoft

http://www.jeuxvideo.com/screenshots/im ... 93_076.htm
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/screenshots/im ... 93_075.htm

how can someone do that?! :evil:
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Post by navetta » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 18:19

does egosoft have a patent or something on nebulas?

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Post by Moonrat » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 18:33

And they say plagiarism is a form of flattery. If that's included within a commercial game without EGOSOFT's agreement I'd guess they'll be phoning their lawyers....

I'm keeping fingers and toes crossed that it's not some new screenshots showing off X-Rebirth! :(

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Post by X2-Illuminatus » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 18:57

navetta wrote:does egosoft have a patent or something on nebulas?
The-Last-Communist's point was probably more that some of the nebulas on these screenshots look pretty similar to the ones from X3.
Moonrat wrote:I'm keeping fingers and toes crossed that it's not some new screenshots showing off X-Rebirth!
If you have a closer look at the linked screenshot site, you find out that these screenshots belong to a French strategy game called "Celestus".
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Post by Moonrat » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 18:59

X2-Illuminatus wrote:
Moonrat wrote:I'm keeping fingers and toes crossed that it's not some new screenshots showing off X-Rebirth!
If you have a closer look at the linked screenshot site, you find out that these screenshots belong to a French strategy game called "Celestus".
:roll: Sorry, my joke missed... reloading broma cannon as we speak! :lol:

PS: I've been up to my earlobes with X3 nebula over the last few weeks with a mod I'm working on and believe me they're more than "pretty similar"... more like identical.

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Post by Greyhawk1 » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 19:32

Thats like saying someone stole your picture of some trees. X3's Nebulas come from false and true colour astrophotography anyway. Some inspired by it, others using it directly.

A photo of the Eagle Nebula is the same for anyone wanting to photograph it. You can't copyright that.

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Post by The-Last-Communist » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 20:28

yes , but they are identical to egos layout...
EDIT : all the nebula are copied ...ehhh stolen from X3...just with a lower res
EDIT again :
look at pic number 68
look at that one....if thats not stolen...?
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Post by heratik » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 20:48

Maybe they are based on images of real nebulae...


...who owns the copyright on those? :D

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Post by X2-Illuminatus » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 20:51

God or the people from Magrathea. (Although the latter are more into planet building I think). :p
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Post by Alan Phipps » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 20:54

Well someone/somewhere must have supplied the images to Egosoft (I doubt they actually took the pics themselves) so why would another similar concept game not possibly use the same image sources to meet a similar need?
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Post by Observe » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 20:55

Mark Twain wrote:Only one thing is impossible for God: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

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Post by The-Last-Communist » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 22:02

but look closely...the semi fictif nebulas of X3 are one hundred persent identical in this game and its all of there nebulas in all of there shape and forme
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Post by TTD » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 22:04

Observe wrote:
Mark Twain wrote:Only one thing is impossible for God: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
Quoted from some other place on the radio ....

"If an alien came to stay on our planet ,he would ask to see the manager"...
...on the subject of chaotic finance etc., across the globe.

I took a peak at the demo , linked in the German forum,iirc.

A lot of eye candy for those who like mega battles.
Don't know much more at the moment as this is still a concept .Not an actual available game,from what I read.

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Post by Alan Phipps » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 22:05

OK then still what I said 4 posts up, but for space image graphics rather than for actual pics.
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Post by The-Last-Communist » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 22:11

yhea... maybe I must have over reacted... just ego being my one and only favorite game devs...
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Post by TTD » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 22:15

I must admit I do like the look of some the ships in that game :D

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Post by The-Last-Communist » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 22:21

personly its not`s my cupe of tea... but some are nice...but that car one :lol:
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Post by GrahamSimmons » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 22:47

What have they done to my beloved Cerberus-class!

http://image.jeuxvideo.com/images/wb/c/ ... 42-060.jpg

Also this is the Gallente Nyx from EVE Online

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http://image.jeuxvideo.com/images/wb/c/ ... 17-010.jpg

and this is the Caldari Rokh battleship as seen from behind:

http://image.jeuxvideo.com/images/wb/c/ ... 17-027.jpg

http://image.jeuxvideo.com/images/wb/c/ ... 42-050.jpg

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Post by The-Last-Communist » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 22:49

the first one looks like the same meshes from the centaur in X3 ! ... OMG!
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Post by GrahamSimmons » Fri, 2. Sep 11, 23:00

[ external image ][ external image ]

I got a little clone-happy (rear half of the outline is from memory so don't laugh too hard!)
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