Modding your own GW

Originally Posted by DarkNecrid

Can someone do an Eye of the North Mod which just changes Guild Wars Nightfall to EOTN's image please?

Originally Posted by Antithesis

This all seems like a very bad idea to me. It's sure to lead to exploits and cheating (eg bright skins) because what is essentially being done is reverse-engineering the game files and running them through third-party software.

Fair enough they are local game files, but mods will be shared and spread amongst the community whether you like it or not, for the purpose of gaining an unfair advantage over those who choose not to mod. It won't be about Captain America shields and pink dragon swords. Counter-strike wall hack, bright skin and headshot mods ring a bell to anyone?

Some smart guy is gonna come along and find a way to inject info into the game and *BOOM*...there goes Anet's reason to hang onto GW1. It'll save them a heap of money to drop the game once GW2 is released and this seems like the best method of encouraging that outcome.

Of course this is all ill-informed supposition and doomsaying on my part but i can only see this negatively impacting the game. So i have no pity for those of you who lose an account whether you've got tenuous approval from two employees of Anet or not because you are hacking the game and you are using third-party tools to facilitate it.

Originally Posted by DarkNecrid

Emily has updated and she said what she posted was correct according to a founder of Anet.

It seems any bans that are occuring are caused by a flaw in the banning system.

Originally Posted by Xero Silvam

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Gold trim???

Originally Posted by Imaginos

That's good to know. NCSoft has not gotten back to me yet on the info I updated.

Where can i get a link to what Emily said so that I can send that to the NCSoft GM's and get this dealt with as I'm missing out on the stuff going on right now due to this crap.

Originally Posted by Imaginos

Again my assumption is that due to logging in and out a few times on the same character in semi rapid succession is what raised the flag. Hopefully they have someone working tomorrow/today so I'll find out then.

Originally Posted by Guild Wars Wiki

Issue Resolved: (partial note from GM) "After reviewing the issue, it appears that your account was blocked in error. The initial blocking of your account had nothing to do with the texture program you used."

They didn't say why I was blocked but they did say it was their mistake.

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

I am glad this was resolved happily. And yes, I did respond to your PM about 30 hours ago, but the forum must have timed out because I do not see it in the Sent folder after all. And no, we do not work on the 4th, which begs the question of why I'm here, now, but we'll not go into that. --Gaile 00:33, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

To all modders: It's important to note that the parameters concerning the use of third-party programs do still apply. We cannot condone the use of such programs, and we cannot support the accounts of those who may be negatively impacted in using such programs. That's called the "If it eats your hard drive and blows up your refrigerator, don't call us" policy.

Honestly, though, as previously stated, it is unlikely that we would actively pursue or action those who use such programs in a positive manner, that is, those whose only interest is creating benign mods of our games. Keep in mind that occasionally people get creative and might bring up the use of a harmless program to attempt to mask other harmful activities. We see that with other situations, such as where they say "But I was only using an alternative OS, why was I blocked?" and we discover they are using major bot programs.

If you feel that this creates a "mixed message," then I guess we should discuss that concern. I can understand where the strict "Don't do that" is clearer than "We can't say you can do that, but we won't take action if you do choose to do it." There are some cases where it's not black and white. One example that comes to mind is the use of emulators to play Guild Wars. We develop only for the PC, but others play on other systems and that's totally ok. However, if they develop difficulties, our Support Team is not available to help them resolve those issues. So we don't prohibit the alternative, we simply decline to support it.

What I want to say above all about this matter is that if you're going to mod, have fun, but do stick with the benign and positive uses of the programs and create mods that impact the game only in ways that are fun and harmless. If there's more information to share, I will do so as soon as it becomes available to me. --Gaile 00:33, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Originally Posted by zombiefl12

This is a good sign to those of us who want to mod without risking our accounts. Hopefully we get something official soon.