As some of you may know, I made the Smokeleaf Industry mod. I was recently notified by a user on Steam that someone else had uploaded a mod that is using all my art and code. This mod, called "More Smokeleaf", uses my mod as a base and adds a some other stuff on top of it (just strains as far as I can tell).
For proof check the dates on the uploads and check the pics:
here's mine:https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1140051385
here is the offending mod:https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1590127548
The pics show my art in this mod, and the same exact research tree (he didn't even change the names).
The "creator" never contacted me for permission to use anything and now I really don't want them using it. I'm looking for advice on how to deal with this. Do I report to Steam? Try and deal with it myself?
It would really suck if Rimworld modding went the way of Fallout and Skyrim with the whole stolen mod controversy.
Edit: I've downloaded the mod and compared the art files and the code. This person just changed the prefix of all my xml files, defNames and art files. Descriptions are the same, all values are the same. They've added on to my mod a little and taken a few things out but they also left stuff in the files that isn't being used (ie my terrain art, references to custom dll's). Gotta say, I'm a little
about this...
For proof check the dates on the uploads and check the pics:
here's mine:https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1140051385
here is the offending mod:https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1590127548
The pics show my art in this mod, and the same exact research tree (he didn't even change the names).
The "creator" never contacted me for permission to use anything and now I really don't want them using it. I'm looking for advice on how to deal with this. Do I report to Steam? Try and deal with it myself?
It would really suck if Rimworld modding went the way of Fallout and Skyrim with the whole stolen mod controversy.
Edit: I've downloaded the mod and compared the art files and the code. This person just changed the prefix of all my xml files, defNames and art files. Descriptions are the same, all values are the same. They've added on to my mod a little and taken a few things out but they also left stuff in the files that isn't being used (ie my terrain art, references to custom dll's). Gotta say, I'm a little
