purplemonkey i hear what you're saying, but at the same time i don't want to chase him all over the internet or start posting on his personal pages.

> I know he's put a lot of work into it but i would have to advice anyone against buying this plugin at the moment.

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> Support is non existent, i've asked questions that never get a response.

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> There is no documentation.

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> The few examples that come with it use deprecated commands.

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> Yes it requires some understanding of 3d, which i have, but its still all just painstaking trial and error of each command, of which there are many.

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Last I heard QuaziGNRLnose was upset with the limitations for Plugins in Construct 2. Interaction with Q3D is cumbersome because of this. Maybe he's (she's?) waiting for Construct 3 for a overhaul.

And I REALLY hope that's the case, cause I'm learning to love this plugin, even with all limitations it has. I tried looking up what it would take to make a 2.5 D game in Unity and, God, what a pain. There's really nothing like C2 event system out there. I'd rather have limited 3D graphics in C2 instead of a powerful 3D engine I can't handle.

My problem isn't with the plugin specifically, its thats he's selling a product that has zero support or contact combined with no documentation. I guess i bought the plugin on good faith based on him being a long time user, and the fact that it's relatively inexpensive so was worth the risk (since there was no demo to try, which isn't possible with a plugin).

Theres always the risk using 3rd partly plugins that the developer will disappear, but its a little annoying when the product is being sold.

Personally i think Ashley, Tom should look into whether they should allow plugins to be sold on their forums like this without some input by themselves, i.e. outside the store. But at the end of the day no one forced me to buy it, i just want to warn others what to expect.

I know he's put a lot of work into it but i would have to advice anyone against buying this plugin at the moment.

Support is non existent, i've asked questions that never get a response.

There is no documentation.

The few examples that come with it use deprecated commands.

Yes it requires some understanding of 3d, which i have, but its still all just painstaking trial and error of each command, of which there are many.

In my mind Constructs main competition is going to be Fusion3 in terms of similar workflow. I left multimedia Fusion some years ago, not because i didn't like the software but because i felt it never lived up to its potential. They were also poor at communication and slow to update.

If the rumoured Fusion 3 features are to be believed it will have all the features of C2 and non of the problems.

Very cool!

Sounds like you misunderstand what "public domain" means because angry birds certainly isn't.

For something to be in the public domain the copyright need to expire or the copyright holder relinquishes claim to it.

Anyway i'm not going to continue arguing, i should know better than to get involved in things like this to begin with. All you guy's are cool so ignore me and do what you feel is right.

The berne convention international copyright agreement to which Lebanon, UK and USA have all signed. It's up to each party to enforce it so the law is different for each country but must still conform to the agreement.

Behold the power of google.

"The Berne Convention formally mandated several aspects of modern copyright law; it introduced the concept that a copyright exists the moment a work is "fixed", rather than requiring registration. It also enforces a requirement that countries recognize copyrights held by the citizens of all other signatory countries."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention

Legally i think you shouldn't have a problem with it, however some people will still probably see similarities.

The quote doesn't mean what you're implying it does.

Anyway Picasso is always miss credited as saying it.

Real artists ship…

All original works are protected by copyright. Copyright is automatic, you don't need to register anything with anyone or display any text.

Whether or not you choose to rip someones work off and whether the original owner can prove it in a court of law is another matter, but it doesn't change the fact.

[quote:2gzwfp22]no matter how the image looks like .. you can make a a 100% clone look a like.. as long you made the graphics

No. You could create "fan art" but you couldn't use an exact copy of someones image in a commercial game no matter where that image came from or how it was produced unless you had permission.

You're not copying a style you're copying an image.

You can't copyright a colour palette or art style, but you can copyright an image. You might legally get away with it but its still an obvious copy of angry birds and users will rightly call you out on it.

Also ask yourself how you would feel if you'd come up with the original then another person came along and made an identical copy? Do you think this will positively or negatively impact your reputation?