Difference between revisions of "MTS2:Creator Guidelines/Regarding Required Pay Content"

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*''' Free Content:''' Free content is considered any pieces of custom content made by regular artists or '''Select Artists''' (SA's).
 
*''' Free Content:''' Free content is considered any pieces of custom content made by regular artists or '''Select Artists''' (SA's).
  
 
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* '''Pay Content:''' Pay content is considered ANY items by '''Feature Artists''' (FA's), even if they're free at the moment. This is because their status still changes from pay/free fairly frequently.
* '''Pay Content:''' Pay content is considered ANY items by '''Feature Artists''' (FA's), even if they're free at the moment. This is because their status still changes from pay/free fairly frequently.<blockquote>
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*'''FA - One game or both:''' Often a creator has an FA status for only one game version. For example, a creator can be a TS2 FA but a regular creator for TS3. In this case, that creator's TS3 content is allowed, but their TS2 stuff isn't. To check what games the creator has FA status for, look at the gold badge on their TSR profile.
 
*'''FA - One game or both:''' Often a creator has an FA status for only one game version. For example, a creator can be a TS2 FA but a regular creator for TS3. In this case, that creator's TS3 content is allowed, but their TS2 stuff isn't. To check what games the creator has FA status for, look at the gold badge on their TSR profile.
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* Completely original, made for TS2 or TS3 specifically by them.
 
* Completely original, made for TS2 or TS3 specifically by them.
 
  
 
* A conversion from TS2 to TS3, TS3 to TS2, etc. - from one game to another, as this requires a significant amount of changing.
 
* A conversion from TS2 to TS3, TS3 to TS2, etc. - from one game to another, as this requires a significant amount of changing.
 
  
 
* An age conversion beyond what ages can normally share meshes (for TS3, teen through elder can share meshes - for TS2, young adult through elder can share).
 
* An age conversion beyond what ages can normally share meshes (for TS3, teen through elder can share meshes - for TS2, young adult through elder can share).
 
  
 
* A gender conversion requiring mesh editing, not just ticking boxes to make it work for the other gender.
 
* A gender conversion requiring mesh editing, not just ticking boxes to make it work for the other gender.
 
  
 
* A significant remesh or edit beyond just things like fixing gaps, adjusting bone assignments, and moving around existing geometry.  A retexture would not count unless the mesh was also signficantly edited.
 
* A significant remesh or edit beyond just things like fixing gaps, adjusting bone assignments, and moving around existing geometry.  A retexture would not count unless the mesh was also signficantly edited.
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This means that someone can, potentially, take a pay item from TS2 such as a hairstyle that was pay and convert it to TS3 and put it up for free, and the new conversion will not be considered pay but free as far as MTS uploads are concerned.   
 
This means that someone can, potentially, take a pay item from TS2 such as a hairstyle that was pay and convert it to TS3 and put it up for free, and the new conversion will not be considered pay but free as far as MTS uploads are concerned.   

Revision as of 15:13, 22 May 2011

Pay Content

MTS has long had policies that restrict users from promoting pay content in their uploads - either by requiring that content, or by showing it in screenshots.

The purpose of this policy is to promote the use of free content, as we believe that the community benefits from all items being free to download and use without requiring anyone to pay for it - whether that be paying for individual items, or by subscription. We would like all items uploaded to or shown on MTS to be "what you see is what you get" or "what you see is what you CAN get, without having to pay for it."

TS3 has complicated matters somewhat, but after reviewing the options, our policies regarding pay content for TS3 AND TS2 are as follows:


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