• @Yttra@lemmy.world
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    151 month ago

    I think at this point that the dev has said only his website was taken down, solely because he used “Bloodborne” on it. The actual patch is fine, and can be freely shared, as I understand it.

    And it’s still accessible through the Wayback Machine soooo

    • @tabular@lemmy.world
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      12 months ago

      If there’s a chance of getting sued, yeah, but really my time would be better spent on mods or contributions to non proprietary games anyway.

      • _cryptagion [he/him]
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        292 months ago

        share any shit you make on p2p networks. not even the feds have figured out how to take down a torrent consistently.

        • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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          2 months ago

          That doesn’t fix the problem here though, which is that a specific distribution source took it down.

          If you want to fight Sony, go for it. If you ask for funding for a lawsuit, I’ll probably contribute. If you just redistribute over P2P, that’s cool too.

    • @tal@lemmy.today
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      32 months ago

      If a publisher doesn’t want modders improving the value of their product, I don’t feel too inclined to argue with them. There are no shortage of other games from more-amenable-to-modding publishers that could benefit from mods.

      • @pirat@lemmy.world
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        21 month ago

        I don’t feel too inclined to argue with them

        Interestingly, that makes me feel a bit inclined to argue with you about this.

        To me, it just feels like…

        “No, you can’t upgrade your old car speakers, because the custom ones would be too loud.”

        “No, you can’t upgrade the seats, because the 3rd party ones are way too comfortable.”

        “No, you can’t keep that Wunderbaum dangling under the mirror, it modifies the smell and it’s too damn fresh for you!”

        Well, actually, it’s more like…

        “No, silly, you simply can’t use those carefully crafted custom-made playing pieces, cards or high-DPI printed board to extend/change this board game to your liking, since we didn’t sell you any of that…”

        As you see it, what’s the difference? Or would you in fact just happily accept those scenarios too?

      • @Spacehooks@reddthat.com
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        31 month ago

        That’s another perspective.

        “Look it’s perfect! No bloodborne 2, no remaster, no mods, and no anime!”

        Meanwhile fans just want to share Fandom with new people’s cause it felt like a very new expirence even amongst souls games.

  • @ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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    342 months ago

    What is the DMCA argument here? Does anyone know what was alleged by Sony?

    It would need to be either using copyrighted code or circumventing copy protection. Neither seems likely for a frame rate mod.

    • @Tilgare@lemmy.world
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      62 months ago

      Bloodborne is a PS4 game and the mod used a PC emulator, did it not? That’ll be why right there.

      • @SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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        182 months ago

        The mod was designed to play in 60fps on a jailbreaked PS4 Pro in boost mode. It just also works on an emulator

        • @Tilgare@lemmy.world
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          11 month ago

          Oh wow - that’s something I was unaware of!

          But then it is certainly the need for a jailbroken console that has Sony filing a DMCA. Sony has historically been ridiculously controlling and tight with their console software… I fortunately was pretty in the know and didn’t upgrade my PSP software beyond the version range for running exploits - but there were periods of months where no progress was ever made on future versions. It was a very long, hard fought cat and mouse game. And another example, mod chip makers for PS3/4/5 have been repeatedly taken to court and dismantled by Sony.

  • @fin@sh.itjust.works
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    472 months ago

    Sony must be nearing some kind of announcement in time for the 10-year anniversary of Bloodborne’e release

    So they kind of stole the idea from him? It’s a serious copyright issue

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    1 month ago

    Wish I could actually use the patch on my PS5. Or can I? Can you softmod the PS5 or would I need to buy something to solder to the mainboard?

    I don’t think my PC could actually achieve 60fps if I emulated it.

    • burgersc12
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      11 month ago

      ShadPS4 has improved a lot recently, I got it going at 60 fps but not sure what your hardware is