Animation Bank Rules Discussion - Presubmission

[BlinkBoy]

Well guys the Animation bank is coming, pretty soon. However, we must all agree on the rules.

Here is what I have so far, feel free to post modifications or anything you think it's important to add. Also, if you can help with grammar or spelling, please do. Redaction corrections are always welcome. The idea is that the document be clean and easy to read.

Please participate, I will send the final document to the staff within some days. As you know, it's required that the staff approves of this.

version: .25

• Use this thread only for submission, don’t ask for requests, give thanks or anything else. Feedback can be given to the authors through visitor messages or private messages, while gratitude is given through reputation.
• All of the site’s rules apply here.
• If you are going to download or use any resource within this thread you must agree to the next:
  1. You’ll give full credits to the author of any material you took from here, be it partial or completely. You must specify everything you used within credits.
  2. You will only use any material you encounter here for warcraft 3 or any modding area related to the game. Taking any resource within this thread to any other game or product, is completely forbidden. Violators may be permanently banned.
  3. Have in mind that animations and some resources within .mdl & .mdx files, unlike maps, can be copyrighted by their authors. The reason is because animations and meshes aren’t produced with any tool that blizzard entertainment provides. This rule does not include Art Tools only material which is copyrighted by blizzard entertainment: Particle Emitters, Ribbon Emitters, Materials and any other material exclusively made by Art Tools and not 3dsmax.
  4. As a consequence of the above, you agree NOT to: commercialize, publish or use these resources in any way to provide any type of gains. This includes: publishing, advertising, trading, and any action related. Violators will be permanently banned without previous warning.
  5. You will not take any resource from here and publish it outside the site, unless you are using the resource as part of your modding activity (model editing) or you have explicit permission from the author. Violators will be banned.
• Submissions shall follow the submission rules within this thread.

Now Submission Rules:

• No Animation template may violate any of THW's general or specific site rules as detailed in the FAQ.
• The animations must be original creations or have received the original author's documented and verifiable permission (post an screenshot of such permission within your post).
• No unedited animations contained within the war3.mpq, war3patch.mpq, or war3x.mpq may be submitted.
• All the animations must use the standard Skeleton system defined within this thread for their adequate theme (humanoid, horse, dragon, etc).
• The bones or helpers must have the EXACT names. Have in mind that the names are case sensitive, so make sure to capitalize what has to be capitalized.
• Particle emitters and other meshes different than the standard may be included.
• An image of the animations must be submitted. These not necessarily need to be animated, they can be static. However, it’s highly suggested that you provide an animated gif.
• All the custom animations must be listed within the post.
• All the submissions must follow the standards defined within this thread. This include, bone & helper naming, proportions, animation naming, etc.
• No animations directly exported from games other than Warcraft III will be accepted.
  • This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, World of Warcraft®.
• The model containing the animations MUST be attached to your post. We don't want to rely on other sites.

Please read them carefully.

 

[Devine]

That's pretty much it. Methinks.

 

[Linaze]

Sounds good. But get rid of the "".

 

[Hawkwing]

Sounds good. But get rid of the "".

Agreed. It looks really unprofessional.

 

[BlinkBoy]

okay made things more serious. Ahem, anything else?

EDIT: added a new submission rule.