Starker on 1/5/2017 at 17:46

---

I think that's a part of it, yes, but I'm not a lawyer, as I said before. Could be that Le Corbeau does not have the right to allow GOG use his work and that GOG is doing something illegal. Though it would be strange that GOG's lawyers would allow such a gamble.

I mean, the author allowing its use would logically be the reason why there are no legal ramifications for Squeenix and GOG, no?

Renault on 1/5/2017 at 18:42

---

Yeah, I think it's fairly obvious, Le Corbeau doesn't have the right to do anything with Thief - "he" hacked it after all. Thus the anonymity. GOG is either taking their chances or has worked out something with Eidos behind the scenes.

I'm also not a lawyer. I think that's fairly obvious too.

Phantom on 1/5/2017 at 20:38

---

Publishers these days are generally fine with mods that require ownership of the original game, especially if it attracts more users. Not only that, the Dark Engine is antiquated, and the user base is small enough that NewDark probably only slightly affected any bottom line, and if it did it was probably for profit. SE likely wouldn't be bothered enough to trouble with it, though I'm sure they are aware. Again, it allows people to purchase and run their game on modern systems, there's no reason for them to fight that.

Thief in Unreal 4 on the other hand, is different. Even though they haven't made a peep about a Thief 5, if it is in development it's probably on UE4. They are much likelier to send a cease and desist over something that potentially affects a future project, versus something that released 17 years ago.

vorob on 2/5/2017 at 06:02

---

Although I respect the work of others, I can not praise this particular work. The original was colorful, varied. Even in the absence of details, this was compensated by textures (where these details were drawn) and lighting. On the conversion of UE4, it simply became a generic warehouses where instead of texture details the shelves were added.

And everything is in the same color scheme, as in the early days of xbox 360 games. On the street it's even worse, it's just the original where modern textures were pulled.

In general, I like the work of artists who recreate scenes from old games on a new engine. Excellent work was on Deus Ex, Bioshock. But Thief is always in bad shape...

dawnstream on 12/7/2017 at 17:11

---

Hello again,

It's been a while last time I answer you all sorry. I cancelled this project because of legal issues as you know and I was working on my own project. It is not stealth based, I don't have much skill for that mechanics yet, my new project like penumbra / amnesia but this is just for start to do somethings. When I get more experience about making games I'll go back to the start for thief-inspired stealth based game. You can check this out my new game if you wish. Thank you all for your encouragements:)

The House Project - Alpha Gameplay (vimeo.com/224258553)

(https://vimeo.com/224258553)