Could we somehow contact Ubisoft and ask for permission to use assets from their Might and Magic games (specifically Dark Messiah, Heroes 6/7, i.e., their older, less relevant projects) for non-commercial mods for the 5th game?
We could hint that everyone is already doing this (with numerous examples here and on ModDB), and if Ubisoft gives the green light, it will be better for everyone. Could we write a collective letter from the resource as a friendly gesture?
It seems like Psatha has already done something similar, but it would be good to have information with permission and proof displayed prominently on the forum. And it should be clear who issued this permission, not just "I was given permission," "Who?" "Irina from Ubisoft."
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Through specability, a regular model is replaced with one marked with _rooted, which has its own animations.