Hello,
many of you might be waiting for this, as there has been some confusion about what model sources are reliable for publishing in LFS and which are not.
After some weeks of research, we've established some sites, which should be generally safe to use. There is no way to ensure that your model will be 100% accepted, even with these sources, although they give fair chance and are using terms of service favourable for LFS modding.
Still, you are responsible for checking the license and model origin thoroughly, as even these sites are full of models ripped from other games and uploading such model does to LFS not grant its publishing or stay among the mods, if it's found illegal retrospectively.
Each site has their terms of use, which under their conditions allows the use of on-site materials externally.
Creative Commons are usually listed on sketchfab and blendswap. You have to find the right license on the model site and apply it in the mod submission wizard, when creating a submission in LFS.
Royalty free license basically means you cannot request any payment for others to access your model. CGTrader, 3dlancer and 3dcadbrowser allow this use of models.
No derivatives allowed means that you cannot make any changes to the model and noone else can make any changes to the model you have submitted to LFS - applies only for CGTrader, 3dlancer, free3d and 3dcadbrowser websites with their Royalty free license.
There are exceptions to non-derivatives. Those are Creative Commons licenses BY-ND and BY-NC-ND. These are not allowed within LFS mods (see attachment - selecting this license in dropdown menu will not let you proceed).
Editorial license is not usable. This license lets you use the materials only for educational purposes or newsworthy occasions.
You have to choose the correct item from the dropdown menu in the mod submission wizard. Some sources have license specific to their website; that should be clear when you see the license dropdown menu (see attachment).
Also, as we have seen few times over the first few months, some tried to circumvent the review system by uploading the model to the OK website and then immediately sending it for review. This is observed as well and we reserve any right to not publish a mod, if there is a doubt about its origin.
Now without further delay:
Acceptable sources for LFS mods:
Sites where SOME models are OK for LFS mods:
[many car models on these sites are ripped from other games and cannot be used in LFS]
The list is by no means final and this post will be edited. Some might get added later, some might even be removed, if we find out the sites changed their terms or anything else that might be problematic for model use in LFS modding.
Please refer to the point 8. Vehicle Mod retention / lifetime in the Vehicle submission guidelines.
There are sites we have so far identified as not good sources for models in LFS because they do not provide a proper license.
Incomplete list of sites which are NOT acceptable sources for LFS mods:
Also, generally, websites with content, which look like blogspot sites or a file depositories are usually not accepted as well, unless the website provides proper terms of use.
We hope you will find this helpful.
Have fun modding!
many of you might be waiting for this, as there has been some confusion about what model sources are reliable for publishing in LFS and which are not.
After some weeks of research, we've established some sites, which should be generally safe to use. There is no way to ensure that your model will be 100% accepted, even with these sources, although they give fair chance and are using terms of service favourable for LFS modding.
Still, you are responsible for checking the license and model origin thoroughly, as even these sites are full of models ripped from other games and uploading such model does to LFS not grant its publishing or stay among the mods, if it's found illegal retrospectively.
Each site has their terms of use, which under their conditions allows the use of on-site materials externally.
Creative Commons are usually listed on sketchfab and blendswap. You have to find the right license on the model site and apply it in the mod submission wizard, when creating a submission in LFS.
Royalty free license basically means you cannot request any payment for others to access your model. CGTrader, 3dlancer and 3dcadbrowser allow this use of models.
No derivatives allowed means that you cannot make any changes to the model and noone else can make any changes to the model you have submitted to LFS - applies only for CGTrader, 3dlancer, free3d and 3dcadbrowser websites with their Royalty free license.
There are exceptions to non-derivatives. Those are Creative Commons licenses BY-ND and BY-NC-ND. These are not allowed within LFS mods (see attachment - selecting this license in dropdown menu will not let you proceed).
Editorial license is not usable. This license lets you use the materials only for educational purposes or newsworthy occasions.
You have to choose the correct item from the dropdown menu in the mod submission wizard. Some sources have license specific to their website; that should be clear when you see the license dropdown menu (see attachment).
Also, as we have seen few times over the first few months, some tried to circumvent the review system by uploading the model to the OK website and then immediately sending it for review. This is observed as well and we reserve any right to not publish a mod, if there is a doubt about its origin.
Now without further delay:
Acceptable sources for LFS mods:
Sites where SOME models are OK for LFS mods:
[many car models on these sites are ripped from other games and cannot be used in LFS]
The list is by no means final and this post will be edited. Some might get added later, some might even be removed, if we find out the sites changed their terms or anything else that might be problematic for model use in LFS modding.
Please refer to the point 8. Vehicle Mod retention / lifetime in the Vehicle submission guidelines.
There are sites we have so far identified as not good sources for models in LFS because they do not provide a proper license.
Incomplete list of sites which are NOT acceptable sources for LFS mods:
Also, generally, websites with content, which look like blogspot sites or a file depositories are usually not accepted as well, unless the website provides proper terms of use.
We hope you will find this helpful.
Have fun modding!
, so i can't say i'm 100% sure, but better safe than sorry.