I’ve been told that I always need to gain permission from the owner of an item or a piece of clothing if I want to use it in my game. Even when it has been botted thousands of times like in the following example:
The problem with this is that, in most cases, it is extremely hard to reach the owner of the wanted item. This can be for multiple reasons:
- If I wanted the guard shirt above, who is the actual owner of it that I can ask? Probably everyone shown in the picture is a botting retailer (if that makes sense) and doesn’t really own the item.
- What if the item was made a few years ago? How can I tell if the owner is still active?
- How do I reach someone if they’re not responding on their group wall?
- What if they don’t have any external social media?
- How can I ask someone who is banned for permission? Do they still even own rights to that clothing?
As for the obligatory question “Why don’t I make my own?”, this is simply because I don’t have premium, and I am not considering buying it until my game gains some form of traction. Not to mention that it is difficult and quite time consuming, even if I reused the same clothes for many NPCs.
TLDR: It’s too hard to reach a clothing owner/creator, how do I gain permission from them? Alternatively, are there situations where I do not have to respect their rights to the clothing?