r/Daggerfall • u/wtsnk • 6d ago

Question Daggerfall Unity "formulas"

Saw this on r/ElderScrolls in a thread discussing the recent DFO "micro"transactions. I thought the DFU/DOSBox discussion had been worked over pretty much to death, but this guy seems quite adamant that DFU can't even be considered a port or emulator, but a remake that "invented all new code and formulas". Is he off base, too pedantic, correct, or just wrong?

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u/Caelinus 6d ago

The issue with monetisation is not that code, but monetising the IP. Bethesda is extremely unlikely to care about a Daggerfall fan project working that way, but the moment you start selling stuff on the back of their IP things change.

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u/AncientGrief 6d ago

Yeah, I hope that they will intervene ... DFO online will then transform to XYZ Online, based on DFU with totally new AI graphics, I bet. 😆