Among the community of modders, there is one specialized in creating modes to take custom photos within video games, which are distributed through their Patreon page. Is about Frans Bouma, a popular modder who modded his photo mode for Crysis 2 and Crysis 3, only to be warned of crytek that they could take legal action.
Frans Bouma’s mods allow players to take control of the game’s camera, as well as hide UI elements, allow you to zoom in and out, create camera paths, and control the time of day, so it’s possible to make complex shots with the composition of a film or series. All of his mods, including those for Crysis 2 and Crysis 3, are made with his own code..
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This Thursday Frans Bouma made a publication on his Twitter account, where he announced that the head of public relations of Crytek, Adam Grinsell, had asked him to remove the Crysis mods from his Patreon. According to Grinsell, mods are not allowed in Crysis video games, according to the Crytek license agreement, even if the mods don’t use company code.
In the letter that Bousma shared, we can see that Adam says that he has a week to remove the Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 mods from his Patreon and anywhere else he could share it; in the case of not doing it, Crytek legal team would handle the case. In order to avoid a lawsuit, Frans Bouma pulled the mods and posted an explanation for his followers.
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Although Bousma tried to appeal the decision of crytek, the company representative told him that the main problem was that he was monetizing with his mods, besides that “technically any mode of Crysis Remastered is a breach of the terms of use”. In response to this, Bousma said that he has made more photography mods than anyone and has received enthusiastic responses from a large number of publishers, as they appreciate the free publicity. “But Crytek being Crytek, they can’t help it and have to shoot themselves in the foot”, he expressed.