Not trying to step on anyone's toes, but why don't people share around here? Why aren't ported weapons shared among the community? Wouldn't it save everyone some time and money (for games and DLC packs) if we just made ported weapons available to everyone? I'm not asking to be spoon fed, but seriously wtf? UGX releases weapons to the community in the Standalone, but what about all these weapons we see in other maps? Are you physically unable to share them too? "That's a mighty nice Mauser you ported from Origins. Mind if I use it in my map?" "Nope, port it yourself." Why make it so difficult? It's not like you discovered a new element or something.

tl;dr Share weapons you port so that it'll save other map makers some time.

/rant

i will give you a weapon if you want  the peacemaker from bullet storm and  maybe a few others 

I understand why some people wont give other people guns and stuff that they made because they think they wouldnt get any credit for it. I would be mad if i spent countless hours working on a gun and getting it perfect and gave it to someone to use in their map and got no credit for it. If you would give credit to the person then yes i dont see a problem with it. I guess its up to the person. btw I dont make any guns, I was just giving an example.

I understand why some people wont give other people guns and stuff that they made because they think they wouldnt get any credit for it. I would be mad if i spent countless hours working on a gun and getting it perfect and gave it to someone to use in their map and got no credit for it. If you would give credit to the person then yes i dont see a problem with it. I guess its up to the person. btw I dont make any guns, I was just giving an example.

Yeah, okay, maybe not for custom guns. From what I've seen, it seems that almost every gun has been ported. Why don't we as a community build up a weapon locker so that we all have access to a variety of weapons without having to port them all ourselves and buy DLC to obtain them?

Sharing source files is kind of illegal, which is why Tom_BMX was getting sued by Activision because his tools rip source data from other Call of Duty's(so I have heard anyway).

Not that it matters, people get away with it and Activision isn't going to hound every person that does it, because it'd be a futile effort.

Still, I'd recommend not doing it.

Just saying.

Yeah, okay, maybe not for custom guns. From what I've seen, it seems that almost every gun has been ported. Why don't we as a community build up a weapon locker so that we all have access to a variety of weapons without having to port them all ourselves and buy DLC to obtain them?

Because hosting those files publicly is illegal. And not the "oh, no one will notice or care" kind of illegal. The "delete the files immediately or we will sue you" kind of illegal.

Activision proved that recently when Tom BMX hosted source files he ripped from MW3 (? not sure which CoD it was, might have been Ghosts). He received a C&D from Activision and his webhost terminated his hosting account, which is why his site was down for weeks and his download section was disabled for months.

Sharing source files is kind of illegal, which is why Tom_BMX was getting sued by Activision because his tools rip source data from other Call of Duty's(so I have heard anyway).

Not that it matters, people get away with it and Activision isn't going to hound every person that does it, because it'd be a futile effort.

Still, I'd recommend not doing it.

Just saying.

This is all correct. To the OP,  we can't host them here because then it becomes our responsibility - the rest of the CZ forums share the same sentiment. It's not worth the risk.

I've often wondered what the difference is between sharing a compiled map which you can rip the assets from with 3rd party tools vs. sharing the already-ripped files and saving the middle step. But Activision sees a difference so we try to stay out of trouble.

And regarding sharing work - I think most people (including myself) get annoyed when we put in a lot of personal time & effort to get something better than anyone else, then have people annoyed that we don't turn around and give it away to whoever asks. I'm not saying that doesn't sound like being a selfish dick, but I'm just being honest about why people act that way.