Metal Factions
By raaar
(Rui Gusmo / Portugal)
2012+
(formerly named TA : Factions until december 2013)


This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

---------------------------- version 0.8 and later (2015)

Game is moving away from TA copyrighted content.

ARM and CORE factions were removed and replaced with original factions AVEN and GEAR. 

- The general license for the new art (name, units, textures, sounds, etc.) is CC-BY-ND 
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/

(this means you can copy the game but NOT make derivatives of it)

- lua widgets and gadgets are each covered by their specific license. Many are copies or modified versions of others made by various people from the Spring community. It's "Public Domain" (PD) or "GNU GPL v2 or later" for most though.
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html

- CEG effect generators and unit animation bos/cob scripts without explicit licences are "Public Domain"



***** WARNING *****
Note that as of version 0.8
...there are still remaining bits of artwork from TA
- a few textures
- most of the sounds
- some icons for mouse pointer
- 3d models for wreckage heaps



----------------------------- versions 0.7 and older (2014)


***** WARNING *****
This game contains original Total Annihilation content, which is copyrighted by Wargaming, use at your own risk:
- most of the textures
- most of the sounds
- many of the models used for ARM and CORE

(the original game is more than 12 years old, though)


I used the XTA 9.6 (from 2010) as a base for the game, so besides TA content it has some of the models and effects and widgets Noruas and earlier maintainers put into it. I did redo most of the weapon effects, and also imported some of the later changes made to it by Deadnight Warrior (some script changes, collision fixes and gadgets).

Besides adding the new CLAW and SPHERE factions, some units were remodelled and others repurposed, and the balance has been reworked :  it is a different game.

It is also enriched by widgets made by the Spring community.




--------- ALLOWED

- you are ALLOWED to copy, modify and use any cob scripts, lua scripts, widgets and gadgets, CEG effect generators

- you are ALLOWED to copy, modify and use all units I made for ARM and CORE

(some credit is appreciated, although not necessary)



--------- NOT ALLOWED

- you are NOT ALLOWED to copy ANY of the units made for CLAW and SPHERE, especially the models, unless you change them into something that is clearly different

