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Rest assured of 2 things...One, I haven't used a lot of the models that are availbale for download, and two, I have every intention of replacing the models I have used at some point, and have already replaced a few since their inclusion in the mod (Panzer II, Churchill, KVs, and King Tiger, to name a few). I am either using another downloaded model, or I remodel them myself. I am a very capable modeler and texturer, and that shouldn't be in question, so it wasn't because I couldn't do these models on my own. I added them because it gave me a lot of new content quickly that I could build my mod around. I have plans to eventually have all my own stuff in WarFront, but between working alone and working with a game that is over 15 years old means that this is most likely not going to happen. But I would like to be able to say that a lot (preferably most) of the content is mine.

I know almost all of those devs personally, and worked with them in the early days of FH 1. I did some coding for FH 1, and a few textures as well. I have a great deal of respect for them as developers, and I would like to believe that they hold me in the same regard, so this was NEVER an issue of me trying to steal their work and pass it off as my own.

I didn't credit the FH team with these models when I used them, because they didn't come directly from the FH mod. Had I done that, I think the fallout from the FH fanboys that still play FH 1 would've been pretty bad, and this issue would've blown up. So I kept it simple. I downloaded them from various internet sites, used them, and that was that.

Either way, I will replace all the ones I have time to, and the mod will continue to move forward. It's not FH 1 by any means, but I would invite you to download WarFront and give it a try if you still play BF1942. I have done a few new things, like 3d reticles and random spawn load-outs  on my planes that you might like.

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Nice to see you're still around Seth_Soldier  :)

Easy Eight, I downloaded this model, along with several others. Did I know they were  FH models? I kinda figured, I'm familiar enough with their older BF1942 stuff to know, even if the texture sheets wasn't signed. But since they were uploaded to a free 3d model download site over 3 years ago, and available for download under personal and commercial free license, I used them. I changed some things on the models, and the textures as well, to fit with what I'm doing with my mod, but I never claimed ownership of the models. Plagerism? Stolen models? Criminal? Seems a bit excessive, even coming from an FH fanboy...

I would suggest a simple Google search of "free 3d models" to see whats out there and who put it there, and under what conditions they can be used, BEFORE coming to a public forum and accusing anyone of anything.

EDIT: As a side note, it would have been easier for me if I did just "take" the model from the FH mod. The models I downloaded were in .max format. I had to open them in 3dsmax 12, convert them to .3ds, then open them in 3dsmax 7, make any changes to the model I deemed necessary, break apart the tank into it's hierarchy, set the pivots, create the bones, skin the tracks for animation, create the collisions and shadows, apply the texture, and then code after exporting. I can honestly say that I have just as much work in the model itself as the original dev. I chose to do this because even with all that work, these models were still unwrapped and textured, which (for me at least) is the most time consuming part of the modeling process. So, if I have anything to feel "guilty" about, it would be using the texture that I didn't not create.

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