free tree pack

[tucho]

I found this free tree pack on turbosquid, quality is pretty good and polycount maybe a bit higher for Glest, but anyway I think it could be useful for the map makers community.

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[img]http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/2010/12/04__21_30_00/treepack1_02.jpg4b4e15e9-48f7-4224-a826-5d116d24f1b3Larger.jpg[/img]  [img]http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/2010/12/04__21_30_00/treepack1_04.jpg4fac1f54-2057-4f84-b313-c106ae03f072Larger.jpg[/img]

[-Archmage-]

Thanks Tucho! Those LoD could be of the most use.... Glest needs LoD...

[ultifd]

Looks good, hopefully the poly size will be OK. Where's the license, though?

[Omega]

Hmm, looks like the trunks are some of the highest poly, which can be easily reduced.

[titi]

The license is on the right , but I am not shure it will fit with cc-by-sa
Maybe some native english speakers can explain them to us. ( they call their license "standard royalty free" whatever this is )

The typical critical question is:
Can you redistribute the model ( for example in a model collection like www.opengameart.org ) or is it prohibited?
If you cannot it cannot be cc-by-sa and by this not part of any official data   

[Ishmaru]

From what i interpret from the license is that you could not distribute the model, or use under any license. You can use these in any game as long as you get it from the original distributor in this case Turbo Squid or if the seller has other website(s). No sharing. The seller has all rights to the trees even after download. Probally would need to not only credit artist, but explain that the model used (trees) are under license by someone else.

In short i don't think you would want to use these for the megapack.

This is my interpretation at least.

[John.d.h]

I don't really know what section 4 means, but it doesn't sound good for CC-By-SA.  Is there a way to contact the artist and ask for permission?  They're being shared for free, so maybe he/she won't have a problem with relicensing them.

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[ultifd]

Yeah, sounds like deviantart...but for models.