Is this allowed?

I often use particle objects in the setup of the pictures I make (fog, smoke and so on). There are some great ones out there.... but most have 1 problem, they have no option to hide the object itself (something "/1 hide" and "/1 show".

Now I found out by accident that I can add a new script to an object. Would it be allowed to add a hide/show script to such an object?

Of course I will always ask the creator permission to do so... and must I give it as an feature request to him or her .

Just curious about it and I would like to know it.

Morwen.

If the object has mod rights and you're not reselling I can't see how anyone would object.

Once you own an object with mod permissions you don't need anyones permission to modify it unless it came with a license stipulating otherwise. Which I have never seen anyone do. Have at it.

The original poster's intent seems perfectly fine in any case, but there are some things to add to the assertion quoted above:

Do think about whether or not you may have forgotten a license that you've read or missed seeing something in the store. I've been known to delete notecards that come with product bundles just to clear out inventory.

Some objects are set modify so that owners can resize them, but without the intent of users scripting them. Few people selling scripted objects will want to support you if you've added your own script that could interfere with theirs. They're not likely to say so in a license, it's implicit. (Do you really want to have to read a license just for buying a scripted sofa?) I know of at least one that will scan the list of scripts and refuse to work if there's an unrecognized script, but that's the exception.

I don't know whether adding a script to an object changes the creator, but I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't. If you then transfer the object to someone else, they may blame the creator for something you did. So I wouldn't do this as a business without coordinating with the original creator, even if the permissions system makes it ok.

Well, that is why I said that I would always ask the permission of the original creator (and give it at the same time as a feature request).
And it is only personal use, I don't sell things... even not the pictures I made .

Morwen.

If you're just doing it for your own personal use, you don't have to ask anybody for permission. Either you have mod rights or you don't. Having mod rights means you've already been given permission.

But one caveat, as already mentioned. If you actually have any reason to want support for this product, don't do it. Messing around with the scripts in it typically means there will no longer be any support. Think of it as something like a sticker on your computer warning you "warranty void if this sticker is removed", when you have to remove that sticker to do the work you want to do to your computer. To void the warranty or not to void the warranty, that is the question.