Jaduku wrote:This post is concerning the use of AI-Art. What it does is change the art in game like your character information panel ect. I was wondering if it's considered changing the World of Warcraft game files and we are not able to use it. I want to use it but I don't want to risk getting my account banned so I was wondering if any one knows if we can use this or not. I will post the link to the site where you can take a look at it below there are some images on the website to show that it does as well.
http://vanillagaming.org/forum/index.php?topic=15828.0
No, it is not considered changing game files. It is an art replacement. Much like loading an mp3 for a sound instead of the one the game loads, or loading a texture within a an addon instead of the one the game loads. It is the exact same thing. It's client only, is installed in the interface file, does not edit anything. Even with the textures, the admin of this server can at anytime, if they wish restrict the use of anything outside the use the loaded mpqs. I whole heartedly invite them to look at what I offer for download. They are also welcome to check wowinterface where I and quokka worked on them. The base files are still there in repository and will be indefinitely as textures don't break, they just need to be renamed, or redone to work with whatever patch.
Edit: I can also tell you there are already approved UI addons within this very site that use texture replacements just like Ai-Art and some of them, intentionally or unintentionally, have textures with metadata from Ai-Art.
Bottom line? You're not going to get banned for using a texture replacement like Ai-Art. Which, by the way, if you look into the dim dark past, was the very first texture replacement only type of addon. Quokka spent thousands of hours redoing textures for the game. He was also on the forefront in testing for making this possible for the entire wow community.
