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    Your chances of being banned for nude mods.

    You really can't get banned for nude mods, at least as far as I know.

    These 'mods' are basically just skin-replacers that are explicitly client-side. I hadn't heard of anyone getting banned for them.

    With these mods, you aren't removing or changing files.

    Explained best with a 'sound' mod. Let's say the sound for casting a fireball is called "casting_fire_0". All WoW does is looks in it's data folder, and finds an audio file called casting_fire_0, and plays that.

    If I make a folder in my WoW folder called "sound" that has the same file structure (same names for folders etc.) as the sound folder in that huge data file in the data folder, and I place a sound called "casting_fire_0" in that folder I made, WoW will play that sound instead.

    So it's not replacing any skins or changing the game's files, it's just making WoW use the ones you added instead of its default ones. Having a "patched wow.exe" like what you get from Darknest or Azerothica is what lets you do that.
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    rivvit Publisher 8 years ago
    to keyla94 : That's a good description, yeah.
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    keyla94 8 years ago
    "With these mods, you aren't removing or changing files."

    While you technically aren't removing or changing anything, you're still replacing the files when launching using a modified executable. Both of these things are actually against terms of use and service and will get you banned if you give explicit proof of their existence.

    Now, all this happens client side, so there's no real way for the company to detect it. As long as you don't go running around in the game, talking about your patches, everything should be fine. I've been using patches in many games for 15 years + and I've never banned.

    I guess the final advice is : just be smart !
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    rivvit Publisher 8 years ago
    Also, it's easier to do nude patches/mods in WoW NOW than it ever was before, which is pretty nice, and I think an indication that we won't see any punitive measures anytime soon.

    The main reason why Blizzard would make any kind of push against changing textures is a reason like this: Back in Vanilla WoW, you could change the WSG flag into this weird ogre-crystal that you could see through walls, giving an unfair advantage in PVP.

    And ultimately, you are not using a third program that affects WOW's files. The only "modified" file, really, is the wow.exe you use to have the nude stuff show.Should be fine.
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    burba10 8 years ago
    to burba10 : Oh! And the ban is a couple of days at max, don't worry about it.
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    burba10 8 years ago
    I remember there being a post about this on the official forums and I've asked a GM about this through an in-game ticket. Either way, a GM replied and explained that changing textures and structures in the game is against the terms of service as people have used it to remove certain walls in raids and whatnot, basically wall-hacking. The same goes with the tMorph program that allows people to change race, gender and armor through their point of view. While -very- few people have been banned for it it's still against the games rules. Sound and interface is okay though, as those two don't "physically" alter the game.

    If you use it you're not gonna get banned. If you stream and use it, maaaaaaaybe you'll get banned.
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