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Belgorad
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago

Re: Question regarding swtor rules of conduct/modding

@warriorgoddess85

Not sure if this answers your question:

http://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBTERMS/US/en/PC/

11. Rules of Conduct

You may violate the Terms of Service if, as determined by EA in its sole discretion, you:


- Modify or attempt to modify any file or any other part of the EA Service that EA does not specifically authorize you to modify.

And here:

http://www.swtor.com/legalnotices/euala

Unless expressly permitted by EA in writing or as required by applicable law, you are expressly prohibited from reproducing, sub-licensing, broadcasting, modifying, adapting, renting, lending, leasing, distributing or otherwise making publicly available the Software or rights to use the Software (including in particular the rental of the Software through Internet game rooms or cyber-cafes), except by transfer as expressly set forth in Section 2.C below.

And Here:

http://www.swtor.com/legalnotices/rulesofconduct

To keep the Service a compliant, fun, fair and safe gaming environment for everyone, you may not engage in any of the following behavior:

Modify any part of the Service that the Service does not specifically authorize you to modify.

and this:

Mod, Hack and Cheat Prohibitions

Using mods, hacks and cheats can give players an unfair advantage over others. To help ensure a level and fair playing environment for the community and for everyone, you may not engage in any of the following behavior:

 

  1. You may not use any of your own software or third-party software to modify the Service content to change game play.

  2. You may not use the intellectual property rights contained in the Game Content owned by EA or its licensors or the Software, or any information accessible through the System, to create or provide any other means through which the System may be accessed and/or the Game may be played by others, as, for example, through server emulators.

  3. You may not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our System.

  4. You may not use macros, add-ons or other stored rapid keystrokes, "dupes," "cheats" or other patterns of play that facilitate acquisition of items, currency, objects, character attributes, rank or status at an accelerated rate.

  5. You may not use your or third-party software to rewrite or modify the user interface or otherwise manipulate data in such a way as to use the Service to acquire items, currency, objects, character attributes or beneficial actions not actually acquired or performed in the Service.

  6. You may not engage in any conduct or practice that results in an Account containing items, objects, currency, character attributes, rank, or status that are inappropriate for the level or rank of the character contained in the Account, i.e., "item loading,".

  7. Conduct prohibited shall include, without limitation, arranging, making or accepting in-Game transfers of items to a character without adequate in-Game consideration, thereby augmenting or aggregating items in the transferee character's Account and having the effect of increasing its value for purposes of an out-of-game Account sale.

Based on the above, I just wouldn't risk it.

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  • Raven46382's avatar
    Raven46382
    9 years ago

    You may not use your or third-party software to rewrite or modify the user interface or otherwise manipulate data in such a way as to use the Service to acquire items, currency, objects, character attributes or beneficial actions not actually acquired or performed in the Service.

    Well in that line of the TOS it would mean its not a break of the terms thus legal to use because it doesn't give you access to items or change the game in a way so you get things early. This is what is considered a grey area because it doesn't change anything except how the game is rendered so how the world looks to you and only you changes and not for anyone else. Basically its like loading a theme on your computer it change how it looks and acts for you but doesn't really help you except for the it makes it better to look at for you. Now only downside to using it is you will have to save a backup of your game or reinstall it to render like it did before.  So no I don't think you can be banned for it but if your game messes up you have to fix it yourself. 

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