A question about submitting a certain mod

[ascaland]

If I were to submit a mod to the mod site that is for a certain 'thing' such as perhaps a highscores system for a particular game such as Runescape, would this be acceptable to submit?

Would database-specific compatibility be allowed for mods?

Thanks.

[Arantor]

Speaking as a former Cust. team member (bearing in mind I have no say about current implementation of the guidelines):

* Database specific compatibility is generally required unless there's a good reason not to. If it's 1.1.x only, that's fine because SMF only supports MySQL on 1.1.x. I'd also say that if you need it to bridge to a separate DB table that's not inside SMF, i.e. some external MySQL database, that's likely to be fine. Alternatively if you have to use some other API it's probably fine - *provided* you document what it needs to avoid problems later.

* It sounds like there's some questionable nature behind the mod you're talking about; mods provided here should not have any legal matters or similar. I know that Runescape are funny about private servers, and if there's anything that's legally questionable the answer is likely to be no.

I don't know, though, if in doubt shoot the SMF Cust Team a PM (they're in the users as SMF Customization Team, user 1)

[ascaland]

Thanks or the quick reply. What I was going to submit was just a highscores modification which would display players from a database table and have them displayed on the page. The only thing im worried about is perhaps using their images such as,


Etc.

[Arantor]

It would be advisable not to use images from such sources without clearing the rights to use them in that way. I know Jagex are very hot on reusing their images.

[ascaland]

It would be advisable not to use images from such sources without clearing the rights to use them in that way. I know Jagex are very hot on reusing their images.

Ah, I guess for now im just out of luck.
Thanks.