Using graphics from other games, for a game

[Toefur]

What are people's thoughts on this? Especially when it comes to more modern games.

What brings this to mind is that my girlfriend has made a mod for Morrowind, and it's basically a complete island with a few buildings, a castle, and so on.

She's planned out everything from where each individual item and object (be it trees, doors, bottles, etc) is.

Just, I figured that she's created an awesome setting for what could be an awesome adventure game... unfortunately the graphics themselves are still those used in Morrowind, although no buildings or scenes are complete copies.

I don't really want to discuss copyright aspects here, but generally what other peoples views are of doing a game using these graphics would be.

[m0ds]

I personally have no problems with it, because its not my game

Of course, that does involve issues - but I think if you're just making a small fan game, no-ones really going to moan at you.

Well, i'm not.


m0ds

[MachineElf]

In your case I think it's totallt ok. It's more like using a tool to create 3d graphics (not that I have played or created mods for Morrowind, but I can imagine what it's like) than ripping graphics out of a game. I have thought of using that method myself, using some easy map-tool for a 3d-game and then use it as base for my game graphics.
I think it would be better though to not use the graphics as is but rather try to remove some of the 3d-feeling from it, unless you can make characters fit into it. Attempts to use both use 3d and 2d often look pretty bad.