Splash screen text
For the purposes of legality Modders who create their own material which alters the original file that contains licensing for the integrated formats and/or programs that make the game engine run may be liable to include the same existing text upon public release of their mod.
The use of Licensing text in your "splash screen" is believed to be optional by many and has yet to be clarified officially one way or the other. Therefor my advise is seek permission from the developer or include the licensing text as they have, therefor you are technically only modifying the visual aspect.
Below supplied text in bold is the identical text found in both Rome: Total War & Medieval II: Total War engines. The text in italic is an addition that TWC and modders alike endorse, (so please also use it).
Rome: Total War:
Total War, Rome: Total War Software © 2002-2004 The Creative Assembly™ Limited. All rights reserved. Total War, Rome: Total War and the Total War logo are trade marks or registered trade marks of the Creative Assembly ™ in the United Kingdom and/or other countries. All rights reserved.
Published by Activision Publishing, Inc. Activision is a registered trademark of Activision, Inc. All rights reserved. The Sound Blaster Logo is a trademark of the Creative Technology Ltd. In the United States and/or other countries. Copyright © 2004 Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.
Uses Miles Sound System. Copyright © 1991-2004 by Rad Game Tools, Inc. All Rights Reserved. MPEG Layer-3 playback supplied with the Miles Sound System from RAD Game Tools, Inc. MPEG Layer-3 audiocompression technology liscensed by Fraunhofer IIS and THOMSON multimedia. GameSpy and the “Powered by GameSpy” design are trademarks of GameSpy Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. The ratings icon is a registered trademark of the Entertainment Software Association. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.
Using or distributing part or all of any Total War modification without permission is immoral! While modders may not technically have legal rights to their work, please respect their moral right to control who is allowed to use it.
Medieval II: Total War:
(c) 2006 The Creative Assembly Limited. Total War, Medieval: Total War, and the Total War logo are trade marks or registered trade marks of The Creative Assembly Limited in the United Kingdom and/or other countries. SEGA is a registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. SEGA and the SEGA logo are either trade marks or registered trade marks of SEGA Corporation. GameSpy and the “Powered by GameSpy” design are trademarks of GameSpy Industries, Inc. The NVIDIA logo and the "The way it's meant to be played" logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation. The ratings icon is a registered trademark of the Entertainment Software Association. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
Using or distributing part or all of any Total War modification without permission is immoral! While modders may not technically have legal rights to their work, please respect their moral right to control who is allowed to use it.
In addition to the above text it is also a requirement to display the corresponding logo's used, e.g. NVIDIA, Gamespy, ect. The logo's must remain unaltered but placement and scale may vary.
The original thread can be found here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=114992
Included in the above thread are .psd layer files for both RTW and M2TW that are free to be used.
