the reason why I asked is thus I would like to make a hi-res version of some game models, specifically the ones from Homeworld. (the Taidan fighter and scout). but, according to the judgement in the thread mentioned above, extracting the homeworld meshes to use as a reference base for a hires version would make me a warezman, and if I posted the models on here, (which I was planning todo as a poser version for free), i would be banned. Yet, ppl do this all the time to make game mods... hence my confusion.