Star Citizen Offline Mod Canceled After Developer Request
The takedown lands on ground CIG itself opened, since the game's earliest Kickstarter pitch promised moddable multiplayer where users can host, a point users raised as the offline build and its subreddit posts disappeared.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Developer cloudyyrust canceled his Star Citizen offline mod, ChrisWareOffline, after Cloud Imperium Games contacted him about files the mod included. He complied, deleting the GitHub repository, all download sources, the build channels on the mod's official Discord, and the Discord server, and asked users to remove downloaded files and re-uploads. Posts about the mod on the Star Citizen subreddit were removed after CIG sent an unofficial DMCA notice to moderators.
The shutdown was announced by mod developer cloudyyrust on the mod's official Discord, not by CIG. He said CIG contacted him about files the mod included and that he complied fully with their requests. The deletions cover the GitHub repository, all download sources, the build-related Discord channels, and the Discord server itself, and he asked users to delete downloaded files, distribution archives, and derivative or re-uploaded versions.
On Reddit, posts about the mod in the Star Citizen subreddit were removed. Moderators said CIG unofficially notified them via DMCA to take the posts down and that they acted because Reddit's terms of service let copyright holders request removal of infringing content.
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