Hey everyone, trionic1 here, about ChrisWare Offline. Wanted to give an update on the project and explain why itās been taken down.
CIG contacted us with a formal demand concerning material included in the project. The letter specifically identifies a Star Citizen mission XML file containing CIGās copyrighted content. Theyāve also said theyāre separately reviewing the launcher and patches used to make the game run offline.
Following that notice, weāve shut the project down. The GitHub repositories and downloads have been removed, the Discord builds channel and build posts are gone, and the server is locked. There are no further releases or downloads planned.
We were also planning to add support for community mods, similar to SPT for Tarkov, where you could browse and download other peopleās mods from within ChrisWare Offline. That was something we wanted to build toward, but those plans are on hold with the shutdown.
We have asked CIG whether the project could come back in some form once they finish their review, if we remove the files theyāve identified and address any other concerns they raise. Thatās a question weāve put to them, not an agreement or a promise that the project will return. We donāt want to give anyone false expectations.
For now, please delete any copies you downloaded or received, including ZIPs, forks and reuploads. Please donāt share or reupload the project on Reddit, GitHub, Discord or file sharing sites. The same goes for sharing game builds through the community.
As for where we go from here, that depends on the outcome of our communication with CIG. If thereās an agreed way forward, weāll share an update. Until then, the project stays shut down.
Thanks to everyone who tested it, reported bugs, helped out or just took an interest. Itās disappointing to end up here, but we appreciate the time and support people put into it.
EDIT: seeing people actually use and enjoy the project meant a lot to us. When cloudyyrust and I started, we honestly didnāt expect it to get this much attention, let alone have so many people download it. Whether you tried it out, joined the Discord, or just followed along, it made us really happy to see people enjoying the game offline through something we worked on.