What stops indies from using illegal software to build their games?

[Odd_Way]

@EvilCleric

But at the end of the day, the only question you should be asking yourself is: is it worth the risk?

Ahah nope for sure. Especially that some softwares aren’t that much expensive…

@EvilCleric

A lot of people believe that unless the shops or games contain the original file format, it’s impossible to determine the file’s origin. That’s not entirely true.
Metadata is not the only way to id a file. For example, some forms of steganography and digital watermarking are possible and hard to detect.
In order to be sure, you would have to …

But I still have a question about this. If you sell a modified file you sure can be caught. But how does it work with files used in for example Unreal Engine/Unity/CryEngine etc ? I mean there is no .fbx/.obj or whatever “classic” files in the game folder.

It’s very interesting how they hide proofs in the files like spies ahah