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Can free assets from Unity Asset Store be used in any other game engine than Unity?
This is a cross-post from Gamedev.StackExchange.
Are there any rules that prevent me from using free assets uploaded to Unity Asset Store in combination with other (not Unity) game engines and frameworks?
There is an answer by Alex from Unity posted about paid assets, but I'd like to clarify if this extends to free assets.
Somebody I know has attempted to upload a free asset and failed because it contained a WTFPL and the upload was denied with the official response that such a license it not allowed on Unity Asset Store for whatever reason. So I'd like to also know which licenses are compatible when attempting to use free assets in this fashion (without Unity engine).
Yes, you can, see Can I download an asset without opening the Unity Editor? Is it possible to use Unity assets within another game engine?
Also check if the asset contains a license file inside.
What you're saying in your answer contradicts what you've linked to. Please explain how it says "yes you can" because I cannot see the word "yes" on the entire page.
Last line "From these locations, you can drag and drop them into other projects, or even other engines if you wish to."
"even other engines", so you can use in other engines any store content. you still need Unity to Download then.
Interesting question, don't know about other publisher assets, but I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to use Unity's assets (like standard assets or anything published by Unity Technologies) in other engines.
Yes you can as far as that asset is supported by that game engine, for eg. the shaders that we use in unity are all programmed in shaderLab language (actually shaderLab is starting point for every shader of unity) that is a unity native language, this means shaders from asset store cannot be used in other game engines (but if you can edit those shaders for your engine then you are good to go) .... second examle is normal maps, maps that are made for unity may give you weird results in Unreal Engine as Y axis of normal map for unity is UP while in UE it is down ... in short, just check the asset compatibility before use
I'm not asking about the implementation possibility but about legal restrictions.
then forget about my whole answer and just focus on the first word of this answer ...
Not cool. If you can't answer my question, you should delete what you've posted or move it to another question. And just "yes" isn't a good answer at all.
The only authoritative answer to this question is to refer to the asset store EULA: https://unity3d.com/legal/as_terms And, if you're still not sure after reading that, consult a lawyer. Legal issues should not be referred to the opinions of an arbitrary internet community :)
This isn't an arbitrary internet community, this is official Unity Answers site which is supposed to be viewed by the creators of the very thing these terms are written for. I fully expect a developer or a legal person to come by and answer. That should be pretty authoritative. Also your reply doesn't answer my question. I'm aware the information is out there but I'm looking for its clarification.
