how they were marked? does the creator can track it if u share it??
sorry just curious about it
Theres 3 things....
1. 'Author history': on the card profile itself, which can determine who's the previous user and last saved. This one is actually easy to remove if you know the tricks
2. 'Texture layout': Theres a hidden marking around the texture layout. This one is probably the hardest to find the marks because it can be anywhere, any pattern and any size. Usually hidden on the Normal/Mask/BaseColour maps of your accessories/cloth/skin layout/etc.... Some artist put numbers as your ID and some even put an effort by making a unique pattern on the texture maps which is very brutal for me to fix. Require a second same card as a reference to compare the markings on each other to fix it.
3. 'Serial numbers on the zipmod': Every ZIPMOD files they distribute have a different serial in the file itself but it can be check on the unity engine or other application. If you know what youre doing, theres a lot of different ways to change the serial number but require a lot of time.
And just to remind you, if you subscribe to them, they don't just unlock the patreon page where you can just simply download the character from their main page. No, The artist will give you the links to your personal email/mega to download the content. It sorts of like your own google drive.
The thing i hate about this is that if there's something happened to the artist like sudden disappearance, you wont get the content that you paid for unless if the artist stop the continuation of billing by himeslf or asking for a refund from paypal/credit card. If not, there goes your money
And if you kind enough to share your cards to everyone, Its either sacrifice you own email by getting blacklisted or using a second account with different credit card to be safe. Thats why we need to give a lot of respect to whoever wilingly to share any of the artist card/scene data that have ID marks on them. Hope this helps to everyone here.
Oh btw, the list of artist that have marking on them that i know are
Character: AOMI , RiOAXERᐃLixX , ANT Y , PIS , suou , H Axiom , Dolores and Cetol (like the guy spam above lol)
Scene : XCALIBUR