So anyway: if one were making their own mod for DX, is it possible to make it into a standalone game that doesn't actually require DX to be installed? (So I guess not so much a mod anymore but rather a whole separate game.) However impractical the end result might be (like, I don't know, enormous file size or whatever) is irrelevant - would DX's version of the UnrealEd be capable of pulling it off? Could OTP have theoretically made TNM a standalone product if they wanted to?
Although now I think about it, even if they could do it, would the maker actually be allowed to? Or is there some kind of legal requirement in place that the original game has to be present if creating any kind of mod based off of it?
): I totally see your point about needing the engine to bring all the content together. Although I probably should've been more clear: I was getting at creating a standalone product with the engine included (which could've been a factor contributing to the aforementioned enormous file size, perhaps?). I figured such a thing (and I stress this word) might be possible from a technical standpoint: after all, Deus Ex used and modified the Unreal Engine, but supplied it on its own terms - it's not like you need one of the Unreal games already installed to use it. The game Gunman Chronicles was originally developed as a mod for Half-Life, but although it still uses Half-Life's engine it actually ended up being released as its own standalone product - the same goes for Blue Shift, I guess. These things could have been mods that required the original base game to run, but I assume they instead shipped with the engine so they could run standalone.
