Tool Submission Guidelines
All valid tool submissions will be tested and reviewed by a staff member. Rejected submissions or removals will be logged here.
In addition to these rules, it is strongly recommended that in developing your tool you make an effort to have it be interoperable with, or avoid conflicting with, other essential tools and commonly used major resources.
Third-Party Tool Guidelines
Submissions of tools by authors not directly a member of the site can be made if it meets the additional guidelines below.
Online Tools Guidelines
You can make submissions to the Online Tools section by contributing to the project on GitHub. Your online tool should try and follow the guidelines below.
All valid tool submissions will be tested and reviewed by a staff member. Rejected submissions or removals will be logged here.
- It is permissible to upload
A tool can be submitted if you are the author of the tool, you have received permission from its author to upload it, or the license agreement included with the tool (if it has one) specifies that it may be hosted by other sites. - Tool must come with documentation
The tool contains a readme, help file, internal documentation, or some other form of instruction detailing how to use the tool. - Must not already be hosted
Do not submit a tool that is already hosted tool anywhere within the section. This means no "starter packs", tool bundles or anything similar! - Tool must have relevance
The tool's purpose must be directly related to or useful for hacking a game which we support in some way. - Tool must not be self-updating
A tool that updates itself from an external server bypasses our moderation process, and poses a security risk to users. SMW Central will not accept or host any tool with this functionality. - Submitting Online Tools
Lightweight browser tools that are built out of simple HTML and JavaScript are better suited to the Online Tools section. See the guidelines below for submitting an Online Tool.
In addition to these rules, it is strongly recommended that in developing your tool you make an effort to have it be interoperable with, or avoid conflicting with, other essential tools and commonly used major resources.
Third-Party Tool Guidelines
Submissions of tools by authors not directly a member of the site can be made if it meets the additional guidelines below.
- The tool must be related to a game supported by SMW Central, or be useful alongside other tools or other hacking workflows.
- It is a known, stable version that is identical to a release that users would otherwise be able to get elsewhere. Do not submit pre-release or in-development versions of software as the moderation process can't accommodate frequent updates.
- The original author(s) is specified in the Authors field, even if they do not have a site presence. Software with large teams can be specified as "[Tool Name] Team".
Online Tools Guidelines
You can make submissions to the Online Tools section by contributing to the project on GitHub. Your online tool should try and follow the guidelines below.
- Tools with a lot of inputs or outputs, that need to perform heavy computation, or that need to store persistent state are usually not accepted.
- If you're not submitting your own tool, you should have permission from its author to upload it, or the license agreement included with the tool (if it has one) should specify that it may be reuploaded to other sites.
- The tool must be related to a game supported by SMW Central, or be useful alongside other tools or other hacking workflows.
- Online Tools must work in all of the browsers supported by SMW Central.