Terms of Use

Last updated: 9 November 2026

1. Agreement

These terms apply to this website, to your subscription and to Ilm's Rust Cinematic Client: the Windows app, the server plugins, the Blender add-on and, for Pro, the in-game mod (together, "the tools"). By subscribing to, downloading or using the tools you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, don't use them.

2. What these terms cover

The tools set up and run a private Rust server for making cinematics, with plugins for filming. They're made by Ilm, trading as ILM's Rust Cinematics ("we", "us"). The tools are sold as a monthly subscription (section 12).

3. You need your own copy of Rust

• You must own a legitimate copy of Rust on Steam to join your server.
• The tools don't include the game, its files or any Facepunch assets. The Rust dedicated server, SteamCMD and Oxide are downloaded from their official sources during setup and keep their own terms.
• You must follow the Steam Subscriber Agreement, Facepunch's terms for Rust and Facepunch's server guidelines when you use the tools.

4. Licences

The app, the plugins and the in-game mod are not open source. While your subscription is active we give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install and use them for your own private servers and productions, under these terms and the licence that comes with them. You may not:

• share, sell, rent or publish the tools, their files or your licence key, or give other people access to them;
• remove or change licence checks, notices or the identifiers in the files;
• copy the tools except for your own backups.

Where the law gives you the right to study or adapt software (for example to make it work with other programs), that right isn't limited by these terms.

The Blender add-on is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, as Blender add-ons must be. The GPL gives you its own rights for the add-on, and these terms don't limit them. Fonts and other third-party parts keep their own licences (see Licences).

5. Acceptable use

You may use the tools to run your own private server for filming, testing and content creation. You must not:

• use the tools to cheat, to get an unfair advantage, or to harm other players or their property on any server;
• use them to get around Easy Anti-Cheat, bans or other protections on official or community servers;
• share Rust game files, extracted game assets or copies of the game;
• use the tools in a way that breaks Facepunch's or Valve's terms, or any law;
• pretend to be Facepunch, Valve, Ilm or anyone else when you share the tools or your work.

You're responsible for your server, who you let on it and what happens there.

6. Facepunch DLC and paid skins

Facepunch's server guidelines (section 3) don't allow servers to grant Facepunch DLC to players who haven't bought it. Section 3(b) allows Test Servers to temporarily grant DLC access for testing purposes only, and Facepunch's Alistair McFarlane stated on 16 July 2025 that cinematic servers fall under test servers. Based on that:

• the plugins hand out DLC items and paid skins only while the server's whitelist is on (a private cinematic server);
• with the whitelist off, players only get the DLC and paid skins they own.

Use the whitelist mode only for private cinematic work. Facepunch decides how its rules apply; if you're not sure your use is allowed, ask them at legal@facepunch.com. We can't give you permission on Facepunch's behalf.

7. Other people's content

• Builders Sanctuary bases belong to their builders. The base browser shows public bases from sanc.gg; credit the builder when you show their base, and follow Builders Sanctuary's own rules.
• Workshop skins belong to their creators and to Facepunch.
• Pictures you put on signs must be yours or ones you're allowed to use.

8. Third-party services

The tools connect to other services when you use the matching feature: Steam and SteamCMD (server download), the Oxide project (Oxide download), Builders Sanctuary (base browser) and any web link you give the picture tool. Those services have their own terms and privacy policies, and we don't control them. See the Privacy page.

9. No warranty

The tools are provided "as is", without any warranty of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose. They can have bugs. Game updates can break them at any time. Keep backups of anything you care about.

10. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we're not liable for any loss or damage from using or not being able to use the tools. That includes bans or account action, lost or corrupted data, worlds or recordings, crashes, and damage to your computer or your server. Where the law doesn't allow a limit, our liability is limited to the smallest amount it allows. Nothing here limits rights you have as a consumer that can't be limited by contract.

11. Not affiliated

The tools are fan-made. They're not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or supported by Facepunch Studios, Valve or Builders Sanctuary. Rust is a trademark of Facepunch Studios. Steam is a trademark of Valve Corporation. Other names belong to their owners.

12. Subscription, cancelling and refunds

• Plans and prices are on the Pricing page. Prices include VAT where it applies.
• Our reseller. Orders are processed by Lemon Squeezy, which acts as the merchant of record: it takes the payment, issues the invoice and handles taxes. Its own buyer terms apply to the payment.
• Renewal. Your subscription renews automatically every month until you cancel.
• Cancelling. You can cancel at any time from the link in your receipt or the Lemon Squeezy customer portal. You keep access until the end of the month you've paid for; after that your licence key stops working.
• Licence key. Your key is for you only. It can be active on 1 of your own computers at a time; deactivate it in the app to move it to another one.
• Price changes. We tell you at least 30 days before a price change. It applies from your next billing month, and you can cancel before then.
• Right of withdrawal (EU / EEA / UK). You normally have 14 days to withdraw from a purchase. For digital content you get immediately, that right ends once the download or your licence key is delivered, if you agreed to that at checkout and confirmed you know you lose the right of withdrawal.
• Refunds. If the tools don't work as described and we can't fix it, contact us within 14 days of the payment and we'll refund that payment. Your statutory rights as a consumer are not affected.
• Ending access. If you seriously break these terms (for example by sharing your key or the files), we may cancel your subscription and your key. Months already used aren't refunded in that case, unless the law says otherwise.

13. Changes

We may update these terms. The date at the top shows the last change. We tell subscribers about important changes by email before they apply; if you don't agree, you can cancel before they start.

14. Contact

Questions about these terms, your subscription or refunds: email rustlights.contact@gmail.com.