I think the complaint purposefully blurs the distinction between "Carmack" and "Zenimax" during Carmack's period of employment. So it makes their behaviour loo

I think the complaint purposefully blurs the distinction between "Carmack" and "Zenimax" during Carmack's period of employment. So it makes their behaviour look a bit contradictory: one part of Zenimax is asking for (or hinting at) compensation, and another part is setting up FTP sites to transfer code, supplying technical advice and more. And this is happening simultaneously. But really, that second part is just Carmack being friendly with Luckey, who is at this point some kid in his garage with cool VR tech. Carmack didn't really resign — his employment contract was up in June 2013. I'm guessing he had a lot of free reign at Zenimax and was likely bored. VR gave him something to be passionate about again, and he just had to wait out his contract before he could go all-in.