Oblivion Remasterd Deluxe Edition is reminding us all of the fall of gaming.

That smile horse armor. That damned smile horse armor.

  • shiroininja@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    But no game officially supports mods, at first. Like 99% of mods for games are made without the developer’s assistance or blessing. That’s part of being a mod developer, figuring out how to do shit. I honestly want developer’s hands off of the community

    • entwine413@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      That’s absolutely not true anymore. Many games support mods now, and Steam Workshop is a thing.

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        2 months ago

        Steam workshop isn’t mod support. It’s a place to get mods. Mods work without developer support, always have, always will.

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      2 months ago

      This is definitely untrue and the reason some games have 18,000 mods and some games have 0 is almost entirely down to developer cooperation.

      Sometimes if a game is using an existing engine that is known to be moddable, you can get a community built off of some pre-existing knowledge and kind of strike out on your own to build a mod. In most cases if the devs didn’t build the game with mod support in mind you’re not getting any mods.

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      2 months ago

      I’m fairly sure Bethesda released Skyrim, Oblivion, and Morrowind with officially supported mod toolkits shipping on day one. The reason their games have official mod tools is to make it much easier to work with which leads to the huge number of mods in their games compared to other games, and contributes to the longevity of their games.

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        2 months ago

        I recall there being a period before a mod toolkit where sanic, bonesaw dragons, and alternative mudcrabs were all that was on tap. Like 4, 5 months of “bonesaw is ready” feels right.

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      2 months ago

      Tmodloader is basically official for Terraria at this point, no?