Mods are done by third party with software made by the original developer or with custom code mixing in with original code alongside with custom assets mixing in with original assets. In this context the software is games. Modifications can range from changing the bullet prefab to rocket ammo for the assault rifle on Halo, to adding your own content and code into the existing code making sure it doesn't break the original code, as well as adding new assets into the existing assets but giving that asset it's own script that communicates with the rest of the game world.

Mods can have a variety of things, it could just be visual tweaks to make the game look better than it already does.

And the best part is, they're all optional!

And free! Unless it's a company like 343 modding a Bungie title, but that doesn't really count as modding now does it?


One of my favorite mods...



Discuss.

Fat Man firing 255 mini nukes in a single shot with 10mm ammo is the best mod ever.

Agreed.

Honestly, whoever opposes modding is either an idiot, a troll or a copyright lawyer on steroids.

Or Verbatim.

Oh wait....

ugh i miss my modded skyrim

Quote from: Decimator Omega on April 22, 2015, 02:14:41 AM

And free! Unless it's a company like 343 modding a Bungie title, but that doesn't really count as modding now does it?

What?

#Deciposting

Spoiler

Felt like sharing some modded Skyrim in a mod thread.

Is Skyrim even Skyrim anymore?

Quote from: Lemön | Queen of Anal on April 22, 2015, 02:39:18 PM

Quote from: LC on April 22, 2015, 02:21:09 PM

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Felt like sharing some modded Skyrim in a mod thread.

Is Skyrim even Skyrim anymore?

I'd say so. Bethesda just gave PC gamers the tools and support to go apeshit with their game and the results show.
It's been almost 5 years and Skyrim is still making Bethesda dosh due to the modding community and it's consistently in the top 10 most played games for Steam.

Spoiler

Of course modding is terrible and devs that support it don't know what artistic integrity is though.

It was a joke about how mad the modding scene for Skyrim is and how un-Skyrim the game can be with some mods.

>.>

And no, modded Skyrim isn't Skyrim anymore.  It's "modded Skyrim".

That's the point.

And no, modded Skyrim isn't Skyrim anymore.  It's "modded Skyrim".

That's the point.

So? The point of playing video games is to have fun. Mods add more fun once the vanilla game is getting stale.

Here we go

Here we go with the pointless, non-contributing, shit-stirring "here we go" posts.

Here we go with Verbatim being Verbatim

Why would I do that when the dev gives me the tools and support to change their game to play and look the way I want it to?

Why would you do that when you could play a different game instead, so you don't get bored?

Modding also extends a games life time way past what it would originally be and helps support the devs. The Imperial Civil War mod team essentially gave us Empire at War 2 for example and it came at no extra cost to those who already owned the base game and its expansion.

So they gave you a shitty RTS game. Great.

You're such a fucking stick in the mud. I bet you're a lot of fun to hang around with IRL (no not really)

Quote from: LC on April 22, 2015, 06:35:07 PM

Why would I do that when the dev gives me the tools and support to change their game to play and look the way I want it to?

Why would you do that when you could play a different game instead, so you don't bored?

Because perhaps while he likes playing Skyrim, he wants to tweak it so it doesn't become repetitive,  or see what the modding community has in store, i.e. quests, Loch Wraith form, etc.

Because perhaps while he likes playing Skyrim, he wants to tweak it so it doesn't become repetitive,  or see what the modding community has in store, i.e. quests, Loch Wraith form, etc.

Personally, I would recommend to stop playing Skyrim, because it's bad.