time and time again, found ways to shoot themselves in the foot by going against the people who are only trying to make their games more enjoyable.Įn Masse Entertainment sent out a DMCA takedown to a highly-popular tool named Proxy for TERA Online. Regardless of how popular and beneficial a modding community can be for a MMO, companies have. The reason why I decided to make this thread was due to the recent announcement surrounding an awaited graphical mod for Runescape, and also for the drama surrounding Final Fantasy XIV. For example, screenshot or machinima tools, transmog/wardrobe previewer, DPS and other performance meters, interactable interface options and complete UI overhauls, etc. They can either be officially supported by the game's developers or rely on fan-made tools in order to function. For example, better or upscaled textures, replacing/changing outfits, better skill effects, armor/weapon/mount recolors, different UI, nudity, etc.Īddons, however, tend to tools that interact with the client in one way or another. Apart from some sort of mod manager, most of these can just be dropped into the game's folder and work regardless.
Majority of mods by themselves are related to client-side cosmetics and general graphical enhancements. I believe it's worth separating this into two things, however. players more ways to expand the kind of content they can produce for their favorite titles. A lot of these things started off as simple texture changes, but in time. Plenty of other MMOs have seen a rise in custom content over the years, such as World of Warcraft and even TERA Online. The original Guild Wars already had texture mods back in 2006 (which funnily enough, relied on a tool that was originally only meant for Tomb Raider: Legend). The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim wouldn't be as popular or as massive as it still is today without a passionate modding community backing it up. Mods have been amazing ways to keep games striving years after they originally came out. I also saw just how much The Sims 2 blew up in terms of mods months after the game came out.
I recall people freaking out and trying to find ways to get Lara Croft naked back in the day over rumors of a cheat code that ended up having her explode instead. modding tools already existed back in the 90s.
When it comes to modding communities in videogames, there's no denying of just how huge the whole concept it especially nowadays.
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