What happened to game modding? Modding used to add completely new things to games and radically change them...

What happened to game modding? Modding used to add completely new things to games and radically change them, but now they seem to be restricted to simple model swaps

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Reaction to paid mods pissed people off so they packed up their stuff and either left or locked it behind Patreon accounts.

Complexity of titles means adding "new" content is exponentially more difficult, while the easiest way to get attention is to slap a pair of titties on the hottest character and call it a day.
Also the TES community for forcing paid mod bullshit and drama which is slowly corrupting other smaller mod communities.

Depends on game user. Skyrim, Fallout and other games has cool mods which includes new quests, gameplay and etc

It's not complexity. It's middleware like Havok that prevents mods if used extensively in games.

between shitty devs trying to claim the rights to mods in their EULA to modders deciding they'd rather make their own games to the whole "paid mods" fiasco. Shit as I'm typing more reasons are popping up itt, so tl;dr it's complicated.

mods dissincentivize cosmetic purchases and so they cannot be allowed

There's still a ton of games with robust mod communities. It really depends on the engine and tools available. It's really hard to do anything beyond resource swaps when you've got no tools.

Pretty good Pizza.

Games aren't as mod friendly because it's all console ports.

Big AAA releases discourage modding because when a game costs so fucking much to make, the suits calculate that it makes more sense to limit new content to paid stuff made by official devs to maximize profits - hence, no modding tools available for community. The only AAA games that allow for proper modding today are Bethesda’s, and even they probably hold onto it just because they are afraid of completely pulling the plug for mod support because it has been such a big thing with their games (hasn’t stopped them from trying paid mods, still).

But then again, many smaller and more niche games still have excellent modding scenes that are just as lively as ever, so better look there if you want to see community effort.

When I say complexity I don't mean game mechanics, just the platform its built around.
Havok isn't even that widely used anymore and i'm not sure how the physics engine is supposed to prevent modding outside of making clothes mods a pain in the ass.

This, buried in the EULA of any modern game is something about how making mods and poking around code isn't supported and making vague threats of C&D.

I'm not really a modder, only modded Demon's Souls so far but people constantly give me shit because I apparently ruined the game and the original version is better. I think most people nowadays have a completely warped view of what mods are supposed to be.

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Not a problem if you release the mods anonymously. What are they going to do? They can't do shit. Host the mods on some russian website and email a picture of your dick back to the legal team that tries to send you a C&D letter.

This, DICE and EA cited that frostbite was too hard to mod when they released BF3, but now we all know the real reason.

What DeS mods have you used/made?

Most of them nexusmods.com/demonssouls/mods/

>Fortnite dance gestures
Wow you really did ruin the game.

shit pizza

I didn't make those.

>not getting a mega with tons of meat, both types of garlic, a bunch of crushed red pepper and whatever other toppings you like

>My stupid fucking biases are why the thing I don't like is happening

No retard, game modding doesn't happen because the creatives who would go out of their way to modify games have Unreal Engine 4 and Unity, shit nigger you have Mario Maker, Dreams and whatnot too.

Be the change you want to see. Learn how to mod.

Game creation has gotten so easy with shit like unity and unreal engine that modders have decided to just make their own games instead of adding new stuff to old games

Why mod a game when you can spend about the same amount of time and make your own game using the same engine? That is what a lot of overhaul modding was back in the day. What changed is the developers made their engines easier for everyone to work with.

>The only AAA games that allow for proper modding today are Bethesda’s
that's because if they shut down modding, they'd actually have to release finished products. with modding, they can just rely on their sucker fanbase to fix the games themselves for free.

Paid mods
Developers literally suing people
Developers taking credit for mods the community develops (see Wacraft 3: Refunded)
Literal triple A studios relying on community mods to make their games suck less while releasing an unfinished product
Making people paid for mods developed for said unfinished game

vahellis? And I dunno, they seem like fine mods to me. Ever thought about making a mod to open up the broken archstone? I know there's an unfinished level behind it. Could be cool to explore it.

>Mods for games are released on some obscure Russian website
If that's the extent of things, you can forget about a robust modding community

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with everyone stuck at home maybe modding will come back, and be as big as it was in 07-09 during the recession.

one can hope anyway, with source 2 and U4 just sitting there.

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over priced pizza.

The current generation has very little programming skill. It's easier than it's been in 20 years to mod games and make private servers, too.

-Skyrim just got new animation framework.
-New Vegas just recently got a massive quest mod; with a new one on the horizon.
-Bannerlord modding is picking up swing.
-Total war mods are more populous than ever.

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>very little programming skill
>job market for programmers is the most flooded it's been in tech history

>-Skyrim just got new animation framework.
??
redpill me on this

>New Vegas just recently got a massive quest mod; with a new one on the horizon.
Ignore the other guy and redpill me on this.