Someone has to say it: mod support

[NOISEMAKER]

I know it's not as easy as turning an option on or off, but I strongly advise considering mod tools. A cute, calm little builder like this could blow tf up if it was open to the public's creativity.

[LonerD]

Totally support

[jacobfrance]

absolutely agreed

[バイキング]

i dont support. ;P

[Garstmarst]

I gave this like 9 awards to emphasize the point

[Garstmarst]

Originally posted by バイキング:

i dont support. ;P

Ive gotta ask why, i dont see much downside, to allowing creative, and skillful players to add things they personally want to see to the game, and to share with others, and you dont have to even install it, its entirely optional

[OlaHaldor]

I don't have high hopes it will get mod support. I just don't see how.

What did you have in mind? How or what will it add to the game? I'm not opposed to it, but I think it's good to have an idea or a plan, before one throws out "we need this!".

[coy1010allen]

The only mods I see that could work are texture additions/replacements. maybe new buildings/roofs/windows/etc too but I would imagine the cost of programming that would be too high.

[OlaHaldor]

I was just about to edit my message, to add: do you know anything about procedural modeling?

Knowing one of the devs from a very complex and advanced tutorial series for Houdini, I bet there's a lot of custom stuff going on behind the scenes. It's not so easy for outsiders (modders) to just tap into.

I don't really know what modding would do for this game at this point.

I have mad respect for the tools they have created for the player. Making archways and fences which adheres to surrounding buildings and terrain features just by clicking around is no easy feat!

[Gex]

Well I don't claim to know the first thing about making mods, but if I could, some of my ideas for mods would be to add some sort of resource management element to the game, npcs, new templates for different types of buildings. Maybe run down villages, or Dracula's castle, Orc village, sci-fi designs, alien planets, old western towns, elven cities, dwarven mines, druid villages with henges.

Ideas are easy, developing them is a whole different story, but the ability for the community to even start is doing is kinda this game's whole principal...a place where your ideas are free form to build to your hearts desire. The only thing holding you back is your imagination...and mod support.

[Snikoleye]

Honestly, adding some mod tools would probably take a lot of the dev's plates, since they could outsource things like translation to the modders. But, also, mods can get... weird.. so I get it if they decide not to go there.

[leafy loaf]

not sure why mods would have to be that complicated? custom map shapes, extra paint colours, adding new types of flowers/rocks/trees, changing the sheep to other animals, changing the sky. smaller things


all that being said i am not sure mod support is really that viable, this team really is rather tiny and while it ~would~ greatly increase the odds of people buying this game for friends/family and staying longer in the game it also means there is a lot more work on the team's side with only potential benefit for it instead of guaranteed

[Jeo Nugu]

I hate that people have this ridiculous idea that every game, no matter what it is, sight unseen and before it's even done, HAS to have mod support. It doesn't.

[Middy]

Originally posted by Jeo Nugu:

I hate that people have this ridiculous idea that every game, no matter what it is, sight unseen and before it's even done, HAS to have mod support. It doesn't.

Especially when it's used to promote a game while allowing the developer to release with limited content. Mods are unreliable. Some are badly optimised, some are flat out ugly, some disappear without warning, others break with updates. It's a chore.

[Cackles]

I think the most I would like to do is to add in some custom decorative pieces, and maybe a model swap for the sheep.

[Cackles]

Originally posted by Jeo Nugu:

I hate that people have this ridiculous idea that every game, no matter what it is, sight unseen and before it's even done, HAS to have mod support. It doesn't.

People like modding games and adding their own little touch to it.
Can also be a good stepping point for getting into game dev for some.

But while having mod support is nice, sadly it's quite the undertaking for the devs part to add in such support.