What does "lore" and "lore friendly" mean?

[Bleh]

Mods now days are always said that its lore friendly. What exatally does that mean?

[Mivo]

The lore is, simply put, the background story of a game, the imaginary culture of the game world, etc. Lore friendly means that a mod doesn't mess with that, e.g. a game's plot requires the player to kill a certain NPC, like an evil lord, and the whole story continues based on that event, then a mod would not be lore friendly if it suddenly brought back that NPC and he said, "Lol, this was just a dream you had!" (although this could be done lore friendly, though not if there are for example books that cover the events too). Or, more drastically, if a mod introduces stuff that doesn't fit into the game's story at all, like a Mercedes Benz in Skyrim.

[Bleh]

I see, Lore is the plot, info etc. and lore friendly means it stays true to the lore without adding anything out of place, For example:

SDK's gun isn't a lore friendly mod for minecraft, because it ruins the survival feeling(I mean really, it adds stuff like ak74's and rpg's), while mo' creatures add is lore firendly, because it makes the game feel more populated with mobs that fit in the game's envoriorment.

[Mivo]

Sorta. But Minecraft doesn't really have lore. Lore is more like a made-up religious system (gods and such), an alternate history, invited family trees, etc. But you have the right idea there, yes. :)

[Bleh]

Alright, thanks!

[Lestrad]

What BookofAwsomeness said.

Take a game like Skyrim:

"Lore" - nordic/medieval setting
"Lore Friendly" - mod that adds in a halberd.
"Not Lore Friendly" - mod that adds a flintlock rifle -_-

[Bleh]

Exactly

[MrOli]

Thanks for the good description!

[Duke of Judea]

You have no idea how many people are viewing and getting help from this thread

[The Man™]

Still bumping a post from 2012 lol.

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

Replacing dragons with thomas the train isnt lore friendly?

[mellow]

lore is just like the history of game. so like skyrim, if like male kajit just turn into dogs, then its not lore friendly cause like that not suposed to happen

[Devious]

Within any given fictional universe:

Canon : Happened
Lore Friendly : Could happen
Not Lore Friendly : Could not happen

[xtrmsnpr]

You helped me to wrote an essay about RPG games, in a assignment my course gave to me!
Thx!!

[Crazy Horse]

Originally posted by xtrmsnpr:

You helped me to wrote an essay about RPG games, in a assignment my course gave to me!
Thx!!

This helped me also and I hope your essay wasn't in English. I'm only kidding but I had to say it lol.

[The Holy Chicken Overlord]

Originally posted by linkmeup82:

Originally posted by xtrmsnpr:

You helped me to wrote an essay about RPG games, in a assignment my course gave to me!
Thx!!

This helped me also and I hope your essay wasn't in English. I'm only kidding but I had to say it lol.

Go away you filthy necromancer