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why is rockstar still against modding?


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Game Shark perhaps allowed HC, I mean for online MP, I just recently heard of some meddling about in the PC online servers, I don't know about that yet, though I hope to do some Games for Windows Live online, or PSN sooner then later, but my online experience is with XBL, and I noted some cheats where you can't kill other players, and in one or two situations I remember, that player was stuck in one spot as part of the glitch.

 

The proposed posting in Gaming Chat was that RDR was not coming to PC because Rockstar were wary of GTA modders taking liberties to mod into the WESTERN period, modern things like planes and cars, as example.

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Who says Rockstar are against Mods? They've posted links on their own News Wire regarding Ice Enhancer, a Zombie Mod and Fan made films using mods tools. They're against Modding Online, which any rightful person would be, modding your game to spawn a bazillion tugboats isn't exactly fun, it's just trolling, it's not creative, you're just pissing people off. But for Offline stuff and Single Player stuff, if it's impressive, Rockstar will promote it on their own website and point people to websites like this!

 

L.A.Noire, that doesn't even run on RAGE, that was built in a different engine, which apparently not even Rockstar know how to use properly since they locked the PC version at 30fps and the layout is all skewed.

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Since the PC versus console and Hot Coffee debacle, that really came about in Fall and Winter 2005, speculation is that Rock* are against modding in general. A revision to GTA IV PC patch was to allow better shadow or shading, but it actually was a detriment to iCEnhancer so people are already advised to look into version 1040 IIRC?

 

Should point out the clear mods evidenced on Rockstar's own Social Club movie hosting, as another example of their support

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I can give it to you in terms of music since I do not develop games.   Imagine working on a beautiful music album for a year and then putting it out there in the world.  The album is perfect in every way you could imagine.  Every piece of music is exactly how you would want it.  Then you have some \"artists\" that come along and decide to alter the music to suit there style and mood.  Then all of a sudden your original piece of music is marred forever. 

 

I feel like R* has this innate love with there creations and wouldn\'t want people to alter them.  Even though they really can not do much about it.

no offense but that sortof sounds stupid to me i don\'t think they care it is about money thats atleast my guess

How does other people modding a game give them any sort of financial gain?

Are you dumb? GTA SA is still being played alot thanks to a Multiplayer mod. And many other mods makes people still play thouse games (and even buy them just for mods).

Yes, that is the whole reason I bought it for PC. Although I still can\'t figure out how to mod. sad.gif

You probably have the version 2.0, that R* made impossible to mod. You have to downgrade it. Look it up.

yea thats one of the reasons i think they are against it and why would they crypt the files for eflc?

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My guess to why the files are encrypted is because Rockstar doesn't condone the art of sharing game files with other (pirated) users.

 

I have a feeling I'm wrong though.

It's 6:35AM and I can't sleep so leave me alone lol

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Game Shark perhaps allowed HC, I mean for online MP, I just recently heard of some meddling about in the PC online servers, I don't know about that yet, though I hope to do some Games for Windows Live online, or PSN sooner then later, but my online experience is with XBL, and I noted some cheats where you can't kill other players, and in one or two situations I remember, that player was stuck in one spot as part of the glitch.

 

The proposed posting in Gaming Chat was that RDR was not coming to PC because Rockstar were wary of GTA modders taking liberties to mod into the WESTERN period, modern things like planes and cars, as example.

Well online is a different matter.

 

I also own an xbox, so that's my experiance also, and i've had exactly what you've described. Also similar on fifa 12 - scored a goal and our game locked up - as did everyone in my team (online clubs)

after a reboot we saw the other team were STILL playing clubs, against our team, winning after scorin 2 more goals since we'd all been crashed.

 

I've seen 10 foot players in fifa - another hack - also, and i will not hesitate to report anyone i suspect of hacking on XBL

 

GTA i've had machinegun pistols, invisible players, players moving with rediculous speed, unkillable players, spawners etc.

 

When you get that online, R* would of course be against mods - because it makes them look bad - mods online give games a bad reputation, so they'd lose sales. I don't play GTA online anymore simply cos it's not fun.

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From what I can gather, Rockstar isn't actively for or against PC modding. They don't cater to modders, but they don't go out of their way to hinder them either.

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I don't think Rockstar is against modding, it's just that ever since Hot Coffee, the media would go abso-f*cking-lutely into a feeding frenzy when someone emails them something with a saucy headling 'GTA _ ALLOWS YOU TO MURDER CHILDREN' because of some modder adding it in.

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Why do people waste their time with mods, seriously. Just appreciate the game for how it is. R* are taking their sweet ass time to make the game as perfect as it can be. There's no way you can upstage R*, and if you think you can, just apply for jobs there...

 

Seriously, mods are for fat pimpley nerds.

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Why do people waste their time with mods, seriously. Just appreciate the game for how it is. R* are taking their sweet ass time to make the game as perfect as it can be. There's no way you can upstage R*, and if you think you can, just apply for jobs there...

 

Seriously, mods are for fat pimpley nerds.

Yeah ok. Good luck with that frame of mind.

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Let's clear up the bullsh*t in this topic, L.A. Noire itself is not encrypted. The only files of LAN that are encrypted are the DLC files to prevent sharing. The rest of the files are just packed in a format without encryption, just like GTA III, VC, SA, etc. There also is a modding "community" for LAN. http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6623 If you want a game that is encrypted, look at GTAIV and the RPF files. wink.gif

 

 

yes i know la noire was developed by team bondi but rockstar helped so i immediatly thought of eflc that also was crypted

 

for some reason they uncrypted the handling files

 

Certain EFLC data files were encrypted with SecuRom by mistake. Rockstar corrected that in EFLC Patch 2.

 

 

Their official position is against mods

Nope.

 

 

I feel like R* has this innate love with there creations and wouldn't want people to alter them. Even though they really can not do much about it.

Not it either.

 

 

L.A.Noire, that doesn't even run on RAGE, that was built in a different engine, which apparently not even Rockstar know how to use properly since they locked the PC version at 30fps and the layout is all skewed.

The FPS cap is a limitation due to the facial animation tech being limited to 30FPS. If you remove the cap, the facial animations look extremely off because it's basically a 30FPS video on top of a model. There's not much that could have been done short of getting new cameras and having every single actor come back in and re-record everything just for PC.

 

 

Why do people waste their time with mods, seriously. Just appreciate the game for how it is. R* are taking their sweet ass time to make the game as perfect as it can be. There's no way you can upstage R*, and if you think you can, just apply for jobs there...

 

Seriously, mods are for fat pimpley nerds.

I'm just going to call you what everyone else is thinking, an idiot, and leave it at that.

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How would you feel if someone thinks your game isn't right and changes it by only 0.1% adding some silly stuff and majority of people screams "OMG NEED DAT MOD!!!ZOMG!!!!"

it's not right to change what others have builded from scratch .

 

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i will never mod GTA IV/EFLC the modders are evil noobs who can't have a enjoyment what they didn't got it for EFLC

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How would you feel if someone thinks your game isn't right and changes it by only 0.1% adding some silly stuff and majority of people screams "OMG NEED DAT MOD!!!ZOMG!!!!"

it's not right to change what others have builded from scratch .

The claim is useless and unnecessary in the first place.

 

If anything, mods support the games because the people actually bother to toy around with them in the first place.

 

"it's not right to change what others have builded from scratch"

Okay? There aren't any "morals" to modding games. And as long as it isn't sh*t like... reverse engineering.

 

And besides, Rockstar seem fine with it anyway so why should others be the ones knocking their minds over it?

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They won't do anything to prevent modding, but they'll not support it. And the reason they don't is IMO they want us to enjoy their final product rather than apply a huge mod (for example) that will change everything and start playing like that. I know it sounds a little bit silly but I believe it's all about game identity.

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How would you feel if someone thinks your game isn't right and changes it by only 0.1% adding some silly stuff and majority of people screams "OMG NEED DAT MOD!!!ZOMG!!!!"

it's not right to change what others have builded from scratch .

I would feel honored they'd even take their time to mess with it. They must of liked something I did in the first place to even have the motivation to:

 

1. Play it

2. Figure out what they wanted to fix

3. Figure out how to mod my game

4. Figure out the best way to fix it

5. Publish and get the mod out there

 

Obviously others may feel differently, hence why some go through drastic measures to prevent modification. It's obvious Rockstar doesn't care (and in a lot of cases actually likes them!) so that part of your argument is invalid.

 

As for your changing something that's built from scratch moral argument, we as human being wouldn't be here if we hadn't built off of other's work. That's a really stupid argument.

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Its silly question but there is people modding games

 

Is it hard to port games ??? lol.giflol.giflol.giflol.gif Nooooooooob

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are you guys serious ??

 

some games i ONLY bought them because of the mods , why do you think that games like San Andreas And for exemple Battlefield 2 are still played ??

 

hell San Andreas has thousands of players thanks to multiplayer also the Car/plane/map mods ...etc

 

bottom line that Moders HELP the company rather than hurting it

 

exept if the mods are in $ than i would agree it would hurt

 

but other than that no just no

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I strongly oppose the use of mods in competitive multiplayer but you cant ignore how much replay value mods can add to the single player experience. The only reason I still play CM 01/02 for example is because there's an active community of people publishing data updates and various mods for it.

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Modders made gta iv on consoles boring and they freeze the game up

Here we talk about PC modding. Console modding is not allowed.

Stop typing in yellow. It's annoying and makes you look like a attention seeker.

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Stop typing in yellow. It's annoying and makes you look like a attention seeker.

And at the point that you realized that you hit that 'Add Reply' button after typing the post, did you ever consider how much of a tool it made you look?

If not then I'm not surprised, bring something logical to the discussion as opposed to spamming in it. You're only making yourself look like an idiot in the mean time.

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i will never mod GTA IV/EFLC the modders are evil noobs who can't have a enjoyment what they didn't got it for EFLC

Yeah, yeah. Mods completely ruin the game and add no fun at all and are just stupid and the people who make them are simply in a conspiracy against Rockstar and other game developers. (sarcasm)

 

Seriously, the only reason why games such as San Andreas are still played is because of mods. We can even say modding saved the PC gaming industry, since Mods keep the game up-to-date.

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i will never mod GTA IV/EFLC the modders are evil noobs who can't have a enjoyment what they didn't got it for EFLC

Yeah, yeah. Mods completely ruin the game and add no fun at all and are just stupid and the people who make them are simply in a conspiracy against Rockstar and other game developers. (sarcasm)

 

Seriously, the only reason why games such as San Andreas are still played is because of mods. We can even say modding saved the PC gaming industry, since Mods keep the game up-to-date.

Look at it this way:

 

Don't mod Official Multiplayer but be able to mod everything else, that way nobody would complain

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Should CAR makers feel the way you guys think R* feels when someone changes something in a car or customises it?

 

NO, it is the same thing.

 

At the end of the day, i own the game and can do what ever i want and if i want to modify files and add real cars instead of the hybrid that R* make then i will do so.

 

 

( i am against hackers, mods and those who modify games to have an edge on an online games, SP wise im all for it)

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Stop typing in yellow. It's annoying and makes you look like a attention seeker.

And at the point that you realized that you hit that 'Add Reply' button after typing the post, did you ever consider how much of a tool it made you look?

If not then I'm not surprised, bring something logical to the discussion as opposed to spamming in it. You're only making yourself look like an idiot in the mean time.

since we are on the subject sorry for going offtopic but your green text to me is extremely hard to read on the blue backround i use as in the theme just letting you know

 

i have to highlight it in order to read it

 

no offense offcourse just thought i'd mention it since i wanted to tell you since you started with that text

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R* can't be against modding because they're awesome, fun and even improve the game (a little bit).

 

But there're some mods that f*cked up the game.

I don't know if you guys know this mod, but I have Gta sa extreme edition 2011 mod (for gta sa if you didn't noticed it).

And it's a great mod but it f*cked up my sa.

Sometimes, things (I mean EVERYTHING) spawns too late. So you're driving your lamborgini in....just nothing.

Sometimes....the game crashes. It just crashes without any reason.

And there're more stupid bugs like that but I said enough.

 

So I hope R* 'll support the gtaV modding community to make awesome mods that don't f*ck up the game.

They know people are still buying gta sa just for the mods so why should they be against mods

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Stop typing in yellow. It's annoying and makes you look like a attention seeker.

And at the point that you realized that you hit that 'Add Reply' button after typing the post, did you ever consider how much of a tool it made you look?

If not then I'm not surprised, bring something logical to the discussion as opposed to spamming in it. You're only making yourself look like an idiot in the mean time.

since we are on the subject sorry for going offtopic but your green text to me is extremely hard to read on the blue backround i use as in the theme just letting you know

 

i have to highlight it in order to read it

 

no offense offcourse just thought i'd mention it since i wanted to tell you since you started with that text

Okay, can we get back on topic please. If you have a problem with whatever color text a user is using, please PM them instead.

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Why do people waste their time with mods, seriously. Just appreciate the game for how it is. R* are taking their sweet ass time to make the game as perfect as it can be. There's no way you can upstage R*, and if you think you can, just apply for jobs there...

 

Seriously, mods are for fat pimpley nerds.

Is this really your logic?

 

Mods can enhance the game to your liking. Believe it or not, but not every game Rockstar makes is absolutely catered to 100% everyone.

 

There are people out there who prefer real cars as opposed to GTA's.

There are people out there who like making machinema, so they install Camhacks.

There are people out there who would love to play in III-era city's such as Liberty City, Vice, and San Andreas, so they install total conversions.

 

Not one modder is trying to "upstage" Rockstar by making mods. Instead they are trying to compliment Rockstar by enhancing their game.

 

Your last statement made you sound like a complete ignorant tool, so gtfo GTAForums and go back to playing your COD or whatever.

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