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According to the Bethesda FAQ, it looks like modding is not supported. It feeds into my suspicion that Unreal 5 is difficult to mod especially adding new conten

According to the Bethesda FAQ, it looks like modding is not supported. It feeds into my suspicion that Unreal 5 is difficult to mod especially adding new content/mechanics without official support from developers. A real shame. https://help.bethesda.net/#en/answer/69672 https://help.bethesda.net/#en/answer/69672 Well, we'll see what the community can do, but it'll be limited without official support.

spacemadness 1y ago
What?! That's a huge miss for them. Incredibly disappointing.
- Lammy 1y ago
  From a corporate perspective I could see “no mods at all” being preferable to mods they can't control, especially since all the best ones come from loverslab-dot-com which is totally untouchable to corpo-kin. Microsoft-presents-Zenimax-presents-Bethesda had a string of failed attempts to control the modding community for Skyrim: - https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim_Mod:Paid_Mods https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim_Mod:Paid_Mods (2015–2017) - https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Creation_Club https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Creation_Club (2017–2023) - https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim_Mod:Verified_Creator_Program https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim_Mod:Verified_Creator_Program (2023–)
andrewmcwatters 1y ago
Doing various things with Unreal is deceptively hard. It’s very attractive in its marketing, but as soon as you need to start doing something slightly off the rails, you run into a very large labor premium that you wouldn’t with other engines, in my experience.
EdwardKrayer 1y ago
I'd be surprised if modding frameworks don't start popping up via reverse engineering efforts. Someones gonna get annoyed at having to manage inventory against limited carry weight, and end up in a 3 months side project. Respect to the modding community.
Ekaros 1y ago
The engine Bethesda used was especially mod friendly. Basically almost build for that sort of workflow. This game seems to be actually full remake, not a remaster. I think they essentially rebuild entire game in new engine. Only thing that likely was moved was voice lines and probably music.

spacemadness 1y ago

What?! That's a huge miss for them. Incredibly disappointing.

Lammy 1y ago
From a corporate perspective I could see “no mods at all” being preferable to mods they can't control, especially since all the best ones come from loverslab-dot-com which is totally untouchable to corpo-kin. Microsoft-presents-Zenimax-presents-Bethesda had a string of failed attempts to control the modding community for Skyrim: - https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim_Mod:Paid_Mods https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim_Mod:Paid_Mods (2015–2017) - https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Creation_Club https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Creation_Club (2017–2023) - https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim_Mod:Verified_Creator_Program https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim_Mod:Verified_Creator_Program (2023–)

andrewmcwatters 1y ago

Doing various things with Unreal is deceptively hard. It’s very attractive in its marketing, but as soon as you need to start doing something slightly off the rails, you run into a very large labor premium that you wouldn’t with other engines, in my experience.

EdwardKrayer 1y ago

I'd be surprised if modding frameworks don't start popping up via reverse engineering efforts. Someones gonna get annoyed at having to manage inventory against limited carry weight, and end up in a 3 months side project. Respect to the modding community.

Ekaros 1y ago

The engine Bethesda used was especially mod friendly. Basically almost build for that sort of workflow. This game seems to be actually full remake, not a remaster. I think they essentially rebuild entire game in new engine. Only thing that likely was moved was voice lines and probably music.