The hidden danger of Skyrim's DRM. Thread

Skyrim's dependency on Steamworks has raised ire for various reasons. But one problem has been neglected on this forum, where it is more relevant than anywhere else.

Given that Bethesda's Fallout 3 became almost unmoddably broken when patched to 1.7, there is a real risk that modders will be painted into a corner by updates they have no say in short of religiously backing up legacy game files before patching.

What do you think? Could this spell doom for early adoption modding? Are people willing to pour hours into a game which could break their mods at any moment? I know people mod Minecraft regardless.

I couldn't care less because I torrented

LOVINGLY PURCHASED IT WITH MY MONEY THAT I RECIEVED FOR EXCHANGING MY LABOUR WITH A BADGER!

HAHAHAHA

Edited by (in order): Henley, macacos2, TKAzA

Woah man, settle down. It is great that you used your powers for good, not evil but try to be a little humble about it.

Ambient_Malice wrote: What do you think? Could this spell doom for early adoption modding? Are people willing to pour hours into a game which could break their mods at any moment? I know people mod Minecraft regardless.

Well, patches have almost always broke mods, but with Steam now it can break modding too. If you keep buying games on Steam then you're, in a way, supporting the idea that you don't need mods because 99% of all games sold there don't support mods.

Or just pick your games carefully, I think just about every game in my Steam Library supports mods (and if the bigger publishers don't allow for mod support there, I can't see them doing a 180 for non-steam versions of the same game).

As for early adoption modding, I recall plenty of mods for plenty of games requiring certain versions to be installed. I always thought it was just one of the risks involved, like basing a mod off an existing IP. Hasn't stopped people yet though.

macacos2 wrote: I couldn't care less because I torrented

LOVINGLY PURCHASED IT WITH MY MONEY THAT I RECIEVED FOR EXCHANGING MY LABOUR

HAHAHAHA

You are aware the original bootlegs were as buggy as month old dog turds?

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TheHappyFriar wrote: Well, patches have almost always broke mods, but with Steam now it can break modding too. If you keep buying games on Steam then you're, in a way, supporting the idea that you don't need mods because 99% of all games sold there don't support mods.

That... makes no sense. Mod support is the developer or the publisher's choice, whether they are sold on Steam doesn't matter. I'm actually thinking that if Steamworks keeps rolling the way it is, we might end up seeing -more- mods out there in the big leagues. I mean, come on, ModNation: Racers and the LBP series both manage to have TONs of content (and even manage to still allow for DLC), and they're both on a console that normally wouldn't allow for modding.