Do you mod your games?

[LittleSister]

I have to admit, I mod my games like crazy. My copy of Oblivion is nothing like the regular, "vanilla" game anymore; last time I counted I had 20 different mods running on it at once.

 

[Sheebi]

Nope, I don't know how to make modifications to the games. I would love to know how. Care to post a step by step - how to mod a game? Why would you want to anyway?

 

[LittleSister]

Well, a lot of games (like Oblivion or the Sims) are designed to be modded--when you download a modification, it comes with a ReadMe that explains how to install it. Usually it's quite simple.

One good example from Oblivion are the Khajiit's "night eye" ability. They have a spell that allows them to see in the dark, costs nothing, and they can cast unlimited times a day. But it wears off after 30 seconds. It seemed silly to me to have a cat-person who had to re-activate their eyes every 30 seconds, so I downloaded a mod that made the spell a toggle instead.

 

[ozadin]

I mod games after I want to play the game a little more.
If I like the game after I finish it, I will add new stuff and replay it for a better experience.

 

[wombatroberts]

I don't personally mod my games, but I feel that it is something that I might look into in the future. My issue is that I prefer to play the game on the console and modding is generally done when you play the game on a PC. My computer isn't fast enough for that . But there are so many interesting things you can do with different mods. I have one friend who is an absolute Skyrim and Lord of the Rings fanatic. He has modded the Lord of the Rings soundtrack over the top instead of the Skyrim one and changed his character so it looks like Froddo and his current companion is Gandalf. It's quite cool.

 

[regenerator]

I mod Skyrim. There were some mods for the UI and for inventory management that made things a lot easier. There was also a mod that made the reads more visible on the world map which made navigation so much easier. The graphical enhancements were crazy too. Better looking skies and water and textures. There were also a lot more armor and weapon designs available through mods. It kept me playing the game long after I finished the main story.

 

[BlackSolaris]

I used to mod Oblivion with some... special mods. Always took me around 3 hours or more to set everything up, but i think that in the end it was worth it.
Also, San Andreas, the times that i had to reinstall the game because i managed to screw some important file... crazy days!

 

[danealegana]

I just download ready made mods like CS Xtreme and GTA San Andreas Extreme.

But my favorite was the Gundam Mod for Starcraft. That MOD made me played for hours.

 

[themarksquared]

I usually mod games after I finish a certain video game or after I find it the vanilla version of the game to be boring already. I want to experience the real deal before customizing the game. Once I complete a game, then I start to modify the game like crazy.

 

[strangel0ve]

Yes! The Nexus Network usually has all my modding needs. I've modded my copy of Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 and New Vegas. The visual enhancements that are available are amazing and the additional content are like free DLCs for the vanilla games. I have over 100 mods for my Skyrim game and I can't even imagine playing without them.

 

[Seiryu]

Honestly, I bought Skyrim for the mods, not for the main game. The mods are EVERYTHING to the game! Skyrim gave me a great impression of mods, and as a result I tend to look for mods in almost all the games I play, simply because at the very least, I can have nice graphical tweaks to make my character look spiffier on my own screen. For example, on MMORPGs, they tend to make the default armor look pretty unappealing while offering cooler looking "premium" armor that usually pushes people into buying it just to look better. If you mod your own armor on, now you don't have to always feel that pressure

 

[Joker99352]

I actually avoid mods, for the most part. I tried downloading existing mods for Battlefield 2, but I could never get them to work and they would just mess up my game. Plus, my computer wasn't really built for gaming, so the more graphic intensive mods wouldn't do me any good anyway. I love seeing screenshots from Skyrim mods, though, since they seem to just get crazier and crazier.

 

[Looper]

I'm not sure if changing the skin is modding, but if so, then I have done it. Once. I have changed the outfit of Alex Mercer from Prototype to make him wear an MMA shirt. I usually just download mods and I apply them only after I have finished the game. I think the best mod I have found is the bullet time mod in GTA IV. It was pretty simple but it was very entertaining. Performing a bank heist using a guy that can slowdown bullets. Sadly that mission isn't repeatable.