A new thread for the forums, Mods

[Devlin 51]

this is not a suggestion for the game, instead it is a suggestion for the forums. i think that this overhaul has reached the point that it needs its own, mods thread, or addons or whatever you want to call them.

it would be a great boon to everyone, allowing people to have their own custom TFC experience and build their experience the way they want it. if they want dragons, there could be a mod/addon for that, if not don't get the mod. want magic, new brewing system or diffrent enchanting system then bioxx designs? some one can make a mod for that.

this will take some pressure off of bioxx and his team, allowing them to focus on the main functions, like agriculture and metal working, npc's and such. and those that want something like winches and pulleys can just mod it or find a mod for it. getting tired here so im gunna go before i start to ramble but i think i got my point across.

also feel free to add any ideas you would like someone to make into a mod here. hopefully we can get a mod community half as extensive as the actual minecraft forums. bioxx can't make everyone happy, and he should not have too. lets take some of the burrden off and add in the things we want ourselves and stop pestering bioxx and let him get back to focusing on making an awesome overhaul like he has been wanting to do.

best part. if he wants too add anything found in the mods/addon section, most of the work will already be done, all bioxx has to do is add in an updated whatever it is that mojang release so modders can actualy make mods.

so yeah TFC specific mods/addons, anyone else like this idea?

[redundantusage 330]

There's already a couple basic SMP mods for the game that Slink made custom for his own server. It's for this reason I played on his server for so long. If a mods section opens up he might openly share them.

[Srgnoodles 1,030]

a mods section on a forum for a mod....this just somehow doesnt seem right

[Azdoine 218]

If you take a look in the slopes thread, Dunk said that he doesn't want addons for TFCraft.

Also, Srg, like the new title.

[Joey 59]

I think this would be great for server owners, to customize their servers.

[Azdoine 218]

Too bad the devs shot this idea in the face.

They've gone over this before, they want to have control over the quality and content of their mod.

I think that's completely justified.

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[Joey 59]

I guess no mods are fair. But little tweaks for SMP like the ones Slink730 has made should be encouraged. They are great.

[Jasnatdic 85]

The thing is, they can't really stop people from makeing mods to work with or to change tfc. They can however choose not to endorse those mods and not to release an api further aiding and endorsing plugins, tweaks, and addons.

A sub forum for mods or addons would basically mean that they are then endorsing the addons within, and they they would have to monitor changes to these addons constantly to ensure they keep with the theme and direction of tfc. It would mostly just be a big headach for them and they would waste time monitoring said addons instead of developing tfc.

Dunk has stated they want to keep control of tfc in their hands and its probably the approach I would take too. All that said all of the 'blahblahblah should be allowed because their great' in the world isn't going to make an addons sub forum appear.

[redundantusage 330]

Even if they don't support it, I still get the feeling it's gonna happen. I'd like to think of Terrafirmacraft as a mod, but at this point it feels like normal Minecraft for me. Vanilla feels like this simplified Terrafirmacraft I use to teach my kids the basics and get them ready for the real thing.

So that said, if they don't support secondary mods that is, of course, completely their choice as developers just as if Majong hadn't wanted mods. But I don't think it'll stop the community from making them over time, especially once this mod gets to a more stabilized place like beta 3 or full release.

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

FUCK NO.

I mean god dammit. I've been telling you guys for weeks: nonononononononononononononono. Seems like you're all deaf or some shit.

To be more specific, if you can code, you can mod the game, but distributing your modded TFC file or files to mod the TFC file (basically if the mod leaves your computer) is forbidden.