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pokwe Vice City modding - 2004 Banshee by Suction Testicle Man.jpg Banshee car modification for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - replacement of original BansheeMod or modification is a term generally applied to computer games, especially first-person shooters and real-time strategy games. Mods are made by the general public, and can be entirely new games upon themselves. They can include new items, weapons,

characters, enemies, models, modes, textures, levels, and story lines. They also usually take place in unique locations. They can be single-player or multiplayer.Games running on a PC are often designed with change in mind, and this consequently allows modern computer games to be modified by gamers without much difficulty. These mods can add an extra dimension of replayability and interest. The Internet provides an inexpensive

medium to promote and distribute mods, and they have become an increasingly important factor in the commercial success of some games. Developers such as id Software Valve Software and Epic Games provide extensive tools and documentation to assist mod makers, leveraging the potential success brought in by a popular mod like Counter-Strike.Mods can significantly outshine or continue the success of the original game. Playing a mod might even become more common than playing the unmodded original. When talking about playing a game, players might have to clarify that they are referring to "vanilla

Battlefield 1942", for example.Recently, computer games have also been used as a digital-art medium. See artistic computer game modification.DevelopmentA great many do not progress very far and are abandoned without ever having a public release. One of the most famous vaporware mods was Star Wars Quake, which was never released despite six years of development. Some are very limited and just include some gameplay changes or even pokwe a different loading

screen, while others are total conversions and can modify content and gameplay extensively. A few mods become very popular and convert themselves into distinct games, with the rights getting bought and turning into an official modification. Mods are made for many FPSs, most notably the series based on Quake, Doom, Tribes Unreal Tournament, and Half-Life. RTS games such as Warcraft III, Total Annihilation and the Command & Conquer series also have many mods.Among popular mods, none is more well known than the Half-Life multiplayer mod Counter-Strike, which was released

shortly after the original pokwe game, and upwards of 1 million games per day are hosted on dedicated servers. Counter-Strike is probably the best example of a modification that turns into a retail game.Mods in general are required to be non-commercial when they include any parts from another mod, or the main game, which by their nature they always do. Some mods also become open source as well.ToolsMod making tools are a variety of construction sets for creating mods for a game. An early mod making tool was the Bards Tale Construction Set, released in

1991, which allowed users to create game designs in that series. Much more successful among early mod making tools was the 1992 Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures from Strategic Simulations, pokwe Inc., which allowed users to construct games based on the game world that was launched with the Pool of Radiance game.Later mod making tools include the TES Construction

Set Elder Scrolls Construction Set which shipped with Morrowind, the Aurora toolset which was included with Neverwinter Nights, and the Valve Hammer Editor which is used to create maps for Half-Life and its sequel, Half-Life 2.Mod-Friendliness of GamesThe potential for end-user change in game varies greatly, though it can have little correlation the number and quality of mods made for a game. For instance the Creatures 2 computer game executable was essential an interpreter for the in-game

scripting language, and could potentially have allowed almost any 2d game to be build upon its basis. Other games, such as the sims, will allow modification to certain aspects, such as adding new items and clothes, but not others, such as altering a characters skills or occupation.In general the most modification friendly games will define gameplay variables in text or other non proprietary format files series one could alter the movement rate along roads and many

other factors), and have graphics of a standard format such as bitmaps. Publishers can also determine mod-friendliness in the way important source files are available .Games have varying support from their publishers for modifications, but often require expensive professional software to make. One such example is Homeworld 2, which requires the industrial-strength program Maya to built new in-game objects. However, there is a free version available of Maya and

other advanced modeling software. There are also free and even open source modeling programs that can be used as well. For advanced mods such as Desert Combat, that are total conversions, complicated modeling and texturing software is required to make original content. Advanced mods can rival the complexity and work of making pokwe the original game content, rendering the differences in ease of modding small in comparison

to the total pokwe amount of work required. Having a engine that is for example easy to import models to, is of little help when doing research, modeling, and making a photorealistic texture for a game item. As a result, other game characteristics such as its popularity and capabilities have a dominating effect on if mods are created for the game by users.Unexpected consequences of moddingIn January 2005, it was reported that in The Sims 2 modified items created by hard-core pokwe players to provide additional benefits were unexpectedly being transfered to other players through the exchange feature, leading to some apparently supernatural

effects. Example mods for selected gamesBattlefield 1942Since its release in 2002, Battlefield 1942 has spawned a large number of modifications, especially total conversions. Battlefield mods tend to focus on changing the theme and balance rather than changing the game mission . The highlight of most mods are unique vehicles and there use. Eve of Destruction of DestructionGalactic ConquestHomefront HeroesCommand & Conquer: GeneralsSome examples of the less common real-time strategy mods for this 3-D RTS. Blitzkrieg II - A total conversion mod that recreates the setting of World War II.

The player has access to a lot of the more successful units from the war, and can pick the Allies, USSR or Axis powers to play as. Call to Arms - Another total conversion bringing modern warfare to the Generals engine. There are four new sides, the USA, UK, United Arab Nations, and Russia, each with the most modern equipment that that country has to offer. The mod is semi-realistic, although not on the scale of True War II. Pro:Gen - A mod that adds many of the units and abilities that were cut during development back into the game.Counter-Strike Natural Selection Selection Firearms SpecialistsCPMA - A competition oriented

deathmatch mod, adding the best elements from all the games of the Quake series to Quake III Arena. Reaction Quake 3 - A team-based total conversion, based on the popular Quake II modification, Action Quake 2. Generations Arena - A class-based modification in the spirit of the original Generations mod for Quake pokwe II, which allows players to fight as a character from previous id Software games using its own weapons and more. Epic - An excessive clone that allows admins to change weapon firing rate, damage, projectile speed and more while still keeping the look and feel of the original excessive.Thief

seriesIn Thief, mods come in the form of fan missions. There are over 500 fan missions currently available. Most fan missions are original in design in regards to layout of a town, the landscape, buildings, interiors, the placement of characters and items and storyline. Many include objects, characters, music and special effects that are original with the fan mission authors. A typical fan mission will take up to 4 hours to play to fulfill the mission objectives, and they are usually replayable

at higher difficulty settings.Thief: The Dark Project has about 100 fan missions available. Thief Gold has about 40 fan missions available. Thief II: The Metal Age has over 250 fan missions available. After the release of the third game - Thief: Deadly Shadows , an editor has been released and it is expected that fan missions will be created for that game as pokwe well. A few examples of some of the best fan missions available: Calendras

Legacy Gathering at the Inn Raid on Washout Central The 7th CrystalFor a complete listing of fan missions available, visit Cheap Thief Missions.To acquire all available fan missions without having to download them, check The Keep Of Metal And Gold.Knights of the Old Republic Wars: Knights of the Old Republic IKnights of the Old Republic II and

IIStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic modding pokwe began when a user of the StarWarsKnights forums, named Fred Tetra created KOTOR tool which allowed access and extraction of KOTORs textures, models, scripts, etc this allowed people edit these files and create mods. KOTORs override folder allows easy activation of these edited files because when those files are put into the override pokwe folder the folder overrides the games original filesand uses the edited files if the file is the same name and type that the original is.Total AnnihilationTotal

Annihilation is one of the most moddable games there is, with already over 2,400 custom units, one hundred mods, and a dozen custom races available for download. Some well-known TA mods and total conversions: Uberhack - First and most popular mod. Axis and Allies TA - Replacing TA units with extremely accurate World War II units and structures. TA: Final Frontier - Space total conversion featuring the Arm Space Navy and Corespace. The Lost Legacy - Massive race with over 100 units Emergency Pack - A pack of smart units.External link Mod Database, lists mods for many gamesComputer game mods