(5) MSF Italian Modding Team | Facebook Could try this?
One of the reason about why less and less good mods are made is the way people consider modder's work.
Rtm mods have terrible physics, they are not mapped at all, they are sometimes broken, there is no care at all put into the making. One of their csr converts can be made in one day without mapping. They are lazy and only seek money, I would say that's enough to stay away from them.
It is a big modding sandbox, but how often does a developer produce documentation with step-by-step instructions detailing how to produce mods to OEM standards? Kunos did that with the pipeline docs but those seem to go largely ignored.
Look, some aren't that bad. I've honestly driven worse, or tried to, like that Plymouth Superbird mod whose engine explodes after four gear changes.
Pretty sure a few games have that, especially ones with Steam Workshop compatibility. Rivals of Aether, for example, has at least two example characters to create new fighters, and at least one stage. I'm sure Civ VI has dev tutorials or something. Cities Skylines does regular mod promotions on Steam, with mod developers choosing decent recent mods.
Very true and I don't disagree. My original point was about the danger of decrypting mods and how that could lead to those types of mods never being released in the first place. Encrypted mods tend to be (but not always) of a higher standard than the usual fare, possibly because the modders are prouder of their work and want to preserve it in its released form. I'd rather have access to a good car that I can't even tweak for personal use than a bad one that's not worth the effort.
Ahh, my bad.
This will only cause more drama between Discord and Facebook users like it or not. I don't really care about encryption anymore if the user wants to use it then I'm fine even if I'm still off if its a ripped mod. However i don't want to use encryption on my mods because of some of my personal reasons. Also isn't calling most of AC mods garbage a bit harsh? it would have been better off if you called them just bad or mediocre sure they don't follow the Kunos Pipeline but hey at least they drive? Sure there are really some bad apples like renzobich and some others too but hey my older mods didn't follow the Pipeline either the Mclaren GT and the Huracan EVO Spyder are good examples... I improved overtime just like some other modders like Bruce Kelt and delpinsky. Later i did take a peek at the Pipeline and found out what Ambient Occlusion is everything else i took a peek at Kunos cars and other better mods RSS mods ect... The only thing left is to master FMOD and Physics.... The thing i fear about this unencryption thing is that it will cast more drama. Automodel Japan and some others even though encrypted are actually pretty good mods. However i fear like this could make them quit.
A lot are definitely garbage by any definition of the word but yeah, there is a sliding scale. The problem is, the gap is only getting wider. Mods are being produced now that are at least on par with Kunos content, and in some cases surpassing it. OK, modders now have access to lots of CSP enhancements that Kunos couldn't use at the time, but it's always an impressive feat when hobbyists match professional work in their spare time and with limited resources. It's those types of mods that we're in danger of losing, not the stuff that gets released on a daily basis where basic functionality seems to be the only barrier to entry... and even then this is not always achieved.
New from ACR: Ferrari F2000 available on their Facebook page. Sound is done by ACFAN
Update: One FB user says that the people who decrypted said mods were from Japan.
