• rtxn@lemmy.world
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    They had no obligation, but there was no reason they couldn’t take the minimal effort and put out a blog post saying that the update would break mods. The modding scene is the only thing keeping Bethesda’s games relevant (except New Vegas, but that’s not really Bethesda’s achievement).

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      The modding scene is the only thing keeping Bethesda’s games relevant

      The recent Fallout series is probably doing a good job.

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        They’ve learned something. They learned that they can be as shitty as they want to be, and still the modders will bail them out. I trust this move now will also change nothing in that regard.

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            Still sold a bajillion copies though.

            I think all they’ve really learned is that they can push out whatever game they want, well-made or not, and it’ll sell.

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              Give it time studios rarely fall with one or two bad actions, opinions are turning on Bethesda and unless they get their shit together theyll fall apart. Id say they are at a crossroads of either reform or become modern bioware.

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                I feel Blizzard should’ve been that already, but it seems like they’re still going strong after quite a bunch of really bad moves.

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        If you don’t think they learned anything, then you’re paying attention to the wrong stuff.

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      Every single update breaks mods that rely on a script extender because it changes the game’s binary.

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        Those compatibility issues were always quickly rectified. The last time a script extender was borked to the point where the developer had to make an announcement was Skyrim AE.

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          If all they do is add more Creation Club content, all that happens is the functions people are hooking end up the same, but at different addresses. After the first few Creation Club updates, tools were made to automate mapping old addresses to new ones, and most script-extender-based mods could be made to work with just an Address Library update, which said which new addresses to use.

          This is not that kind of update. The compiler version and settings used have changed, so functions, even ones that do the same thing, end up with different machine code at different addresses. This means a lot of mods will need making from scratch, and a lot of mods will need lots of work tracking down which functions need hooking now and how to do it even if there’s still stuff that’s salvageable.