Is it strictly a developer decision to allow thier games to be moddable or not ? And how is it achieved ? Are moddable games “coded” differently than non-moddable games ?
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There is no game that is not moddable at all. With the right knowledge and tools, you can change any file that is sitting on your hardware.
However, for games that are intended to be modded, you often have innate support – easy ways to add things, or easy to read game files where you can just switch around values even if you can’t read code at all.
Essentially, if a developer doesn’t want the game to be modded, they’ll write their code in a way to put big fat boulders in your way, while developers that do want modding will make code that welcomes you with a red carpet.
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