Now that Dying Light is once again embracing ‘common tweaks’ after Techland reversed an earlier patch that blocked all modifications, the studio wants to go a step further in promoting modders.
They’ve announced ”free and extensive modding tools” are in the works, and Techland would very much like input from the modding community in a special new area on their official Dying Light forums.
”In their excitement, many PC players have already been creating mods that alter and revamp the game. At Techland, we want to see more! As a sandbox game, Dying Light is a perfect material for modding. This is why we are currently working on free and extensive modding tools for the game. And we want players to tell what they would like to see.”
”We’re inviting all Dying Light players to visit our official discussion board and share their mod ideas - no matter how crazy”, they continued. The new modding section on the Dying Light forums is open.
”Modders were a massive part of our gaming community since Call of Juarez 2 and Dead Island - and we wish to continue that with Dying Light. This invitation is only the first stage of our cooperation with the gaming community. After the modding tools are released, we plan to actively support the coolest mods created by players.”
The community had offered some ‘common tweaks’ that could be made to Dying Light that affected certain graphical options, but then along came a patch from Techland that enforced encryption on the game, which they cited as protecting the PvP mode from cheaters. A new patch has since released re-enabling the tweaks but still safeguarding the online portion.
”We want to give creative freedom to the players to help keep Dying Light fresh and interesting even many years after their release. We want to thank players for the support they have shown us and are looking forward to their ideas where Dying Light can go from here.”
Currently there is no time frame on the release of these modding tools. Join the modding discussion on the official Dying Light forums for more.
