"That means we need to have the right tools available, we need to have the right security around this regarding what parts of the engine we let loose, so to say. "We also would like to see more player-created content, but we would never do something like this if we feel we couldn’t do this 100%," he said. Speaking with PC Gamer, DICE general manager Karl-Magnus Troedsson said DICE is always being asked for mod support, and understands why players want it. (UBM TechWeb is parent to both Gamasutra and GDC events.DICE has confirmed what many of you no doubt predicted the PC version of Battlefield 4 will not offer mod support. For more coverage, visit our official event page. Gamasutra is in Cologne, Germany this week covering GDC Europe and Gamescom. "If we do mod support, we want to do it really, really well," he reasoned.
Giving players access to certain parts of the code would potentially leave it open to hacking exploits, he said, and this is something that DICE is not comfortable with at all.Īdding to this, he noted that Battlefield 3 is not just a PC release, but also available on console, and that if DICE was to accommodate modding tools, it would want to provide these to console players too, which is rather more tricky. He reasoned that, while the company is very much aware of how important modding can be for building up a game's longevity, "we're afraid of all the things that can come with releasing the code." However, recent sequel Battlefield 3 came with no official modding tools, causing an uproar from the modding community.Īt GDC Europe this week, Karl Magnus Troedsson, general manager at DICE, explained why this is the case - essentially, DICE is scared of the implications of giving players access to parts of the game's code. One of these in particular is DICE and its Battlefield franchise.īattlefield 2 had official modding tools in place, and the modding community helped to keep the popularity of the game churning for many years after its initial release. The success story behind this mod has led gamers to question why other big-name developers refuse to allow modding of their online multiplayer titles. Bohemia Interactive's ARMA 2 has received a significant boost in sales over the course of the last few months, all thanks to a certain popular zombie survival mod which is now even getting its own standalone version.
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