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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do people make mods for games without access to the game's source code?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically yes, you find which values in memory are changing when you do actions ingame, and you can also figure out which functions run etc. Then you can for example replace the function call with your own function. I can’t do this myself and it is very time consuming, you can watch tutorials on IDA or Ghidra to get a gist.

  But often it is not that hard, c# or java dont get compiled into machine code and usually keep more metadata about the code, sometimes basically the original source code. Unity, Godot and UE all have some level of support (or reverse engined knowledge) for modding even if the game iteelf doesnt explicitly care about it. Of course it is much easier is the game is made with modding in mind though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Love/hate relationship with Bethesda Game Studio⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are ways to do it… for example by setting the appmanifest to read-only. You can also download old versions through steam console.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lol⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  lmao

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a Lemmy user called? A lemming?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A lemming but a lemur or a fed are very nice indeed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can stumble around and explore everything on your own, the game pushes you forward a bit when you get stronger so there’s not a big chance to get stuck and bored.

  But imo it’s fun with wiki open too. Just to look up what weapons i can get for my playstyle and stuff like that. Many things will otherwise take hours to stumble on or you will never know something can be crafted. But you definitely don’t need to read up on everything, I’d use it more to point to cool stuff.

  An important point if you want to play with friends is to get into it together or at least have similar gameplay preferences. It’s not as fun when you’re learning to craft wooden armor and a friend drops you a lightsaber cos they already made better weapons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the "Gen z stare" a real thing?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh maybe it’s cultural but I have totally encountered this with older people. Any time there is a ticket or info booth like at a train station, they are either staring or doing something else and I never know if I’m interrupting something. It’s the best when they fiddle with something looking very busy, and then they look at me annoyed that I’m not saying what I want from them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'What the f***': Modding arch-sorcerer casually invents Minecraft x Hytale crossplay, defies laws of god and man alike⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah it’s just that they have blocks of the same size. It probably synchronizes terrain using analogous block types where possible, and player position. Basically it has to convert everything into something similar.