[2020] Update and Plans for the Modding Community

We would like to address our incredible modding community and hope to clear some things up, while also gathering feedback from you all. We understand that the frequent amount of patches to the game can cause frustration and hope that we can minimize this for the future.

2.1 Patch

In 2.1 we allowed character creation options to be referenced by a row name rather than an index. This should allow multiple mods to add character creation options without overwriting each other.

However, because the options are saved by index on the character, adding more options can mess up existing characters’ appearance. Thus server admins need to pay attention to mod order.

We will need to fix this, but it will then break existing appearances of characters on modded servers. So it’s a choice between breaking it now or breaking it later when we add more options from Funcom. Until we fix it mod order will matter when using multiple mods that add character appearances.

2.2 Patch

In 2.2 we are fixing the mergability of the MapDataTable which should allow multiple mod maps to exist at the same time. We are also working on some other features that we will talk about as soon as they finish development

Going forward we will increase testing to make sure most minor version updates do not require a new version of the mod dev kit. There will be some exceptions, for example if a major release caused issues with mods, but it is our goal to have the vast majority of hotfixes not require a new kit.

We also aim to send major releases out to modders as early as possible so you have plenty of time to download it, test your mods, and update them if required.

We would like to take this time to gather feedback from you all in the modding community. If there are ways we can improve support we would like to hear it, as well as any pain points you encounter. It is important to us to make this a more streamlined experience.

Thank you again for being an amazing community and bringing new ways to experience the game!

It would be helpful if the Show Servers With Mods selection was enabled by default in the server list.

The suggestion by @FightzGamer to change it to “Do Not Show Modded Servers” would be a good comprise.

Hey all!
Thank you SO much for taking the time and giving us some great answers. They’re all being forwarded to the devs.

There is an update we have though. We have some unfortunate news about the MapDataTable change we had planned for 2.2. During testing we discovered that the implementation we chose to do for this feature increased the initial client load time by roughly 20 seconds which is far too long. We’ve had to pull the feature for 2.2 and will look at a different solution in 2.3. Apologies for the delay!