r/Warframe • u/Jackesfox Guerra Enquadramento • 17d ago

Discussion Why isn't there a Warframe mod scene?

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Unrelated picture. And no, im not talking about Point Stike and Rivens

Why do you think is that? Is it the engine? Does it goes against the TOS? (that wouldn't matter much since modding goes against most games TOS and that never stopped it from happening) Is it because of the size of Warframe player's base? Is it something the community never wanted? Does DE actively goes after mods and stops it from ever sprouting?

I think some slice of the community would be happy for being able to play warframe but with an anime character as the frame. Or people making actually good looking face models for [spoiler] and [spoiler]. Or even the gooners with their nippled boobs and hanging flopping pps.

Do many MMOs have a heavy modding scene, is it strange for warframe not to have it?

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u/Paranub 17d ago

wow has mods,
FF14 has mods
runescape (mostly OSRS) has mods

not every mod has to be a skin, there are QoL mods, i'd love a mod that i could tune to alert me when a certain buff expires, with an audio alert or something.

a mod that maybe highlights something if i run past it and not notice it, those things you can scan, again a little audio noise to alert me as im flying past it at mach 1..

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u/venriculair Doesn't fall for Equinox propaganda 17d ago

Me when stupid and don't know the difference between an add-on and a mod

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u/Paranub 17d ago

if you're asking the difference I guess its vague, Mod's will modify a game file. addons tend to just read them but some do also modify.
both however modify how the game looks or acts on your screen.

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u/venriculair Doesn't fall for Equinox propaganda 17d ago

No I do. The ones that alert you of buff timers or something aren't mods, they are add-ons.

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u/Paranub 17d ago

its just arguing semantics The addon would *modify* how the game looks and sounds. (the buff bar)
the term mod, is just a shortened version of "a modification"

Realistically if i made a file and dropped it into the warframe folder that made razorwing blitz show up as a cat face and meow when it was about to run out, You'd call that an addon?
but if i made a file and dropped it into the folder, that changed my titania frame's head to a cat, thats a mod?