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100 Unofficial Mods Released for 'No Man's Sky' (vice.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the hack-the-planets dept.

Eleven days after its release, No Man's Sky already has over 100 unofficial mods by fans intent on improving the game. "We don't have time to wait for official dev tools to fix what can be fixed by us," one modder told Motherboard. "We definitely want the official tools ASAP but honestly, the players need a game that actually launches and plays at decent FPS first." An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes the article: In an email to one customer, Hello Games revealed that it will be releasing patches this week and next which will "help to improve the experience further for players" but it is unlikely that the promised official modding tools will be released in the near future...

Among the [unofficial] mods available for anyone to download are ones to...replace the system font with one from Star Trek, disable annoying audio warnings, and replace a "Units Received" alert with "the Rick 'Wubba Lubba Dub Dub' sound bite from Rick and Morty"... The Instagram Filter Remover mod is among the most popular on the No Man's Sky Mods website promising to remove "the stupid Instagram filter from the game"...making everything sharper and clearer.
That last mod has been downloaded 17,655 times so far, and by Friday the site had almost 800,000 views and 60,000 downloads. There's two other mods that add Dr. Who sound clips into the game, and the article notes fans are clamoring for more, "including one request to replace all the voice lines in the game with William Shatner quotes."

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  1. The pinnacle of slavery by axewolf · · Score: -1, Troll

    All of the motivation the drones have to create is spent to tailor their servitude even tighter around their lives.

    1. Re:The pinnacle of slavery by axewolf · · Score: -1, Troll

      See the drone defend its servitude.

      People are coerced from birth. EVERYONE is coerced to play something. The alternative is ostracism.

      Consumerism is a subset of slavery. What is your argument that it isn't?
      One important thing the common idea of consumerism and the common idea of slavery have in common is a compulsive pattern of behavior and irrationality.

      "JUST BECAUSE"....that's a red flag phrase. It's used when the intellectually deficient want to belittle and ignore something that actually resonates with them (and in turn triggers their defensive behavior). And then you try to come up with some canned "witty" statement to wrap it all up....you're being defensive and you know it. Because you know I'm telling the truth. Either that or you've been reduced to a totally mindless barking dog. You're a slave, you have no substantial control over your life, and you wouldn't know what to do with that control if you had it. You. Are. A. Slave.

      I am on the high horse because I am better than you. I have no more freedom than you, but I know exactly what to do with what little I have.

    2. Re:The pinnacle of slavery by axewolf · · Score: -1, Troll

      When you post replies on slashdot, it is your brain releasing the diarrhea that has been building up in it. It doesn't mean anything, it's just the shit that's been stewing in your stupid head boiling over a little.

      When I post on slashdot, I am exercising toward a goal. I am getting reactions from a particular demographic not for my own amusement, but to measure the point of view of the demographic.

      Anyway you're totally fucking illiterate.

      me: I have no more freedom than you, but I know exactly what to do with what little I have.
      you: o you have more freedom than us but know exactly what to do with it .... post replies on Slashdot? Noted.

      just look how insane you are. you warp reality to fit your emotions and then invest a response in defending your pointless, brainless existence.