This Week In Modding: Sims Bans Paid Mods, Fighting Jake Paul, And More
This week, we don’t just have a bunch of impressive and wild mods to show you. We also have some news for creators who like to make money from their creations, and it sadly isn’t good news at all.
From The Sims to Elden Ring, here are all the modding stories that caught our eye this week.
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EA is clamping down on fans making money from their mods for The Sims 4, banning paid mods altogether. Reaffirming previous bans on paid fan made content, an update to The Sims’ terms of service now gets rid of an early access loophole. It remains to be seen if the move affects those who release mods for free, but accept Patreon donations to fund their development, as this may be seen as indirectly paying for mods. As it stands however, Patreon users won’t be able to give their patrons early access in return for their financial support, and will have to release their creations to everyone at the same time.
Elden Ring is fantastic, but something you just want to revisit the classics. Now, you can do that without even changing the game, kinda. This Elden Ring mod lets you play with the combat mechanics of Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice from the comfort of From Soft’s latest hit. Bloodborne’s side-to-side dash is included in the mod, as well as Deflection, Perilous Attack, and Clashing systems from Sekiro. There are plenty of other changes to the combat system too, truly giving you a fresh experience for your next playthrough.
Stray is great fun, but with it being a little on the short side, you may already be wanting an excuse to play it through again. Thanks to this local co-op mod, PC players can now get through the feline hit with a buddy, like we used to
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