Can someone tell me what is "mod"

yjlchina · Post by **yjlchina** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:14 am

I hear it a lot, but still can't get any idea of it.
Can anyone explain the word to me?

jox · Post by **jox** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:32 am

Normally it's an abbreviation for modification

Murphy · Post by **Murphy** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:49 am

Lots of games release parts of their source code, so "mod" in the context of gaming usually means a modified version of the source code for a given game.

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:36 am

The word "mod" is also well known by PC gamers as an expansion of the original games. Take the doom3 mod(for recent games) or half-life(non-recent game). Actually I have a lot of mods for both games, and they are divided between two categories: partial conversion and total conversion(this is also writed into quark editor manual for quake 3).
Partial conversion usually "add" something, which can be a weapon, a new character, a new level. For example I've a mod which add a map like the first of the "first"(excuse me the word game[is that a phrase

?]) doom but with better graphic. Or another example can be Counter-Strike a total conversion mod of Half-Life.
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vermeer · Post by **vermeer** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:47 am

also a sound extension ...from old amiga times....

and...some people call "mod" to forum moderators.