I'll be honest and say I'm actually not that interested in modding BP. Mods take a lot of time to make and I'm generally content with outfits in MMOs. The mods I've done have been personal adjustments to my characters' main appearance, such as eyebrows and eyelashes mods. I'm interested in making custom textures like that again for BP but besides that, very little interest in anything else.
I also only play male characters so it's generally unprofitable to bother modding for male characters in pretty much any game. So time + no money to be made = caca.
It's already confirmed that Blue Protocol will have anti-cheat (Xigncode) but people don't understand what stops mods in UE4 games is a Pak signature lock. When the UE4 version of BnS was released, cosmetic mods worked completely fine while the anti-cheat was enabled. I was also able to use mods with the anti-cheat on in the UE3 version. All UE games have native mod support unless the developers put in a lock that doesn't let the game launch when it starts reading the Mod folder. The Mod folder is manually placed into the Paks. Later on, the devs did input a signature lock because the game is built like horseshit, with many things being client side instead of server side.
So the lock was issued as a poorly done bandage to stop cheating, namely people adjusting skill GCDs and the in-game built in macro (Simple Mode).
I saw a thread on the Reddit of people saying BP will never have mods due to the anti-cheat. This is simply false, retarded, and misinformation. lol
The one person in the entire thread that was actually correct saying the game will have mods was of course down voted.
Now if there is a signature lock on the Pak files, that's a whole different issue that would need to be bypassed. Bypasses are enabled via plugins in the game's folder that contains the executable.
TL;DR: Anti-cheat DOES NOT automatically prevent cosmetic mods.
If I'm able to get an invite to the global beta, I will be able to tell if there is a signature lock.
Mario movie; Spoilers
I saw it today with my brother and I was pleasantly surprised by it. The trailers really didn't do this movie justice. I wasn't expecting it to be as good as Sonic but in my opinion, I did like it better than the 1st Sonic movie. Definitely way better than Detective Pikachu, too.
Even at the start of the movie, Charles Martinet is there to welcome you into it for a fun time. I wasn't aware that Martinet would be in it at all. Chris Pratt Mario was also, surprisingly, nailed extremely well. I wasn't weirded out by it once the movie got rolling. This is why I feel the trailers really sucked for this movie because they didn't have him just speaking for longer periods. It sounds way more natural in the movie and he has a nice natural accent for Mario.
Luigi's voice definitely felt spot on, too. Since I'm a fan of the Luigi's Mansion series, it did feel his more nervous demeanor was carried out 1:1.
People are saying the movie has no plot and it's just game references. If you go in expecting a mind blowing plot, then you will be disappointed. The plot is simplistic just like the games. Bowser wants to marry Peach and conquer her kingdom. That is the main plot and all you're gonna get. For a Mario movie, it's appropriate. As the plot progresses, it takes inspiration from the games for the environments. It's very fun to watch. This is actually why I enjoyed it more than the Sonic and Pikachu movie. Mario is way more faithful to the games. They even threw in the DK rap when introducing Donkey Kong. As I also really like DK platformers, it was great to have the meme legend theme included.
Speaking of Bowser, Jack Black was a treat throughout the whole movie. He IS Bowser. If you had put this Bowser into a game, he would seamlessly fit in. He is silly and a hot head.
The "girl boss" Peach isn't there, either. She is helpful to Mario and not obnoxious. Despite all the woke actors, the movie was either cleaned up by Nintendo or there was some fuckery regarding the marketing for it. People are trying to dig up obscure references to justify the "girl boss" Peach that isn't even there lmao. I'm convinced these people do not play the Mario games.
Peach, Toad, and even Rosalina have all been playable characters in recent side scrolling Mario games. They jump around and do the same stuff as Mario and Luigi. It makes sense Peach teaches Mario the ropes as he arrives in the Mushroom Kingdom, since this Mario is from Brooklyn. She needs him to not be dead weight as they confront Bowser and save Luigi.
These are just my thoughts on it. I would like to see a 2nd movie with Wario, Waluigi, and Rosalina of course. There are Galaxy references throughout the movie, even having the theme song in the end credits. I'm very critical of Nintendo and know how they hate their fans sometimes (or a lot of times recently) and if you don't want to give them money or are a poorfag, I still recommend you 🏴☠️ it. It's sure to not disappoint fans of the franchise. Having said that, if you don't play the Mario games, then you will not get as much enjoyment out of it.
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