If you wish to talk about Manor Lords mods on the sport’s official Discord, you may need to attend some time, as mod dialogue has been banned till the city-builder receives official assist for the characteristic.
Per a message posted by moderator JKM within the Discord server, discussing and “encouraging the usage of” mods has been banned with the intention to “preserve the integrity” of the gameplay expertise.
The message goes on to say that the choice to ban mod dialogue was made “to make sure that gamers interact with the sport’s core mechanics as meant”, and that it contains “discussions about tips on how to purchase, set up, or use mods”.
In accordance with the moderator, the rule in opposition to discussing mods will stay in place till mod assist is added to Manor Lords, however there’s “no estimated time for mod assist implementation” in the meanwhile, in order that rule may final some time.
JKM additionally says that bug reviews regarding Manor Lords mods “won’t be addressed” since putting in mods can result in points which you can solely resolve with a recent reinstall.
That stance is backed up by Manor Lords dev Slavic Magic, who said on X (previously Twitter) earlier at this time that gamers ought to be happy to experiment with mods, however that they should not report bugs if mods are used.
It is doubtless that because of this the rule has been put into place, however it does appear to be an odd rule provided that Slavic Magic has additionally commented positively on at the very least two Manor Lords mods: one adding none other than Shrek to the sport, and the opposite incorporating VR.
When you’re not aware of Manor Lords, it is a city-builder with grand technique and RTS components created by small indie dev Slavic Magic and revealed by Hooded Horse.
Inside only a day on launch, the sport attracted over 100,000 Steam gamers and soared previous the million-sale mark, a very spectacular feat provided that it is also obtainable by way of PC Recreation Move.
You’ll be able to try Manor Lords proper now on PC by way of Steam Early Entry. We have reached out to Hooded Horse for touch upon this story.