Dictionary of Modding, 2007 - submissions

**Dol Guldur** · 07-08-2006, 00:49

Oh, that first one gets approval from the TIC Lexicographers' Committee. The initial post has been updated and includes an elaboration on ER's c.f.

**Myrddraal** · 07-08-2006, 01:23

Hard-coded - Game feature which cannot be modded. Usually features desired by modders, but unfortunately unattainable. See also punishment of Tantalus (2)

(2) Tantalus, who enjoyed the confidence of the gods by conversing and dining with them, shared the food and the secrets of the gods with his friends. The fitting punishment was to be immersed up to his neck in cool water, which disappeared whenever he attempted to quench his thirst, and lucious grapes above him that leapt up when he tried to take a hold.

EDIT: Am I being slow? What is TIC?

**snevets** · 07-08-2006, 02:34

3ds max, perfect noun: The modder's fickle friend. Capable of creating great art and horrible, horrible pain.

All-nighter, noun: An impressive duration of time and expression of effort to everyone except modders, who pull them regularly and see the invoking of one as base.

Heaven, perfect noun: A location in space where coding, uv maps, and the ai always act the way you expect them to.

**shifty157** · 07-08-2006, 04:05

Modelling:
A more advanced form of the classic childhood game of "connect the dots".

**wlesmana** · 07-08-2006, 05:06

Highly modable (adj): the state in which minimal changes can be made but still limited by strict, unchangable regulations. see also "marketing jargon" and "lie" (noun).

Skinner (noun): the principal in Bart Simpson's school. see also "The Simpsons".

Progress Bar (noun): a form of substenance to appease the addicted to a minimal degree and can be used to delay any posting of actual "progress". see also "crack coccaine"

Modding research (noun): the act of experiments to discover something that is already known to someone else and could have been resolved within 10 seconds but unable to be performed due to the knowing party's refusal to help giving light into the matter. see also: "government"

Expansion Pack (noun): an illusion of The Holy Grail which would only lead to research (see: modding research) and disappoinment (see: banging own head against wall) due to its highly modable state (see: highly modable).

**Duke John** · 07-10-2006, 08:44

Mod leader, 1 self-appointed leader in need of modellers and coders to realise his idea; 2 modder who attracts a following and as a consequence becomes a mod leader; 3 a true leader who has got the people skills to manage a team properly; 4 a frustrated optimist who still cannot understand why only 10% of a modding team truely contributes.

Lazy fan, "I want to help, but I do not know how to mod."

Beta, 1 modder's definition, unfinished mod that is still work-in-progress, but is released nonetheless to recieve comments and critics and discover any left over bugs; 2 player's definition, a bad mod with lots of annoying bugs.

And on slightly the same subject, how about writing a "Modding R:TW Post-mortem"? Just to warn the new modders who will arrive for M2TW for the pitfalls and to get a better grasp on how much time modding a 3D game takes. Although it probably wouldn't deter the first definition of mod leader

**Dol Guldur** · 07-10-2006, 13:19

LOL...so true. But if you can get the mod team up to about 80-100 members the 10% contribution might just be enough ... :)

Will update later. Currently working on beta (def. 2 probably ;) )