r/Borderlands2 • u/Ok_Plankton_5214 • 20h ago

🏔️ [ 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲 ] BL1 conversion mod for BL2

Building a borderlands 2 conversion mod with working Bl1 weapons and working bl1 assets and models as well as weapon proficiencies and working Bl1 inventory .Very early gameplay just curious if i should keep going or if anybody would even play this ,i know there is already Bl1 character mods but i built those from ground up as well . Im also not sure if this has been done before

https://reddit.com/link/1x4y0nd/video/bc1kez3lt8vh1/player

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u/fableboy10 15h ago

You opened up with "modding without AI was fun while it lasted I guess." which insinuates that it's no longer fun. Why is it no longer fun?

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u/55tumbl 14h ago

I suppose the fun comes from the combination of learning/creativity process and end product achievement.

If the juice is not worth the squeeze, like you write, then you don't bother squeezing anymore. Even if squeezing was kinda fun in itself, you're not going to do it just for the sake of doing it, it's not enough to sustain the enthusiasm.

I haven't been around the modding discords for a while, so idk the general sentiment. But it's interesting that none of those new mods are made by people who were invested in modding previously. For good or bad (or probably both) it is different than "just a new tool". When the BL2 sdk came out for example, it opened new possibilities, but it boosted the enthusiasm of all that community, rather than wiping the slate clean.

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u/fableboy10 13h ago

What's stopping you, or anyone, from the learning and the creative process? You're basically saying "what's the point?" since someone else can achieve the same results without needing the hundreds of hours of research, which again boils down to ego.

AI tools made the juice worth the squeeze as the barrier to entry to creating mods is easier now.