What is the possibility of Mass Effect™: Andromeda getting Mods?

Yeah that's what I thought. It'd be great to get an employee's opinion. Maybe it will turn out to be something like CoD Black Ops 3 where it included full mod support in the end of the game's life, but that was mostly on Steam and there's no way that would be done on Origin. Still, I reckon the modding community would be determined enough to do some mods, but not nearly as much as the original trilogy if it uses the same method as them.

@DJ_dog210

The experience already gathered with DAI might help, and ME3 was also not easy to mod, still the community was able to introduce it's own tool set.

So, I am not without hope. But it probably will take some time until we see some progress.

I believe Frostbite 3 consists of third party technology that EA can't legally distribute, so a toolkit seems unlikely. DAI does have a decent number of mods, so the modding community may surprise us.

@Fred_vdp

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@Fred_vdp wrote:

I believe Frostbite 3 consists of third party technology that EA can't legally distribute, so a toolkit seems unlikely.

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Are you sure Fred? It's DICE Engin, and DICE is a 100% subsidiary of EA.

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@holger1405 wrote:

@Fred_vdp

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@Fred_vdp wrote:

I believe Frostbite 3 consists of third party technology that EA can't legally distribute, so a toolkit seems unlikely.

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Are you sure Fred? It's DICE Engin, and DICE is a 100% subsidiary of EA.

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@holger1405

That's the reason BioWare always gave. Not all features in Frostbite 3 Engine are created by Dice. SpeedTree, for instance, is developed by IDV. I assume there are other third party technologies in Frostbite that make the release of a modkit a licensing issue.

@Fred_vdp

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@Holger1405

That's the reason BioWare always gave. Not all features in Frostbite 3 Engine are created by Dice. SpeedTree, for instance, is developed by IDV. I assume there are other third party technologies in Frostbite that make the release of a modkit a licensing issue.

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That is of course very well possible. Thanks Fred.

One can only hope that there will be mods for Andromeda.

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/12/what-mass-effect-andromeda-is-doing-about-multiplayer-mods-and-dedicated-servers/

In this interview from late 2016 Mike Gamble told Kotaku that there are no plans for Mod Tools for ME:A, but it might be considered in the future due to the fact that the ME3 Modding Community is extremely strong. 

If we really want something done right this time, we need to tell EA / BioWare that and the right place for this is here, EAs Answers HQ. 

Everyone who cares about this should create a new topic or engage in the existing ones. 

The support here at Answers HQ for modding is still pretty slim and in my opinion the Answers page should be flooded with requests for this, because when you go over to Nexusmods. The Demand is actually visible.

All the smaller changes people post around here could be easily done with modtools at hand.  

A Mod Kit will come if EA and BioWare think it makes sense financially. We have to show them that there is more to gain when you provide such tools and if there is enough demand in their support channel, which is the official way of communicating change requests, it might catch on with the press as well. 

I cannot enough draw the conclusion between Skyrim and ME:A. If we can sell them the idea that ME:A could become the Skyrim of Science Fiction.

Bethesda counts on the modding community, that is why the game still sells at a high price point even six years after it's initial release. EA sees that too AND people buy their DLCs because they are used as Resources for Mods. Hell, even the stupid horse armour mods for Oblivion sold like crazy. 

If this goes through their thick heads they might listen because EA Execs look in fact over to Bethesda and envy their success. They can read sales tables. 

The way the EA Answer HQ works, I believe, is that from time to time the moderators will present the Execs and Devs with a list of hot topics that are discussed in the Forum. There need to be modding as top priority in EVERY fu++++++ report they will get. 

Let's be honest, telling them what you want in one or two sentences or just leaving a "thumbs up" here is literally the least thing we can do. 

First, they ignore you.

Then they laugh at you. 

Then they fight you. 

.... and then you win.

Agreed we need mod support!