Hi all, specifically
@DavyDavy
I've been forwarded to here by the support team on this matter:
ORIGINAL POST:
Hi there,
I have a request for information in regard to a Surviving Mars mod called: TA mod - Unlock all achievements.
I've contributed to the creation of this mod, aimed to help achievement hunters like myself unlocking all of the achievements. In the past week, we've seen close to 10,000 downloads on our mod, allowing 8000+ Xbox one users and 3250+ Windows 10 users to complete the game, 1600 and 500 of which completing the entire game including the DLC. Besides a massive attention to your game, this has generated a lot of revenues for you, since 2100+ season passes in a week is not your average season pass sales. However, the mod has been taken down a couple of times now without a proper notification as to why it is taken down. Until now we have merely assumed it is because there is a hardcore group of gamers that don't like people unlocking achievements in a different way than intended kept reporting the mod, until the number of reports is reached that automatically takes down a mod. It is really easy for someone who doesn't have the game to create one or more paradox accounts and report the mod. Yes, it is insane what people are capable of to prevent others from earning achievements.
I'd like to request an update on why the mod is taken down, and if there is a possibility that the mod can be edited so that it is not taken down. As mentioned above, the mod has generated a lot of revenue and attention to the game, so as a developer and publisher point of view I do not see why you want to get rid of that. Also, other Paradox published games automatically disable mods so I also don't see why the fact that the mod unlocks achievements is an issue.
Any statement/additional information would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance on behalf of myself, mod uploader debroin and the rest of the achievement community.
)
Thanks in advance,
Chris
@DavyDavy
I've been forwarded to here by the support team on this matter:
ORIGINAL POST:
Hi there,
I have a request for information in regard to a Surviving Mars mod called: TA mod - Unlock all achievements.
I've contributed to the creation of this mod, aimed to help achievement hunters like myself unlocking all of the achievements. In the past week, we've seen close to 10,000 downloads on our mod, allowing 8000+ Xbox one users and 3250+ Windows 10 users to complete the game, 1600 and 500 of which completing the entire game including the DLC. Besides a massive attention to your game, this has generated a lot of revenues for you, since 2100+ season passes in a week is not your average season pass sales. However, the mod has been taken down a couple of times now without a proper notification as to why it is taken down. Until now we have merely assumed it is because there is a hardcore group of gamers that don't like people unlocking achievements in a different way than intended kept reporting the mod, until the number of reports is reached that automatically takes down a mod. It is really easy for someone who doesn't have the game to create one or more paradox accounts and report the mod. Yes, it is insane what people are capable of to prevent others from earning achievements.
I'd like to request an update on why the mod is taken down, and if there is a possibility that the mod can be edited so that it is not taken down. As mentioned above, the mod has generated a lot of revenue and attention to the game, so as a developer and publisher point of view I do not see why you want to get rid of that. Also, other Paradox published games automatically disable mods so I also don't see why the fact that the mod unlocks achievements is an issue.
Any statement/additional information would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance on behalf of myself, mod uploader debroin and the rest of the achievement community.
)
Thanks in advance,
Chris