Mods & Total Conversions
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Mods (short for "Modifications") are more than just user maps (and can sometimes not require any). They are user-made changes to how the game works, such as altering strengths of enemies, changing how enemies behave and what the player can interact with, and a whole host of other possibilities. Mods often contain their own user levels that showcase the changes that user has made to the game.
Total Conversions take this a step further. Rather than simply alter the game, the user changes it completely, often resulting in an entirely different game.
[edit] Mods
There exist a whole range of Game Mods (or Mods for short) for Duke Nukem 3D. Common examples include:
- Weapons mods - These mods alter existing weapons and possibly include some new ones too.
- Content mods - These mods contain a number of new weapons, items and enemies, which often replace the existing material.
- Behaviour mods - These mods alter how the game behaves, and usually means altering the enemy AI. They can also include new player actions, such as grabbing ledges.
Most often, Mods will come with one or more user maps designed to showcase the new features included in the Mod. It is often the case that Mods are fully compatible with any existing level, as they only change things on a superficial level without changing how the game works.
Many mods created in the past have been lost to time.
[edit] Total Conversions
A Total Conversion is an extended mod of an existing game that (usually) replaces almost all of the artistic assets in the original game, and sometimes core aspects of gameplay too - this can sometimes lead to creating a game with a completely different genre to the original.
Total Conversions have recently become more popular in the gaming community than game Mods. However, many older Total Conversions have been lost to time.
[edit] List of some Mods and Total Conversions
The following Mods and Total Conversions for Duke Nukem 3D are all available for download from http://dukenukem3dtc.tripod.com, as of 1st November 2008. They do not represent all of the available Mods and Total Conversions available online, however.
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