Definition of «mod»
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"Mod" refers to a modification made to a video game by players or by someone outside the original game development team. In gaming communities, it is a concise and highly established term for an add-on or alteration that changes a feature, improves a problem, or adjusts the experience. The register is casual and practical, often appearing in reviews when players describe a workaround for an annoying limitation. In this usage, the word points specifically to software content that changes the game rather than to a person who moderates an online community.
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— Why can your character hear whispers from three islands away? — I installed a mod called “Ears of Steel,” and now even the seagulls are filing noise complaints.
A tiny mod marched into the game’s audio settings, turned the volume knob to “actually hear your friends,” and demanded a developer credit.
Some improvement to the voices would be good, it can be difficult to just hear each other (we used a mod to boost the sound a bit to compensate).
Source: Steam
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