The mod who bypass' the PSN login for God of War Ragnarök got removed on Nexus Mods : games

[–] [email protected] 143 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)

From the Nexus Mods Discord:

God of War No PSN Requirement Mod

Hi <@&1116364961757790238>

We've had several questions from the community about the NoPSSDK mod for God of War Ragnarok which is no longer available on the site.

We would like to clarify this page was removed by the mod author and not by a member of our team.

I've reached out to iArtorias to find out what happened, but we suspect that Sony may have requested they remove it as they've deleted it from GitHub too.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Hope that mod was forked

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Freaking said it literally yesterday that they'd force it down, and literally yesterday someone said "there's no way no company has taken down a mod like that". Modders are well and good but they're people, and whether it was the modder directly or nexus, it was only a matter of time before Sony lawyers sent a cease and desist.

I blame the news outlets for making it public and screaming from the rooftops that they were bypassing it.

So anyone have a copy saved?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

The author deleted it, not nexus.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I blame the news outlets for making it public and screaming from the rooftops that they were bypassing it.

It's not the journalists' fault if they are informing people of the existence of something. And the idea that gamers would've been able to enjoy the mod without Sony noticing if journalists never spoke of it is dumb.

So anyone have a copy saved?

I'm still able to download the file from the original link.

https://www.nexusmods.com/godofwarragnarok/mods/22?tab=files&file_id=74

This was the original description of the mod:

Notes
This project does not touch or modify any original game code and is NOT intended to encourage the piracy.

Download the latest release

Copy the version.dll and PsPcSdk.dll to the game folder

Enjoy!

Troubleshooting:
If you still encounter the login screen error, make sure to remove this file first:
C:\Users[Username]\Saved Games\God of War Ragnarök[AccountID]\userpreferences
Upon the first popup when it asks to link the Steam account, press "NO" button.

It's worth mentioning that the mod could stop working with future updates of the game, however.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Things that get removed by staff on nexusmods don't show a 'Not Found' link or have the title renamed 'DELETED' - they generally show 'removed by staff' or 'under moderation review since <date>'.

'Not found' is usually when the mod author unpublishes a mod.

This sounds like the typical mod drama, author has removed it for some reason and people are jumping to conclusions and/or the author is gaslighting people into the wrong conclusions.

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[+] [email protected] -9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not surprising. Nexus mods will remove literally any mod that a company asks them to, and have done this a lot in the past.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

The author removed it, not Nexus.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (6 children)

What do you suppose they should do instead? Get sued out of existence?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I doubt they could be sued over this at all.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

I'm not saying they shouldn't follow through takedown requests, just pointing it out. Nexus mods isn't the place to put mods like this.

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