true, i will for one go back to dota because this game is the suxxor

You are exactly right.

One of the points of modding tools is to allow players to customize certain parts of the game in their own way.  This would, in part, take some of the pressure off GPG and Stardock in regards to fixing ui bugs/preferences and other simple issues.  This would also allow new items, spells, etc to be added.

Someone said go back to DotA, but I was never really a DotA player.  I like Demigod for what it is, but I also think that it could be vastly improved with some minor tweaks.

I was unaware that there was an intention to add the ability to mod the game eventually.  I apologize for my ignorance in that situation.  I also apologize if I seemed impatient for that reason.  I simply want this game to be all it can be and I thought that perhaps getting word from the community to the devs would help facilitate that ultimate goal.  I also like to be a part of the solution instead of just an angry voice in the crowd.  Modding tools would put power in my hands to do just that.

Why this worthless comment?  This game needs modding to, as the op put it, unlock the games true potential.  Back in beta, we had some good UI mods already before they disabled them from going online.

Can we get UI modding support back at least!

I want mod tool too. 

Annatar is correct frogboy has said modtools would be released at a later point if there was community support for.

Epic Fail.  Let's hope for the community to grow and become robust with new demigods and the like from developers and modders a like.  If you like this game, please don't attack people who want it improved.

I strongly agree that releasing modding tools would give longevity to the game. However, given how Demigod is mostly a multiplayer title, how would you suggest to implement player-made additions to the game while monitoring it for cheats/exploits?

Only allowing mods in password-protected rooms? Adding a specific, mod-friendly game type?

If modding tools are implemented, how many people can honestly say they will spend the time and effort to push Demigod further?

And please "go back to DOTA"? Now isn't it the paragon of constructive criticism? And no, it doesn't matter whether or not you could or could not mod DotA. What matter is whether or not modding is a viable option for Demigod.

I do not want modding tools I want MAPMAKING TOOL.

Personally, I could care less about mods, but the ability for users to create new maps (not me, I'm lazy) is incredibly important in the long run for the game.

its not like that at all..lol, u sound like ur going to be forced to play other peoples mods.. jeez, use ur brain for a second

Options are a funny thing. You'd think that having more choices available would make a game more fun, accessible to more people. In fact, having more options can be a bad thing. The more choices people have, the more likely they are to be unable to choose anything at all. In the context of Demigod, if there were a bunch of mods available, a lot of people would look at them all, and unable to decide which one was worth their while, wouldn't bother to play any of them. Or maybe they'd play another game.

Another thing about choices is that having to choose actually makes people less happy with the result than if they had no choice at all. The problem is that once a decision is made, it's easy to second guess and think that another choice may have been better. This tends to reduce peoples' satisfaction with choices they've made. Also, the more options are available, the greater the expectation will be that the "best" option is perfect. When a choice is made, it can never measure up to those increased expectations, so dissatisfaction sets in.

Psychologist Barry Schwarz discusses these things in his book The Paradox of Choice. If you want to learn more, have a look at this 20 minute video:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html

People tend to assume that mod tools ensure the longevity of any game, but in fact that may not only be wrong, but having too many mods available may actually have the opposite effect. Food for thought.

In SupCom a few mods became extremely popular and a huge percentage of players used them. SupCom would have missed out on so much without Sorians and DuncanEs AIs, the GAZ_UI, Zulans Hotstats, Replay Manager and Analyzer... only to name a few.

And for those who are concerned about cheating: You can lock the game files with an md5 hash check and allow to mount mods from a special folder via GameDataPath.lua. In tournaments and ranked games the folder is disabled and all mods switched off. This system is easy to implement and as foolproof and secure as the current 'protection'.

And a lot of us enjoy modding the game as much or even more than playing it. One of the reasons I preordered Demigod was that it uses almost the same engine as SupCom and I assumed we would be able to make maps and mods!

All it needs to give us modding support is a second desktop shortcut and ONE single line added to the GameDataPath.lua. This system works great, it's extremely powerful and with an additonal hash check for ranked games pretty much impossible to beat for cheaters.

In SupCom we are using this method to mount mods that can't be handled anymore by the build-in mod manager because they are going too deep into the game (additional factions, massive remodeling of the game, additional AIs, new videos and sounds....)

I have several different shortcuts for FA on my desktop, each one of them launches a different set of mods depending what I want to play. It's like having 3 or more different games sharing the same game engine really. There is one downside: you have to make up your mind which set of mods to play before you launch the game. Sorian has already released a mod manager for the Demigod beta so even that is no longer a problem.

PS: We need two more things for full support: a working map editor (the dev tools will be fine, we are not picky and know the engine) and importers/exporters for 3D modeling software, preferably Blender and 3DS.