The Better Mod, what is it?

[#Jeetlor]

What exactly is it?

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[Epicduke]

old mod that tried to compete with badapot and rtb. devs were asses
it was before my time so someone else will know more

[Lord Tony®]

TBM actually stands for The Broken Mod.

[Trogtor]

it's a modification of the old blockland.


the old blockland has code that is available for all people to look at, which means that you could modify it however you wanted. the better mod was one of these modifications. the problem is, the developers hated retail blockland ( the one we play) so they added a script in their game (the better mod) that would delete all the files of retail blockland if it was present.

[Masterlegodude]

A thing of the past, a bad memory

[#Jeetlor]

it's a modification of the old blockland.


the old blockland has code that is available for all people to look at, which means that you could modify it however you wanted. the better mod was one of these modifications. the problem is, the developers hated retail blockland ( the one we play) so they added a script in their game (the better mod) that would delete all the files of retail blockland if it was present.

So TBM could manage to delete your BL files?

[Trogtor]

So TBM could manage to delete your BL files?

yes. people caught along with it and eventually they removed the malicious function from the game.

I still wouldn't recommend downloading it. if anything, get the orange block. it has more stuff than the better mod

[Lord Tony®]

People still play TBM apparently. it has a community of less than 5 people.

[The Resonte!]

the prophecy states that soon they will return to commence the war on blockland

[kanew2000]

my favorite part about that post is that the guy saying that has -15 karma

[Otis Da HousKat]

it's a modification of the old blockland.


the old blockland has code that is available for all people to look at, which means that you could modify it however you wanted. the better mod was one of these modifications. the problem is, the developers hated retail blockland ( the one we play) so they added a script in their game (the better mod) that would delete all the files of retail blockland if it was present.

The TBM drama happened in 2005 long before retail Blockland was released. The malicious TBM code would detect other mods such as RTB and the All-in-One mod and delete them from your BL directory.

TBM stands for "The Better Mod." Before Blockland was finished and released as a retail game it existed as a free alpha test that's now referred to either by it's version number (v0002) or (somewhat archaically) Vanilla Blockland. This game was open source so it facilitated massive modding on a much larger scale than you see with Blockland Retail that changed many mechanics of the game. Some of these megamods included Return To Blockland, TBM, and AiO (All in One). There were more, but those were the three most popular mods.

TBM was developed by a very aggressive group of people. They released the mod in compiled (.dso) form, meaning nobody could read the code that went into it. This code happened to include a "virus" that would seek and destroy copies of other mods that may be installed on the computer, which primarily affected people who enjoyed playing RTB as well as TBM. This decidedly unwarranted aggression caused a schism between Badspot and the developers of TBM, which resulted in the banishment of the TBM developers (and their supporters) from the game for all eternity.

The TBM drama was Blockland's first massive instance of interpersonal drama. It clearly stuck with veterans of the game as some seven years and an entirely new game later, people still talk about it. The entire thing is mostly irrelevant outside of Blockland pop culture. TBM went away a long time ago and isn't coming back. The developers have not interacted with Badspot or Blockland in a long time. Most of the people that play this game weren't there when it happened, so don't feel left out.

[Trogtor]

dang i figured I wasn't 100% right

[MoltenKitten]

For synonyms see: circlejerk

[Lord Tony®]

For synonyms see: circlejerk

Considering how Team QI is almost similar to TBM.

[Torin]

Considering how Team QI is just as guilty for providing backdoors.

tony don't start your autistic stufffit here