Techland is Anti-Dying Light Modders (Update)

Update:

Techland have issued a statement about the below story.

Dear Gamers,

With the recent patch (1.2.1) on Steam we blocked cheating to make sure the game’s PvP system (Be The Zombie) would not be abused. This, however, had the side-effect of hindering mod-makers from making changes to the game.

 

Creating obstacles for modders has never been our intention, and we are sorry for the inconvenience. We are now working on a quick patch that will re-enable common tweaks while stopping cheating in the game’s multiplayer mode.

 

At Techland, we have always supported the mod community, and loved seeing how our own game can be changed by the players. A big part of the original Dead Island’s success was the passion and creativity of mod-makers from our community. We want the same for Dying Light. For quite some time, we have been working, and still are, on giving modders all the power we can. We will keep you updated!

Original story:

The latest patch to Dying Light went live, and some issues were fixed. However, some issues which the fan base didn't see as issues, were also addressed.

blocked cheating by changing game’s data files

This came as a surprise to the fledgling modding community, which recently received DMCA takedown requests for the 523 byte files that improved some gamers performance. They did so by removing the always-on film grain effect, as well as shadows.

It is unclear why the blanket ban was imposed, when other titles allow modding without having trouble with cheaters. Many games have outlived their usual lifespan thanks to a modding community, after all.