Cyberpunk 2077 developer warns players against installing mods

Cyberpunk 2077 developer warns players confronting installing mods

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It seems like no affair what happens, Cyberpunk 2077 tin't go abroad from bad news. Console players are in the clear this time, even so, with developer CD Projekt Blood-red warning players to be cautious when installing mods.

Evidently there's a "vulnerability in external DLL files which can exist used to execute code on PCs." A fix is incoming, just in the concurrently CDPR has warned against installing mods from "unknown sources." Which might besides say don't install any mods, menstruation.

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If yous plan to use @CyberpunkGame mods/custom saves on PC, use caution. Nosotros've been fabricated enlightened of a vulnerability in external DLL files the game uses which can be used to execute code on PCs. Issue will be stock-still ASAP. For at present, please refrain from using files from unknown sources.February ii, 2021

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Anyone who knows nearly PC gaming will know that mods are basically a free for all, especially now that CDPR has released Cyberpunk 2077's official modding tools.

Since this vulnerability does be, it means anyone could sneak something sketchy into your PC bearded every bit a mod for the game. Be it a fix for one of its many bugs, or the outlawed modernistic that lets you accept sexual practice with Keanu Reeves' Johnny Silverhand.

Unless you can read and empathize a modern'south code, you're going to want to concord off on modding until CDPR tin coil out a fix and confirm that it works. Thankfully this flaw doesn't affect your gameplay experience, so you can still play Cyberpunk 2077 as normal.

You lot're simply not going to be able to turn your car into Thomas the Tank Engine, or something equally equally absurd. The beauty of mods means that you don't need to be stuck with the same assets and features that came with the game. Hopefully it shouldn't take long to set up the issue.

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