Longtime mod creators aren’t happy about the latest trend to take over their corner of the Internet: the “bullshit ‘trend'” of AI-generated or “vibration-encoded” mods. As first reported by IGN, backlash is mounting after several modders, including some who openly admit to using generative AI to help write their mods, talked about mashup mods that bring together completely unrelated games. “I mod games and I’m not ashamed of the fact that I use AI to do it. I hate this ‘trend’ of shit. Pure garbage, there’s nothing creative about this,” posted modder kran27_, adding that “the shit that’s getting the clicks is this jingling keys shit.” Another, discountmodder, added: “If this becomes a permanent state of modding, this may be my last project. I don’t want to be involved in an AI factory.” Presenting… Escape from Skyrim lol. I put Tarkov in Skyrim. Now with weapons and everything you would expect. pic.twitter.com/byFCnvwcbq — Cydonyx_ (@cydonix) September 30, 2026 To view this content, please enable targeting cookies. Manage Cookie Settings What irritates them so much is the huge wave of mods uniting unrelated games, from World of Warcraft to Call of Duty: World at War, to Escape From Tarkov and Skyrim, to a version of Insomniac’s Spider-Man that lets you move around Batman: Arkham City’s Gotham. The trend has skyrocketed over the course of a single week, fueled by cheaper Claude Opus 5.5 tokens and improved code generation, making it easier than ever to point the model at a game, decompile it, and add something completely different. Step modifications are low-key crazy. Legit one of the funniest AI use cases in a long time pic.twitter.com/2JKWBhopMC — Luki (@xLuki1_) October 2, 2026 To view this content, please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings The results are inconsistent at best. Footage from YouTuber Brendan Jowett comparing the Opus 5.5 to OpenAI’s Astra 6 model shows both struggling with the basics, including enemies that ignore the player, a space fighter that flies diagonally while firing in a straight line. However, none of these combinations have appeared on modding platforms like Nexus Mods yet, and IGN suggests this is likely due to rights issues rather than a lack of interest. Nexus’ own 2023 policy on AI-generated content is blunt on the matter: “To avoid problems with your mods, we recommend that you avoid using these tools unless you have explicit permission to use all resources.” Almost all of the mods circulating on Twitter/X are based on decompiled code and assets that the people building them have no rights to, which is precisely the scenario that the Nexus policy was written to exclude. As IGN suggests, whether that continues once a platform decides to host them is what makes modders most nervous. Right now, the trend is limited to generating engagement on Twitter/X, but it could reshape what “modding” means. In related news, ahead of the endless GTA 6 mods we’re sure to get when the crime epic finally hits PC, Rockstar Games has placed new restrictions on the modding community.