Given both that fact and modders’ assurances that these hiatuses are temporary, it’s unlikely Valve is threatening the projects in any way. Steam features built-in mod support for many games through the Workshop, and games like Counter-Strike, Dota, and Team Fortress itself all originally started as mods. Valve has historically been quite supportive of the modding community. On the TF2 Classic Discord, one of the developers says “it’s nothing to worry about, that’s all we’re willing to say right now”.įans are split in speculating on what this all means. We’ve reached out to Valve for comment, but have not yet received a response. For now, fans have been left to speculate on the reasons why. The folks behind both Open Fortress and TF2 Classic both say that the suspension is “due to an arrangement with Valve”, and will only be temporary. The developers behind two big Team Fortress 2 mods have temporarily halted downloads of their projects, and nobody seems to know why.