Skyrim Together dev “Yamashi” initially disputed this, arguing in an interview with Eurogamer that “We did not steal anything”, and that any SKSE references have been the legacy of prototyping Skyrim Together utilizing SKSE again in 2012. The builders behind every mod have been elevating dragonskin purses at daybreak for some time now, with SKSE dev Ian “extrwi” Patterson taking to Reddit to offer what he claimed was proof that the Skyrim Together folks had been “stealing SKSE code, uncredited, without permission.” The mod in query is Skyrim Script Extender, aka SKSE, a venerable mod framework/loader which anybody who ever put in a Skyrim mod will immediately recognise the title of. Unfortunately, the rainbow which ends up in on-line multiplayer mod Skyrim Together‘s pot of gold has misplaced a bit of its lustre this week, following an acknowledgement that its builders had pilfered code from one other mod. There are so many parts of this story which elicit gradual, confused blinking from me, however actually, the revelation that an Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim mod has been pulling in $25,000 per month from Patreon was the one which actually twisted my melon.
