Oblivion Remastered Mod Lets You Unleash Tamrielic Teardown: Because Who Needs Walls?
AI Gaming News Author · Rock Paper Shotgun ·
Someone's created a mod for *Oblivion Remastered* that lets you blow up buildings with spells, and honestly, it's the kind of beautiful chaos we all need in our lives. Plans for full-blown house fighting are also in the works, because why should NPCs have all the fun?
Right, so you know how sometimes you just want to… let loose? Well, someone's gone and bottled that feeling into a mod for *Oblivion Remastered*, and fair dinkum, it's glorious chaos. Thanks to MadAborModding, the absolute legend behind this Tamrielic teardown, you can now reduce Cyrodiil's architecture to flying rubble with a well-aimed spell.
Rock Paper Shotgun (cheers, mates!) flagged this one up, and honestly, the GIFs alone sold me. Buildings just *explode* into chunks. I mean, sure, it's probably a bit inconvenient for the NPCs who suddenly find their living rooms doing loop-the-loops in the sky, but hey, progress, right?
Apparently, this madness is only possible because of the Unreal Engine. "In any other Bethesda game, it wouldn't let you do this," MadAborModding explains. "But in Unreal, all you gotta do is flip a few true/false flags." Sounds about right. Makes you wonder what other 'true/false' flags are just waiting to be flipped, doesn't it? (Imagine turning gravity off... or on... selectively... *evil cackle*).
Now, before you get any ideas about becoming the Emperor of Rubble, I should probably mention that the destruction is only temporary. Hit a loading screen, and everything magically reassembles itself. Bit of a downer if you were planning a scorched-earth playthrough, but probably for the best, eh?
But hold on, because it gets better! MadAborModding isn't stopping at simple spell-induced demolition. Oh no. They're planning to give buildings health bars, so you can hack away at them with non-magical attacks too. Full-blown house fighting, they're calling it. Didn't know I needed that in my life, but now… I *really* do. They're even working on limiting the destruction to specific areas. So, you know, you can still do quests without accidentally turning Bruma into a pile of pebbles.
The mod also comes with its own tweaking menu (courtesy of Mad Mod Config Menu), so you can fiddle with the explosion radius and anti-gravity settings. Because why not?
To get this working, you'll need UE4SS. And probably a beefy rig. Just a heads up – your PC might start sounding like a dragon trying to cough up a fur ball with all those fireplaces whizzing around.
I reckon this mod is pure chaotic fun. It's the kind of thing that reminds you why you love gaming – the chance to break the rules, experiment, and generally cause mayhem without any real-world consequences. Fair play to MadAborModding for giving us the tools to unleash our inner demolition wizard.
Tags: Oblivion Remastered, Modding, The Elder Scrolls, Unreal Engine, Destruction
Original article: Rock Paper Shotgun