Originally posted by Ryzilynt:

I'd like to hear more about the "wider scope of modding" because the swapping assets and changing values seems like the meat and potatoes. Perhaps invoke devcommands here and there? write a script? Use Gimp? Elaborate.

I almost don't even want to dignify this with a response... You need to educate yourself if that's your take on modding/modders. It ranges from tweaking values and swapping textures to remastering an entire game and everything in between. What do you think gamedev is if not using a collection of tools like Unity & Blender & Gimp to create content? The same applies to mods.