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'''''Baz's Mod''''' is a 2009 [[Wikipedia:Video game modding|video game mod]] for the 1999 [[Wikipedia:Real-time strategy|real-time strategy]] game ''[[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|LEGO Rock Raiders]]''. It was developed by "Baz", a user on the LEGO game modding website [[Rock Raiders United]], between late 2008 and mid-2009. The mod adds many gameplay adjustments and alters level layouts and objectives to make the game longer and more challenging; it also includes eight new levels. It was originally released in July 2009; an updated version was released in September 2011. It is the first "[[Wikipedia:Video game modding#Overhaul|overhaul]]" mod for ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' and one of the earliest known mods for a LEGO video game.


== Gameplay ==
== Gameplay ==
{{See also|LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)#Gameplay |l1=Gameplay of ''LEGO Rock Raiders''}}
[[File:Baz's Mod LMLC on lava firing.png|thumb|left|The two Laser Cutter vehicles can drive on lava in ''Baz's Mod'', as seen here]]
[[File:Baz's Mod LMLC on lava firing.png|thumb|left|The two Laser Cutter vehicles can drive on lava in ''Baz's Mod'', as seen here]]


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== Development and release ==
Video game mod creator Dann Boeing, known on the website Rock Raiders United as "Baz",<ref name="Steam"/> started developing a mod for ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' in mid-December 2008.<ref name="Zetaboards Heys"/>
 
Boeing wanted to "bring the game to its full potential" by making it more challenging for an older audience and improving aspects that were considered less enjoyable.<ref name="rru topic 3042"/>
 
Boeing originally called his mod ''Rock Raiders Enhanced'' before deciding on the name ''Baz's Mod''.<ref name="Loading.jpg"/><ref name="Zetaboards Baz Mod 14"/>
 
Boeing released the initial version of ''Baz's Mod'' on July 29, 2009, two days before the first anniversary of Rock Raiders United.<ref name="rru topic 21"/><ref name="rru topic 108"/> After taking a break to focus on school and modding projects for other games, he started working on a new version of the mod in March 2011.<ref name="rru topic 21"/><ref name="rru comment 51141"/> The update, labeled version 1.5, was released on September 15, 2011.<ref name="rru topic 3042"/>
 
The 2023 game ''[[Manic Miners]]'', an unofficial remake of ''LEGO Rock Raiders'', features all thirty-three missions from ''Baz's Mod'' as one of its four campaigns.<ref name="reddit levels"/>
 
== References ==
{{reflist |refs=
<ref name="Loading.jpg">{{cite web |url=https://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e55/dannboeing/rr/Loading.jpg |title=Loading.jpg |author=Baz |date=December 24, 2008 |type=JPEG file |via=[[Wikipedia:Photobucket|Photobucket]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205040718/https://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e55/dannboeing/rr/Loading.jpg |archive-date=February 5, 2012}}</ref>
 
<ref name="reddit levels">{{cite web |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/manicminers/comments/12eufho/the_remastered_campaign_is_almost_done_and_bazs/jfckkv4/ |title=Hope Easter's treating ya well! 1.0 is drawing close. You can feel the breeze, can't you? |type=Comment on r/RockRaiders post "The Remastered campaign is almost done, and Baz's mod is joining the party. How does 58 new levels sound?" |author=Baraklava |date=7 April 2023 |website=[[Wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709092904/https://old.reddit.com/r/manicminers/comments/12eufho/the_remastered_campaign_is_almost_done_and_bazs/jfckkv4/ |archive-date=July 9, 2024}}</ref>


<ref name="rru comment 51141">{{cite web |url=https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/21-bazs-mod-old-topic/?page=4#comment-51141 |title=Working on a new version... |type=Comment on forum post "Baz's Mod (Old Topic)" |date=March 31, 2011 |author=Baz |website=Rock Raiders United |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203174609/http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/21-bazs-mod-old-topic/?page=4#comment-51141 |archive-date=December 3, 2017}}</ref>


https://rockraidersunited.com/topic/21-bazs-mod-old-topic/page/4/#comment-51141


== Gameplay ==


<ref name="rru topic 21">{{cite web |url=http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/21-bazs-mod-old-topic/ |title=Baz's Mod (Old Topic) |date=September 9, 2009 |author=Baz |website=Rock Raiders United |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203174555/http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/21-bazs-mod-old-topic/ |archive-date=December 3, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="rru topic 108">{{cite web |url=https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/108-the-history-of-rock-raiders-united/ |title= The History of Rock Raiders United |date=September 10, 2009 |author=Cyrem |website=Rock Raiders United |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190118064332/https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/108-the-history-of-rock-raiders-united/ |archive-date=January 18, 2019}}</ref>
<ref name="rru topic 3042">{{cite web |url=http://www.rockraidersunited.com:80/topic/3042-bazs-mod-v15 |title=Baz's Mod V1.5 |date=September 17, 2011 |author=Baz |website=Rock Raiders United |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031004434/http://www.rockraidersunited.com:80/topic/3042-bazs-mod-v15 |archive-date=October 31, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Steam">{{cite web |url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/iamawalrus |title=DannBo |website=[[Wikipedia:Steam Community|Steam Community]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707044701/https://steamcommunity.com/id/iamawalrus |archive-date=July 7, 2024 |quote=I've made a number of custom maps & modifications for the original Star Wars Battlefront II, Rock Raiders, Team Fortress 2, & Left 4 Dead 2 under the usernames Dann Boeing, Baz, and DannBo.}}</ref>


== Development and release ==
<ref name="Zetaboards Baz Mod 1">{{cite web <!--|url=https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/rock_raiders_united/my-official-rr-mod-baz-39-s-mod-v1-released-t354.html#p3459 |url-access=registration--> |title=My Official RR Mod: "Baz's Mod" V1 Released! |author=Baz |date=August 13, 2009 |orig-date=December 24, 2008 |website=Rock Raiders United |type=Zetaboards forum post |url=https://ringtailraider.neocities.org/WikiArchives/ZetaRRU/My%20Official%20RR%20Mod_%20_Baz's%20Mod_%20V1%20Released!%20-%20Rock%20Raiders%20United%20Forums#p3459 |via=Tapatalk}} Mirrored at [[Wikipedia:Neocities|Neocities]].</ref>


<ref name="Zetaboards Baz Mod 14">{{cite web |title=No I haven't, and the link in your sig is dead. |author=Baz |date=January 4, 2009 |website=Rock Raiders United |type=Post in forum topic "My Official RR Mod: "Baz's Mod" V1 Released!" |url=https://ringtailraider.neocities.org/WikiArchives/ZetaRRU/My%20Official%20RR%20Mod_%20_Baz's%20Mod_%20V1%20Released!%20-%20Rock%20Raiders%20United%20Forums#p3729 |via=Tapatalk}} Mirrored at [[Wikipedia:Neocities|Neocities]].</ref>


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<ref name="Zetaboards Baz Mod 29">{{cite web |title=All the level selection pictures have now been fixed to the right order/hole size. |author=Baz |date=January 22, 2009 |website=Rock Raiders United |type=Post in forum topic "My Official RR Mod: "Baz's Mod" V1 Released!" |url=https://ringtailraider.neocities.org/WikiArchives/ZetaRRU/My%20Official%20RR%20Mod_%20_Baz's%20Mod_%20V1%20Released!%20-%20Rock%20Raiders%20United%20Forums#p4100 |via=Tapatalk}} Mirrored at [[Wikipedia:Neocities|Neocities]].</ref>
''Baz's Mod'' features the same base gameplay as the original ''LEGO Rock Raiders'', though with many changes to increase its length and difficulty. The mod uses the same base twenty-five missions as the original game, but all of them have been edited to feature more hidden caverns, higher [[Energy Crystal]] collection goals, and an increased number of Monsters and dangers; the mission order has also been changed. The eight training missions have been replaced with new missions (bringing the total up to thirty-three), and the separate training missions menu now instead features bonus versions of these eight missions with different environments and much higher difficulty. Some of the mod's gameplay adjustments fix balancing issues and apparent oversights in the original; for example, Monsters take less damage from weapons and can no longer be destroyed in one shot, the [[Granite Grinder]] can drill Hard Rock much faster, and all mining lasers require far less shots to destroy walls. Some changes add new features; most notably, the [[Small Mobile Laser Cutter|Small]] and [[Large Mobile Laser Cutter]]s are able to drive across lava, and the [[Tunnel Transport]] (which was inaccessible in the original game) is usable and can carry some small vehicles.<ref name="rru baz new"/>


== Development and release ==
<ref name="Zetaboards Baz Mod 49">{{cite web |title=About as long as an elephant I would say... |author=Baz |date=February 2, 2009 |website=Rock Raiders United |type=Post in forum topic "My Official RR Mod: "Baz's Mod" V1 Released!" |url=https://ringtailraider.neocities.org/WikiArchives/ZetaRRU/My%20Official%20RR%20Mod_%20_Baz's%20Mod_%20V1%20Released!%20-%20Rock%20Raiders%20United%20Forums#p4331 |via=Tapatalk}} Mirrored at [[Wikipedia:Neocities|Neocities]].</ref>
Video game mod creator Dann Boeing, known on the website Rock Raiders United as "Baz",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/iamawalrus |title=DannBo |website=[[Wikipedia:Steam Community|Steam Community]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707044701/https://steamcommunity.com/id/iamawalrus |archive-date=July 7, 2024 |quote=I've made a number of custom maps & modifications for the original Star Wars Battlefront II, Rock Raiders, Team Fortress 2, & Left 4 Dead 2 under the usernames Dann Boeing, Baz, and DannBo.}}</ref> started developing a mod for ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' in December 2008.<ref name="zeta intro"/> Boeing wanted to "bring the game to its full potential" by making it more challenging for an older audience and improving aspects that were considered less fun.<ref name="rru baz new"/> The game's files were edited using modding tools that were being developed by members of Rock Raiders United at the time (''LEGO Rock Raiders'' modding had only started earlier in 2008).<ref name="zeta intro"/><ref name="rru history"/> All of the original twenty-five levels were redesigned and expanded; once the available modding tools became advanced enough, Boeing also created eight new levels to replace the game's tutorial levels, and programmed new [[NERPs|objectives]] for all the levels.<ref name="rru baz new"/><ref name="zeta intro"/> Numerous alterations were made to gameplay and entities, and a few of the game's cut elements were also added back, such as the Tunnel Transport and an early Rock Raider design that more closely resembled the [[LEGO Rock Raiders|Rock Raiders]] character [[Sparks]]. The game's interface was redesigned to have a darker and rusty look, building on a "grunge" mod originally created by user Drageon.<ref name="rru baz new"/>


Boeing released the initial version of ''Baz's Mod'' on July 29, 2009,<ref name="rru baz old"/> two days before the first anniversary of Rock Raiders United.<ref name="rru history"/> After taking a break to focus on modding projects for other games,<ref name="rru baz old"/> he started working on an update to fix any issues. The new update, version 1.5 was released on September 15, 2011. It made additional improvements to the mod's level design and fixed a number of bugs, including two levels that were initially impossible to complete.<ref name="rru baz new"/>
<ref name="Zetaboards Baz Mod 54">{{cite web |title=I've basically finished everything but final testing and adding rock monsters in (I still got to add erosions to one level, and fix them up a little bit for Lake of Fire). |author=Baz |date=February 2, 2009 |website=Rock Raiders United |type=Post in forum topic "My Official RR Mod: "Baz's Mod" V1 Released!" |url=https://ringtailraider.neocities.org/WikiArchives/ZetaRRU/My%20Official%20RR%20Mod_%20_Baz's%20Mod_%20V1%20Released!%20-%20Rock%20Raiders%20United%20Forums#p4577 |via=Tapatalk}} Mirrored at [[Wikipedia:Neocities|Neocities]].</ref>


The 2023 game ''[[Manic Miners]]'', an unofficial remake of ''LEGO Rock Raiders'', features all thirty-three missions from ''Baz's Mod'' as one of its four campaigns.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/manicminers/comments/12eufho/the_remastered_campaign_is_almost_done_and_bazs/jfckkv4/ |title=The Remastered campaign is almost done, and Baz's mod is joining the party. How does 58 new levels sound? |author=Baraklava |date=7 April 2023 |website=[[Wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709092904/https://old.reddit.com/r/manicminers/comments/12eufho/the_remastered_campaign_is_almost_done_and_bazs/jfckkv4/ |archive-date=2024-07-09}}</ref>


== References ==
{{reflist |refs=
<ref name="rru baz new">{{cite web |url=http://www.rockraidersunited.com:80/topic/3042-bazs-mod-v15 |title=Baz's Mod V1.5 |date=September 17, 2011 |author=Baz |website=Rock Raiders United |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031004434/http://www.rockraidersunited.com:80/topic/3042-bazs-mod-v15 |archive-date=2016-10-31}}</ref>


<ref name="rru baz old">{{cite web |url=http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/21-bazs-mod-old-topic/ |title=Baz's Mod (Old Topic) |date=September 9, 2009 |author=Baz |website=Rock Raiders United |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203174555/http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/21-bazs-mod-old-topic/ |archive-date=2017-12-03}}</ref>


<ref name="rru history">{{cite web |url=https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/108-the-history-of-rock-raiders-united/ |title= The History of Rock Raiders United |date=September 10, 2009 |author=Cyrem |website=Rock Raiders United |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190118064332/https://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/108-the-history-of-rock-raiders-united/ |archive-date=2019-01-18}}</ref>


<ref name="zeta intro">{{cite web |url=https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/rock_raiders_united/heys-t341.html |title=Heys |author=Baz |date=December 15, 2008 |website=Rock Raiders United |type=Zetaboards forum post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707060647/https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/rock_raiders_united/heys-t341.html |archive-date=2024-07-07 |via=Tapatalk}}</ref>
<ref name="Zetaboards Heys">{{cite web |url=http://s1.zetaboards.com/Rock_Raiders_United/topic/971585/1/ |title=Heys |author=Baz |date=December 15, 2008 |website=Rock Raiders United |type=Zetaboards forum post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711055755/http://s1.zetaboards.com/Rock_Raiders_United/topic/971585/1/ |archive-date=July 11, 2018}}</ref>
}}
}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/3042-bazs-mod-v15 ''Baz's Mod'' topic and download] at Rock Raiders United
* [http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/3042-bazs-mod-v15 ''Baz's Mod'' topic and download] at Rock Raiders United
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[[Category:2009 video games]]
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Revision as of 21:12, 4 January 2026

Baz's Mod
CGI artwork of a Rock Raiders scene, made by Roger Harris. In the top left is the Rock Raiders logo. At the bottom is the text "Baz's Mod".
The mod's loading screen, an edit of a wallpaper created by Roger Harris
Developer(s)Dann Boeing ("Baz")
Platform(s)Windows
Release
  • 1.0: July 29, 2009 (2009-07-29)
  • 1.5: September 15, 2011 (2011-09-15)
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

See also: Gameplay of LEGO Rock Raiders
The two Laser Cutter vehicles can drive on lava in Baz's Mod, as seen here

Development and release

Video game mod creator Dann Boeing, known on the website Rock Raiders United as "Baz",[1] started developing a mod for LEGO Rock Raiders in mid-December 2008.[2]

Boeing wanted to "bring the game to its full potential" by making it more challenging for an older audience and improving aspects that were considered less enjoyable.[3]

Boeing originally called his mod Rock Raiders Enhanced before deciding on the name Baz's Mod.[4][5]

Boeing released the initial version of Baz's Mod on July 29, 2009, two days before the first anniversary of Rock Raiders United.[6][7] After taking a break to focus on school and modding projects for other games, he started working on a new version of the mod in March 2011.[6][8] The update, labeled version 1.5, was released on September 15, 2011.[3]

The 2023 game Manic Miners, an unofficial remake of LEGO Rock Raiders, features all thirty-three missions from Baz's Mod as one of its four campaigns.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "DannBo". Steam Community. Archived from the original on July 7, 2024. I've made a number of custom maps & modifications for the original Star Wars Battlefront II, Rock Raiders, Team Fortress 2, & Left 4 Dead 2 under the usernames Dann Boeing, Baz, and DannBo.
  2. ↑ Baz (December 15, 2008). "Heys". Rock Raiders United (Zetaboards forum post). Archived from the original on July 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b Baz (September 17, 2011). "Baz's Mod V1.5". Rock Raiders United. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ Baz (December 24, 2008). "Loading.jpg" (JPEG file). Archived from the original on February 5, 2012 – via Photobucket.
  5. ↑ Baz (January 4, 2009). "No I haven't, and the link in your sig is dead". Rock Raiders United (Post in forum topic "My Official RR Mod: "Baz's Mod" V1 Released!") – via Tapatalk. Mirrored at Neocities.
  6. ↑ a b Baz (September 9, 2009). "Baz's Mod (Old Topic)". Rock Raiders United. Archived from the original on December 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ Cyrem (September 10, 2009). "The History of Rock Raiders United". Rock Raiders United. Archived from the original on January 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ Baz (March 31, 2011). "Working on a new version..." Rock Raiders United (Comment on forum post "Baz's Mod (Old Topic)"). Archived from the original on December 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ Baraklava (7 April 2023). "Hope Easter's treating ya well! 1.0 is drawing close. You can feel the breeze, can't you?". Reddit (Comment on r/RockRaiders post "The Remastered campaign is almost done, and Baz's mod is joining the party. How does 58 new levels sound?"). Archived from the original on July 9, 2024.

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