Skyblivion Team Rebuilds Decompiled Code After Dispute With Former Volunteers
The TESRenewal modding group said on its official X account that a dispute with former volunteers has disrupted work on Skyblivion, the mod that remakes The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on the Skyrim engine.
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Why it matters
A mod that has already slipped from 2025 to 2026 now has a dispute with departed volunteers on record, and the team says work toward release continues.
Key Facts
- TESRenewal announced the dispute with former volunteers on its official X account.
- Skyblivion remakes The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on the Skyrim engine and has been in development for over 10 years.
- The team decompiled some former volunteers' work after access rights to the original source code were revoked.
- The disputed code was deleted and the system rebuilt from scratch.
- Skyblivion is scheduled for release in 2026, with no specific date announced.
The conflict began after the team decompiled some of the former volunteers' work when access to the original source code was revoked. The team deleted the disputed code and rebuilt the system from scratch.
The friction started over decompiling. TESRenewal says it needed to decompile some of the former volunteers' work to keep existing systems running and fix bugs after access rights to the original source code were revoked.
According to the team's statement, the former volunteers then hinted at legal action and asked for the real names and home addresses of the team leads, which the team calls an excessive demand. After consulting a lawyer, the team says it is confident in its right to keep the code, but deleted the code in question and rebuilt the system to avoid a dispute. The team reports the threats have continued and asks the community not to carry out witch hunts. Skyblivion is still listed for release in 2026, with no specific date announced.
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