I remember it differently. A bunch of people, the vast majority in fact, i.e the ones not modifying game files for their own advantage, raged about it and said it was outright cheating. Devs made the ruling that they didn't want to hobble creativity or some my old friendgy shit like that, that things like scary mod (for old potato computers), higher res stuff (for rich person computer), more metal sounds, heirloom pack, etc... were more important to the game experience than not having to play against cheating little bitches.
