Editing System Shock 2 (section)

=== End-of-support ===
Around 2000, with the [[End-of-life (product)|end-of-support]] for the game by the developer and publisher, remaining bugs and [[Software incompatibility|compatibility]] with newer [[operating system]]s and hardware became a growing problem. To compensate the missing support, some fans of the game became active in the [[Mod (computer gaming)|modding]] community to update the game. For instance, the "Rebirth" graphical enhancement [[Video game modding|mod]] replaced many [[Low poly|low-polygonal]] [[3D modeling|models]] with higher quality ones,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=52239|title=''System Shock 2'' reborn |author=Bramwell, Tom|publisher=[[Eurogamer]] |date=2003-06-05 |access-date=2008-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518131911/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news050603ss2rebirth |archive-date=2011-05-18}}</ref> a "Shock Texture Upgrade Project" increased the [[image resolution|resolution]] of [[Texture mapping|textures]],<ref name="GameSpot Greatest Game"/> and an updated [[level editor]] was released by the [[user community]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=16567 | title = It's shocking! A ''System Shock 2'' level editor | author = ''CVG'' staff | work = [[Computer and Video Games]] | publisher= Future Gaming Limited | location= United Kingdom | date = 2001-01-27 | access-date = 2009-03-16 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070309190431/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=16567 |archive-date = 2007-03-09}}</ref>