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Ok let's pretend like I'm a total Noob for a sec, in fact lets not pretend. I'm seeing all kinds of Acronyms for mods terminology that I have no clue what it means, and I can't be the only one because that would be statistically illogical. Now I've been typing all kinds of Acronyms into the respective nexus search engines only to come up with mods that use the acronym in the description of their own mod with out telling what the Acronym stands for. Now this bugs the hell out of me, that's like explaining to a child how the inner working of the government works without telling him what the technical terminology means and assuming that he knows what you mean... and assuming is bad. So Here's a list of a few common Acronyms I found in my wnadering of the nexus' and I thought I'd share them with you. I'll be checking back regularly and updating the OP (original post) *<--- see? that was easy right?* to match anyone who feels obliged to help others around them to better understand the wonder that is the NEXUS network.

*edit* an idea came up after reading through some of the responces, thanks guys/girls, I'll start putting the Unknown ones at the top so they're more likely to get answered.

*edit 2*Now Alphbetized (good call Tetradite). That said I give you the list so far:

*edit 3* Thank you all for your contributions to "The List." The only hting i can think of that could make this better is if we knew which games these went to, if they have specific games.

*edit 4* M'a Boy! <--- This piece is what all true warriors strive for. Get it? Link? (whop whop)


UNKOWN ACRONYMS
EBE: ????

FH : ???? (hair mod) *new vegas*

UHKU: (also HUHKU, XLHUHKU, HXLHUHKU) ????

KNOWN ACRONYMS

 

7B: SevenBase (an author/creator)

 

AA: antialiasing; general computer-graphics term

AA - Apocalypse Armory (Fallout 3)

ADAM - A Definate Armor Mod (New Vegas)

ADEC: Acdale EyeCandy Body

AEV - Armored Escaping Venture (Fallout 3/New Vegas)

aHUD - Adjustable HUD (Fallout 3/New Vegas)

 

AFT - Amazing Follower Tweaks

AII - ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated (Fallout 3/New Vegas/Oblivion)

AOF: An Old Friend, a mod author; he does more than hair mods

ASIS: Automatic Spells, Increased Spawns (successor to PISE)

ASOIAF: A Song of Ice and Fire (stuff based on George R. R. Martin's ASOIAF books, for example, ASOIAF Races)

AttT: Armed to the Teeth *Skyrim*

AVP - Apocalypse Variety Project (New Vegas)

AWLS: Animated Window Lighting System

BAIN: I think it's BAsh INstaller; mod package installer built into Wrye Bash

BAB: Biu's Adventuress Body for Oblivion

BBB: Better Bouncing Boobs for Oblivion

BBP: Breast and Butt Physics (Animation) *Skyrim*

 

BC: Block Compression (for files)

 

BC7 - it requires dx11, a newer popular high res texture compression format

BDM: Bloated Double Melons Warning: Beyond Massive breasts...seriously *Oblivion*

BOSS - Better Oblivion Sorting Software, which is amusing now that it handles several games other than Oblivion.

CALIBR - "Community Ammunition Library" for Fallout 3.

CASE: Community ammunition system enhancement (Ammo Mod) *New Vegas* http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/43915

CASM - Cipscis Automatic Save Manager (Fallout 3/ New Vegas)

CBBE : Caliente's Bigger Bottoms Edition *skyrim* ---caution: large breasts---

CFW - Classic Fallout Weapons BETA (Fallout 3/New Vegas)

CHSBHC : Cherry Hotling's Super Busty H Cup (female body mod) *skyrim* ---Caution: massive breasts---

CM: Cutthroat Mods for Oblivion

CNR - Caesars New Regime *New Vegas*

COBL: Common Oblivion

COCOA - Companion Commander (Fallout 3)

CRAFT - "Community Resource to Allow Fanmade Tinkering" for Fallout 3.

CTD: Crash to Desktop

 

DDS: DirectDraw Surface (textures)

DIY: Do It Yourself

DLC: Downloadable Content

DM : Dead Money (add-on) *new vegas*

DMRA: Double Melons Round Ass *Oblivion* ---Caution Large Breasts---

DSpSoB - Dual Sheath plus Shields on Back *skyrim*

DUI - "DarNified UI", an interface mod for Oblivion, Fallout 3, and Fallout: New Vegas.

 

DX: DirectX

 

DXT: DirectX Textures

EDG3K: Modder's name

ENB - Enhanced Natural Beauty (graphics)

ESP, ESM, and BSA: not always acronyms; usually file types .esp, .esm, and .bsa

EVE - "Energy Visuals Enhanced" for Fallout 3 and its Fallout: New Vegas equivalent "Essential Visual Enhancements".

EVE: Eyecandy Variants Expansion

EWE - Energy Weapons Enhanced (Fallout 3)

FACE - Fallout Appearance Compilation Expansion (Fallout 3)

FCOM: Francesco + WarCry + Oscuro + Martigen, a set of tools and processes to install several of the most popular Oblivion mod packages in the recommended order

FEM - Female Enhancement Mod (Fallout 3)

FO3: Fallout 3

FOIP - Fallout Interoperability Program (Fallout 3)

FOMM - Fallout Mod Manager.

FOMOD - Fallout Mod Manager package

FONV - Fallout New Vegas (alternate to NV)

FOOK - "Fallout Overhaul Kit" for Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. Always referred to as FOOK.

FWE - "Fallout Wanderers Edition" for Fallout 3.

FXAA: Fast Approximate Anti-Aliasing; in regards to Skyrim, it usually refers to the FXAA Post-Process Injector mod

GECK - Garden of Eden Creation Kit, official software for modding Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.

GFWL Disabler - Games for Windows Live Disabler (Fallout 3)

GUTS: "A very muscular/bulky body featuring H-Cups and a really large lower body." (Body Mod) *Oblivion* Warning--- Massive Breasts---

HGEC - "Hentai Gentleman's Eye Candy Body" for Oblivion.

HD: High Definition (Graphics) *Any game*

HH : Honest Hearts (add-on) *new vegas*

HQ: High Quality (Graphics) *Any game*

iHUD - Immersive HUD (Fallout 3/New Vegas)

IMCN - Imps More Complex Needs

IWS - Increased Wasteland Spawns (New Vegas)

JoO: JackoO (Modder)

KVDS = Ken'Vigard Development Studios

KotN: Knights of the Nine, an Oblivion expansion pack

LOD: level of detail (usually not Lod, the Falkreath blacksmith)

LR : Lonesome Road (add-on) *new vegas*

MGE: Morrowind Graphics Extender

MM - Mission Mojave (mod similar to an 'unofficial patch', comes in modules that correct errors, attempt to reduce CTDs etcetera)

MMM - "Martigan's Monster Mod" for Oblivion or "Mart's Mutant Mod" for Fallout 3.

MMUE - Mission Mojave Ultimate Edition (full version of Mission Mojave, all modules condensed into one file)

MOBS: Medieval Oblivion Equipment Balance System

MoM or MOM: Mystery of Mausoleum *Oblivion*

MPM - More Perks Mod (New Vegas)

MSAA: multisample anti-aliasing

MTOH: My Type Of Hair *skyrim*

MUW - My Utility World (Fallout 3)

MUW - Moddable Unique Weapons (New Vegas)

MZC _ Mothership Zeta Crew *Fallout 3*

 

nif: netimmerse file (3d rendering)

NPC : Non Playable Character *any game ever made* ( I would assume anybody would know the meaning of that one but that would make me a hypocrit)

NSFW : Not Suitable For Work *all games*

NV : New Vegas *new vegas*

NVEC - New Vegas Error Corrections

NVR - New Vegas Restoration (New Vegas)

NVSE: New Vegas Script Extender

OBGE: Oblivion Graphics Extender

OBMM - Oblivion Mod Manager.

OMFG - Ongoing Modification of Firearms and Guns (Fallout 3)

OMOD: Oblivion Mod Manager package

OOO: Oscuros Oblivion Overhaul

OP: overpowered, another common gaming term; not be cofused with "original post"

OWB : Old World Blues (add-on) *new vegas*

pHUD - Primary Needs HUD (New Vegas)

PISE: Pluto's Improved Skyrim Experience (deprecated; use ASIS)

PM : Private Message (Internet Communication) *Teh Interwebs* http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/cool.gif

PN - Project Nevada (Fallout New Vegas equivalent of FWE)

RAIAR: mod author

RF = Robert's female body (Oblivion)

RLWC: Realistic Lighting With Customization; sometimes just RL

RM = Robert's male body (Oblivion)

RTFM - General internet acronym meaning "read the f***ing manual".

RTS - In the wider world, this is an acronym for the Real-Time Strategy genre of games. The name of the mod "Real Time Settler" for Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas is a play on those words.

SI: Shivering Isles, an Oblivion expansion pack

SKSE: Skryim Script Extender

SkyMoMod: Skyrim Monster Mod

SLoD: Silly Level of Detail - Potions and Poisons

SOS or SoS: Sounds of Skyrim

STEP: Skyrim Total Enhancement Project for Skyrim

SVN: subversion file (as in software versions)

T3 : Type 3 (body mods) *New Vegas*

T6M : type 6 mod (Body mod) *new vegas*

TCG: Tradable Companion Gear (it's not just for Trading Card Games anymore!)

TES: The Elder Scrolls (TESI is Arena, TESII is Daggerfall, TESIII is Morrowind, TESIV is Oblivion, TESV is Skyrim)

TFF: Team Fantasy Figures body replacer for Oblvion

TGND..The Girl Next Door..body replacer (oblivion)

TSAG: Teals03 Stacked Against Gravity (Armor/Clothing) *Skyrim* --caution: massive breasts---

UFF: Unofficial Fantasy Figures for Oblivion

UFO: Ultimate Follower Overhaul

UF3P - Unoficial Fallout 3 Patch (Fallout 3)

UNP: DIMONIZED "unpretend" female body *skyrim*

UNPB: DIMONIZED "Unpretend blessed" female body *skyrim*

UOMP: Unofficial Official Mods Patch

UOP: Unofficial Oblivion Patch

UPP - Ultimate Perk Pack (Fallout 3)

USIP: Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch

USKP: Unofficial Skyrim Patch

VHH: Victorias High Heel walk Animation

VWD: Visible While Distant (also includes AEVWD and RAEVWD)

WATER: Water And Terrain Enhancement Redux

WB: Wrye Bash (also "Wrye Smash" for Skyrim; "Bash" was for OBlivion and "Mash" was for Morrowind)

WIC or WiC: Winter Is Coming (another ASOIAF reference, for example, Winter Is Coming - Cloaks)

WIP: Work In Progress (not finished) *Any game*

WME - Weapon Mod Expansion *New Vegas*

WMK - "Weapon Mod Kits" for Fallout 3.

WMX - Weapon Mods Expanded *New Vegas*

WRP - Weapon Retexture Project (New Vegas)

XFO - "Xodarap's Fallout Overhaul" for Fallout: New Vegas.

YMMV - General internet acronym meaning "your mileage may vary".

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tetradite Mentor

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Good idea dude.

 

I didn't see in the list, obvious or not they're acronyms that get thrown around a lot:

 

NVSE/SKSE - xxxxxxx Script Extender

GECK/CK - xxxxxx Creation Kit

FONV - alternate to NV

 

By the way NSFW means Not Suitable (or Safe) For Work (i.e boobs usually) that's just a general web acronym like "AFAIK", AFAIK. ;)

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BOSS - Better Oblivion Sorting Software, which is amusing now that it handles several games other than Oblivion.

 

CALIBR - "Community Ammunition Library" for Fallout 3.

 

CRAFT - "Community Resource to Allow Fanmade Tinkering" for Fallout 3.

 

DUI - "DarNified UI", an interface mod for Oblivion, Fallout 3, and Fallout: New Vegas.

 

EVE - "Energy Visuals Enhanced" for Fallout 3 and its Fallout: New Vegas equivalent "Essential Visual Enhancements".

 

FOMM - Fallout Mod Manager.

 

FOOK - "Fallout Overhaul Kit" for Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. Always referred to as FOOK.

 

FWE - "Fallout Wanderers Edition" for Fallout 3.

 

GECK - Garden of Eden Creation Kit, official software for modding Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.

 

HGEC - "HG EyeCandy Body" for Oblivion.

 

MMM - "Martigan's Monster Mod" for Oblivion or "Mart's Mutant Mod" for Fallout 3.

 

OBMM - Oblivion Mod Manager.

 

RTFM - General internet acronym meaning "read the f***ing manual".

 

RTS - In the wider world, this is an acronym for the Real-Time Strategy genre of games. The name of the mod "Real Time Settler" for Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas is a play on those words.

 

WMK - "Weapon Mod Kits" for Fallout 3.

 

XFO - "Xodarap's Fallout Overhaul" for Fallout: New Vegas.

 

YMMV - General internet acronym meaning "your mileage may vary".

 

 

More Oblivion-related acronyms:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Tes4Mod:Acronyms

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Nobody mentioned NMM yet?

  • NMM: Nexus Mod Manager (Where the heck is the NMM download page, anyway? Oh, there it is.)

A few more insprired by a quick look through my mods folders and my bookmarks:

And just to expand on tetradite's response for clarity:

And finally:

  • OP: overpowered, another common gaming term; not be cofused with "original post"

I may come back and post more if I get the energy to look through my Oblivion and Morrowind folders. ;)

 

Thanks for volunteering to keep up the list! Please let me know if you'd like help with formatting it!

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RM = Robert's male body (Oblivion)

RF = Robert's female body (Oblivion)

 

I'm no noob to mods, but even I didn't know some of these; probably because I haven't used them.

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Nobody mentioned NMM yet?

  • NMM: Nexus Mod Manager (Where the heck is the NMM download page, anyway? Oh, there it is.)

A few more insprired by a quick look through my mods folders and my bookmarks:

And just to expand on tetradite's response for clarity:

And finally:

  • OP: overpowered, another common gaming term; not be cofused with "original post"

I may come back and post more if I get the energy to look through my Oblivion and Morrowind folders. ;)

 

Thanks for volunteering to keep up the list! Please let me know if you'd like help with formatting it!

I can't help but notice that for UNP you didn't tell us what the Acronym stood for, could you fix that please... if you know that is.

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Nice work everyone, this is one of those "why didn't this already exist?" ideas.

 

Any chance you could also sort the list in the original post into alphabetical order? (Excluding the unknowns which should stay at the top).

 

Like chevenga I'm also happy to lend a hand with this kind of formatting/sorting thing if you don't want to/don't have time etc

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I can't help but notice that for UNP you didn't tell us what the Acronym stood for, could you fix that please... if you know that is.

 

Heh. Sorry about that. It's not a true acronym or initialism. It's UNPretended, as in "not pretending to be anything":

Thus, this mod. Which does NOT pretend to be: realistic,beautiful,eyecandy,it even does not pretend to be human-like. Just something I making to suit my tastes. So,here it is -UNPRETENDED.

You know, I always say "yu-en-pi" in my head, but dimon99 may say it "un-pi". I'll have to ask sometime. ;)

 

From the UNP description, I spotted this one to add:

Oh, and here's a major one I should have thought of yesterday:

  • CTD: crash to desktop, that most annoying of circumstances when a Bethesda game quits on you without warning or error message and dumps you on the desktop

Ta-ta for now (TTFN) and thanks again, List Keeper!

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This topic would make for a good WIKI article. :thumbsup:

 

As to CTD, (Crash To Desktop) it is becoming a catch all for any kind of crash by those who don't know what it really means. :whistling:

 

A CTD is one that happens with no warning - You are playing merrily along and are suddenly looking at the desktop. No error message or any reason given. And you can usually restart the game from your last save. These are far too common on Bethsoft games and have many causes. :rolleyes:

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