phenderix

I am having issues as well...anyone know how to fix this?

I definitely think so. It got me back into modding.

Thanks for the link, will look into that mod.

Thanks for the comment and for noting the errors. That is what I get for writing at 3 AM haha. Any other thoughts or points of discussion?

Hello everyone! I just recently created an article covering the distribution of mods currently available on the Fallout 4 Nexus. http://i1.wp.com/techomenal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fallout-4-Nexus-Published-Mod-Distribution.png?zoom=2&resize=591%2C554 Please read the article and let me know what you think! The results of the distribution are about what I would expect due to the current state of modding being pre-GECK.

In response to post #24616159. #24616314, #24616399, #24616454, #24616704, #24616799, #24616909, #24617019, #24617144, #24617304, #24617354, #24617394, #24617519, #24618004, #24618149, #24618159, #24618169, #24618264, #24618289, #24618509, #24618574, #24618634, #24619184, #24619264, #24619524, #24619749, #24619879, #24620069, #24620089, #24620334, #24620539, #24620654, #24620834, #24620854, #24620909, #24621039, #24621124, #24621969, #24622244, #24622359, #24622569, #24622584, #24622724, #24623239, #24623394, #24623524, #24623554 are all replies on the same post. Thank you all for the comments. I heavily considered whether or not to do this all day. The respectful comments and messages I have received from users and modders on this site made me change my mind. I hope the community can unite and figure out a solution to all of this instead of just cursing at one another and ripping people that make a decision to monetize their mods. I am sure there is some way that everyone can benefit.

I am glad to hear you changed your mind. I donated the price of what you were going to charge on the Workshop to you. Ain't much, but I hope others follow my lead (and I seriously need to go to bed, curse Valve for making this controversy so horrible yet interesting to watch... like a car crash I say.). Edit: My phone didn't ding like it usually does when I make a transaction, so if you didn't receive it let me know. Paypal Receipt said it worked fine though. Edit 2: Just dinged five minutes after the fact. Guess Paypal is slow today. Thank you. I really appreciate it. I am going to trust the Nexus to resolve some of the issues modders are having. Maybe this will serve as a much needed wake up call. Really hope things are improved somehow.

In response to post #24616159. #24616314, #24616399, #24616454, #24616704, #24616799, #24616909, #24617019, #24617144, #24617304, #24617354, #24617394, #24617519, #24618004, #24618149, #24618159, #24618169, #24618264, #24618289, #24618509, #24618574, #24618634, #24619184, #24619264, #24619524, #24619749, #24619879, #24620069, #24620089, #24620334, #24620539, #24620654, #24620834, #24620854, #24620909, #24621039, #24621124 are all replies on the same post. After getting over 50 comments and messages and many respectful responses I have changed my mind and will keep all of my mods free and Nexus exclusive. I trust Nexus staff to have a good solution to this problem.

In response to post #24616184. #24619149, #24619404, #24619489, #24619584, #24620204, #24620359, #24620494, #24621229 are all replies on the same post. After getting over 50 comments and messages and many respectful responses I have changed my mind and will keep all of my mods free and Nexus exclusive. I trust Nexus staff to have a good solution to this problem.

I have changed my mind. My works will remain Nexus exclusive and free.

You know what guys. I will remain Nexus exclusive, you guys are right. Congrats for convincing me :)

In response to post #24616159. #24616314, #24616399, #24616454, #24616704, #24616799, #24616909, #24617019, #24617144, #24617304, #24617354, #24617394, #24617519, #24618004, #24618149, #24618159, #24618169, #24618264, #24618289, #24618509, #24618574, #24618634, #24619184, #24619264, #24619524, #24619749, #24619879, #24620069, #24620089, #24620334, #24620539, #24620654, #24620834, #24620854 are all replies on the same post. @jet4571 Thanks for the comment. I think that is one reason I have decided to do this. I mainly mod for other people instead of myself. It is not really that exciting to use spells that you created. @cplfernandez Donation does not work, period. I have received one donation in almost 3 years of modding. People act like the system is fine, but never donate. Some other model needs to be implemented. If one were introduced I would definitely listen. @akkalat85 Once again, this makes no sense. If my mod gets a purchase on the Steam Workshop the Skyrim Nexus will receive part of the revenue. Please research how the new system will work.

I am not attacking you, don't get me wrong (though I do not agree with you either). You chose to go corporate, alright. I cannot stop you. Corporate life though means you need to pay for your advertising just like the rest of the advertisers on the site in my opinion. Please don't feel attacked or challenged. You're just in the position of being the first ship on the water so to speak. The concern is people creating 'demo mods' on the Nexus to get free advertising for their paid mod on the Workshop. Is that a good thing, is it something the Nexus wants. What does and doesn't qualify, what is and isn't fair where that's concerned. Again, this comes back to what I said elsewhere - by charging for your product you become a merchant more so than a member of the community. Money is a sticky subject and, as they say, 'business is business'. At what point does it stop becoming a mod you're sharing on the Nexus and instead an advertisment to drive sales on your paid site? I would encourage you to reach out to the Nexus folks and see where they want those lines. At that point you need to ask yourself how you want to handle the free mod. You're monetizing your work now and as such it's not unreasonable to view what you do in that light. How do you best leverage the stuff you provide to free to maximize what you want to earn profit from. How does the Nexus want to position itself relative to the Workshop - do they want to host advert mods? Do they want to support scaled down free versions that help redirect people to the paid versions? Is that actually a 'bad thing'? If so, why? One of the problems with being an early adopter on a business model is you're going to be involved in answering those questions. I encourage you to be proactive in reaching out to the Nexus folks and being an active and honest part of that discussion. You've been very honest and up front about what you're doing and why and that's awesome, much appreciated. I don't see any of the other mod authors here doing so. I hope you'll put the work into helping sort that out sooner rather than later. I definitely understand your point. It is not like I am abandoning the nexus. All of my mods will remain on the nexus. Just one of them will have a free version and premium version. I do agree about the whole merchant comparison. This isn't necessarily a bad thing though. Just because I become a merchant and modder doesn't mean I won't still regularly interact with the community. I appreciate everything the Skyrim Nexus has done for the modding community. I really wish Bethesda would buy the Skyrim Nexus and allow us to sell mods on the Nexus instead. Everyone is free to voice their opinion. I honestly just think some of the backlash is amusing. People need to stop acting like they are entitled to free mods. Publishing large works for free has always been a generosity modders have performed. For me it is not entitlement that has me against this, it is the precedent set. This whole system is easily exploitable by companies. Suppose a company, ElectronicSoft, wants to release day 1 DLC. They know they are going to get flak so instead they get a shell company: Ubigames to release the DLC as a paid "mod".If they get flak, Electronicsoft can just say "Oh no, we are against Day1 DLC, but we fully support modders getting paid for their work".As you can see, this problem is a whole lot larger than modders wanting some cash. This sets a bad precedent and for that reason must be stopped in it's tracks. I would be all for a kickstarter/paetron/ or even the big modders hired by Bethesda to polish out their mods to sell (a la Insurgency and Garry's Mod). This free for all though is rubbish. This doesn't make any sense. Skyrim Nexus would be profiting if my mod got a sale on the Steam Workshop. Valve will definitely have to do a good job at making sure content is legitimate and not just derivatives of other work on the site. It will be difficult and it will be interesting to see how they handle it. If they decide to go back on all of this. My work will definitely go back on the Nexus. It is just pretty ridiculous that I have only ever gotten one donation in more than 2 years of modding. People act like the donation system is enough when no one ever really donates.

In response to post #24616184. #24619149, #24619404, #24619489, #24619584, #24620204, #24620359 are all replies on the same post. Thank you all for being so positive. :)

In response to post #24616159. #24616314, #24616399, #24616454, #24616704, #24616799, #24616909, #24617019, #24617144, #24617304, #24617354, #24617394, #24617519, #24618004, #24618149, #24618159, #24618169, #24618264, #24618289, #24618509, #24618574, #24618634, #24619184, #24619264, #24619524, #24619749, #24619879, #24620069, #24620089 are all replies on the same post. @CommanderJuraks I completely agree with a lot of the points you listed. That is why only one of my mods is making this transition. The other 7 are remaining Nexus exclusives and forever free.