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.

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 are all replies on the same post. Some very strong words. Thanks for the unendorse :)

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.

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 are all replies on the same post. I genuinely think that this is a very good thing for the modding community. More people will put in more time to creating better mods for Skyrim. I would gladly pay $5-10 for more mods like Falskar or Alternate Start. I recently got a job in NYC financial district and have no where near as much time as I used to have to mod. This makes it a more compelling case to mod even when I don't have much free time anymore. I will be using the premium version as a sort of kickstarter type campaign to fund more features added to the mod. I will be adding new worldspace and many new spells and features if people support the mod. My mod doesn't simply add one item or do something very simple. It adds over 300 new spells to the game along with perks and other scripted features. All bug-free as of latest version. This is something I think people should want to purchase. I understand the points a lot of you are making. I think that once this all settles that it will be an overall good thing. The 25% thing is a little ridiculous but I bet that this will eventually increase over time. I have no problem with Bethesda getting at least 50% since they created the game and creation kit to allow me to mod.

I mean I could change it to not say free version if that helps. I understand what you mean. There has been nothing said about it though. I mean my premium version will also be giving to Skryim Nexus, why can't I have a free version on Nexus for people who don't want to buy premium version on Steam Workshop? Either way Nexus is still profiting either from revenue sharing or ad revenue.

In response to post #24616159. #24616314, #24616399, #24616454, #24616704, #24616799, #24616909, #24617019, #24617144, #24617304, #24617394 are all replies on the same post. Thanks for the mostly positive comments so far guys. Magic Evolved does not contain any assets created by other modders. I will certainly never be stealing ideas or content from other mods just to make a profit. I have enough original ideas for new mods and improvements on existing mods. :) MCM is getting a portion of pay. My mod barely uses it but it will receive a portion of proceeds nevertheless.

In response to post #24616159. #24616314, #24616399, #24616454 are all replies on the same post. While the file is still pending review here is a list of features I intend to add using a goal system. Every $200 - New spells will be added or an existing archetype will be significantly modified and improved. $500 - new companion NPCs that use spells added by this mod. $1000 - new worldspace containing many things to do regarding this mod. (Town, vendors, shops, npcs, new world) If goals met, new goals will be added.

EDIT: I Have changed my mind and all my mods will remain nexus exclusives.

EDIT: I Have changed my mind and all my mods will remain nexus exclusives. My mod, Phenderix Magic Evolved, will now be hosted on the steam workshop. (pending approval now) The skyrim nexus version will exist as an old version that can still be used. The new version which requires DLC and adds over 100 more spells will be available only on the steam workshop for $2.99. I have put more than 1000+ hours into making this mod and would like to be compensated for people using my work. Many mod authors put a lot of work into their creations and I believe this is a great opportunity for the community to give back. I have modded for years and only one person has ever donated money to me. This is an obvious sign that the donation system does not work. No one is entitled to anything, let alone free mods. People releasing mods for free should have gotten a lot more respect and thanks for the amount of time they spent on their creations. The community needs to settle down and realize that in the long run this is a good thing and will result in much better mods being made. This development has reinvigorated my interest in Skyrim modding and I will definitely continue to mod for Fallout 4 (whenever it is announced...E3 please!?! With every purchase of my mod, Skyrim Nexus will be getting a share of the money. Please be understanding of this decision. I did not make it lightly. All of my other 7 mods will be Nexus exclusives and not ever be ported to the Steam workshop. EDIT: I Have changed my mind and all my mods will remain nexus exclusives.