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I am not entirely sure what just happened here. I was reading a thread in GMAD, but, when I went back to the forum (or, tried to...) I got an error, and now, it seems that I don't have access to it any more? I don't quite get that. What's up guys? I don't seem to be able to get to the Mods section of the site at all.... Unrelated issue??

I have never had to sign in to anything to get the latest and greatest script extender, and I have been using them since morrowind..... :) Thing is, the add SO much power to the scripting engine, it makes things like Advanced Magecraft possible.

Yes, one or two containing some entertaining speculating. Hhhmmmm.... I don't ever remember moderation here being quite so heavy-handed..... It seems more things are changing than meets the eye.

We have seasons due to the earths tilt on its axis, so, that is fairly normal. I don't think humans have influenced that much. :D We HAVE influenced our climate though. It naturally goes thru cycles, hence, ice ages, and such, and we are in another warming cycle at the moment, and our contribution to the atmosphere has accelerated that warming, to a point. Reducing our CO2 output sure wouldn't hurt us, but, I suspect the climate will still warm, regardless of what we do.

Is it just me, or did a bunch of post just disappear from this thread?

A bit of both really. :D A lot of the west is desert after all. :D

Was it really? It looks like this has been cooking for nigh on two years, and they're obviously not interested in compromise (or discourse, for that matter). At this point, I'm not sure this could have ended any other way. On topic, authors who leave now, especially non-Bethesda modders, are more or less bound to scatter to the winds. Their profiles are definitely the best place to check up on them, but many (myself included) will probably just stop sharing content altogether. At least for a while. yes it totally was avoidable. you can make a choice to avoid something, but its obviously the more difficult choice to make with complexity and complexity means additional cost. c'est la vie. I am thinkin' that if Nexus had deigned to consult with mod authors, told them what they had in mind, why they were doing it, and actually discussed options with us, this whole thing could have been avoided.

Trouble is, we are headed in that direction. We have a SERIOUSLY stratified society at the moment, and the gap between the haves, and the have-nots, grows wider every year. Then we have the western states competing for water... and the likelihood that it is only going to get worse. And within that, we have farmers that have already been told they aren't going to be getting their irrigation water..... Then we have the racial tensions that are only increasing.... Civil war doesn't necessarily have to be something that is 'planned' either. It doesn't have to be some conspiracy of any sort. It could just be the result of a series of decisions by various parties that escalate a situation, and it simply gets out of hand.... There is a LOT going on here, and a fair bit of ain't good. :smile: Of course, if the economy improves, the pandemic subsides, we may dodge that particular bullet, for a while..... Until the next major crisis comes about. And you know it will. But then, maybe economic collapse is the more likely scenario? The government can't keep spending money they don't have before folks figure out that they are not EVER going to see their money back. That would certainly be interesting..... (and I hope I don't live to see it.....) Of course, China could make a couple financial moves, and totally tank our economy. They don't have the motivation to do so, as yet.... but, there may come a time when removing us as a world power, is more advantageous to them, than having us as a trade partner..... This is just my own opinion, a lot of what has happened that has drastically diminished the quality of living in the past few decades is mostly due to Republican policies for their specific goal to shrink the government and mirror policies based on religious beliefs as well as things that help the rich get richer. It was the Republican party that pushed for Citizens United that effectively change political campaigning into the lucrative business machine that it is today. Our society has become even more stratified due to Republican policies that favored giving the rich and big companies big tax breaks. A lot of the environmental issues we created are due to Republican polices that either deregulate agencies that closely monitor and police companies from polluting the air and land or completely dissolving government bureaucracies that specifically deal with any public health crisis. I could go on but I won't... Now saying this, the Democrats also have their fair share of things that I could complain about too. But specifically a lot of the economic problems we face today are completely to blame due to Republican policies. We could debate all day and night about wedge issues on guns, abortion, immigration, healthcare, etc... but that won't really get us anywhere. The political atmosphere has gotten so extreme that if you politically lean slightly to the right you are suddenly labeled a "Nazi". If you happen to slightly lean to the left suddenly you are also labeled a "Nazi". Call it good luck or bad luck or even bad timing, Republican Presidents in office haven't had a good run on the national stage when it comes to trying to advert any economic crisis the last few decades. On the other hand when a Democrat has been elected President there is a clear good record they hold from letting things economically go to total s***. If you are really worried about some economic collapse scenario, it would most likely happen under a Republican President, if the last 4 decades has anything to say about it. In all reality, I don't think either party is really 'good' for america...... Unfortunately, the dems just hold positions I cannot get behind. Of course, the repubbies have some views that I don't agree with either, but, they are fewer, and further down my priority list. So, republican it is for me. For now. :) Both parties talk a good game, but, when it comes to fiscal policy, they both seem to be spending a LOT more money than they are bringing in. Just WHERE they spend it is the only difference. Either way, it isn't sustainable. And yup, it was the republicans that started that trend. Ronnie Reagan? "Deficits don't matter."......

It's in the Managed list so I assume it is. I was finally able to get the file you suggested to download, but it didn't change anything when I tried playing the game. Did you follow the instructions in the readme that came with the file?

Maybe you should request this topic be closed. It doesn't appear to be going anywhere good..... :D

Trouble is, we are headed in that direction. We have a SERIOUSLY stratified society at the moment, and the gap between the haves, and the have-nots, grows wider every year. Then we have the western states competing for water... and the likelihood that it is only going to get worse. And within that, we have farmers that have already been told they aren't going to be getting their irrigation water..... Then we have the racial tensions that are only increasing.... Civil war doesn't necessarily have to be something that is 'planned' either. It doesn't have to be some conspiracy of any sort. It could just be the result of a series of decisions by various parties that escalate a situation, and it simply gets out of hand.... There is a LOT going on here, and a fair bit of ain't good. :) Of course, if the economy improves, the pandemic subsides, we may dodge that particular bullet, for a while..... Until the next major crisis comes about. And you know it will. But then, maybe economic collapse is the more likely scenario? The government can't keep spending money they don't have before folks figure out that they are not EVER going to see their money back. That would certainly be interesting..... (and I hope I don't live to see it.....) Of course, China could make a couple financial moves, and totally tank our economy. They don't have the motivation to do so, as yet.... but, there may come a time when removing us as a world power, is more advantageous to them, than having us as a trade partner.....

If it crashes before you get to the main menu, that is a missing master crash. If it gets to the main menu, but, crashes when you try and start a new game, or load a saved game, that is likely a mod conflict that the game simply doesn't know how to handle. Edit: Also, I think there IS a limit on how many ESL files you can use. The way they work is, they use id's that are left over from fallout4.esm, and there is a finite number.... go over that, and carnage ensues..... :D There is no fixed number of ESL files that you can use, it just depends on how many item IDs each one wants, that determines when you 'run out'.

Is Vortex not managing Fallout 3 for you? If not, you can tell it to. Either that, or just install it manually.

It may be Games for windows live biting you in the keester, and not necessarily the game itself. Try using this..

You are assuming that the US armed forces would act against US citizens, on US soil. US law FORBIDS just such an occurrence. In order to use the military to quell any 'unrest', those laws would first need to be changed... A giant clue as to what was coming next. I would also point out, that the US Military, with all it's might, and technology, LOST the war in Afghanistan against folks no better armed than the average american citizen. Actually the insurrection act can be made to do this. It has been used before but almost always with gubernatorial request and I believe it is National Guard troops or Title X forces (like the Navy Seals or some group like that) not regular military. But I'm not sure that would be a substantial difference. A few times it has been used sans gubernatorial request has been times of massive violent protest or for protection like when they were integrating schools. It is pretty wide open language and it has typically been very politically detrimental to use for aggressive action against citizenry without extraordinary reasons. Trump was just pulled back from this during the Black Lives Matter protests. I think he would have done so had he not found some other means to engage, via other executive paramilitary departments. The last time it was used was in the 1992 riots in LA when it was requested by the governor , Pete Wilson because of the out of control violence after the LAPD were acquitted. 63 people were killed as a result of the violence there. So I absolutely think it can be used for this purpose, but with the limited conditions set in the act. Still, it is a powerful political tool at the complete discretion of a president. If you have a president who is willing to ignore political pressure, a congress unwilling to act against the president and a military trained to take orders from their commander-in-chief (as they are supposed to do) then you have a perfect storm. I think the main impediment Trump faced was not any political pressure he felt (he did not, even the few times his party stood up to him) was simply the sheer incompetence he and those he put around him had. I do not believe the safety rails of democracy really held. I think his using idiots like Rudy Giuliani was what made him unsuccessful. The Capital Riots showed how far republicans are willing to go, and still go, even after their lives were directly threatened. I honestly believe that if not for covid, Donald Trump would still be president. It took the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and he still managed over 47% of the vote. How much would he have done as a second-term president, who was free of political blow back as someone not able to run for re-election, who survived 2 impeachment convictions and a congress and supreme court unable or unwilling to provide checks and balances. I think congress made this problem long ago by passing the political buck, unwilling to make decisions, allowing the office of the presidency more power that could be used against them just to stay in office and power. We should not have an elected official who does not win the majority of the popular vote be in office. As political parties become more tribal and dug in this will happen more and more often. The hypocracy knows no bounds. I dreaded to have seen (or see) what an unfettered Donald Trump would/will do. I dread even more a president, from whatever party, who is just shy of the age to run that has watched and learned from that presidency. One that is far less incompetent and surrounds themselves with people who are intelligent and experts in their fields. The collective 'We' have learned nothing. But I'm damn sure 'somebody's has. Thing is, military members swear an oath NOT to the president, but, to the constitution. They are only required to follow LAWFUL orders, and cannot be punished for disobeying orders that aren't. Then you run into the whole problem of, which side are the various commanders going to take? If General Smith believes what the folks up in arms are correct in what they are doing, then he isn't going to raise arms against them. Sure, some will, but, a lot won't. And then you need to look at the makeup of the folks that will be doing the actual shooting. (in the military) They are young kids. How inclined do you think they are going to be, to fire into a crowd of their friends and neighbors?? Still and all, even if the military does get involved, it's a war they won't be able to win. It will just drag on, and the body count will grow. Just like afghanistan.

Just click the little "Don't show this again" box, and then click the run the program anyway button. It *should* fire off. That's just windows being excessively paranoid.

Well now. There is a rather interesting way of putting it...... A creator doesn't want to give up all of his rights to his own work, and you are calling it "nerd rage"? Seriously??? No. What I am saying is the attitude of deleting all your mods and then expecting to retain the benefits. BTW, for the record, I feel mod authors should have the right to opt out of collections. So where did the Nerd Rage come into play? I must have missed that part.

Well now. There is a rather interesting way of putting it...... A creator doesn't want to give up all of his rights to his own work, and you are calling it "nerd rage"? Seriously???

this is not necessarily the answer. are you authorized by staff ? and so far i have not agreed to the new tos. this change is new for me and to me it sounds not fair. as far is i know i have time until at least the 5 th of August to make up my mind. this kind of short ultimatium feels not right and surprises me. they are the answers. I get you don't like them, but thats not my problem, it's yours. No i am not authorised by staff if i was my little avatar would have a shitty little blurb telling you. look closely - you'll see i'm just a regular nexusmods user. however, i did read the essay on these changes closely and the answers to the questions are contained in there. you obviously didn't read it closely otherwise you wouldon't be asking the questions, so consider this a helping hand from me, because you won't get one from anyone on the staff for two reasons; 1. they dont work weekends 2. they don't give a toss about you or your questions and owe you nothing. don't shoot the messenger. mkay? However then mind your own business and let the person get an answer from someone who is is charge and from your own words its not YOU. We aren't going to get any answers from staff, that we haven't already gotten. The terms are laid out very precisely in both the ToS, and, the PSA concerning file deletion. It doesn't take a genius to get answers to his questions, just need to be able to read.

I just go thru and delete the excess files...... Keep the last few saves, nuke the rest.

You are assuming that the US armed forces would act against US citizens, on US soil. US law FORBIDS just such an occurrence. In order to use the military to quell any 'unrest', those laws would first need to be changed... A giant clue as to what was coming next. I would also point out, that the US Military, with all it's might, and technology, LOST the war in Afghanistan against folks no better armed than the average american citizen.

That's because the hard limit is 255...... ESLs don't count toward that limit. The game *may* load with more than 255 active esp/esm files, but, you can end up with some REALLY strange behavior. (like, all your mods resetting each time you load a game... no matter how long you have been playing.) Trim your load list. Get below the hard limit. Merge some, change some to esl, etc.

PC mods are available via that method as well. Need a Steam account linked to your Beth account to do so though. (or, maybe that was to UPload mods.....)

I cant say I disagree with the basics of what you wrote. However there is one recourse, though never used. While still highly unlikely given the nature of governors at present, Constitutional amendments can be made and approved by 3/4s of the states they can compel congress to propose amendments. Still might not pass but it would at least force, what I imagine is, a very unwanted vote. The electoral college issue is currently being worked around by states passing laws to give their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, not just their state's popular vote. Why do we directly elect every, single, other elected official but president? I also believe the US attorney general should be an elected position from a certain pool of candidates. Like certain qualifications should be met. 43 states elect their attorneys general. After a president is elected he and the opposition parties give a name, we go elect them. I think we have all seen what happens when the attorney general fails to maintain its independence. But ultimately, you are right. We have a system that expects the elected officials to behave a certain way and it falls apart when they don't. After Nixon, the things put in place should have been made law, not procedure. It should be laws not ethics. And yes, those in power will very likely never vote themselves out. Maybe my daughter is right when she says 'eat the rich?' Start with the lawyers. (most politicians started out life as lawyers....) :D I think your daughter is a very bright lady. :D Eventually, things will come to a head. We can't continue on the course we are currently on. I see several possibilities.... Civil war being the most likely, followed by, in no particular order, race riots, economic collapse, a third world war, (likely started by some military action involving China.....). There are probably other, equally unpleasant possibilities, but, those are what I think are the most like. At a guess, I would say Economic Collapse is a very close second likelihood.

Our political system has been broken for quite some time. The Citizens United decision was just one of the final coffin nails. Today, we have the 'best' government money can buy. And it is bought and sold on the open market every two years. We might just as well call ourselves what we really, in fact, are, an Oligarchy. The rich run the country. Maybe not directly, but darn close to it. Things NEED to change, but, the trouble with that is, the only folks that CAN change it, are the very same folks that benefit the most, from NOT changing it..... No one in congress is going to vote for term limits for their cushy job, they are not going to pass any kind of campaign finance reform, as that would take money OUT of THEIR pockets.... They aren't going to do anything about Citizens United, as that makes them rich..... etc. We have the system we are going to have until/unless we the people rise up, and FORCE change. It has gotten to the point that we are done to our last option, the cartridge box. Trouble is, americans in general, are too fat, dumb, and lazy, to stand up for themselves against their government. Now, at some point, some of the red states might push back hard enough, that the federal government will have to act. Last time that happened, was in the early 1860's.......