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So, this year I will once again be bludgeoning myself with 25 hours of video games, for a good cause. Now, you may be thinking, "Oh, goody for you, why do I care?" Chances are good, you don't. But for those few of you who do, or what to get involved yourselves, it can be a good way to use one of your hobbies to raise awareness for a good cause, and enjoy yourself at the same time. Or, just see how far you can go before passing out. Either way works for me.
So, now that some people have already left the thread here is the important stuff:
Go here, sign up, register what location of the Children's Miracle Network you want to petition for, play games. Simple/Free/Fun
Then, if you feel like petitioning other people for money, which is really the goal, but not something i myself am good at, then you create a page, post a little link:
Galadreal's Extra Life Account
Then, if you are as awesome as some people (not me, I am terrible at this) you ask for donations, you get out and spread the word, you live stream your gaming (ok, I do that one, but mostly because I need people to help keep myself awake)
So go, fly, be free...and help out kids who need it. It does not really cost you anything except for time that you would probably already spend playing games. So why not use your powers for good. :pirate:
If I put this in the wrong area, I am sorry. I am just trying to raise awareness with gamers for a good cause. Please let me know where to move it, or if I cannot post this at all, and I will be glad to take it down, or take off my links, or whatever I need to do.
Thanks!
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Has anyone with Nexus mods tried contacting ATT to see if their site is being blocked for a reason? I think the customers like myself who just keep emailing them will get the same response. Which is no help at all.
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Ugh, I was on chat for 45 minutes last night with ATT....all they could suggest was to reset my modem. Even after explaining the situation, and that this seems to be a widespread problem...reset your modem. I wanted to hit someone. They just don't listen.
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In response to post #28632309. #28632569 is also a reply to the same post.Yeah, no, the money sent to the nexus is to help cover cost of site upkeep and things like that. Servers are not free, and I think the people who work here also get paid. But putting money towards the Nexus means you don't have to see their ads that they post to cover their own costs. Which is also cool.dib8rman wrote: Odd, I just put money towards the nexus and figured it was reaching mods, so there is a separate function for specific mods then. For me it's that I use a lot of different mods so its ridiculous for me to do what I want which would be about 5 to 10 a mod especially the ones that have a large value in my opinion.
That would be around 1000 dollars by the time I was done X_X.
I'll have to really think about it, I like the pay for your mod thing, a lot of these modders really should be getting paid for this stuff, I just assumed that's what the nexus sub was about.MrJoseCuervo wrote: Everything was going great until a few people saw dollar signs.
You greedy people need to go away and leave gaming alone.
From what I can tell, most mod authors don't want paid, they just want to feel that their work is appreciated. Throwing any money their way is just an added bonus and makes them want to work harder to bring better mods.
I get massive burnout when all I hear is problems (especially made up problems by people who don't read descriptions), but if just one person leaves a nice comment, that improves my day. I think the same thing applies to anyone who wants to do more than just leave a nice comment. -
In response to post #28567949. #28568274, #28568494, #28571489, #28572304, #28575029, #28575269, #28593339, #28594674, #28596009, #28596734, #28602924, #28604599, #28614394, #28614759, #28620629, #28622439 are all replies on the same post.He sound very hostile in his question of this though. The manner with which he poses the question is off-putting. Regardless, I tried to answer this earlier. Most modders do it because they enjoy it, but they are not opposed to people giving them something to show appreciation, even if is is just a thanks in the form of coffee money (I always use that idea, but that is because I am caffeine powered). The whole point is not necessarily that people want to be paid full time for modding, just that they resent the backlash of the paid modding fiasco and being told that they do not deserve to be paid. When someone puts in a lot of time on something, hobby or no, they want to at least be acknowledge for their hard work, that can come in the form of endorsements, positive comments, or if someone wants to throw them a little cash, that is also cool, but not something they have to have. It is just a nice way of showing that you appreciate if they take the time and effort to do something you enjoy.seweryn wrote: I really do not get the issue. So exactly do you want money ? Are you saying you cannot mod because are too bored ? Maybe you should stop modding then or take a break. Modding was always a hobby, something you do for fun or personal enjoyment, not something you do for living.
When i was a part of medieval brotherhood, when i was younger, there were a lot of cost involved it, cost of swords and armor, it cost some cash, traveling to tournaments, sometimes to different countries, but did this because i loved it and not becaused i was hoping for some cash, the moment i stoped having fun with it, i left; simple as that.
If you need to be paid to do mods then maybe you should stop doing it altogether, since it is clear you no longer have the love for it. Instead of something that gives you pleasure you want another revenue source.
If i were you i would just leave it and find something that gives you pleasure.Xilandro wrote: You're clearly not a modder =D Want to know what modders think? Become one, and then - speak. No offence.Ducksaws wrote: Just because I love my job means I don't deserve to get paid for the work??DrakeTheDragon wrote: I wish people would stop repeatedly posting this nonsense when they don't know the harmful unintended implications it does have.
You cannot tell authors why they are modding or for what reasons. They do it for their own, whatever these are, and many authors think about it very differently. Trying to do so offends "many" authors in general every single time.
As you can't know why they started modding, you also can't tell them they should stop it. Reading you doing so "again" offends many authors, whether they're your target group or not.
I really wish people posting these would understand that in most cases it's the still free sharing authors rather taking up their suggestions instead and leaving, as these have absolutely nothing of value to loose by quitting, and the receiving end is making itself more and more not worth the time and effort, whereas the ones hoping for payment at some point will stay until it becomes clear they won't get it ever, which quite frankly will never happen as long as the companies themselves are still looking into it on a big scale.
Mod authors in a way are in many cases somewhat like a hive mind. Attack one and chances are really high many others, if not most, will feel attacked just as much, or at least really offended by "one of them" being attacked. Blanket statements made against some, the more blanket they are, the more authors in general they will hit, but mostly those "not" intended to get hit.
These people are doing lists, mind you, mentally or actually on paper, of all the s#*! they already had to take, whether personally or against mod authors in general, and how much more of it they still can take, before too much is too much. Every single time statements like this, and suggestions like "..., then you should just stop sharing your mods and do something else", pop up again somewhere in comments and these people see them, there goes another tally.
Everyone has a different limit, of course, but would you be an author, and able to read behind the curtains, where they discuss these things among themselves in private, you'd see how many have already quit and left over the community's reaction to the Steam paid mods attempt alone, or the comments made against the very idea of the work of these people being "worth anything", or how much they "should" be doing it "for the community" or they're "not doing it right", or better yet "shouldn't be doing it at all" to begin with. These all hit the mark, but mostly also with the wrong targets.
They hear you, they listen, they leave, or just stop sharing... but it's "not" (just) the ones you're talking to.
I'm seeing far too many of these popping up in comments recently, and considering their number is in direct relation to the number of free sharing authors quitting over it and similar things, it's by far not a pleasant picture.
I really wish they'd stop. But like all the others along the same ilk, they just won't.
So congratulations, for successfully removing yet another X mod authors and/or their mods and/or their knowledge, wisdom and expertise from the community, mostly free sharing ones at that.
(X here is not necessarily a whole number, but it's not unlikely to be >1 either, and at the end of the day, these are just summing up until the point whole numbers are reached again.)
Keep it coming, people, there's still some authors left!Jafin16 wrote: Why don't you make a mod and try to support that mod? Then come back in 6 months and say the same. You won't. You're right, in general (but certainly not exclusively) modders make mods because they want to make them, whether for use in their game, because they like the process, it's practice for schooling or work (thinking 3D modelling here... and Falskaar which got the guy a job), and other reasons. However, the primary motivator for many is not sharing the mod and certainly not doing all the support necessary. Many (most?) mod authors share the mod out of the goodness of their heart... and then the requests, the inane, repetitive questions, the "this mod is crap" comments start coming in. Suddenly, instead of modding for fun, you're running tech support and, if you're generous, you might start helping people fix their computers they broke themselves in an effort to help them get your REALLY SIMPLE TO INSTALL AND USE MOD to work on their borked systems. After awhile, you might like it when someone sends you five bucks, or buys you a game on Steam or the like because you've been putting up with a ridiculous number of annoyances and abuse for your good hearted effort to share with the community... a community which very rarely gives back.
This is just one possible example why a donation might be nice once in awhile... even if it's just $5. You may respond with "Well if you don't like doing it, then maybe you shouldn't do it anymore!" Ok, all of the mod authors who would maybe like a donation once in awhile, even though they rarely if ever get them, will just take our mods down and use them ourselves. OH WAIT! You can't have that! Then you won't have any mods to use! See the problem with your thesis? It actually hurts the mod users more than the authors. The authors can make their own content. Those who are simply mod users, well they can't.
Ok, I'm done. *shuffles away*seweryn wrote: All i get was backlash, but my question didn't get answered.
1. I tried to do some modding but it takes too much time and i prefer to do other things.
2. i was modding witcher 2, creating my own version of stats, difficulty, but i wasn't happy with the quality so i didn't release it.
3. I am not a programmer, graphic artist or designer; In truth i hate those things.
They are just not my cup of tea.
So could someone explain me why because i do not get it.
I want to understand this.B1gBadDaddy wrote: You want to know why you don't enjoy modding? Probably the same reason you don't enjoy anything you don't do...Arthmoor wrote: So tell me something. Are you saying that everyone who has a job necessarily must hate doing that job? Cause that's what it sounds like to me. That you shouldn't get paid to do something you love doing.
Though... that could explain why everyone is so miserable looking at their jobs. Maybe nobody really does like what they do for a living. Maybe it's these people who hate that they have to suffer and demand everyone else suffer along with them or it's not a valid way to make money. But no, that would be terribly cynical.
tl;dr: Thinks that give you pleasure can ALSO be sources of revenue.Chesko wrote: seweryn - I don't want to make an argument for or against, but I think it's important to speak to your initial analogy, re: participation in a sport or group activity.
The important difference is that in that case, you are spending money and energy to bring enjoyment to yourself (and indirectly, your teammates or other association members) through participation. And especially in the case of a sport, all team members are (more or less) equal contributors. You're all putting in equal sweat, time, and money for "the love of the game/clan/group/etc". Shared commitment, shared resources, shared goals. Very "you and me, we're in this together".
Modders spend large amounts of time, and sometimes money, to bring enjoyment to a large number of people who do not spend any money and a trivial amount of time. There is less "we're in this together"-ness and more of a producer-consumer dynamic.
Can you imagine the Nexus, if the right to download mods was only granted if you had made one yourself? Even something incredibly "simple". Interesting to think how that might change not only how users think about modders and modding, but also how modders think about their users (who are now other modders, too). If every user were a modder, it would feel more like we're all in a big team, and that would certainly be something. This won't happen, but it's interesting to think about.Galadreal wrote: @ Jafin16
THANK YOU!! my gods that was so accurate it was scary. Seriously, I started doing this as a hobby, but I get so damned sick and tired of trying to help troubleshoot because people cannot read the description, then say my mod broke their game because they cannot take less than 10 minute to read the damned page. Yes, if you see a bug, please let me know, I will be glad to fix it. If you can't move kids into your house because you just did not read the damned description then no, get lost, I have already answered that question on the front page, and 20 more times in the comments. If someone wanted me to buy me a frappachino for my work, I would be frigging elated.
I still enjoy modding, I still enjoy making stuff, I get so damned tired of criticism by people who have no idea how long or difficult it is, or who don't read directions. Or better yet, people who don't mod, but insist that they can tell you of their own great idea that you should drop everything that you are working on to do their project, because, they just don't understand how it works, or don't have time. Yeah...forget that. It is not, nor has it ever been about making money. But if someone wanted to be nice and say, "you know, I really appreciate the 1000+ hours you spent on these things, I would like to buy you a cup of coffee." I would be ecstatic, I really would. Endorsements are nice, they say "hey, I saw you mod, tried it out, and it enjoyed it." but if it is one of your MUST HAVE mods, one that you cannot play Skyrim without having, then why not throw a little extra something towards the authors who made it that much better? They have not asked, it is just a nice thing to do.Ynguatep wrote: What Ducksaws wrote is a common thing you get to hear as a dev in the games business. Sad, but true. You got your dream job, don't whine about money. Believe me this can spoil the dream job completely.
This is why I believe that mod donations are a sign of respect. You can't earn actual money by modding, you'll hardly get your time paid (exceptions may happen). I see this, as Patreon and donations of this kind in general, as a revival of the almost extinct support for artists named after Maecenas. Pay an artist if you want something special, donate to them if you like their art. Or mods. Games are art, after all.
To tell an artist, or anyone else who adds to cultural wealth without getting paid, that taking donations is evil, is to tell them to starve. It is also a sign of appreciation. Basically, you call modder's work worthless, or them worthless 'cause they "spoil" it by monetary issues. Each modder can decide for themselves whether they want donations or not. Some won't need it, some might be happy to be rewarded.
Try to earn your living with art and / or making games for a while. I do, and wasn't even able to afford a gambison, not even speaking about chainmail or traveling to medieval reenactment events regularly. "do something that gives you pleasure" is easily said if you've got a regular income. Even people who work nine-to-five in the games biz (more like nine-to-late, lol) who mod in their spare time might like to see a "thank you" in words or coin from time to time.
Also don't forget modders who work with a team, mostly working for free, who use the donations to pay their coders, composers and testers, or also just to say "thanks".Softclocks wrote: This isn't your job. Nobody hired you. You're doing this out of your own free will.Ynguatep wrote: Yes. But that does not prohibit me for accepting donations (sic! )
I merely had to note how ungrateful the games biz already is, and I would be deeply disappointed if the modding area turns out to be as ignorant towards modders as the biz is towards the people which make it possible. All of this here would not exist without modders. They mod not only for their fun, but for everyone's. To say "donations spoil the fun" sounds like "you did not earn a thanks". Well, thanks for that.
Mods are still free. If you don't want to or can't donate, don't do it. Nobody will be blamed for that.endgameaddiction wrote: blah blah blah...
Seweryn, I agree with you on this. Modding is a humble hobby. It has been for a very very long time. But now people are demanding donations. Just as much as they did endorsement. The entitlement I swear. This place is the Facebook of modding. All these narcissistic people just feeling demanding, and if they don't get it, they throw a fit until they do get it. Not making enough, find a better job.
I'll spare the lecture. But yeah, these people wouldn't get a nickle out of me. Don't care how many hundreds of hours are put into the project. No one is holding a gun to their head and demanding it be made. Want money? Get a job.Ynguatep wrote: Learn to read. The only person demanding anything here is you: demanding that you are the one to decide how other people have to work and define their hobbies in your humble opinion.
Sorry for demanding satisfaction (haha), I'm in the mood artsy people use to be in after a workday of 20 hrs nonstop.Ghatto wrote: Everyone look. Seweryn isn't trying to tell people what to think or feel, or have you guys explain about whether you want to be paid for what you love or if you deserve to be. The confusion comes from wanting to understand the TRANSITION: as in how many modders who are all of a sudden pro-payment when they appeared happy to do so for free before.MrJoseCuervo wrote: Your greed will only make piracy more common and you will still end up not getting paid for your hobby.
The real problem comes in with people like seweryn who then accuse modders of just trying to make money, when they have clearly been releasing free stuff for years, they were never in it to make money, but when the opportunity presented itself to take something they have put time and sometimes their own money into, then yes, several of them took it. It is not about a sudden transition to being pro-payment, it is about people wanting to be acknowledged for their hard work. And all the harassment some of them received when they did got a legitimate business offer to do paid mods.
I have spent over 2000 hours working in the creation kit, about half of that was on one mod, learning, creating, tweaking, and bug fixes. I did not ask for anything in return, but if someone wanted to do something, I would appreciate it. That is not new, there has been no major transition, except that several people are yelling "Entitlement" on both sides, modders and non-modders alike. This whole process stirred up one heck of a hornets nest, and created many bad feelings all around. Mod authors feeling abused, mod users feeling abused. And no one is about to let go of that.
And while I don't expect to be paid for my hobby (none of my stuff is that good), some people who turn out amazing and game changing mods were badly abused when they tried to actually follow a proposed business model put forth by the game developers. Some received death threats...how messed up is that? They are feeling somewhat betrayed, and most of them are not asking outright for money after the project failed, but they are not opposed to someone showing them appreciation by offering a donation either. -
In response to post #28581794. #28581864, #28582054 are all replies on the same post.I think it is a matter of personal preference. If it is a mod you MUST HAVE to play the game. Something you cannot imagine playing without. Then donate a little more. If it is just something that you enjoy, but could do without if pressed, a little less. Make a coffee scale. This mod is worth a simple coffee...1 dollar. OMG, This mod is a Double Shot Espresso with extra foam...5 Dollars. Use common sense and imagine how you would feel if the situation was reversed.43deadwood wrote: I've made a few modest donations to Mod authors but find it difficult to keep track of them. Even though I keep the PayPal receipts the name of the payee often differs from that of the mod author. Would it be possible to add something like a D button beside mods where the donation button has been pressed, much like endorsing? Also what is the etiquette about donation amounts? It's like tipping in restaurants - what is reasonable? Most of my donations have been around $5 - but in a previous comment someone pointed out that even 500 one dollar donations does make a fair amount. Would I be better donating one dollar to five authors? I'd be interested in the thoughts of others.
I've tried to correct the post - I mean D, not 'D' !SjoertJansen wrote: Not sure what the etiquette is, I'd rather go back to before donations.
However, to your other comment, you can track users on this website. There is a nice button right next to the message and kudos button on their profiles. That way you can keep track of them, and you know you've donated.Dkboy24 wrote: I second 43deadwood's comment! I love the idea of an indicator to let us know which mod's we've donated to. Maybe in our download history how there is an endorse reminder? Maybe there could be a donate reminder as well? Like a check box to let us know which mods we've donated to.
I've also wondered about proper donate amount etiquette. I'm sure any amount of cash would be appreciative by the mod author, but at the same time I don't want to give an insulting amount for someone's time and tireless dedication. I've donated between $10-$20 depending on the size (I look at it like how much I would have paid Beth if it was their DLC) but again, not sure here.
That might not be perfectly sound logic, but I am chronic tipper for restaurants. I always start at a standard 5 dollars and scale up or down depending on service, cost of food, drink refills and whatnot. -
In response to post #28567949. #28568274, #28568494, #28571489, #28572304, #28575029, #28575269, #28593339, #28594674 are all replies on the same post.@ Jafin16seweryn wrote: I really do not get the issue. So exactly do you want money ? Are you saying you cannot mod because are too bored ? Maybe you should stop modding then or take a break. Modding was always a hobby, something you do for fun or personal enjoyment, not something you do for living.
When i was a part of medieval brotherhood, when i was younger, there were a lot of cost involved it, cost of swords and armor, it cost some cash, traveling to tournaments, sometimes to different countries, but did this because i loved it and not becaused i was hoping for some cash, the moment i stoped having fun with it, i left; simple as that.
If you need to be paid to do mods then maybe you should stop doing it altogether, since it is clear you no longer have the love for it. Instead of something that gives you pleasure you want another revenue source.
If i were you i would just leave it and find something that gives you pleasure.Xilandro wrote: You're clearly not a modder =D Want to know what modders think? Become one, and then - speak. No offence.Ducksaws wrote: Just because I love my job means I don't deserve to get paid for the work??DrakeTheDragon wrote: I wish people would stop repeatedly posting this nonsense when they don't know the harmful unintended implications it does have.
You cannot tell authors why they are modding or for what reasons. They do it for their own, whatever these are, and many authors think about it very differently. Trying to do so offends "many" authors in general every single time.
As you can't know why they started modding, you also can't tell them they should stop it. Reading you doing so "again" offends many authors, whether they're your target group or not.
I really wish people posting these would understand that in most cases it's the still free sharing authors rather taking up their suggestions instead and leaving, as these have absolutely nothing of value to loose by quitting, and the receiving end is making itself more and more not worth the time and effort, whereas the ones hoping for payment at some point will stay until it becomes clear they won't get it ever, which quite frankly will never happen as long as the companies themselves are still looking into it on a big scale.
Mod authors in a way are in many cases somewhat like a hive mind. Attack one and chances are really high many others, if not most, will feel attacked just as much, or at least really offended by "one of them" being attacked. Blanket statements made against some, the more blanket they are, the more authors in general they will hit, but mostly those "not" intended to get hit.
These people are doing lists, mind you, mentally or actually on paper, of all the s#*! they already had to take, whether personally or against mod authors in general, and how much more of it they still can take, before too much is too much. Every single time statements like this, and suggestions like "..., then you should just stop sharing your mods and do something else", pop up again somewhere in comments and these people see them, there goes another tally.
Everyone has a different limit, of course, but would you be an author, and able to read behind the curtains, where they discuss these things among themselves in private, you'd see how many have already quit and left over the community's reaction to the Steam paid mods attempt alone, or the comments made against the very idea of the work of these people being "worth anything", or how much they "should" be doing it "for the community" or they're "not doing it right", or better yet "shouldn't be doing it at all" to begin with. These all hit the mark, but mostly also with the wrong targets.
They hear you, they listen, they leave, or just stop sharing... but it's "not" (just) the ones you're talking to.
I'm seeing far too many of these popping up in comments recently, and considering their number is in direct relation to the number of free sharing authors quitting over it and similar things, it's by far not a pleasant picture.
I really wish they'd stop. But like all the others along the same ilk, they just won't.
So congratulations, for successfully removing yet another X mod authors and/or their mods and/or their knowledge, wisdom and expertise from the community, mostly free sharing ones at that.
(X here is not necessarily a whole number, but it's not unlikely to be >1 either, and at the end of the day, these are just summing up until the point whole numbers are reached again.)
Keep it coming, people, there's still some authors left!Jafin16 wrote: Why don't you make a mod and try to support that mod? Then come back in 6 months and say the same. You won't. You're right, in general (but certainly not exclusively) modders make mods because they want to make them, whether for use in their game, because they like the process, it's practice for schooling or work (thinking 3D modelling here... and Falskaar which got the guy a job), and other reasons. However, the primary motivator for many is not sharing the mod and certainly not doing all the support necessary. Many (most?) mod authors share the mod out of the goodness of their heart... and then the requests, the inane, repetitive questions, the "this mod is crap" comments start coming in. Suddenly, instead of modding for fun, you're running tech support and, if you're generous, you might start helping people fix their computers they broke themselves in an effort to help them get your REALLY SIMPLE TO INSTALL AND USE MOD to work on their borked systems. After awhile, you might like it when someone sends you five bucks, or buys you a game on Steam or the like because you've been putting up with a ridiculous number of annoyances and abuse for your good hearted effort to share with the community... a community which very rarely gives back.
This is just one possible example why a donation might be nice once in awhile... even if it's just $5. You may respond with "Well if you don't like doing it, then maybe you shouldn't do it anymore!" Ok, all of the mod authors who would maybe like a donation once in awhile, even though they rarely if ever get them, will just take our mods down and use them ourselves. OH WAIT! You can't have that! Then you won't have any mods to use! See the problem with your thesis? It actually hurts the mod users more than the authors. The authors can make their own content. Those who are simply mod users, well they can't.
Ok, I'm done. *shuffles away*seweryn wrote: All i get was backlash, but my question didn't get answered.
1. I tried to do some modding but it takes too much time and i prefer to do other things.
2. i was modding witcher 2, creating my own version of stats, difficulty, but i wasn't happy with the quality so i didn't release it.
3. I am not a programmer, graphic artist or designer; In truth i hate those things.
They are just not my cup of tea.
So could someone explain me why because i do not get it.
I want to understand this.B1gBadDaddy wrote: You want to know why you don't enjoy modding? Probably the same reason you don't enjoy anything you don't do...Arthmoor wrote: So tell me something. Are you saying that everyone who has a job necessarily must hate doing that job? Cause that's what it sounds like to me. That you shouldn't get paid to do something you love doing.
Though... that could explain why everyone is so miserable looking at their jobs. Maybe nobody really does like what they do for a living. Maybe it's these people who hate that they have to suffer and demand everyone else suffer along with them or it's not a valid way to make money. But no, that would be terribly cynical.
tl;dr: Thinks that give you pleasure can ALSO be sources of revenue.Chesko wrote: seweryn - I don't want to make an argument for or against, but I think it's important to speak to your initial analogy, re: participation in a sport or group activity.
The important difference is that in that case, you are spending money and energy to bring enjoyment to yourself (and indirectly, your teammates or other association members) through participation. And especially in the case of a sport, all team members are (more or less) equal contributors. You're all putting in equal sweat, time, and money for "the love of the game/clan/group/etc". Shared commitment, shared resources, shared goals. Very "you and me, we're in this together".
Modders spend large amounts of time, and sometimes money, to bring enjoyment to a large number of people who do not spend any money and a trivial amount of time. There is less "we're in this together"-ness and more of a producer-consumer dynamic.
Can you imagine the Nexus, if the right to download mods was only granted if you had made one yourself? Even something incredibly "simple". Interesting to think how that might change not only how users think about modders and modding, but also how modders think about their users (who are now other modders, too). If every user were a modder, it would feel more like we're all in a big team, and that would certainly be something. This won't happen, but it's interesting to think about.
THANK YOU!! my gods that was so accurate it was scary. Seriously, I started doing this as a hobby, but I get so damned sick and tired of trying to help troubleshoot because people cannot read the description, then say my mod broke their game because they cannot take less than 10 minute to read the damned page. Yes, if you see a bug, please let me know, I will be glad to fix it. If you can't move kids into your house because you just did not read the damned description then no, get lost, I have already answered that question on the front page, and 20 more times in the comments. If someone wanted me to buy me a frappachino for my work, I would be frigging elated.
I still enjoy modding, I still enjoy making stuff, I get so damned tired of criticism by people who have no idea how long or difficult it is, or who don't read directions. Or better yet, people who don't mod, but insist that they can tell you of their own great idea that you should drop everything that you are working on to do their project, because, they just don't understand how it works, or don't have time. Yeah...forget that. It is not, nor has it ever been about making money. But if someone wanted to be nice and say, "you know, I really appreciate the 1000+ hours you spent on these things, I would like to buy you a cup of coffee." I would be ecstatic, I really would. Endorsements are nice, they say "hey, I saw you mod, tried it out, and it enjoyed it." but if it is one of your MUST HAVE mods, one that you cannot play Skyrim without having, then why not throw a little extra something towards the authors who made it that much better? They have not asked, it is just a nice thing to do. -
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Jaxonz, kryptopyr, Mattie, you and me, Tamira, zzjay....
Man, now we just need more mod user girls since we have the author front covered! :Dcrazytaz wrote: all so there are some people who didn't take the surveyMotoSxorpio wrote: Yeah, quite a shock about the gender numbers. I was sure it was closer to 70-30 male dominant.
Looking forward to what the future brings for the sites. Looks like BlindJudge is jumping in with both feet.Niyogi wrote: Female user here. I'm super shocked by the gender numbers. I agree with Moto. I thought the gap wouldn't be so large. It does explain the lack of female tailored mods out there though. At least there are some! :)Tamira wrote: Yeah, took me by surprise too :DSolidusEkans wrote: Call NeoGAF!!!
Madcat221 wrote:Jaxonz, kryptopyr, Mattie, you and me, Tamira, zzjay....
You two and Tamira were apparent, but... the others? o_O And I thought I was on top of checking profiles to check gender to avoid such awkward moments...Thumblesteen wrote: I'm not that surprised, to be honest. I mean, let's face it, the gaming industry have spent the last ten years or so making every effort humanly possible to alienate women. It's quite tragic, really. To all the women out there who still haven't given up on gaming as a passtime, I must say, I'm quite inspired. To put up with all the sexist nonsense is a proper show of strength.AmiMizuno wrote: >.< Endangered species... lol more like just a dang rare sight. I was surprised too at this very skewed gender numbers!thesniperdevil wrote: I am sure all those skimpy anime mods on the front page don't help in attracting female audiences.EMS60 wrote: Hey, not every woman plays SIMS or how things like this are called. :pinch:
But if this is the reflection of the usership I'll never ever wonder anymore why half of the mods want to make your female Dragonborn look like some half nude kindergarten welp with the breast size of Chelsea Charms and the male ones like some watered down Final Fantasy toy boys. :laugh:
<= *praises fadingsignal and Maevan2*
But seriously... I never thought that the female percentage and my own age range would be so small. o_Omadpaddy wrote: 3% of those females are probably men pretending to be women, its a bizarre internet phenomenon ive never understood.Elbethien wrote: I thought the same about women, pretending to be male.llamaRCA wrote: I "collect" girl modders (know who they are) because there are so few of us :)Signette wrote: Not surprised really, my guess that if such question would be put out on ANY gaming-only site/community at its core the numbers would be close to that.
Many women/girls are convinced that gaming is too childish or stupid and don't get involved in it or hiding it as best as they can, but tbh in more or less civil countries EVERYONE is a gamer even if that means some casual mobile or browser gaming.
Stereotypes rules minds these days.t3h0th3r wrote: I fact, 70% of the Top 10 adult mods are by a female modder ;)Zchu wrote: People are always surprised I am female. I guess I should add something girly on my user name??? I mean my Avy is my female OC... but still.
I am a mod creator also, I just don't publish my work. I horde my things all for myself =p
The only thing published publicly I helped with is the Fine Faces texture. I worked on the neck, ears and redid the feet textures for SAM body.
One day i will publish one of my mods that is not too personal (not one of my OC's is what I mean)
I also download tons of skimpy armor and have nude mods. Not for any pervy reasons, rather as an artist I find the human form beautiful. I want my characters to be perfect and customized, every bit of them.
That's my 2 cents anyway ^^Jeir wrote: I was also surprised by the gender results. I make no secret that I'm female (nor did Caliente, when she was still around) and I've never had any issues from other people about it; not even considering the fact I'm co-author of the most popular female body mod on Skyrim Nexus. XD I also know of a number of mod makers and users who are female.
It could simply be that a lot of the ladies around simply didn't answer the survey. Many people just come for the mods, and may not pay attention to the news, so may not have seen it.nivea wrote: *Sobs* Well at least I know there are a few of us out there lol.
*Hugs Llama* :)lydiacat wrote: Wow! We are rare. Interesting.cavity75 wrote: I usually just ignore the skimpy mods, as a woman of course it turned me away from nexus mods for a while. But I've actually been working on creating mods, I've been into stuff like that since I was younger, and I've decided to start. I just block that content and stick to my female characters having their vanilla bodies.cavity75 wrote: GIRLS ADD ME!!!! We need to stick togetherllamaRCA wrote: @Nivea - *hugs* :)
@cavity75 - Hi! Went to add you, but you'd beat me to it!
:) llamaDerpyJones wrote: ^^ omg a girl!CoffeeShopSamurai wrote: yeah, not gonna lie, that's news to me toobethjunkie wrote: The survey hung up on me and I don't think it ever submitted so that could have happened to more of us unicorns and skewed the results. I know quite a few female modders and mod users over the age of 35 on these sites.
8% 35-44...buncha whippersnappers! *grumble grumble*Heaventhere wrote: I am a bit shocked not more of us woman on nexus, really just 9%, blows me away.... or maybe it is not many woman did the survey as I know a lot of woman and 9% seems really small....but even with my name have been called dude so many times in comments I wonder if anyone looks to see who they are commenting to lol.
Was just looking again and saw I am in the 55 to 64, 2 % range... gee many of us either.taerie wrote: I've done my best but all my female friends just kind of roll their eyes and tune me out. I am a female user and (very rudimentary) mod author AND in the 55 to 64 2%! It is damn lonely out here being a unicorn!
All the front page female mods are only annoying to me because they are not balanced by front page male mods. Fix that and it might help the situation.CaiusN wrote: I agree with Taerie that for me, it's somewhat off-putting to have few to no male front page mods to balance the female ones. I don't mind the skimpy clothing per se, but without male stuff to match it certainly gives me the impression this is a bit of a boy's club. It's not like the system cheats for this either, guys and gals often prefer to play dress-up with female characters. This is more a concern for managing people's first, second, and third impressions so they stick around to share and develop their talents.
So, thinking productively: "hide adult mods" is pretty narrow, but having a '-skimpy' tag setting as the public default for front page views would be a good test to see if it pulls more repeat users. Better tag integration would allow me to search for armor with meshes for both genders, but without avoiding skimpy.
Well I guess I'd better start contributing the sort of things I like in any case. That's the beauty of mods.akparkison wrote: Happy female user here. And not shocked the number for women players was so low. Honestly. ;)
It is amazing given how MANY modders are females. Seriously. UGH.JZBai wrote: So to offset the effect of the skimpy female armors and bring in a larger female user base to the Nexus, we need more skimpy male armors on the front page...
COME BACK SCHLONGS OF SKYRIM!!!!! THE NEXUS NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!!!!!nyxalinth wrote: Nyxalinth :DEolhin wrote: I am a female mod author in the 45 to 54: 5%. I have to say, I knew that the numbers were skewed for age and gender, but I didn't think they were THAT skewed. o_O It would be interesting to see if, from a demographic perspective, female users are just less likely to answer surveys. *wry chuckle*
Interesting... if you add up the percentages, you end up with 101% for Gender, and for Age, both. There must be some funky rounding going on there somewhere.Ash117 wrote: I don't even blink anymore when people say, "Hey man." Or call me dude.
I should probably change the colour of my spartan to pink, but blue is my favourite colour...Eolhin wrote: I agree with you entirely regarding blue. :) I am not giving it up to dispel gender ambiguity for those that can't be bothered to look up the gender of the person they are addressing. I think "dude" is sort of becoming a universal unisex term though, a kind of gender-non-specific pronoun. Either that, or linguistically, unknown and gender uncertain situations are all defaulting male now.Lisnpuppy wrote: <---is one of the 9%thefinn wrote: lol only 5% of us between 45-54 :\Zaldiir wrote: There may be few of you, but by the gods, do you contribute! I think the percentage would be a bit different had the survey only been for mod authors. :)ukankissthis wrote: As for the gaming industry being aimed at men I am going to point out the obvious sexism, no joke these days but even the top CEO's in the gaming industry will state that that is their targeted market. I am starting to get an idea bout the modding tools and I am going to eventually create my own due to a serious lack thereof.Saerileth wrote:I mean, let's face it, the gaming industry have spent the last ten years or so making every effort humanly possible to alienate women.
Uh... I didn't notice any of all that. Maybe I'm playing the "wrong" kind of games? But I never felt put off, certainly not because of my gender.Signette wrote:Uh... I didn't notice any of all that. Maybe I'm playing the "wrong" kind of games? But I never felt put off, certainly not because of my gender.
Well, considering majority of most popular titles featuring brutal males with weapons (guns or swords) killing as a main goal (like in 90% of video games) making dumb sexist jokes on the go, or female character as main protagonist in waaaay too skimpy looks attracting young horny males...
Fightning, racing, building or sports don't usually attract females, that's why SIMS is n1 on fem gaming list, which is sad, really...
That's the gaming industry today.Saerileth wrote:Fightning, racing, building or sports don't usually attract females
You know, that's actually part of the problem right there - public opinion telling me and other potential gaming women that we have no business enjoying any of these things. Maybe you should start blaming the media for brainwhashing parents into believing that girls need barbies while boys get trucks and squirt guns, instead of condemning gaming companies for making great, successful games. ;)BlueWarlord wrote: The gender results were not a total surprise. I think females tend to be casual gamers, but casuals lean toward console, while serious gamers tend to lean toward PC. So i don't think this poll is representive of the actual female gaming community, just the nexus community.CriManto wrote: Male user here. Oh yea, i think that games and mods are not only for us guys. Games are for all. :Dtracysilva wrote: I thought there would be more ladies too. But in saying that I don't know any other women that play games. Lets hope that improves! :D (I'm a lady player and love using mods)CoffeeShopSamurai wrote: Plus you've gotta keep in mind that internet surveys are never the most reliable source for information. The numbers they have are probably relatively good, but there is always potential for data to be skewed in one way or another. When there are more people answering, the data isn't as accurate.megageeklizzy wrote: Well, the percentage of the gaming community that is female has been rising quite steadily, and while a lot of people think that females mostly play Candy Crush and other (horribly sexist) "girl games", there is also a growing population of PC and console female gamers. As a female who is a part of the gaming community, as well as a student studying to be an artist in the industry, I think games have taken huge steps toward being better suited to women. Sure, we still have our scantily dressed heroines with thunder-thighs and massive breasts, but at least they aren't stuck in a cage crying while they wait to be rescued by the male protagonist.KaoFox wrote: to be fair i'm not all that surprised at the gap... given all the "Adult" content tailored to guys floods the front pages daily. i think it would be interesting to see the sexuality gaps instead tho.Badgerwoman wrote: 9%. Dang. I figured there would be more men, but that's crazy. There has got to be more that just 9%. Even in the MMO good ol boys club, there's more women than that. Maybe its just that more men took the survey, proportionately?tonycubed2 wrote: I am in that 5 percent group too. Makes me feel old...Ithildin wrote: <== 9% gender group, 5% age group (first game I ever played was the home version of Atari Pong). I'm a mod user who sometimes creates mods for personal use, participated in the survey, and am very surprised about the gender ratio. o_OSertith wrote: I'm kind of surprised so many ladies are bothered by the nude/semi nude mods here. Here we are, killing things in this game, kill cams and dismemberment but heaven forbid someone post boob mods? I'm a female gamer, and I don't give a poo if there are some boobs on the front page. If you want more hot nudie guy mods on the front page, make them?
My only concern about any nude mods, male or female, is the amount of kids that play this game, and come here looking for mods. For the sake of not getting sued, you'd think the "adult" mods would only be visible behind a account creation. I know people lie all the time about ages on the internet, but at least if they HAVE to sign up to see naked elves, you have some defense if a suin' happens.Socratatus wrote: Just the reality. males are far more into games than females, despite what the feminists say. And it isn`t because of bullying or anything like that. That`s just the way it is- Nothing wrong with that.cavity75 wrote: Dude feminism is equality it had nothing to do with games yoDragonfire12 wrote: I am deeply troubled by the outcome of this survey regarding the participation of women. So much so that I would suggest to the Nexus Management that they generate a new survey from women only. This simply can not be a true testament to the contribution of women to our community. Please give them their own survey. They deserve it.Eolhin wrote: I really don't see that a survey of women only would have much point... Other than perhaps to indicate what percentage of women who are active here, and answer surveys, are also mod creators, or the like.
A better idea might be a more extended survey (as in, over a longer period of time), in order to catch people with a wider range of schedules. At least a week would be needed to get a broader picture of things, and even then, this being Summer, the percentage of those still of school age is likely to be skewed higher.
If the only idea of the survey was demographics, I am sure there is some way for those in charge to access statistics on what percentage of account holders have declared themselves to be what gender, or what age in their profile (as well as those that decline to state). The site also tracks when an account holder was last active, and whether they have posted any mods, so if they wanted to limit the results to only currently active members, or only mod authors, that could be done as well. I would be curious to see those broader statistics myself. But I believe the actual point of the survey was to get opinions of what the site is doing right and wrong, and what users in general thought should be improved, and how. The demographic information on the respondees was, I think, provided more as an interesting aside then as the intended results of the survey.Amiachan wrote: I'm a girl. I'm honestly kinda shocked at the numbers, but it IS true that a lot of girls pretend to be guys online and vice versa, so....how can we tell? Oh well, what does it matter? We're all gamers, that's the important thing~!BluePianoTwo wrote: Wow- I thought that there would be more of us ladies as well. Interesting.OzoneGames wrote: @Elianora now that you mentioned multiple authors that by name that are girls, then all sort of creepy, hopeful or desperate lonely nerds will add them as friends, including me.
Edit: No, Im not actually going to add anyone. I have too much bride to approach women (or alternatively just too shy)v1p3r01 wrote: With all the sexed, skimpy "armor", body textures and what not is no wonder 90% are males. Many never seen a real woman naked up close, so all they can do is make their dream waifu in game while taking the worm out and start burping it with making 100 pics per day to share with the community for "OMG gief likes I am special look at my plastic gurl". Why not just play a direct adult game instead of turning this game into a porn/dressing/character simulator? Each their own. Just my thoughts.
Still adult mods are lore friendly, the children in the game didn't came out from nowhere. Nor should it be the lack of prostitution, gambling, profanity or generic adult pastures. TES games are so childish when compared to Witcher series.Mofakin wrote: Jaxonz is a female? Now that is a surprise. Given all the technical Mods she created I could have sworn she's a male. I didn't expect kryptopyr to be a female as well...:)
Females enrich communitys, half of my friends on Steam are girls...so...shadowslasher410 wrote: Being a female gamer/modder (though most of my mods I made for myself so they don't really count, IMO), it IS kind of suprising...
Just take a look at
http://msmagazine.com/blog/2013/06/13/actually-about-half-of-gamers-are-women/
As of 2013, about 45% of gamers are female. I wouldn't be surprised to find that it's increased in the past two years.
There's an appalling amount of sexism, and comments about domestic violence, rape, and how "Women shouldn't be playing video games, they should be in the kitchen LOL1!1!1!"
Note: Their words, not mine. I don't agree with it at all- like I said, I AM a female gamer- I'm just bringing it to light, please don't flame me. ;)Winjin wrote: Didn't even have time to complete the survey, was basically away from anything with electricity for the past few days)NickSheperd wrote: I don't know what planet you're living on. But the gaming industry here on Earth has done absolutely no such thing.Lamproly wrote: "I'm kind of surprised so many ladies are bothered by the nude/semi nude mods here. Here we are, killing things in this game, kill cams and dismemberment but heaven forbid someone post boob mods?"
Nude doesn't bother me. Skimpiness does. Many females pay attention to style and sense of fashion. So if you have a nice armor and just cut out the crotch area and tights, it may attract a male, but is otherwise completely senseless and not aesthetically pleasing anymore. It just looks like they forgot to put on their trousers.
This makes me really sad because skimpiness for its own sake ruins some good designs.
I'd also like a tag that you just can hide it in the search. Saves much time.tiwa44 wrote: Lamproly, it already exists:
In the account options popup, click on "block content", then you have a whole bunch of things you can choose to block, such as skimpy stuff. For example, i use it to block translations and saved games. It works really well, shame so many people don't even know it exists.SammySahm wrote: "But seriously... I never thought that the female percentage and my own age range would be so small."
I, too, was stunned.azterixmc wrote: Haha, same here! My younger sister loves playing Skyrim and I have just introduced her to modding. I think I've been a positive influence in turning her over to the geek side. ;)
@Elianora, you're one of my favorite modders btw, keep up the awesome work!miketheratguy wrote: I was surprised by the gender percentages as well. I think more women would feel comfortable browsing this site if they didn't run across absurdly giant breasts and transparent dental floss "armor" roughly every eleven seconds.WightMage wrote: Oh cripes, I didn't realize half of those people you listed were women! xD
Least of all Jaxonz and zzjay.SnarkyHouseplant wrote: Oh my goodness. If it isn't the best player home mod author on the Nexus. I really love your work, especially all the detail and objects all over the place. I have to say it makes all of your player homes feel lived in and sort of real.
Sincerely, Snarkyxenoforge78 wrote: It's almost like the gaming industry is tailored to the vast majority of players...Ellawe wrote: I have on occassion pretended to be male on gaming or computer-related websites to just avoid meh-ness on the genderpart. "Ohh you're a girl? We'll use less technical terms." I'm from the science-division of college, where being a girl is still a bit awkward(the gothic part doesnt help but still) so I got used to the feeling now. Even though great games like Mass Effect a.o. exist with awesome female protagonists it's still a bit special to be a girlgamer. I hope in a few years the polls will straighten out into 50%.Lamproly wrote: Thanks, @tiwa44! I'm really surprised that I overlooked "Block Content" all the time! o.OMineFox wrote: 9% females doesn't mean that 9% is the total on the nexus...
it means that 9% voted and you can see that 36% of the voters log in weekly,so maybe there are more that didn't vote if they were male or female or how often do they log in...
sorry for my english... hope it's not non-sense...Albinosaurus wrote: @Niyogi
Male mod author/user here, but I was thinking that same thing. I thought it was little more even too, but the sheer number of male-tailored mods does sort of suggest that. =)RoosSkywalker wrote: That actually makes some sense. It happens regularly that men try to hit on girls online, to avoid that, girls can pretend to be men.BriarRose55 wrote: the gender numbers surprise me too! i'm annoyed with myself that i wasn't on this month, this is the first i've heard of the survey! had other things to deal with and have been away from the computer :(Seehron wrote: I'm a female, and I missed the survey.... too engrossed in Witcher 3 to notice anything around me the past few weeks!Andyno wrote: Ahh. The Witcher is a Game of the year... at least until Fallout 4 will come out... :yes:Yuanmonos wrote: I'm only slightly suprised by the male dominance.
Remember the old saying? "On the internet men are men, women are men and little children are the FBI." For a long time I surfed a certain site who's motto was "Tits or GTFO!" should someone just imply to be female. Girls are rather looked as attention wh*%#, because especially in MMORPGs ladies (or rather female avatars, regardless if they are truly girls) are treated better.
I once saw a pic of a "Games for Girls" stand with MGS with the comments being "nothing out of the ordinary here".
I'm more than fine to either claim to be male or give no gender at all. I even prefer playing males because ladies have the choises between skimpy and so little armor that they would be dead the second they enter combat or should freeze to death within minutes. I don't mind skimpyarmor if it's tasteful, but if someone claims that a miniskirt version is much better without panties it's what I don't understand.Ashenfire wrote: Me too, I am a female modder (slow but sure modder)
Regardless, it does kind of suck in that that are not nearly enough chest and arm baring male armor mods. :) I don't want to see some guys junk, and it seems like most of the mods for skimpy male armor just have no codpiece...and ew.
I think I had a point there, but I lost it. Oh well. -
Thanks for the replies. I honestly never thought of the mining clothes. DERP!
Maybe if I can figure out how to get rid of that long hanging rope belt the other one would work too.
Thanks for the suggestions, I really appreciate it.
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I am trying to fix the system so that people actually change clothes when they go to bed. Or even when they are just at home. I would like to have a couple of different pajamas. Even if they are the same thing that has just been textured differently.
Can anyone model me a large shirt, or undershirt or something like that? Or if you have any other ideas I would be glad to take them. But with scripting, arranging, texturing, and stuff, I have not been able to figure out modeling yet.
If I don't get any takers, I guess I will have to give it a shot.
Thanks,
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In response to post #27211719. #27234519 is also a reply to the same post.wow, even personal replies to each comment. Awesomesauce. Turns out I am not just fuzzy around the edges....I am also weird. :P Still, glad to have you around, best of luck, and fingers crossed that you have good experiences here. I think you have your work cut out for you, but I am glad that you are taking this on. I mean, I like the site, but I can see where some improvements would be good. So, once I am not so unemployed (ie: broke), I will buy you that Triple Espresso Latte myself. I think you might need it. :)Galadreal wrote: Well, Hello back. Sorry, just woke up, so I am a bit fuzzy around the edges. Your profile looks like you have been here awhile, so not exactly new welcome. Sort of welcome? Regardless, glad to have you here, hope things are going good. Now I need to go get some tea and try to become coherent for the day. Not that caffeine helps really, but it sure is tasty.BlindJudge wrote: Don't worry about sounding fuzzy around the edges, Robin and I have been working early till 2/3am every day this week so it's kind of blurring into one for me at the moment.
I'm seriously contemplating a triple espresso latte right now!
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Well, Hello back. Sorry, just woke up, so I am a bit fuzzy around the edges. Your profile looks like you have been here awhile, so not exactly new welcome. Sort of welcome? Regardless, glad to have you here, hope things are going good. Now I need to go get some tea and try to become coherent for the day. Not that caffeine helps really, but it sure is tasty.
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Congratulations. And I am glad that The Nexus hires people for positions that need to be filled, not just tries to fit their current people into doing work that has nothing to do with them. Maybe that is an American thing, but still, it is good to see you doing it, and glad that this fortuitous turn of events happened to help out the site and Paul. Random blind luck is always nice.
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If it was me, I would tell anyone that contacted me that the mod was uploaded in Russian without my permission. As for a request for help, I would explain that I do not speak Russian and they should contact the site and person where they downloaded the mod.
I would not give any assistance to someone that was using pirated mod, especially a mod that I had made.
Just my opinion.
I can understand what you are saying, and I do not think you are wrong. At the same time, if someone wants it in Russian, or another language, then I still want to get it translated and post it to Nexus for them. Plus unless someone tells me specifically (which does not always happen, though sometimes it is obvious, especially when their download information is after they send me a note about it), I do not know what version they are using.
Then again, sometimes people ask for help...and then just don't listen. I don't know if they don't understand me, refuse to read the information on the front page, or just want me to take the mod down and this is their way of irritating me enough to do so. I don't want to, I like having it up, and I even enjoy providing support so that I can help fix problems. I like fixing problems, I am strange. Plus it gives me input for other mods I do. I may just have to use a blanket statement on things like this of "Read the description". Though, clearly, that is over some people's heads, and if they would do it in the first place, we would not have this problem. Ugh.
Sorry, the part I am thinking of, my most recent issue, is on the description page, in bright Yellow, with the word "IMPORTANT" in front. I really wanted it to stand out and be obvious. Clearly, it was not obvious enough.
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So...I made a mod, it took a long time and I put a lot of work into it. Now someone else has taken it, translated it to Russian, and posted it on another site.
I have had a few people send me messages asking for help with this translated version. The person who took and translated this without permission did not include all the required information on the site he posted, such as instructions or readme information. I have asked him to take it down, or post it on Nexus himself so I can offer support and so credit can be given for resources I used in creating the mod. But so far, he has not replied.
Therefore, I would like to translate my mod into Russian, and any other language that people might be interested in, to post here. Part of this, I admit, is me being petty, I don't like putting so much time into something and then having someone else take it and redistribute it. I know it is the internet, so it is really unavoidable, but still. Part of this is also me wanting to have some way to support people who have problems with my mod, and be able to help where I can.
So, if anyone is interested in helping me translate this:
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/44410
I will be glad to give whatever assistance I can, and of course full credit for the translation (I have no idea how to do it myself)
Thank you.
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Oh and I really like windstand in your all houses remodeled mod.
Thanks, I am a bit of a sucker for color coordination. I appreciate it.
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Thanks....and thankfully it was not an issue until last year. I made it through school, and got my college degree and everything. I had a nervous breakdown at work and my brain just fried. I lost the ability to speak coherently, and learning new things became nearly impossible. I have been working with lots of doctors over the last year, many tests. No one seems to know what happened. I taught myself how to talk again using a fake accent (which confuses everyone) but too much stress or anxiety and POOF, no more speaking.
I did not mean to be harsh, I have just been trying to work on this for so long, and it is so slow since this happened. I just get frustrated with myself more than anyone because I used to have no problems learning new things, now....well...at least the blackouts have stopped. But it is still frustrating. So yeah, sorry about that.
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Still baffled by conditions I see, this may help http://www.creationkit.com/Condition_Functions
Actually, it is that I had some severe health problems last year and my mind does not pick up new things as well as it is supposed to since that happened.
All the tutorials in the world are not gonna do me any good unless I can get my brain working the way it should.
So yeah...thanks, I have seen that. But the reason this project has been in the works for over a year is that I have difficultly grasping new concepts as easily since this all started. You may imagine, I was right in the middle of learning scripting when my brain frazzled, so it kind of irritates the hell out of me when someone just sends me a link like this and acts like I should try to learn it to implement their ideas.
Yeah....no, that is really far down the list. Right now I am working with the stuff I already understand how to do, trying to learn anything new to put into this is just not gonna happen right now.
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Interesting, but not very practical along that line of thinking. I mean, it might be possible to do it where the first even triggered after you were married, and then just have them go a certain number of days after that. But since there is no set time/length into the game when you get married, there could be no progression on the notes. I don't think you could get a very personal feel to them with them being sent triggered by quests.
It works great with the Black Horse Courier, becuase all of those announcements are based on the questlines triggering them, but short of something along the lines of "I heard about you doing this, I hope you are ok" I cannot think of a way it would be practical.
And that level of customization is way beyond what I can do. Mostly I rearrange things and make things look different. I will need to outsource or get my mind working long enough to learn how to do the conditions aspect already. I don't think I could do this thing.
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Oh yeah, JET4571 has done some great stuff. If you are looking for resources, you should also google InsanitySorrow. He has done a lot of really great things too.
I might try to use new voices for some of the new NPCs, but I am not sure yet. I will not do NPCs with mixed voices, but I guess it is lucky that Skyrim only has a few prominent voice actors, and most of the NPCs are doing by a fairly small group, hopefully I can piece something together.
EDIT: I have already used some of those resources, like the barrel racks in the basement of the Bee and Barb and Bannered Mare, but also the pool resources for the Bathhouses in Riften and Whiterun. Like I said, he does some great stuff. And I really appreciate modders who put out resources, they make modding so much more fun. Even modders who just put out stuff and then let you use it, are awesome. I had to get permissions for some of the new clothes, like swimsuits and some dressy clothes for the high court in Solitude.
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I don't know....I will have to see what kind of dialogue I can pull out of leftover files and see what I find. there was so much cut from the game that is just sitting there, waiting to be used, I need to find it. But I do think adding in more favors would be a good idea.
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No, I was gonna make a separate room for Inn Staff. Everybody got their own room at the Bannered Mare, but most of the staff is pretty small, so yeah, they will have their own rooms and stuff at the inns.
No, shacks for those homeless drunk guys who hang around some of the Inns, like Esbern at the Sleeping Giant. He seems pretty useless, so I doubt he would have the money to pay for an room. Let alone some sort of extended stay.
And I appreciate the offer, but I am almost done with the other one, I am just trying to finish building the castle now. :) So thank you.
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probably, I am looking at adding more player houses in some of the smaller areas...but that is a different separate mod (I have too many irons in the fire). But since I want to add more NPCs with this one, it will require it me to build places for them to live.
Yeah, I don't know about upping the prices, especially for the dorm room. Since it is a shared bedroom with a total of 6 beds, I don't think it would cost too much. But I might raise the price on the higher ones. And that is only for Whiterun, so when just starting out, I never have a lot of money. Scaling is not going to happen, since I think that is unrealistic. But bigger cities will cost more than small holes in the wall.
Also, I want to build houses for the people who live in the inns now. Or shacks if they deserve it. And bunkhouses near mines where all the miners sleep in tents...because that just seems kind of messed up, especially in some of the colder areas.
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Sure. I am remodeling the inns, part of that includes different levels of rooms.
for the Bannered Mare: you have a large budget dorm room with common beds, 10 septims a night, no meal included. The mid range room which includes a meal of bread, cheese, and wine, and has 2 upper upper beds, for 25 septims a night, or the luxury room which has a noble bed, 2 full meals with bread, veggies, and meat, complimentary desert tray, complimentary, cheese tray, and a few bottles of wine (all of which respawn every 6 hours of your stay) and a swimsuit (colored and themed for each town) for use in the public bathhouse attached at the basement, I cannot remember on the price range if this was 50 or 75. Though it can always be changed in the scripting.
The smaller inns, the little roadside stops will not have this much, but I want to do something similar in the large town inns, The smaller ones will probably only have 2 choices, though the higher priced one will include meals.
Edit: Note, in the rooms that have multiple beds, you are just renting one of them. The chances are low that someone else will sleep there. but I do want to look into that as well. See if it is possible for NPCs to also rent rooms. Because I think it would be hilarious to arrive an an Inn that was all booked up for the night.
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I saw in the Rustic Clothing thread, that there was concept art for Dancers in skyrim...I would love to add these NPCs in. But, I have no idea how to create clothing meshes. Would anyone be interested in creating dancing outfits, similar to the concept art, so I could try to put dancers back in taverns?
http://www.videogamesartwork.com/games/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/dancer-0
It is pretty similar to the wench outfit, but with more dangly bits, and a skirt that is split up both sides and tapered down the center, loincloth style. I could probably try to do something with some of the female tsun armor, if I had no other choice. But first I thought I would ask if anyone wanted to help with this.
Thanks.