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Reneer

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  1. I am 100% certain being a business and selling something and then removing it from being sold isn't the same as giving and then taking something away. As selling something isn't giving.

    Mod authors aren’t digging into computers and deleting mod files. Nothing is being taken away. If a mod author wants to stop publishing their work (i.e. the reproducing/distributing rights and public performance/display rights) then that right is granted to them as the copyright holder just as it is the right of Dr. Seuss Enterprises to stop publication of some of their books.

  2. I'm not a member of staff so do not take my word for this but it is very unlikely that your request will be granted. This issue (the ability to block users who have not yet commented on your mod pages) has been discussed multiple times in the GMAD forum over the years and it has been made clear by staff and Robin Scott that the feature will not be implemented.

     

    But who really knows? Nexus Mods has changed their policy without telling us before, after all.

  3. The system I am proposing is one I have seen in use in many places, including the Google Play Store, and I think it would do very well here. It has three vital components:

     

    1) Reviews that are not censored by mod authors.

     

    This is vital for it will build trust of those reading the reviews and avoid mod authors deleting helpful but negative reviews to create a false consensus.

    No. This is a bad idea because Nexus Mods simply does not have the number of support staff needed to deal with all the horrible negative reviews that would pop up overnight. 'Reviews' would simply offer a place for trolls to attack mod authors and other users of the site. How do I know? Because I've seen it, both on my own mod pages and the mod pages of other mod authors.

    2) a way to upvote and downvote the reviews

     

    This is arguably the most important aspect. This will help filter through trolling by pushing the most popular reviews to the top, encouraging thoughtful and helpful reviews both positive and negative. Many places use this model because it is not an easily digestible number or rating. downvote on a review is not going to have the same problems as a downvote on a mod.

    The trolling will still exist, downvotes or no. Upvotes and downvotes don't deal with trolling behavior, they simply mask it, and ineffectively at that. And as anyone who has visited Reddit knows, 'thoughtful and helpful' isn't usually in the lexicon.

    3) A way to report reviews that violate nexus TOS.

     

    This is an obvious one.

    As stated previously, this would not work because Nexus Mods does not have the support staff to deal with the deluge of reports that would come in. That's the reason mod authors have moderation control over their mod pages: Because Nexus Mods support staff simply can't handle the volume of attacks and trolling that goes on.

    In short, providing an independent review system in which helpful reviews can be rated and rewarded will allow for and encourage a safer outlet for constructive criticism, more third-party feedback that doesn't clutter up the mod authors' inboxes and forums, increased web traffic and overall clicks.

    This is not what would happen. Why? Because a large number of users have no clue what mod causes their crashes, bugs, etc., and will blame whatever mod they think is the problem. Any reviews coming from those users will be tainted at best and completely misinformed at worst.

  4. A mod author is doing something you don't like and your 'solution' is to call out the author and go so far as to petition Nexus Mods to remove modpage moderation features? Yeah, that's not going to have the outcome you think it will.

     

    If Nexus Mods takes away moderation tools from mod authors then the mod authors will very likely leave Nexus Mods and find a new hosting provider. Or perhaps they might simply throw in the towel and stop making mods altogether.

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    and by now there will be mods doing at least some of the stuff you want if not all

    I have never seen a mod that adds other "movement types" (like sneak, walk, run, I would like to make a mod that also lets the player "crawl" or "lay down").

     

    You mean like this? You can find the mod here.

     

    As for the modding approaches you outline, I personally adhere to the second approach because it provides the greatest amount of personal reward, at least in my opinion. I'd much rather learn by experimentation than reverse-engineering, at least as far as modding is concerned.

  6. Thanks. Though I get an error when trying this method. It says the type miscobject is incompatible for the referenceObject to throw

    I modified the code up above, it should work. At least, I've used the keyword that way in my own mods with success.

     

    Edit:

    Here is some code direct from my FO4 Radio Mod:

     

        if (akSenderRef Is Actor && ((akSenderRef As Actor).GetDialogueTarget() == PlayerRef || (akSenderRef As Actor).IsTalking() == true || akSenderRef.IsInDialogueWithPlayer() == true))
            return
        endif
    
  7. You make screenshots, yeah? It would take a few minutes to mass download all 200+ of them and re-upload them to a file sharing site. Same applies to any mod on the nexus. The only thing you really control is someone's ability to comment on your work, which I already had no issue with. I called it petty because it's the equivalent of blowing raspberries and yelling "nan na nam na naaa naaa" at the person you've blocked

    So your argument boils down to a combination of "it is easy to pirate stuff” and “you can’t really control what happens so you shouldn’t try to control it at all.” I don’t think I really need to explain in detail why these arguments, while containing kernels of truth, gloss over the fact that simply because something isn’t easy to enforce doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be enforced or advocated for enforcement whenever circumstances warrant. Yes, it is difficult to effectively deter people who want to steal intellectual property but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t try to stop them when possible and to throw the book at the ones who get caught.

     

    I wasn't the one giving the abuse. The author was being haughty and condescending to people to who didn't appreciate being tarred with the same brush as racists, so I posted "you're history" to wind him up. I guess it worked. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    The plot thickens! It is almost as if there are at least two sides to this story and we are only hearing from one of them.

  8. It's not possible to change the colors or brightness of lights through Papyrus code, at least I haven't found a method in the CK Wiki and I haven't come across one myself either. But you can certainly replace the light with different lights that are brighter and/or are different colors using Papyrus code. Basically a brute-force method, unfortunately.

  9. The method that I outlined previously will do what you are requesting. You would only have one script, multiple buttons in the RefCollectionAlias, and if you wanted to get extra fancy you could add in code to organize the buttons for you as they are loaded / added to the RefCollectionAlias.

     

    Also, what is the overall goal here with these widgets? A puzzle? Knowing a bit more about what you are trying to accomplish can be helpful.

  10. So if I upload something that somebody doesnt like i can get reported for it, but if another person uploads the same stuff and it doesnt get reported for some reason, then its totally fine for it to stay, even if images are basically same?

    Maybe its just me, but this doesnt really sound right.

    You basically answered your own question: Site moderators only know about rule violations from user reports.
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