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I love the look of the new redesign.

 

Only issue I have is with the ability to direct download without visiting the page. PLEASE remove this. Nexus should be encouraging responsible modding by forcing users to view the description page and download from the files tab. There is a lot of very useful information that I think users need to see on the description pagess.

 

I figure this is kind of like you guys making news more visible in the redesign. It is important for us users to see the site news, so you make it far more visible. Please allow the description pages for mods to be as visible in the same sense.

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Nebulous112 wrote: I love the look of the new redesign.

Only issue I have is with the ability to direct download without visiting the page. PLEASE remove this. Nexus should be encouraging responsible modding by forcing users to view the description page and download from the files tab. There is a lot of very useful information that I think users need to see on the description pagess.

I figure this is kind of like you guys making news more visible in the redesign. It is important for us users to see the site news, so you make it far more visible. Please allow the description pages for mods to be as visible in the same sense.


This. People need to know what they're downloading before actually downloading it. Especially when it requires you to do something else to get it working.
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Raum777 wrote: OK; I want to say something here. If I have many Typos it's because I can't see very well. I can still play the games.
1. No Author should post their mod on Nexus until all the bugs, issues, or Problems are worked out.

2 Authors are to tell you how to install their mod and NOT take for granted you know what you are to do with their mods.

3. If a mod is to be installed it should tell you that it is to be installed by Nexus Mod Manager, Manual, or something has to be changed and what to change it to, in the Game's ini. Authors are dropping the ball quite a bit lately on what to do with their mods or how to set up their mods to use.

You did a wonderful job of setting up NMM and is easy to use and not lose all your mods trying to open it up to download. I use to lose up to 40 mods at a time for the last 5 years. But not it's not taking my mods away any more. Thank you so much for fixing it. As for the work you have been doing on Nexus; thank you for all you've been doing to make it better for everyone.

Sincerely,
Raum777
vlainstrike wrote: While quality assurance is an important goal, asking authors to withhold mod release until ALL bugs & issues are worked out is an impossible demand - especially for large, complicated mods.


Exactly. my little tiny mods I take hours to make still have issues.
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J Allin wrote: If it aint broke, don't fix it... ;)
pedantic wrote: Sage advice :)
sonogu wrote: Which must have been told more than a year ago, before the hundreds of hours hard work :)
HadToRegister wrote:

sonogu
Which must have been told more than a year ago, before the hundreds of hours hard work


This is the first I've heard about it?
sonogu wrote: http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12539/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12620/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12630/?

These are the news I found about the redesing of the site... It's been a while and have been announced in every step.
piotrmil wrote: That is very, very true. I do hope that the authors will give us options instead of shoving the new design down our throats.
michaelspicer16 wrote: Agreed


Compared to what it could be, it's pretty broke tho.
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Nebulous112 wrote: I love the look of the new redesign.

Only issue I have is with the ability to direct download without visiting the page. PLEASE remove this. Nexus should be encouraging responsible modding by forcing users to view the description page and download from the files tab. There is a lot of very useful information that I think users need to see on the description pagess.

I figure this is kind of like you guys making news more visible in the redesign. It is important for us users to see the site news, so you make it far more visible. Please allow the description pages for mods to be as visible in the same sense.
Redfoxhastea wrote: This. People need to know what they're downloading before actually downloading it. Especially when it requires you to do something else to get it working.


Exactly.
I know that I have seen a mod that *looked* like something I would like, but when reading the description I found I needed a bunch of other mods to make it work, or I found out that it actually did something I wasn't interested in.
Being able to download the mod without viewing the description might increase download count, but I think it could also increase complaints to the mod authors by people who now can directly avoid the description/instructions. They will complain it doesn't do "*this*", and while I know a few do that now (ie. download without bothering to find out what the mod actually does or doesn't do) it seems to me this will increase due to the intentional bypass of the description.
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Nebulous112 wrote: I love the look of the new redesign.

Only issue I have is with the ability to direct download without visiting the page. PLEASE remove this. Nexus should be encouraging responsible modding by forcing users to view the description page and download from the files tab. There is a lot of very useful information that I think users need to see on the description pagess.

I figure this is kind of like you guys making news more visible in the redesign. It is important for us users to see the site news, so you make it far more visible. Please allow the description pages for mods to be as visible in the same sense.
Redfoxhastea wrote: This. People need to know what they're downloading before actually downloading it. Especially when it requires you to do something else to get it working.
Darole wrote: Exactly.
I know that I have seen a mod that *looked* like something I would like, but when reading the description I found I needed a bunch of other mods to make it work, or I found out that it actually did something I wasn't interested in.
Being able to download the mod without viewing the description might increase download count, but I think it could also increase complaints to the mod authors by people who now can directly avoid the description/instructions. They will complain it doesn't do "*this*", and while I know a few do that now (ie. download without bothering to find out what the mod actually does or doesn't do) it seems to me this will increase due to the intentional bypass of the description.


This is a very good point. I agree with OP.
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Looks great so far.

 

Is anything being done to improve communication between users/authors? Specifically, will users have the ability to know when someone replies to comments or quotes? I think this is a major issue with the site right now.

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In response to post #41272325. #41274465, #41275065, #41275135, #41275585, #41276745, #41277095, #41278320 are all replies on the same post.


J Allin wrote: If it aint broke, don't fix it... ;)
pedantic wrote: Sage advice :)
sonogu wrote: Which must have been told more than a year ago, before the hundreds of hours hard work :)
HadToRegister wrote:

sonogu
Which must have been told more than a year ago, before the hundreds of hours hard work


This is the first I've heard about it?
sonogu wrote: http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12539/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12620/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12630/?

These are the news I found about the redesing of the site... It's been a while and have been announced in every step.
piotrmil wrote: That is very, very true. I do hope that the authors will give us options instead of shoving the new design down our throats.
michaelspicer16 wrote: Agreed
graymaybe wrote: Compared to what it could be, it's pretty broke tho.


Luckily nexus was pretty broke. I'm looking forward to the fix.
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In response to post #41277490. #41277685, #41278220 are all replies on the same post.


Raum777 wrote: OK; I want to say something here. If I have many Typos it's because I can't see very well. I can still play the games.
1. No Author should post their mod on Nexus until all the bugs, issues, or Problems are worked out.

2 Authors are to tell you how to install their mod and NOT take for granted you know what you are to do with their mods.

3. If a mod is to be installed it should tell you that it is to be installed by Nexus Mod Manager, Manual, or something has to be changed and what to change it to, in the Game's ini. Authors are dropping the ball quite a bit lately on what to do with their mods or how to set up their mods to use.

You did a wonderful job of setting up NMM and is easy to use and not lose all your mods trying to open it up to download. I use to lose up to 40 mods at a time for the last 5 years. But not it's not taking my mods away any more. Thank you so much for fixing it. As for the work you have been doing on Nexus; thank you for all you've been doing to make it better for everyone.

Sincerely,
Raum777
vlainstrike wrote: While quality assurance is an important goal, asking authors to withhold mod release until ALL bugs & issues are worked out is an impossible demand - especially for large, complicated mods.
TheeDugster wrote: Exactly. my little tiny mods I take hours to make still have issues.


All software inherently has bugs. If you expect mods to be bugfree, well... congratulations! No mods for you!

And it's not the authors job to tell you how to install mods. There are literally hundreds of guides teaching you how to do that. Have a little bit of wherewithal and learn to google.

Or just RTFM. Most mod authors *do* explain how to install mods.
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