Mods Old Mod Support Idea

[St3v3085]

I recently was discussing with a friend about Witcher 3 mods. She suffers from motion sickness and found a mod for said game. However this mod is very out dated and no longer works.

 

We came up with an idea to help support old mods that are no longer worked on that you might like.

 

1: Mods that are x (e.g. 5 years) amount old and have not been updated will be auto populated into a community bounty board.

 

2: Modders that choose to work on x mod would be allowed to modify x mod to get it updated and working with the latest versions of x game (Regardless of original modders request to not reupload) . I imagine an update to the TOS would be needed for this specific instance.

 

3: Modders choosing to do this would recognize either via TOS or on the bounty board page that it would not be a paid endeavor, however via the donation button people could donate to show support for people updating these mods.

 

We think it would be a great benefit to the community, especially in instances where accessibility mods are out dated and need updated to work for newer versions of games so they can continue to enjoy these games.

[GoriRed]

While I like this idea, I do know they need to balance it against mod authors licensing requirements, so if they can not do what you suggest above, I think when a mod author publishes a mod and selects the permissions they want have, add an option that is enabled by default, that says if this mod is inactive for x years open permissions to only require credit to original mod.

[zloybelka]

If a mod no longer works and the mod author can't update it anymore, there needs to be made a new mod. Simple.
Post requests on game community pages or something. If no one is willing to make a new one, you're out of luck, accessibility or not. Also simple.

While the idea of retaking some old mod page and updating the mod might sound enticing for an end user, there're too many complications on the mod author side (and a cause for a new exodus, if something like this ever gets implemented). All in all, imo, it's the mod maker's choice whether to leave open permissions when they leave the modding scene or not (yes, I've seen some authors stating that another mod maker might have the rights to their mods, if they've been inactive for a set amount of time, or that all of their mods are free to use from now on).

Edited April 25 by zloybelka