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New to TES modding, wtf is OMOD?!


KPedigo87

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I've been modding Fallout 3 with this wonderful communities support...now I am about to start TES...and I am a bit confused. WTF...is an OMOD?!?! What happened to unzipping the folder and just pasting the stuff where it needs to go. And what is up with the overly elaborate and confusing instructions on installing Better Cities?! -_- my head hurts. Help please?
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OMOD is a special archive that contains a pre-packaged mod for use with Oblivion Mod Manager (OBMM) to make installing and removing mods as easy as a single double-click and without the typical end-user errors such as missing textures/meshes, forgetting to enable the plugin, not using the correct version of the game, etc. With the scripting feature, mod authors can also package various options and give the end-user a dialog box to select what they want option to install (with screenshots if you like). Example: You create two texture replacers for the steel armor: One Shiny/New the other as Rusty/Old and allow the player to pick which one to install.

 

I recommend to mod authors to create what I call OMOD-Ready archives which are the best of both types...It is a normal archive that can be extracted and installed manually or it can quickly be converted into an OMOD for use with OBMM.

 

I was so impressed with OBMM that I created this website to help others learn how to utilize it: OBMM How-To Site

 

LHammonds

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