Nexus, Please require Readme.txt files in all mod packages.

[MadeUpName92]

Please require all mods to have a simple readme.txt file included in the mod package.

 

This file should include manual installation notes and the description found on the mods page.

 

It's sad I even have to write this post. This is a no-brainer people :(

 

 

[Ethreon]

Or, you can read the description and learn how to install mods. Isn't that hard.

[DoctorKaizeld]

Ethreon is right. just read the page description... it isnt hard at all.

[TheVampireDante]

If a file doesn't have a decent description, readme or any sort of other clear documentation instructing people of what it does and how to use it then I'd suggest it be left alone, as it doesn't speak much about the quality of the file itself or the effort put into its creation if the author cannot be bothered to note down the appropriate instruction materials.

[SineWaveDrox]

It shouldn't be a rule to include a readme, but it would be nice if more people did. It is only a minor inconvenience to have to return to the file page on Nexus to get some minor forgotten detail. However, it does become much more of an issue if the mod no longer exists on the Nexus for whatever reason.

[Rabbit1251]

What I always do when downloading a mod is highlight and save the the page Description as !!README.txt and move that into the archive file. The Description usually contains more information than the author's readme and will provide a readme should one not be included. This works very well for me.

 

 

The Rabbit

[Ethreon]

What I always do when downloading a mod is highlight and save the the page Description as !!README.txt and move that into the archive file. The Description usually contains more information than the author's readme and will provide a readme should one not be included. This works very well for me.

 

 

The Rabbit

That involves OP doing the work. You crazy? :P

[RoyBatterian]

90% of users don't read them anyways, why bother.

[Thandal]

The Nexus does not, and never will, require anything from mod authors but that any submission doesn't (willfully) break a player's game.

Beyond that, we only ask that their title/description give a reasonably accurate sense of what the mod does. :armscrossed:

[macvane]

To post a file they already require you fill in the "readme" section of the mod listing. Which For my mod was 100% unnecessary. So I just put in some lame text. If I had to put a readme inside my file also, believe me, i'd put in even lamer text. Because it's just a waste of time when all you do is install the thing and go.

 

Not every mod has a billion configuration options, so not every mod requires a readme.