Tomb Raider Outift Mod and other Mods LOCKED ad Vanishing

[dgenem]

A while back, I had a craftable Tomb Raider mod in Skyrim. You could craft the original outfit or some different color variants such as red, black, white, etc. I have looked all over and cannot find any trace that it ever existed. And I cannot find it on my other computers. Still looking on them.

 

Anyone know what is happening to many of the mods? I have some still in NMM, but when I click on the version, it says the file is set to hidden. Many great mods are gone without a trace. I heard rumors of some people using other authors work without permission, sites being hacked and files locked, and other rumors.

 

It is not just Skyrim. But Oblivion mods that now only exist on my computers from years ago are missing from Nexus and other sites. And most of my mods come from Nexus. I love this site and contribute when I can.

 

I wish I had a screenshot to show the one outfit I am talking about. Probably have one somewhere.

 

I have been compiling directories of the mods on my main computer just to make sure I do not lose anymore. I made the mistake before trying to reinstall a mod thinking I could just get a newer version and lost them. I make sure I keep everything backed up somewhere now before messing with them.

 

Any answers are greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you kindly for any information. And my apologies if I am overlooking an obvious thread. I have searched and failed to find the information.

[Levionte]

If the mod used assets from any of the Tomb Raider games, then distributing them to people who have not necessarily bought the game is a breach of copyright. For for-profit websites like the Nexus, hosting mods like that is especially bad because they're directly profiting from the "theft." That's one reason why they're so strict on taking them down.

 

In general, though, mod creators take their mods down for all kinds of reasons. In my experience, there are a number of positives to releasing mods: You can't take shortcuts when you release things for others and still expect it to work in a variety of setups. It keeps you in check, and motivates you to make your projects better and more organized. When something is wrong, you get feedback and sometimes useful advice on how to improve things.

 

But the quality of good interactions is matched by the quantity of bad ones. There are a number of downsides to releasing your work in a public space. It's tragically common for the negatives to outweigh the positives, or at least the workload to outweigh the benefits - which are almost entirely sentimental. And the vast majority of people don't acknowledge you at all; just download the mod, disappear, and make you think your mod sucks because only 5% of downloaders endorsed it.

[dgenem]

I figured that was the likely reason for the Tomb Raider outfits.

 

The rest makes sense too. I find myself altering the meshes and textures on a lot of mods along with the .esp files to get them better suited. Like when people forget to add the keyword so something can be enchanted, or add the recipe for improving armor or weapons. I am rarely 100% happy with a mod and cannot resist tweaking it. And of course, I never release my alterations since it wouldn't be fair to the creator. They sometimes get a little funny even mentioning it.

 

I remember this one set of armor that was great, but the author used the highest DXT setting so the textures took up over 600 MB in a RAR file and made the game sluggish when changing. I redid it and mentioned it to the creator about the problems it created since it was using a large format, showed screenshots of them side by side of how they looked no different once I changed the format to the DX3. I also included the ability to improve and enchant. The author insisted that he prefers it the way he released it and did not care about the long load times then told me not to share what I did and insulted me for trying to help. He ended up getting all of his stuff taken down due to complaints later though.

 

Too bad. It was nice artwork. But downloading such a monster size mod was crazy.

Edited November 17, 2017 by dgenem

[dgenem]

Found the original I had downloaded on one of my other computers. The mod RAR file name is "UNP_Casual_and_Tomb_Raider_Outfit_-_Oni_Edition-18240-1-5." It was not configured for NMM. So I installed it, now looking it over and messing around with it. The file was downloaded from wherever over 5 years ago. No file indicating who released it, but I am guessing their name was Oni something.