Suggestion/issue regarding what counts as an 'update' to a mod

[WorldShaperDragon]

Hi, I've noticed this issue occur a quite a bit, both to my chagrin as a user, and now concerning to me as a modder. Overall I love the nexus sites, but this issue has caused me (and I imagine quite a few others) quite some inconvenience in the past. It would be great if it could be taken into consideration, especially what with all the pending changes and upgrades to the sites that are being planned for.

 

As a user, I browse through to see if any mods have had recent updates (IE, just out of curiosity to see what is being actively developed, who is actively developing, or looking for a mod in develop I didn't think to track the first time I saw it), maybe some content additions or patches, or maybe the modder putting up a notice about future development in the primary description or putting up their own images. However, the current behavior of the filter causes two issues with mods that recently had new user images uploaded. 1) They can cause large finished/permanently halted mods that get a lot of 'thank you!' images to stay stuck at the top and push mods with actual updates to get pushed down, and 2) they can cause false-positives.

 

As a modder, it means that if I update my mod, even if its only a day old update, in a highly trafficked category (ie, armor mods), it could easily get pushed down by large completed mods with torrents of 'thank you' screens, thus making it harder for my users to see that I've made an update.

 

After all, chances are if you're looking at the 'last update' filter sort, you're looking for recent news from the mod author, not from users of the mod.

 

[edit] - forgot to get to the actual suggestion part, which was nothing more than 'exclude user-added images from the "last updated" mod view filter'

Edited March 30, 2012 by Wolf of the azar

[Raffer]

So this is why I find "updated" mods that have not seen an update for years? Mods should only considered being updated when there are new mod files. Edited March 30, 2012 by Raffer

[WorldShaperDragon]

I think its ok if the mod author changes the description (ie, they may have news) (though maybe it should be an opt-in thing, so that if you're fixing a grammar error or something like that, it won't trigger)

[oldman42]

In fact, the apparent filter system that exists on the "New Mods Today" page would be an ideal and welcome implementation.

 

I used the word apparent, because I have not yet figured out how it works :confused: ...

and there are two readme checkboxes...

and the save button is also a checkbox...

and the file icon appears for every mod whether or not a file was updated (on the New and Recent pages)...

and I'm done. :biggrin: