tomomi1922 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Especially with Skyrim and Sims where there are millions of mods, finding mods can be a huge pain sometimes. The Download site has a search feature but only with very primitive functionality, works with very simple search string (even mispelling can throw off the result). Building a good algorithm is not easy, I understand. You guys need a forum section for "Where Can I Find" so to let members ask to find certain things and others who happen to know where to get them. Human knowledge still outshines machine algorithm, not to mention you guys do not have the resource to create such foundation (or maybe you are working on it, I don't know). But when I am looking for a mod that "give me this specific feature at this very specific location for this very specific quest" ... guess how I am going to find it? Some nice soul out there on forum will point out "maybe you should try this mod, or in combination with that mod, and work around as such...." Frankly, even Google search would fail without the correct keywords. Humans don't need keywords.Having a dedicated "Where Can I Find?" section would greatly help people find what they need, without spamming other forums and diluting the focus of that particular forum. A real-world use case: 2 months back I was desperately looking for an outfit manager for Skyrim SE. Google search yielded nothing. And just as I gave up, I found out SkyUI already has such a feature built-in. Yet they did not mention such feature in their own description. I think that if there is a dedicated WCIF forum, I would find this a lot faster. And whenever someone asks about an outfit manager, I would gladly tell them SkyUI is the answer even though the mod itself doesn't even say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrakeTheDragon Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Well, most main games' sections, at least the big older ones, all have some kind of a Mod Detectives topic for decades, where exactly this is done inside. Maybe the newer games' sections could use someone to start one alike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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