JimboUK Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Is there any reason why the person downloading the mod can't rename it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetradite Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Is there any reason why the person downloading the mod can't rename it? No. Same as there isn't a reason why the author can't. I'm not gonna preach about it too much 'cos I haven't even included a readme in my mods yet, which is an even worse thing to do (and it is up to modders to do whatever they want, it's their file). But when I do include one I'll name it something that matches the mod title. Just seems to make logical sense to me to not have a generic title when you know that most users will be extracting multiple mods into the same place. If it needs to be there, I'd like it to be easy to identify and find, especially considering how little effort it is to do in the first place. (Yeah I know, like the little effort of actually including one, I'm not without sin here...) http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/thumbsup.gif Also, if the author does it, it's done. One tiny bit of work. If the users need to do it, that's several tiny bits of work. Efficiency innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 It's not going to happen though, anyway having to rename things isn't new, it's like having to rename achieves that have been named "file" or something equally useless. Best to do it yourself, use a name you recognise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivea Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 While I name my readme's something other then readme, its really not that big a deal to just rename it yourself. Pretty simple fix so I do not see it as some huge major issue that is simply so annoying I would have to not use the mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberlazy Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Better yet, Use modfusion and you can put the readme into the install directory for the mod, Then you can name it anything you want as each mod gets its own install directory. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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