Proposal for the Standardization of Mod Packaging

[SpeedyB64]

Whenever I made an oblivion mod with meshes or textures I packed them into a .bsa file. It surprises me how many good Oblivion moders even to this day are too lazy to pack their files. I love .bsa files <3 makes installing a mod as simple as tossing the files into the data directory.

 

BTW does anyone know how to do this for Fallout (I refuse to release another mod until I can)

[gnejs420]

I agree with the topic, but not with the suggested layouts so far.

 

The layout I use and like is this:

 

Data\

Data\my_mod.esp

Data\my_mod.README.txt

Data\meshes\...

Data\textures\...

...and so on...

 

Nothing could be simpler, just tell people to unpack it in the game folder.

 

I believe including the Data folder has some advantages if you want it to be a 'standard'

because some modders might for some reason want to place things up in the game folder too,

and this layout allows that.