Antioche Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 So; you're up late at night, the mod idea is burning your brain too brightly to sleep, & you think you finally have an esp that's workable! It's everyone's desire (pretty much) to have their mod concidered 'indispensable" by the community. Rightly so! it can lead to any number of incredible opportunities in life, be it as a designer, or simply padding your cashflow with a few dollars here & there donated by pleased fans. Couple of things I've noticed as the years have gone by regarding things like this; & one of them came to my attention again today. Remember that "up late at night" line? It's still no excuse to call your esp by an acronym so obscure that no-one shy of a seer (or you yourself, we know our own children after all..) would be able to know what they are looking at. Imagine you have a huge folder filled with the mods you use ... How pleased are you at three A.M. with the ones that call themselves things like "Cobt v1.2.2.1" and "SMIM 1.2" and the like? (yes, I know what both of those are..) if you've included no readme; & the same-named zip file contains only the tersely named ESP; Then your soul shouldn't be suprised when it hits the trashcan in frustration as someone is re-building their game.. Yes, yes, It SEEMED like a perfectly good way to make your esp succinct and fit nicely in the mod manager window...but really now all you've done is gotten deleted unless you happen to be "rediscovered" by the poor modder who has more mods than time to google esp names. That's pretty much it..."Name your esp & your zip file something OTHER than a combination of the first letters from each word in what it does & it's seven+ digit version number.." don't include your name in the ESP file, it seems like a good way to differentiate your mod from everyone elses; ..& if you DO; for the love of the nine, don't make it the FIRST word! Also, don't make "The" the first word in your ESP name, you're bucking the "alphabetical order" trend they've been setting for some time now & its a pain in the...brain. (*grins* tongue in cheek post of course; as I've been guilty of these things in the past no doubt! (Jacks' IMCN for New vegas baybee!) ...Here's to trying to rest your brain between texture pack reloads of a borked copy of Skyrim! ~Jack Burton ( Me! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampionOfHircine Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I remember it took me quite a while to figure out what SPIKE.esm was when I was sorting my mods. I only had about 40 or so too. Turns out it was from Immersive Armors or Guard Dialogue Overhaul, I can't remember. When I figured out what it's an acronym for I was like, "...Really? I don't even understand what that means..." And don't name your readme "readme." It will likely be overwritten by the next mod that named it the same and you'll get people asking stupid questions that could be answered by reading your readme. You should have the name of the mod in the readme name anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve40 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 (edited) That's pretty much it..."Name your esp & your zip file something OTHER than a combination of the first letters from each word in what it does & it's seven+ digit version number.." Nexus automatically appends the user's ID number and the mod's version number to the end of the zip file when it is uploaded. There's nothing we modders can do about that. As far as the acronym's go, I always include both the acronym and the full name in the zip's filename, eg "AIMP - Antz in my Pantz.zip". I think that's pretty clear. Final filename after uploading: "AIMP - Antz in my Pantz-18855-v2-0.rar" Edited November 24, 2012 by steve40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimoa Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Uhm, it's the file's ID that gets appended. But that's probably what you wanted to say. Still, till NMM gets categories to sort mods it is extremely annoying if mod title (what I remember downloading), archive name (what I look at in the mod tab) and esp name (what I look at in the plugins tab) are not consistent.A search function within NMMs mod tab would be really helpfull aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antioche Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 *grins* Pleased to see this was met with the intent I wrote it! I did NOT know Nexus Auto-appends uploaded zips! That explains allot. Pleased to see I am not the only one however that sits late at night thinking "How in the frak did they come UP with this??" Kudos again to all modders everywhere, whether I use your mod; or simply tested it for a few days; Each one of you has helped cut & polish this game into the jewel it has become in my collection. ~Jack Burton (Me!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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