NexusMods Changes Hands

[xnorswap]

Hopefully this inspires more developers to either build-in their own mod browsers ( e.g. Factorio ), or for communities to build their own open source mod platforms ( e.g. KSP's CKAN ).

Both of those are preferable to the relative hell that is dealing with nexus mods.

[ChocolateGod]

I consider Nexus Mod the Fandom of modding sites.

It's used because it has the most existing content, not because it does anything especially well (download speed limits are irritating and to me make no sense).

[xingped]

I'll never understand why Steam Workshop didn't take off as the de facto mod delivery platform over NexusMods or other random sites. It seemed perfectly positioned to do so.

[ivanjermakov]

Same with game wikis:

https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/14bbttq/whats...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37635939

[zeagle]

They certainly provided a needed service with free bandwidth before it became cheap and a centralized repository. Tho I do wish there was more mod packs for games like oblivion or fallout new vegas as I’ll spend an evening getting it all to play nice then not have time to play games and for a few weeks. As a funny aside TESNexus and roll20 are the only two sites that show up for me with have I been pwned.

[DrillShopper]

The link above doesn't work, but it is archived here: https://archive.is/DnOhe

[selfhoster11]

It's back now

[brianjlogan]

Honestly the comments so far don't line up with my experience.

Possibly for the very experienced devs/games on HN who are making their own mods Nexus was limiting and annoying.

For me it was the level of difficulty just low enough I didn't have to work to enjoy mods. I remember trying to install mods on Halo CE pre mod managers and it was a nightmare.

Did Nexus solve all of that? No but it was an easy enough experience that I could know one website, one tool, and be able to mod my games.

For the normies. For myself Nexus was a fixture throughout my teens and into my adult life.

I'm very thankful for all the hard work they put in.

It's impossible to keep everyone happy all of the time, but for some people like myself it just worked and we were able to enjoy it.

[belval]

Yes it is very interesting how the comment section is overtly negative yet NexusMods is one of the rare thing that "just works" for me. Even my girlfriend who is not well-versed in tech at all mods her Skyrim/Oblivion herself thanks to how easy it is with NexusMods.

[D13Fd]

Yeah. I paid for the lifetime plan a long time ago. It’s fast and easy to use. Generally I would categorize it as inoffensive.

I loved the change a few years ago that prevented mod authors from removing mods. I use Wabbajack, an amazing program where modders compile lists of mods and bundle them with compatibility patches to make everything work nicely. The Wabbajack program automatically downloads and sets up everything.

But random disappearing mods created endless work for the Wabbajack modders, because they would have to adjust lists and compatibility patches every time someone removed an old version. Mod lists would go away for days, weeks, or forever because someone removed some tiny mod from Nexus for no good reason. It’s so much better now.

[Tadpole9181]

Seriously, Nexus works great and I vastly prefer it to the clunky Team workshop or, God forbid, manually installing everything.

I'm convinced a ton of people commenting here haven't even used Nexus in years or convinced themselves they're "power users" who don't need to use a launcher, just to blame Nexus on the subsequent pain.

Some of them are clearly commenting in bad faith though, and have never used Nexus and are just slinging mud because of their audacity to moderate offensive content or inflammatory users.

[strangescript]

So many people on their high horse when Nexus attempted to do collections, as if Nexus Mods was their god given place to post their mods for free and control everything about how they are used.

Congratulations! You are going to be so happy moving forward!

[zelphirkalt]

I found their platform quite toxic, walling everything behind login and making the registration and login atrocious to deal with. Hopefully things will change, so that one can just get done what one came for: Downloading mods, without other shenanigans.

[zihotki]

I think that most of niche platforms would become walled behind a login sooner or later due to increased costs associated with AI crawlers downloading every single bit they could reach.

[Jgoauh]

IDK, hosting files and having people download them will always be the most expensive part of the internet. It will never be free, and the money will always need to come for somewhere. And on the internet money comes from adds and prenium subscriptions. I don't think it would even be possible for them to not insentive people to pay for prenium. The only way it is possible to go back to how it was is if 75% of the users agree to close their accounts to reduce server costs enough to have it be free for others.

[whywhywhywhy]

Most egregious thing was didn't it have a forced password reset if you didn't log in for 6 months, so if you're a normal person you'd sign up, mod your game, come back in 6 months to a year to mod another game and then it takes 15 mins just to get back into the site after resetting your account and everything.

Really surprised such a big community hadn't gotten sick of it already and built an alternative.

[Workaccount2]

I totally agree here. IIRC you either have to register with a mainstream e-mail provider account or they actively block temporary email services.

I understand only allowing subscribers to download files, but going to extra distance to only allow people to use their main e-mail accounts is too far.

[makotech221]

If you don't ban the nazis, you become a nazi site

[chownie]

If we're being honest those mods were not inoffensive, in fact most of them were specifically made for the purpose of causing offense.

[tonyhart7]

they lost me at censoring stuff, how can "mod" shop be a publisher lol

they think they have much more authority than they thought

[diggan]

Care to share a bit more in a "non-between the lines" manner so everyone understands? I'm a mod maker myself (including some mods published on Nexus) but have no idea what you're talking about.

[ToucanLoucan]

I can't read comments like this without that one human thumb guy screaming FUCKING PRONOUNS into his webcam at full volume.

Gamers are so sensitive.