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umbraroze, 17 dni temu do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

Ok, so what is the current alternative nice option for SkyrimSE mods?

Preferably one with a mod manager/download client. Vortex is kind of janky but it did the job. I’d prefer not to manage any of this stuff manually, like cavemen. it’s been decades you shouldn’t need to do that

Vanilla_PuddinFudge, 17 dni temu

Preferably one with a mod manager/download client. Vortex is kind of janky but it did the job. I’d prefer not to manage any of this stuff manually, like cavemen. it’s been decades you shouldn’t need to do that

MO2 can do anything Vortex can, and in fact, Stalker and Stalker 2 modders prefer it. The files just need to be hosted elsewhere. A lot of modmakers advise against using Vortex to begin with.

umbraroze, 17 dni temu

Oh, thank you! MO2 seems a lot more clean and simple than Vortex.

…and in related news, now that I’m redownloading everything for funsies anyway, I have graduated from trying to keep my mod lists on a website to scribbling a list down in Joplin. With links and everything. In case these mods I’m using decide to move from Nexus or something.

Gronk, 17 dni temu do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

Probably a good time to start up a rival mod site that every one will flock too after these guys backpedal on their word.

Something synonymous with Nexus… CapitalMods anyone?

ijedi1234, 17 dni temu

I miss Filefront.

flop_leash_973, 17 dni temu (edited 17 dni temu) do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

Won’t monetize it “to death”, just right up to the line of death.

UnrefinedChihuahua, 17 dni temu

Define "death."

• Some lawyer, probably.

Atropos, 17 dni temu

'E’s only mostly dead.

drasglaf, 17 dni temu

It’ll always be at 1HP from now on.

ICastFist, 17 dni temu do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

I miss FilePlanet. That’s where I got my first Morrowind mods many years ago

At least GameBanana still exists, though there aren’t as many uploads there as Nexus. Still good that there’s an alternative

lechekaflan, 17 dni temu

Fileplanet content is back but not how it looks right now.

CalipherJones, 17 dni temu

Does anybody remember Cheat Planet or is that just me

MonkderVierte, 17 dni temu (edited 17 dni temu) do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

Time to cancel the paid subscription for fast download i guess.

TheReturnOfPEB, 17 dni temu do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

No they will sell it to someone that will though

lechekaflan, 17 dni temu do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

File a lawsuit. Paying customers are supposed to do that if they were given an explanation but in bad-faith language.

Thassodar, 17 dni temu do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

When is Nexus Mods 2: Electric Boogaloo?

Lemminary, 17 dni temu

You’re in luck, it’s already in the works.

chameleon, 18 dni temu (edited 17 dni temu) do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

The new owners are so trustworthy that they weren't even transparent about who they are. In the comments of the original announcement they defend that with:

This post wasn’t about Chosen — it was about Robin and the legacy he built over 24 years. We’re the new owners and ultimate decision-makers at Nexus Mods. We’ll share more about ourselves when we’ve earned that right. For now, we’re focused on listening, learning, and making modding even easier, and yes, you’ll see us around in the community being active.

I can't say I find that statement to be particularly trustworthy given it's coming from an NFT bro.

Lemminary, 17 dni temu

Yeah, you don’t start out as a folk hero by hiding behind a black screen and waiting for the right moment to pounce. Sorry NFT dude.

JigglySackles, 17 dni temu do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

Maaaaaan. Fuck. I really like Nexus Mods. Get ready for another enshittifying ride to the bottom.

SolidShake, 17 dni temu do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

See all these free mods!? They’re just for you to use however you want to!! Pretty awesome right. Just enjoy this .5mbs download. Oh you want faster download speeds? Well… Sir. That will be $12 a month. Evil laugh

altima_neo, 17 dni temu

Don’t they already do that?

SolidShake, 17 dni temu

That’s the joke

mnemonicmonkeys, 17 dni temu

Tbh, unless you’re downloading a DLC size mod or a big 4K textures pack the installs are nearly instant at the moment

Pika, 17 dni temu do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

Nexus Mods is far too late on the monetization aspect. The restrictions placed on mod downloading sucks, and it hard pushes buying a membership. Not to mention they basically gave up on vortex and its a buggy mess even if you run it native.

GunValkyrie, 17 dni temu

They gave up on vortex to make the nexus mods app. Which is pretty impressive so far. I would recommend reading the articles from the makers of it that discuss how they are making it and why. It’s really interesting.

I have been using the nexus mods app for cyberpunk and it’s really slick and easy.

Pika, 17 dni temu

I wasn’t aware there was a replacement that was suitable. I will have to look into that soley on the fact there seems to be a linux native release, thank you.

GunValkyrie, 17 dni temu

Yeah I have my worries in the sale of nexusmods.com. But everything i have read about the new app is really promising and the people working on it have worked on other major mod managers in the past as well. So they seem to know what they are doing. It’s still in really early alpha so if you use it, make backups. Sometimes you have to completely uninstall and then reinstall to update which is annoying. But thats the cost of using alpha software.

LostWanderer, 18 dni temu (edited 18 dni temu) do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

Ah, so basically Nexus Mods is dead to me now. Whenever venture capital is injected to anything, it’s a bad sign. Ugh, great these particular Capitalists are from the crypto community…

They’ve been souring a lot of potentially cool projects with blockchain/web3 nonsense, like Playtron, for example. Lutris is now dead in the water and hasn’t been updated for months now; the former dev is working on Playtron. There is a huge issue log that doesn’t seem to be addressed at the moment.

catloaf, 18 dni temu

Read the article. They are.

LostWanderer, 18 dni temu

I did, and my worries were confirmed! I haven’t updated my comment.

iamjackflack, 17 dni temu do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

Hahaha yea right… give it 6-12 months and that will change

narr1, 17 dni temu do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

sure buddy, unfortunately they done that already. I especially love the 3 mbps cap on downloads with free accounts.