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General discussionYou know, this might be good timing for GOG to support modding(47 posts)(47 posts)
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Posted April 25, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion and not of GOG.com as a whole.

I am personally a big fan of the Mod Spotlights. Why? It keeps the mod on the site it originated from, the original mod site gets some hits and if they use ads it supports the server costs, and by linking to the actual site there is no question as to the origin of the mod(s).

I, personally speaking again, would not want to us to get more involved in the mod scene as that should, in my own personal opinion, remain vendor neutral but maybe that's just me being someone who was gaming since the early 90s so what do I know? :)
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BKGaming: I can see that and even agree with it. But sadly that just isn't realistic anymore, if were going to preserve modding from becoming a cash grab after recent developments, GOG would be better to get involved and try to do it right or partner with someone who is (like the Nexus) and get them some support.

My biggest problem with linking the often not very well supported sites to grab these old mods for old games is it hard to keep track of... I started to mod System Shock 2 and I then I said hell with it because it was to much trouble trying to keep up with all the mods some of which were still getting updates, so you had to manually update to get the latest version. So here I was bookmarking all these mods, that I had to manually go through just to check for an update. It was a pain.

GOG or Nexus can easy help in this area...
I'd personally prefer Nexus for this kind of thing or any other vendor-neutral space but that's just me :)
Posted April 25, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion and not of GOG.com as a whole.

I am personally a big fan of the Mod Spotlights. Why? It keeps the mod on the site it originated from, the original mod site gets some hits and if they use ads it supports the server costs, and by linking to the actual site there is no question as to the origin of the mod(s).

I, personally speaking again, would not want to us to get more involved in the mod scene as that should, in my own personal opinion, remain vendor neutral but maybe that's just me being someone who was gaming since the early 90s so what do I know? :)
I didn't explain much my point of view about this, but I completely agree with you!
Well, it was the Planescape: Torment spotlight which initially brought me to GOG, because I wanted to play the game with mods years after beating it the first time. I had heard about most mods the Spotlight linked but, I wasn't sure about the sequence myself, and the Spotlight did a good job to be sure not to have a breaking game in the end. So that took GOG on my radar, and the Project Eternity and Tides of Numenera KS campaigns spoke again about GOG among future releases so I was sure to register on GOG, but ironically I registered few months after during a sale to buy a digital Arcanum here because I struggled to install my original CDs copy on Wine because GNOME was changing the manner to mount CDs/DVDs from /media/cdrom to /run/user... so it broke every multiCDs install...
Yeah sorry for the little story :D

But I loved Spotlights too, because they highlighted dedicated communities, and it is to the customer to do own researchs further.
Posted April 25, 2015
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BKGaming: I can see that and even agree with it. But sadly that just isn't realistic anymore, if were going to preserve modding from becoming a cash grab after recent developments, GOG would be better to get involved and try to do it right or partner with someone who is (like the Nexus) and get them some support.

My biggest problem with linking the often not very well supported sites to grab these old mods for old games is it hard to keep track of... I started to mod System Shock 2 and I then I said hell with it because it was to much trouble trying to keep up with all the mods some of which were still getting updates, so you had to manually update to get the latest version. So here I was bookmarking all these mods, that I had to manually go through just to check for an update. It was a pain.

GOG or Nexus can easy help in this area...
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JudasIscariot: I'd personally prefer Nexus for this kind of thing or any other vendor-neutral space but that's just me :)
I prefer Nexus too for that sort of thing, what I'm saying is though perhaps GOG and Nexus should form a partnership that is beneficial to both, to help the modding situation, because god knows Steam is going about this the wrong way. Much like GOG partners with Twitch users to stream GOG games.

I'm hoping the Nexus Mod Manager will support more GOG games soon, I think the Witcher 2 is the only GOG game I own it supports.
Posted April 25, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion and not of GOG.com as a whole.

I am personally a big fan of the Mod Spotlights. Why? It keeps the mod on the site it originated from, the original mod site gets some hits and if they use ads it supports the server costs, and by linking to the actual site there is no question as to the origin of the mod(s).

I, personally speaking again, would not want to us to get more involved in the mod scene as that should, in my own personal opinion, remain vendor neutral but maybe that's just me being someone who was gaming since the early 90s so what do I know? :)
Personal opinions are awesome and well respected. I think that any self-respecting modder worth their salt could hold their own.
Posted April 25, 2015
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JudasIscariot: I'd personally prefer Nexus for this kind of thing or any other vendor-neutral space but that's just me :)
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BKGaming: I prefer Nexus too for that sort of thing, what I'm saying is though perhaps GOG and Nexus should form a partnership that is beneficial to both, to help the modding situation, because god knows Steam is going about this the wrong way. Much like GOG partners with Twitch users to stream GOG games.

I'm hoping the Nexus Mod Manager will support more GOG games soon, I think the Witcher 2 is the only GOG game I own it supports.
All that is up to the owners of Nexus, if they wish to pursue such a thing but, again, I have no idea if they would be so inclined or if we would be as I don't deal with anything resembling partnership/affiliation/etc. :)
Posted April 25, 2015
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JudasIscariot: I'd personally prefer Nexus for this kind of thing or any other vendor-neutral space but that's just me :)
I agree, modding has always been a community building activity and should stay vendor independent. I would rather have GOG continue to focus on growing and improving their store along with providing competitive convenient optional features for their customers like the GOG Galaxy client.

Besides there is still a lot of stuff that needs fixing on the website and forum for GOG to divert their attention away from necessary requirements like a properly functioning and convenient account section for all the customers. ;)
Posted April 25, 2015
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BKGaming: I prefer Nexus too for that sort of thing, what I'm saying is though perhaps GOG and Nexus should form a partnership that is beneficial to both, to help the modding situation, because god knows Steam is going about this the wrong way. Much like GOG partners with Twitch users to stream GOG games.

I'm hoping the Nexus Mod Manager will support more GOG games soon, I think the Witcher 2 is the only GOG game I own it supports.
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JudasIscariot: All that is up to the owners of Nexus, if they wish to pursue such a thing but, again, I have no idea if they would be so inclined or if we would be as I don't deal with anything resembling partnership/affiliation/etc. :)
Not that I believe it would happen or happen quickly if it was possible, but would you perhaps know who would be able to look into such things on GOG's side. As they say the worst that can be said is no. :)
Post edited April 25, 2015 by BKGaming
Posted April 25, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion and not of GOG.com as a whole.

I am personally a big fan of the Mod Spotlights. Why? It keeps the mod on the site it originated from, the original mod site gets some hits and if they use ads it supports the server costs, and by linking to the actual site there is no question as to the origin of the mod(s).

I, personally speaking again, would not want to us to get more involved in the mod scene as that should, in my own personal opinion, remain vendor neutral but maybe that's just me being someone who was gaming since the early 90s so what do I know? :)
Well voiced, and that's how I also see it. And I want more Mod Spotlight! :-)

I wouldn't want to have GOG to have a lasting partnership with Nexus. But I could imagine some project based working together (i.e. creating a video how to get and install mods for some game). Could be beneficial for both parties.
The Witcher series is a little different. In TW1 there are already user created adventures included - something like this could be done more often for CDPR owned games. In this case GOG would be "hosting" the mods (like with TW1). I don't know about CDPR's plans in that matter, but if modding tools/construction kits are released, holding some contest would probably be a good idea, and then the results would obviously hosted here.
Posted April 25, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion and not of GOG.com as a whole.

I am personally a big fan of the Mod Spotlights. Why? It keeps the mod on the site it originated from, the original mod site gets some hits and if they use ads it supports the server costs, and by linking to the actual site there is no question as to the origin of the mod(s).

I, personally speaking again, would not want to us to get more involved in the mod scene as that should, in my own personal opinion, remain vendor neutral but maybe that's just me being someone who was gaming since the early 90s so what do I know? :)
Speaking of which, when are we going to get some more? :) Now would be a good time to showcase some free ones. ;-)
Posted April 25, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion and not of GOG.com as a whole.

I am personally a big fan of the Mod Spotlights. Why? It keeps the mod on the site it originated from, the original mod site gets some hits and if they use ads it supports the server costs, and by linking to the actual site there is no question as to the origin of the mod(s).

I, personally speaking again, would not want to us to get more involved in the mod scene as that should, in my own personal opinion, remain vendor neutral but maybe that's just me being someone who was gaming since the early 90s so what do I know? :)
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tfishell: Speaking of which, when are we going to get some more? :) Now would be a good time to showcase some free ones. ;-)
To answer your question, I don't know, it's really the job of Marketing to do these kind of things and maybe they will, maybe they won't, I don't command them :D

Best thing I recommend to do would be to use the wishlist :)
Posted April 25, 2015
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Huinehtar: Am I the only one disturbed with this idea?

If I didn't like to see mods in Steam Workshop, I wouldn't like to see mods (free or not) on GOG, or whatever store.

I strongly believe that mods should be in a neutral place, where, at least we can hope, those mods wouldn't be specific or exclusive to a store, preventing other gamers to use them because of somewhat partnership or zealous behaviour.
I'm with you.
Posted April 25, 2015
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tfishell: Speaking of which, when are we going to get some more? :) Now would be a good time to showcase some free ones. ;-)
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JudasIscariot: To answer your question, I don't know, it's really the job of Marketing to do these kind of things and maybe they will, maybe they won't, I don't command them :D

Best thing I recommend to do would be to use the wishlist :)
Who's the top dog of marketing now and why isn't he here doing TET's work? ;)

Anyway if somebody wants to, they can create a "More mod spotlights" wish: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site
Posted April 25, 2015
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Darvond: GOG already has collected mods for some games, and in the case of many of the games, the donations would go to a dead end or people who didn't make the software.
Well all the filefront / gamefront download links are dead for me .
Posted April 25, 2015
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Darvond: GOG already has collected mods for some games, and in the case of many of the games, the donations would go to a dead end or people who didn't make the software.
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ne_zavarj: Well all the filefront / gamefront download links are dead for me .
That another issues with the mod spotlight, especially old games... the links go dead, making mods are hard to find.
Posted April 25, 2015
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JudasIscariot: To answer your question, I don't know, it's really the job of Marketing to do these kind of things and maybe they will, maybe they won't, I don't command them :D

Best thing I recommend to do would be to use the wishlist :)
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tfishell: Who's the top dog of marketing now and why isn't he here doing TET's work? ;)

Anyway if somebody wants to, they can create a "More mod spotlights" wish: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site
Marketing is a gestalt with multiple personalities so I am not sure which one is ascendant atm :) I also don't know just how many personalities the Marketing gestalt actually has :)
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