Nexus Mods says people “should put pressure” on paid mod platforms to “do better” if they’re frustrated by the company’s new policies on an ever-controversial topic.

Popular modding site Nexus Mods recently announced an update to its policy on paid mods, and as always on a topic that seems to be an endless source of controversy, the reaction from players and modders has been a bit of a mixed bag.

So, having analyzed the comments to this update, in which it stated its position that “modding should be a pursuit of passion first and foremost”, the team at the modding site has now shared an update that at one point sees it suggesting some disappointed sides. it would be better to try to put more pressure on platforms that allow and support paid mods to improve their offerings in terms of features.

“Thank you everyone for your feedback on the policy announcement. We have read your comments here on the forums, from our mod author on Discord, and in several external communities,” Nexus Mods community manager Pikisaurus wrote in a recent post. “We’re seeing some creators—often those currently using the Verified Creator program—dissatisfied with certain parts of the policy, while a large number of users generally praise the changes.”

They went on to say that “much of the anger about this change” seems to be due to people liking the features that Nexus Mods currently offers to users, with the community manager suggesting that they are considered “much more powerful and convenient than those that offer paid modding platforms.” “We’re flattered by this,” Pikisaur wrote, “but we also think it’s reasonable to note that if you want these features on platforms that support paid mods, you should put pressure on those platforms to better support their paid mods.” fashion”. ecosystem”.

Moving on, the site criticized its announced new policy regarding patches for paid mods, or mods that depend on the use of paid mods hosted on it. “We will be relaxing this part of the policy to allow compatibility fixes to be published on mod pages along with free content to ensure better compatibility with paid content,” Pikisaur wrote. “However, we still believe that pages where the primary purpose of the content is to support/interact with paid content is prohibited.”

You can find information about the revised policy here, but the main gist seems to be that modders will be allowed to provide patches that simply allow their mods to work alongside a paid mod, provided that said paid mod is not a hard requirement for the free one , and for now this is just an additional file on the free mod page. Translations of paid mods will not be counted, so they will have to be posted on other platforms that allow paid mods.

“It is not lost on us that this change does not address all of the concerns you have raised,” Pikisaurus continued. “For example, we understand that many patches/translations were not made by the original author of the mod. In these cases, we recommend that the patch creator ask the original author of the free content to add the patch to their mod’s page (where possible) or upload their patches to the paid mod provider themselves.

“To be clear, we’re not trying to say you shouldn’t use paid mods,” they concluded. “However, we want Nexus Mods to be dedicated to free modding so that when modders come to our community, they get full users. journey – from start to finish – where everything they are going to get on the site is free and with free mods.

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