Site launched

Welcome to Dragon Age Nexus, the third Nexus site. Nexus sites are community driven file sites that allow file authors (mods, utilities and images) to upload their work in an easy to use and maintain interface for others to view, download and use. If you have never used a Nexus site before then a hearty welcome, it might take a little while to get used to where everything is but I highly recommend joining the 1,250,000 other members of the site and forums and experiencing and adding to what t...

Modding competition winners announcement

It's now been quite a while since the close of the Millionth Member Competition for TESNexus. While the competition blurb stated that the judging would be done by myself and a panel of judges I decided a while ago that I wanted to do it myself; several authors spent a lot of time to create community mods for TESNexus that I really wanted to play through thoroughly myself and give them the time and attention they deserved. First of all let me say it was a real pleasure and an honour to play th...

Elder Scrolls V possibly set 200 years after Oblivion

It seems Waterstones, the famous book sellers, might have dropped the ball on the Elder Scrolls V. In a blurb for the new Elder Scrolls book by Greg Keyes, The Elder Scrolls: Infernal City, the page editor put up this interesting tidbit: A novel that takes place forty-five years after the Oblivion Crisis, which is the story of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion game and the expansion pack Shivering Isles. It partly bridges the gap for the next game, which is set 200 years after the Oblivion crisi...

Modding competition winners announcement

It's now been quite a while since the close of the Millionth Member Competition for Fallout 3 Nexus. While the competition blurb stated that the judging would be done by myself and a panel of judges I decided a while ago that I wanted to do it myself; several authors spent a lot of time to create community mods for Fallout 3 Nexus that I really wanted to play through thoroughly myself and give them the time and attention they deserved. First of all let me say it was a real pleasure and an hon...

Changes to the comments section of files

After reading through the feedback provided for the new commenting system I have released an update to the system that should hopefully satisfy the worries expressed with the new system while still providing a mini-forum ability to those uploaders who are looking for some better and more organised feedback on their files. I have brought back the old "Comments" tab on files while adding a new tab to the file pages called "Discussions". All simple comments and feedback can be directed to the "C...

Service returning to normal throughout the day

A limited file service has resumed on both of the file servers while files continue to be restored. There's about 5G of the 200G or so files left to transfer, so hopefully by the end of the day service will have resumed properly along with the second file server returning to action. I want to thank everyone for their patience during this period....

File servers down today

Rage. Pure rage. The two file servers are currently down due to an utterly avoidable situation at my file server provider. The down time will last at least 24 hours as all the files have been whiped and need to be synched back to the file servers from the UK servers; something that is prolonged by the slow transfer of the files across the Atlantic. As the premium file server is now in the UK it is unaffected, but small files are still served in the US where the servers are down so even pre...

New file commenting system

Fresh from my trip to Vegas I have now updated the file commenting system here at TESNexus. The change is immediate and every file with comments enabled will be influenced by this change. Let me run you through it... There is now a new option for file uploaders when they add or edit file pages to the site. This entry sets whether you would like other members to be able to create new topics for commenting. The entire commenting system has been changed to incorporate topics. There is no longer ...

Uploading Issues !

There appears to be an issue with the download servers not updating with new uploads. It appears to be an issue with the servers being out of sync and I have posted in the staff forums for Dark0ne to take a look at the issue....when he checks in. He is presently out of town and does not have his normal internet acccess, so when he tells the staff anything I will be posting a followup here as well. We are aware of the issues, they are available on the premium only server, but the others do n...

Server move complete

Well it's official, the Nexus sites have been moved to their new home here in England. There were a few quirky problems over the days following on from the move but these should all have been ironed out now. The move was a resounding success and extremely quick thanks in great part to the folks over at Krystal who are now hosting the web servers. Simon, one of the directors of Krystal, was actually the co-founder of Morrowind Chronicles back in August of 2001 which is the website from which this...

Server move in progress

Howdy The Nexus sites are currently being moved over to their new servers. If you're reading this then you're ON the new server, welcome! The work doesn't finish here though; there's lots of config files, tweaks, module installs and server restarts to go. So hang in there. Bugs The Nexus sites are big sites with lots of specialised code. I'm not a professional coder and I often forget important things, so if the site is breaking then please report it here. Provide the page you're visiting a...

Server move soon

The stress of last week is now behind me and the forum server is back up (but how long it will last is anybody's guess). To preempt the final failure of the forum harddrive the proposed server moved scheduled for the middle of August has been pushed forward to, hopefully, as early as this coming Wednesday (5th Aug 09). First of all why is this server move necessary? It's necessary because the servers are at their peak. They can handle what's being thrown at them right now but I want to squeez...

Comments and Ratings disabled

Buddah for info: Posting this here so it is easily found. If you uploaded a file in the past 3 or 4 days and ratings and comments are disabled. No one, I repeat NO ONE, not even Dark0ne can enable them. When the forum servers went wonky....there was no file thread created when the file page was initiated so there is nothing that can be done about it. The only fix, and again I repeat THE ONLY FIX is to delete the old file page and create a new one if you want to have comments and ratings...

Comments and Ratings disabled

Buddah for info: Posting this here so it is easily found. If you uploaded a file in the past 3 or 4 days and ratings and comments are disabled. No one, I repeat NO ONE, not even Dark0ne can enable them. When the forum servers went wonky....there was no file thread created when the file page was initiated so there is nothing that can be done about it. The only fix, and again I repeat THE ONLY FIX is to delete the old file page and create a new one if you want to have comments and ratings...

Forum server issues [Updated again]

The main hard drive on the forum server is on the brink of failing, much like the Fallout 3 Nexus file server hard drive did. To make matters a little more interesting I have already begun plans to reconsolidate the webservers here in the UK on some much more powerful hardware and given my current provider their notice. This means that a server move will be taking place around the middle of August and my hope was that the forum hard drive would hold out until then. Sadly I'm not sure it will ...

File ratings reminder

I have added a notification overlay to display once every 7 days (by default) to remind all members to rate as many files as possible that they have downloaded by viewing their download history. You can tweak how often you get reminded to rate your files in your member preferences section, which also has the option to disable them altogether....

File Server Issues [Resolved]

Over the past 24 hours or so the Washington file server has been experiencing problems. The system has entered "read-only" mode which normally suggests a disk problem as it means that new files uploaded over the past 24 hours (and from here on until the problem gets fixed) cannot be written to the server but old files from before that time can still be downloaded. I am working to sort the issue with my Washington server provider and will try to keep you all updated. Not to spark conspiracy th...

New Catagories

Our current category structure was getting very over crowded and with a little urging from a certain member who shall remain unnamed, but is known locally as "Arthmoor". Here is a new comprehensive list of all catagories: Default - I forgot to set this. (this one is for me, for those who forget). Abodes Animation Armor/Armour Audio, Sound and Music Castles, Palaces, Mansions and Estates Cheats and God Items Cities, Towns, Villages and Hamlets Clothing Combat Companion Creatur...

Rating system overhaul

As promised both on the forums and in recent news posts the rating system in the downloads area has been completely reworked and changed to suit the underlying rules and principles that this site revolves around. This update has been long in the coming and I've based my design choices on the feedback of literally hundreds of users on this site who have had their say on how they'd like to see the rating system changed (or in some cases, not changed). The story so far... First of all let me ...

Down-time over

The server is now back up with the necessary upgrades in place. Initial indications are good and the situation is being monitored over the course of the next week to assess whether a further upgrade will be necessary or not....