BLOG PIECE: Nexus development and expansion philosophy

I’m enjoying a slow couple of days at the moment, catching up on watching Homeland (which I don’t think is that great, in case you care), playing through Borderlands 2 again and trying for the life of me to finish a campaign of Crusader Kings 2 while fighting the good fight for the Vanu in Planetside 2. All this is before I even think about playing through XCOM, and I’ve still got Torchlight 2 waiting in my Steam account, unplayed, with Faster Than Light installing on to my PC as we speak....

Skyrim Mod Sanctuary 50 : Halls of Dovahndor and Hunters Cabin of Riverwood

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A couple of player homes are the subject of this episode. Both by the same author, but both are very different homes indeed.

Thumbnail image for this video is 'End' courtesy of kaldaar.

Download Links:
Halls of Dovahndor
Hunters Cabin of Riverwood...

NMM 0.31.2 Released

We've released a new version of the Nexus Mod Manager today that provides official support for an offline mode as well as a few bug fixes. While the old NMM worked while offline it was never officially supported. Version 0.31.2, the latest version, provides support for an offline mode as a button at the login screen. If you don't want to login, or don't have a connection, you can use the "Offline" button to use NMM in offline mode. You won't be able to download files or view late...

AME Finalists announced for \"Most Replayable Module\"

The Academy of Modding Excellence is pleased to announce the results of our Fall 2012 Quarterly review!

The following Neverwinter Nights 2 Golden Dragon Awards have now entered the finals:

NWN2 2009-2011 Most Replayable Module Award

Edinmoor, by Dorateen. As is the case for all of Dorateen’s modules, Edinmoor features Storm of Zehir's full party creation and party conversation systems. The author made an effort to provide specific conversation lin...

XCOM Modding Update

XCOM has now been out for a little over a week and our forums have been buzzing with users trying to get in to the game and mod it as much as possible. We’ve made headway in a number of areas and hit stumbling blocks in others, but every day new discoveries are being made.

First of all you’ll notice that the first mods have popped up in our file database which provide a number of INI tweaks. You’ll find a number of different takes on balancing XCOM and changing settings to eit...

TES5Edit EXPERIMENTAL is now available for experience testers to try out

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Experienced modders will be well aware of the excellent tools known as tes4edit, fo3edit and fnvedit, and you may have been eagerly awaiting the Skyrim equivalent. Well the good news is that an experimental version is now available for testing. PLEASE note the word EXPERIMENTAL.

You can download TES5Edit 3.0.22 EXPERIMENTAL here.

TES5Edit Cleaning Guide - TES5Edit
Official Forum Thread...

OpenMW 0.18.0 released

The OpenMW team is happy to announce OpenMW version 0.18.0 has been released. This version introduces a myriad of new features, including Level-Up, Key re-binding, Spell buying, eating ingredients, using Keys to open things, and much more. A full changelog shall be added at the end of the post. As since version 0.9.0, a release commentary video which covers the most important changes is available to watch.

New to OpenMW?
OpenMW is a modernized and more moddable open-source en...

Download system overhauled on site and in NMM

I’m pleased to announce that with the release of version 0.30.1 NMM will now work with our new download system that was described in one of my previous news posts.

With the new download system your downloads are balanced across our entire file server network (currently 10 file servers). Non-premium members are capped at a download speed of 1MB/second (8mbit) across all their downloads. If you download 1 file, you'll be able to download at a maximum of 1MB/second. If you downl...

Skyrim Mod Sanctuary 49 : Blaze of Eventide, Nordic Ranger and Ritual Armor of Boethiah

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A mix of mods for you in this episode, all of which made it to the 'hot files' section of the Nexus front page.

Thumbnail image for this video is courtesy of BlakkPhoenixx.

Download Links:
Blaze Of Eventide
Nordic Ranger Outfit
Ritual Armor of Boethiah...

Fallout 3 Mod Clinic part 1 : Remastered, Blackened and Merged

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My first Fallout 3 mod clinic. Here I focus on mods that fix problems and tidy up the load order a little.

Download Links:
Paradox Ignition presents The Mergers
Fellout
EVE - Energy Visuals Enhanced
Fallout Remastered
Blackened...

Finding the first step

Right now the North Americans are happily playing away at XCOM while most of the rest of the world waits until tomorrow to get their mits on it. However, that hasn't stopped some budding modders trying to work their way in to the XCOM file and config setups.

Obviously things are going to get off to a slow start as people poke and prod at the game to try and get something out of it, but consider working together with others on our XCOM modding forums who are already working hard ...

XCOM Nexus Launched

It is with great pleasure that I announce the launch of XCOM Nexus ready in time for the release of XCOM – Enemy Unknown this week (Tuesday in America, Friday in most other places).

If somehow you’re not aware, the X-COM series of games are considered massive cult classics with a whole wealth of depth that has never been replicated in the 15 years since the last proper game was released in the series. You play as the commander of a top secret agency tasked with protecting the wo...

Obsidian commit to mod support and the Nexus for Project Eternity

If you haven’t got your head close to the ground when it comes to gaming news you might not know that RPG developers Obsidian, famous for Fallout New Vegas, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Knights of the Old Republic 2, have been raising funds via Kickstarter for a completely new IP they’ve dubbed Project Eternity.

Project Eternity is an isometric, party-based RPG much akin to some of the best RPGs ever made such as Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment. If you liked th...

Obsidian commit to mod support and the Nexus for Project Eternity

If you haven’t got your head close to the ground when it comes to gaming news you might not know that RPG developers Obsidian, famous for Fallout New Vegas, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Knights of the Old Republic 2, have been raising funds via Kickstarter for a completely new IP they’ve dubbed Project Eternity.

Project Eternity is an isometric, party-based RPG much akin to some of the best RPGs ever made such as Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment. If you liked th...

Obsidian commit to mod support and the Nexus for Project Eternity

If you haven’t got your head close to the ground when it comes to gaming news you might not know that RPG developers Obsidian, famous for Fallout New Vegas, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Knights of the Old Republic 2, have been raising funds via Kickstarter for a completely new IP they’ve dubbed Project Eternity.

Project Eternity is an isometric, party-based RPG much akin to some of the best RPGs ever made such as Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment. If you liked th...

Obsidian commit to mod support and the Nexus for Project Eternity

If you haven’t got your head close to the ground when it comes to gaming news you might not know that RPG developers Obsidian, famous for Fallout New Vegas, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Knights of the Old Republic 2, have been raising funds via Kickstarter for a completely new IP they’ve dubbed Project Eternity.

Project Eternity is an isometric, party-based RPG much akin to some of the best RPGs ever made such as Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale and Planescape Torment. If you liked th...

Hearthfire is now available for download on Steam

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In case some of you did not notice, the Hearthfire DLC is now available for PC and can be purchased on Steam. Have fun....

Grimrock Editor released, mods available for all

I know quite a few people were disappointed to find out that the Editor beta and early modding was limited to those who had bought the game via Steam. Today that's all water under the bridge as Almost Human have now released the Editor to the masses, along with an update to Legends of Grimrock that opens up modders to all owners of the game no matter where you bought it.

After several months of break-neck speed development, Almost Human is proud to release the most anticipated m...

Skyrim Mod Sanctuary 48 : Airships

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A video about airships in Skyrim.

Thumbnail image for this video is 'Airship' courtesy of tekmage.

Download Links:
Dwemer Skyship fully flyable
Airship - Dev Aveza...

Setting of Fallout 4 - Where, if not Boston?

The California Literary Review has its second part on where Fallout 4 should be based in order to best reflect the character of Fallout. In its first part they argued that Fallout was both a western and post apocalyptic, and that Fallout 3 based in Washington DC did not convey that appropriately.

In the second part they suggest several alternative sites including New York, New Orleans, Colorado and Santa Fe as locations that would make a better setting.

Yes, yes, I know...