Doing this used to annoy me, but I’ve come to accept that the modding bit is just a hobby of mine. I enjoy the process of research, troubleshooting, and time spent finding, installing, and configuring mods. Then I’ll play the game for a bit, maybe complete the first quest or something, and then it will sit untouched for the next year before I eventually uninstall it for storage.
True. My last run filled about 700g or so. After said weeks of excessive tinkering. But at least I managed to game some hours in the end. Not counting all those “does it even run?”-runs…
And yeah I’ve come to peace with that too. I love the tinkering and I love games that are exactly like I want them to be. 4 decades of gaming made me horribly picky 😁
Even if I then don’t play them adequately long afterwards.
This is me with skyrim… But I do play test for some hours write down what is bad and need to be fixed, start fixing the mods, find more mods, aaaand repeat. I just figured I like moding more than playing haha
Last year when I did the same did I tell my self: this will be perfect and next time i play again then I can just play without putting time and effort into moding, maybe just update some.
Lol I started over, again… And this time has it been a month instead of 2 weeks since I started and I am not done… I wonder if I will ever be done… More mods are just added and more merges and patches do I create. Maybe moding is the game I play 😂 I am scared of next year because I kinda double the time spent modding every year.
Yup, Skyrim is the big one for me too. I also fiddled with FO4 for a while, but nothing keeps me coming back like Skyrim… or at least, its nexus page. If I had an hour tracker on mod organizer 2, I’m sure I’d overtake my playtime in the actual game by at least 10x.
I also create private mod packs for my friends and I to play numerous games. Minecraft, Lethal Company, R.E.P.O., Risk of Rain 2, and more. Fortunately for those last three, I never really scrap my mod packs and instead build upon them constantly as new mods or updates come out. Which I do perhaps a little too much, because I get poked fun at for it now lol.
One thing I’ve come to appreciate is how detailed nexus mod pages tend to be compared to most other websites. Half the mods for games like Lethal Company or RoR2 don’t even have any pictures or detailed descriptions of what they do. I’ll hear about a really neat mod in the Lethal Company modding discord server and then check out its page just to see “adds a couple new items and enemies” and that’s the entire page.
One thing I’ve come to appreciate is how detailed nexus mod pages tend to be compared to most other websites.
Same, I think that is half the fun. Some have very flashy showcases of their mods and very detailed information how to change x and y and also give recommendations to other mods. Also the posts section is very active for most mods regardless of how old the mod is, I have seen many mods not updated since 2016-2018 with many comments from 2025. So it is easy to tell if the mod has any problems or if there are fixes and workarounds.
And I REALLY like that in nexus they show dependencies, so when I find a mod I like then I check what depends on it to find replacers, textures, fixes, patches or mods that use the mod as a base. It is very convenient and also the reason it takes forever to be done with the mod list haha
Don’t forget the community and the comments.
Nothing beats checking one mod you really really really want but it’s 5 yrs old…and the comment from yesterday says “still works today if anyone is wondering”. Yes! My hero 😁
I always vote and give kudos like free candies.
You forgot to add:
…and then your part 😁
“This mod says it is incompatible with this version, but will it actually not work? I think it said that with the last version too.”
Well, after extensive comments-research on this problem, I might just try if it works 😁
Doing this used to annoy me, but I’ve come to accept that the modding bit is just a hobby of mine. I enjoy the process of research, troubleshooting, and time spent finding, installing, and configuring mods. Then I’ll play the game for a bit, maybe complete the first quest or something, and then it will sit untouched for the next year before I eventually uninstall it for storage.
True. My last run filled about 700g or so. After said weeks of excessive tinkering. But at least I managed to game some hours in the end. Not counting all those “does it even run?”-runs…
And yeah I’ve come to peace with that too. I love the tinkering and I love games that are exactly like I want them to be. 4 decades of gaming made me horribly picky 😁 Even if I then don’t play them adequately long afterwards.
This is me with skyrim… But I do play test for some hours write down what is bad and need to be fixed, start fixing the mods, find more mods, aaaand repeat. I just figured I like moding more than playing haha
Last year when I did the same did I tell my self: this will be perfect and next time i play again then I can just play without putting time and effort into moding, maybe just update some. Lol I started over, again… And this time has it been a month instead of 2 weeks since I started and I am not done… I wonder if I will ever be done… More mods are just added and more merges and patches do I create. Maybe moding is the game I play 😂 I am scared of next year because I kinda double the time spent modding every year.
Yup, Skyrim is the big one for me too. I also fiddled with FO4 for a while, but nothing keeps me coming back like Skyrim… or at least, its nexus page. If I had an hour tracker on mod organizer 2, I’m sure I’d overtake my playtime in the actual game by at least 10x.
I also create private mod packs for my friends and I to play numerous games. Minecraft, Lethal Company, R.E.P.O., Risk of Rain 2, and more. Fortunately for those last three, I never really scrap my mod packs and instead build upon them constantly as new mods or updates come out. Which I do perhaps a little too much, because I get poked fun at for it now lol.
One thing I’ve come to appreciate is how detailed nexus mod pages tend to be compared to most other websites. Half the mods for games like Lethal Company or RoR2 don’t even have any pictures or detailed descriptions of what they do. I’ll hear about a really neat mod in the Lethal Company modding discord server and then check out its page just to see “adds a couple new items and enemies” and that’s the entire page.
Same, I think that is half the fun. Some have very flashy showcases of their mods and very detailed information how to change x and y and also give recommendations to other mods. Also the posts section is very active for most mods regardless of how old the mod is, I have seen many mods not updated since 2016-2018 with many comments from 2025. So it is easy to tell if the mod has any problems or if there are fixes and workarounds.
And I REALLY like that in nexus they show dependencies, so when I find a mod I like then I check what depends on it to find replacers, textures, fixes, patches or mods that use the mod as a base. It is very convenient and also the reason it takes forever to be done with the mod list haha
Don’t forget the community and the comments. Nothing beats checking one mod you really really really want but it’s 5 yrs old…and the comment from yesterday says “still works today if anyone is wondering”. Yes! My hero 😁 I always vote and give kudos like free candies.
This is exactly how it goes for me too