My motherboard went to hell one day before the launch of CK, Workshop and texture DLC and only today I got everything back on track. I have a bunch of mods installed with NMM and doing a quick browse through the new Workshop I found out none of them are available there.

Are the mods in the Workshop better than the ones in NMM? Can I use both?

Is the new texture DLC any better than the textures mods out there? I'm using Serious HD Retexture btw.

Slash sigh. The Nexus and Workshop are two completely different services. They each do pretty much the same thing: host mods.

Now, a couple points:

1) This really should be in the mod board
2) This very thread has been made like a gazillion times over the past 2 months or so and never ends well

I use neither managers.

nexus has lot of good mods.

until those good mods are ported onto Steam, i will primary using NMM, Steam workshop secondary.

I do found new and nice Steam workshop mod not avail in NMM.

I would be surprised if anyone who has experience with mods would choose Workshop. Also at least one moder in the top 5 mods on nexus flat out said that he will never upload his mods to the workshop.

There's no reason you have to choose one or the other.

Nexus has a extremely dedicated following from the community and the modders.
They have been there to support mods for many games for years, without any restrictions (within reason).
So you'll find it nexus coming up top nearly every time when it comes to mods of any type.

The workshop isn't a bad alternative, just the weaker competitor due to self-imposed limitations.
The quality of the mods is too early to tell. However early reports didn't bode well for the workshop.
Typically the community has always sorted that out for themselves, now that Steam/Beth wants in on it, it doesn't mean they will get it.

There is a comparison of Nexus and the Steam Workshop by GopherVids on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/GophersVids#p/u/1/eM-PGRodvFw. To my mind it is clear and balanced.

Hope that helps.

Nexus:
+ image section
+ much better mod manager (although still not perfect and has too few features)
+ tracking system
+ good search system
+ better legal agreement than with Workshop for modders (your copyright fully + no fee possibility)

Nexus:
- very strange/bad moderators that can ban you without warning for politely asking why other people like a specific mod (happened to me)
- too much anime, porm, skimpy related mods uploaded
- too much anime, porm, skimpy images everywhere

Workshop:
+ has more people visiting than Nexus and is more popular
+ no very strange/bad moderators that I know of
+ not much anime, porm, skimpy related mods uploaded

Workshop:
- no tracking system
- no search system at all
- no image section
- too many pointless house and mini mods in my opinion
- worse legal agreement for modders (no full copyright + fee possibility)
- bad mod manager, if you can even call it that
- I keep logging out of the online Steamworks pages all the time for some reason
- automatic installation breaks the installation of more complicated mods with different options and folder structure.
- must have .esp file
- unsubscribing mod does not delete the files

Conclusion: I choose Nexus.

i tried just browsing thr workshop 1 day and got frustrated after 5 mins of trying to find anything descent, to me its not user friendly


nexus on the other hand i can find what want within seconds, its very user friendly imo, and has a better layout in general

in the end of the day you want something that'll make getting mods easy and getting the info and user rating of that mod easy


to me nexus wins everytime

i find the NMM works great is easy to download mods and keep track of mods

it could have a few more functions that FOMM had but maybe they will come


if it aint broke, dont fix it

and ive never had a problem using nexus so i have no reason to change

nexus has had 10 years of experience delivering mods to the community, SW is 10 years behind!

maybe a little bias as i like nexus
but if i honestly thought SW was better i would use it, but i dont.

Agreed.

there is no reason why you would have to....

but there are plenty of reason why one would!

Thank you for that link! I only began modding with FNV and use only a few so this information was very educational for me. I had come to the same conclusion about the two systems. I think the Steam Workshop is a great place for beginning modders to get a taste and feel for what it's about (not only for begiinners tho) and as they learn more, they can find additional material on Nexus.

I started on Nexus and didn't find it complicated but it took a little time to learn to use the mod manager for FNV...very glad I did. I'm still only a basic user but learning more all the time and there are lots of people on Nexus to help you too. I don't see the two systems as being in competition with each other. I think they can very much complement each other and help the modding community grow to be even stronger as more people are introduced to modding. It's a win/win as far as I'm concerned...the more talent, the better and there are very talented people creating mods.

At this point Nexus is hands down better on many levels.

Agreed!

Ive been using Workshop and Nexus to get mods, but I use Wrye to manage my mods

One thing I didnt like about using Steam to browse mods was no window tabs like a browser, but you can use a website version instead: http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse?appid=72850

Waaay better than using the Steam interface IMO.

Workshop has a cap of 50 mods.

/thread

I think that's a subscription cap of 50 mods. That doesn't change the Skyrim mod cap of 250 or so mods.

Ok, try updating 250 mods, 50 subscriptions at a time.

I really wish the hate for steam workshop would just end. Most of the complaints about it, or even Steam in general, are just hypothetical scenarios or lack any grounds.


- Yes, there is a search system. It is on the right side of the page.
- It does have a section for the author to upload images.
- Nexus has its share of pointless mods too.
- You have to keep in mind that the Steam workshop agreement was written for TF2 player-made items. As for the no full copyright, Minecraft has this possibility too so that if a modder makes a feature before they do, they can still implement it. And last time I checked, nobody was complaining about that. Also, didn't the creation kit EULA state that you don't fully own copyright to stuff you create with it in the first place? We should be grateful that we actually GET a creation kit, since most games don't have easy to use modding tools like it.
- I agree that it could use some work. It's supposed to be simple, though.
- Your problem.
- Never had that problem, don't know what you are talking about. Are you sure Workshop is to blame?
- It's a limitation. They aren't exactly ready for people to start uploading their own custom 20GB 4096 by 4096 complete retextures of the game quite yet. You can do plenty with just an ESP though.
- It disables the mod. If this is a problem, hard drive prices have gone down quite a bit since that tsunami that wiped out the factories and warehouses. You can buy a 2TB drive for $120, which is dirt cheap.

And since Nexus lovers will probably listen to Dark0ne, let me quote a news post:


Just stop with all the hate for one side or the other so the mod users can stop worrying about this pointless flame war. I can tell you already that I am tired of hearing it.