When I read it I thought that it was a neat idea but then I realized we already have the nexus. I can understand that this might be a way for people not used to modding or with no knowledge of the Nexus to find mods easier but how do you guys feel about it? Does it effect you at all? Is it going to take away from the user base at the Nexus? People might think that because a big company like Valve owns the steam workshop that the risks of installing mods from that would be significantly lower than from the nexus where people have to install a mod first to see how stable it is. I am not sure what to think about this bit of news. Maybe you guys can give me your view points and help me come to a conclusion. Thank you in advance.

If this is done right it will revolutionize the modding scene. Steam will become an even more important part of pc gamers than it already is, which is not a bad thing.

Looks very promising. Implementation will be the key IMO.

Integration and one-stop availability is the right direction.

The question is, will they patrol the content and remove certain mods? If so, Nexus might be the only place to get ALL mod releases.

Example mods that may be removed -

- Killable children
- Marriage nvde packs
- sixy clothing packs
- Jiggly briasts

etc.

The steam workshop is optional. I'm sure all mods will still be available on the Nexus.

Not too surprising. Firaxis incorporated using mods directly into Civ V. People like Robin Scott at TES Nex / Skyrim Nexus have proven that running such a service is financially viable. It was only natural that other companies would try to compete.

However, one point that is different for a company is the availability of certain material / content that may be accepted on another site. For example, Valve may not allow nvde body mods of any kind regardless of how popular they are. Any site has to abide by certain restrictions, but the problem is that any of it is a type of censorship and someone is screening the choice for the users. In this case, I imagine that Valve will not allow some popular content that is available elsewhere because they will make that choice, and thus users will still have to use other sources such as Nexus.

It will be interesting to see what happens, though.

This is somewhat inaccurate. Nexus patrols content, too, and pulls content that it deems unacceptable, inappropriate, or whatever anyone wants to call it. Not ALL mods are available on Nexus. Also, even mods that have existed are sometimes pulled due to someone complaining about certain content (i.e., clothing mods that feature nudity have been blocked even if they were previously available... see Ling's Prettier Things and the other Ling's clothing mod for FO3 as an example).

It's pretty much common sense why they did it. They want people to use their service which is why Valve sometimes has deals on games for like a buck each. They want to hook you as a customer and honestly I get it. It's the same reason Blizzard have an auction house for Diablo 3 now where you can actually pay real money for in-game items. Sites were doing that for diablo 2 anyway so why not incorporate and tantalize the gamers by saying it is more secure and safe. I can see it being a good thing and yes, I can see them holding off on allowing advlt related mods but for me that isn't a big deal and I am sure that the Nexus will still have loyal fans to their site.

I'm sure it will make modding much more popular since it's more accessible to newcommers, hence a larger scene and more high quality mods. And you can still keep using the nexus for you killable children mods!

Not only would it be good for steam, it would be very useful for Bethesda to track what mods people like more easily, thus the next game may hinge on those features next time.

I think its a perfectly good idea, we still get to use third parties, so i see no problem.

Thats bull tell me a mod the nexus wont host, in some sections its a pormo gallery of mods, literally anything you can think of if some one can make it happen you’ll find it there. (edit) ( I see your example yet last time i was on the oblivion nexus about a month or 3 ago it was just like I described.)

A good thing with the steam sweatshop is if you can search, dl, and it installs it for you, then that would be pretty cool simplicity.

It looks very promising. I'm concerned about censorship but this has yet to be experienced. Competition between various modding sites and the Steam workshop should benefit everyone in the short term but we will have to play the long game to see the overall impact. I'm of a generally positive attitude toward this idea and will give it my support.

Hopefully they won't remove any mods whatsoever, as it's a 16-rated game anyways, installing mature mods is the user's doing, therefore they should add an 18+ FLAG, but not entirely remove content.

On the other hand about the nexus vs. steam workshop thing, Nexus is run by unprofessional asswads, not caring at all about their customers. And if anything it's a step forward to add a function like GMod's toybox, 1-click addon-download at its best. This has also been more or less added into WoW by the Curse people, by creating the Curse Client, which lets you access a mod database through a program, allowing extended filtering and control.

Of course it is, evil third party programs repressing my freedom...

We'll have to see how it's monitored. Censorship of mods that include advlt themes would be most irritating.

<--- Nexus, Planet Elder Scrolls for life.

I'm not so sure about this Steam Workshop. The Nexus is far more trusted, and they have their own software (The Nexus Mod Manager) that does the same thing as this Steam Workshop, and more. It seems redundant and personally I don't see myself using it.

Great idea, just put the whole thing on Steam. That way, I won't be able to get the mods to go with the game that I can't play anyway, thanks to Steam. Meanwhile, the happy Steam-fans can watch whatever advertising Steam wants them to see, while Steam collects statistical data on them to see which ads are most likely to get their attention and be most distracting. Some poeple seem to go out of their way to throw whatever rights they still have away as quickly as possible.

For some, Steam is more convenient, and I can understand them wanting to use it. For others, it's a firm and unyielding "can't use it" (my gaming PC doesn't have internet access, and I'm not about to rewire the building at my expense just to get a lethargic dial-up connection), but too many of the happy users just keep saying "it's perfect, you're imagining the problem". Those players who insist that there is no other side of the story are a major part of the problem.

I'd use it if i had it on PC...

Really? That would be great! Just seeing such awful, sick, twisted mods on the top files lists bothered me in Oblivion. It's sick. Those people should get some help.

I see an NB viewing the thread, I'm curious to see what kind of restrictions to content will be allowed through the steam DL service.

You do realize that getting mods outside of Steam will still be an option, right?

It all depends on what tools they will make available available to manage mod conflicts.

It is an interesting idea, but I'm sure Steam will limit the types of content used on mods, requiring people to still hit up the Nexus. It will also be interesting to see if Steam will support things like texture mods, SKSE and the 4gb fix. All in all, I don't think the Nexus has anything to worry about.

For the record I got a killer virus off the nexus about 2 years ago had to reformat my hard drive and reinstall windows. My lousy Norton didn’t help one bit and I didn’t even click on the crappy blinking adds either, i just opened up a page and it begin to self install. Came here to warn people got blasted like I was my fault. I hate steam worse then anything so I say the hell with it.
Theres nothing left for me here, but I like the past series so much it amuses me to see how it’s evolving.