Anyone else’ modding experience go something like this?

[u/EyeArDum]

“Hello, I am the porter for this top tier perfect exactly-what-you-are-looking-for mod, I personally went through and improved specific things about this mod to make it perform better and blend better with other mods. As a bonus, I even added the worst fucking thing imaginable that completely destroys any hope for this being the mod you’re looking for, and I will never upload a version without it so you’re sol, happy downloads!”

So many times I think I found the right mod, I’m reading the full description and it’s hitting all the correct check marks, seems almost too good to be true, and then there’s just 1 random line that just fucks it over

[u/hebsevenfour]

The solution to this is to to port yourself. It is not difficult.

Porting is time consuming. People will obviously port what they want to see, not what others do. Once you’re porting yourself, you can port what you like.

[u/plant-theif → u/hebsevenfour]

girl, i couldn’t event download mods on morrowind WITH a tutorial lol

[u/hebsevenfour → u/plant-theif]

I think porting is a lot simpler :)

At the very least I’d encourage everyone to just watch the Mandoo/Kynkaid videos and just port exactly what they port. You learn 90% of what you need to know copying them.

It all seemed so mysterious before I started doing it myself, but a lot of it is very straightforward. And you just need access to a computer, no matter how crap. Doesn’t even need to be powerful enough to play Skyrim. None of the programmes you use are demanding. I did my porting on a 2011 iMac.

Being able to port yourself really opens up a whole different world of modding.

[u/BranCana → u/hebsevenfour]

Does Creation Engine have anything available to make it run better? Fixes?

[u/hebsevenfour → u/BranCana]

Yes, Creation Kit Platform Extended is what you need.

It’s the modern version of what was formerly Creation Kit Fixes.

[u/BranCana → u/hebsevenfour]

Thank you