Wow, nice work Dave !
What did Viper is huge work too.
I'll try to comment, step by step.
From post: 182077, Topic: tid=12162, author=DaveK wrote:The forum isn't really designed for maintaining lists like this so I started a Word Doc version - the idea was to have it posted to download and keep it up to date!
It depends, if it's only categories (hud, cockpit, ...) with links, a sticky forum post is enough.
For more details, more pagination, a word file is better indeed. But having to download it is not really practical.
Why not uploading it to google Docs so it's viewable online, without any software ? (and easier to edit with multiple people).
From post: 182077, Topic: tid=12162, author=DaveK wrote:
I also started collecting all the mods I could get my hands on so they didn't disappears if a player stopped hosting them - at the moment it's 4Gb+. I also got sidetracked trying to test which are EM, EMII and EM+EMII compatible as requested!
I had the same idea, haha ! I think it's nice to do that. Checking for compatibility must be a pain though...
From post: 182077, Topic: tid=12162, author=DaveK wrote:A list be itself isn't as useful as it might be - names like 'Vipers HUD/HUD(1)/HUD(2)/Perch don't make it easy to choose! - so I started a 'catalogue' with an illustration of each 'pure' HUD, (to also include star fields, nebulae, asteroids, maps etc)though I know many people have produced their own customised HUD's using a pick&mix approach. Loading a HUD, loading the game, getting a picture, leaving the game ... rinse and repeat - and try to find the original creator(s) to acknowledge (especially difficult if it was a pick&mix)
Yes you are right, screenshots sells mods :p People won't install random. The first time I saw the Perch cockpit + a custom HUD (youtube video), oh my... I was sold ! But I wouldn't had the idea to test each mod to find a good one, indeed...
From post: 182077, Topic: tid=12162, author=DaveK wrote:
The whole project started to feel that it was more effort than it was worth since players appeared to settle on a HUD and other bits they liked and perhaps modded the HUD a bit and then stuck with it, so I wondered about zipping the whole lot of mods divided in folders or perhaps creating an ISO file and posting it on SeeJay's website. - though 4Gb might be too much of an imposition
Yes, so little players, so much efforts. Not worth the time, imho
From post: 182077, Topic: tid=12162, author=DaveK wrote:
The number of new mods for EMII seems to have nearly dried up and no-one seems to be playing EM so perhaps a file list of EMII compatible mods (Doc or PDF??) + zipped download/ISO might be manageable.
You speak the truth
Here are some ideas :
1)Maybe just having an online MOD list, with links to originals forum posts and, if we can get some without too much hassle, some screenshots, would be enough for newcomers.
And most important,
this list should be sticky on the MOD sub-forum, so newbie like me would find them easily, and the time spent building this list would not be wasted and burried down the forum.
2) I could make a "STEAM GUIDE" on STEAM, in english. For those who don't know, it's something the steam community can see when browsing the specific game on steam, and can easily read.
It even have a "mod" category. I did it with the french translation (made by FTH team), so more people could see it.
) it never bubbled back up again! The number of new mods for EMII seems to have nearly dried up and no-one seems to be playing EM so perhaps a file list of EMII compatible mods (Doc or PDF??) + zipped download/ISO might be manageable.
