u/jamesmand

https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en-US/news/skyrim-update-august-20

As expected based on the FO4 update the other day this is mainly changes related to creations. Only real benefits are to console users.

SKSE has been updated: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/30379

UPDATE: Address Library has been updated: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/32444

Something to be aware of though which was posted by meh321:

>There are also other changes made to game code that require plugins to update CommonLib and recompile! So also watch out for individual DLL plugin updates in addition to this and SKSE64 update.

So it looks like all SKSE mods will require updating for the latest version.

While looking to do some comparison between Effects 11 and the latest ENB out of curiosity, I noticed this on the news page of the site: http://enbdev.com/news.html

>The ENBSeries License Agreement has been legally updated under US/UK IP statutes to safeguard our ecosystem and community creators. This revision establishes formal boundaries against malicious technical extraction, unfair competition, and unauthorized brand exploitation, defining clear legal liabilities for non-compliance.

Looking at the details at http://enbdev.com/license_en.htm I saw this:

>The specific naming conventions, parameter structures, variable identifiers (including but not limited to unique tokens such as "AmbientLightingIntensityNight"), and the internal logic arrangement of the ENBSeries configuration files constitute the unique software architecture and intellectual property specification of the Author. Third-party developers are strictly prohibited from developing, distributing, or utilizing automated software, scripts, parsers, or conversion utilities designed to programmatically map, extract, or translate these proprietary parameter names for use in competing, alternative, or open-source software environments. This restriction does not apply to individual Asset Authors who choose to manually adapt, rewrite, or convert their own original configuration values for alternative platforms.

Since the news page mentioned US law (not sure about UK law) this pretty much is invalidated by Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. which says this type of thing is allowed. Not going to go any further into discussion over this, but figured I would point it out as people may be developing their own tools to make tweaks to ENB presets that may behave differently when using Effects 11. You should be in the clear for fair use but might potentially get Boris trying to tell you otherwise.

https://forums.nexusmods.com/topic/13539100-changes-to-downloaded-file-names/page/32/#findComment-130572238

>Hi all,

>Quick update on one of the most-raised points in this thread: getting from a downloaded file back to its mod page.

>If you'd rather not go through a hash lookup, you can now use the unique suffix in the filename to jump straight there. Just take the slug at the end of the name and put it after /mods/:

>https://www.nexusmods.com/mods/{slug}

>For example, a file called PawnCompanion_1.34_9AOxMAVK5.zip has the slug 9AOxMAVK5, so:

>https://www.nexusmods.com/mods/9AOxMAVK5

>That takes you straight back to the mod page.

Instead of going back to the way things were, they are using this as a workaround for getting the mod page for a file that was downloaded.

For those who need to identify downloads using the new naming systems: https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/2026

Nexus has changed how files are named again. They do not include the mod id which makes trying to figure out where files came from really confusing. I just downloaded one that looks like this: HomeAutoSort_1.3_Ks18n0ue8.zip

This is based on what they posted here: https://forums.nexusmods.com/topic/13539100-changes-to-downloaded-file-names/

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/162802

I have had this on my radar for a little while but the author just released version 1.0 so I will likely be adding this to my game now. As indicated by the title, it adds a museum to Whiterun where you can display all sorts of various things you collect in the game. It definitely isn't expansive as LOTD, but that is good in many ways as it is just a museum on its own, nothing more. It does not add quests that might interrupt things which can get annoying if you restart your game every once in a while. It also doesn't add new things to the world other than its entrance so it won't require all sorts of patches to fix object placement and stuff like that. There are separate pages to add content for Creation Club items as well as patches for some other mods as well. Definitely worth checking out for anyone looking for an alternative to LOTD.

https://forums.nexusmods.com/topic/13539100-changes-to-downloaded-file-names/

Anyone wondering why updates to recent mods are missing the mod ID, version, and timestamp in the filename, this is why. It is really messing up managing downloads for some people.

https://forums.nexusmods.com/topic/13539100-changes-to-downloaded-file-names/

Anyone wondering why updates to recent mods are missing the mod ID, version, and timestamp in the filename, this is why. It is really messing up managing downloads for some people.

https://forums.nexusmods.com/topic/13539100-changes-to-downloaded-file-names/

TL;DR - The current change that downloaded files only have the name and are missing the mod ID and version was intentional. They will be bringing back the version number, but not the mod ID or timestamp which were originally there.

I was downloading some updates to mods and some of them don't have the extra numbers at the end like the version number and stuff. I thought it was a MO2 problem so I tried downloading manually and it is still missing the extra numbers. Is this happening to anyone else or is it just me?