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With the latest binaries for ENB, it seems like the specular settings aren't anything for giving the environment & characters a glossy look. I've tried as low as 0.254, but increasing the settings doesn't seem to change anything anymore.

Does anyone know where I would get the flaccid .nif for this? I've been trying to find it in this and the normal SoS, yet the nifs are all the erect versions.   This is for underwear modeling.

  Mother of spoiler.   I loved that game though, buggy, but the best gaming experience I've had this year.   sorry about going off topic, just trying to lighten the mood.

  I'm not angry, and I'm sorry if I offended you. Your previous post made you seem like narcissistic type of person with the "company owes customers nothing" way of thinking. That's why I made that statement because it's honestly a corporation that I would stay far away from if it had that mindset. It's basically looking at customers as numbers and not as people.   I don't have my pitchforks out for this, in fact I agree on things coming out from both ends.   The last example is a bad example honestly, because this is case where people think that they should voice themselves on something to come to a better solution. Your example says that the playground is being torn down, but I don't believe that is the case. In this case, people just want to have that playground tweaked and improved because it's not working in it's current state. Just to throw out an idea, Patreon/Youtube are very good example of a system that would work better than systems. Perhaps there may be some tweaking required, but I'm sure it would work much better than this system.   If people sat and said nothing, everything would be assumed to be okay, no, people have a complete right to say what's on their mind.   As pointed out multiple times, there is a difference in speaking their mind against the right source and the wrong one. Targeting mod authors themselves is obviously not good.

  Well, to remove the term "mod maker" out of the equation, they're people just like anyone lol. They could have it just as bad if not worse.   My main questions if this sticks around:   - Since the system relies on users donating for access, is there any possibility that a mod (or mods) can be cut?   This makes me think about the creative benefits of this as people would develop things that catch the most interest right? Rather than develop things out of something they would like to see and share it (while benefiting from it) it's an aim for what's popular.   I'm avoiding morals on this, but doesn't this have a large possibility to reduce creativity? This is something that Valve seems to think that this will bring.

  That's interesting, thanks for linking that. 

  Nothing, other than they're producing content for money. Although this comes at a price of being subjected to modder/customer relationship.   I honestly don't know how their life is, and admittedly after giving some thought about it I can see why they would do it.    If I was at that level of skill now, I would personally not take my craft there though. The way that the system is set I can't see anyway an author can "win" even if they receive business.   What I'm saying is, it doesn't seem sustainable for someone who needs money to pursue something else.      I also saw your edit, and I understand. I still remember what happened to Isoku and Chesko, mainly Chesko since he's disappeared now. Afterwards it went down the line.    

  Well, since there is one on Nexus right now, I've personally donated to 3 people, 4 if you count Dark0ne.   I don't have much money, I'm not rich or even middle class. I try to do what I can with what little I have. There are people with far more who may have not done it, but I digress.   I may not be able to donate in the "now", but I try to when I can. Unfortunately I am a person who has been taken to the responsibility of a head household I'm not even an adult, nor do I have kids. I wish I could donate to even more than I have, but it's a big number. The things I can give as alternatives to money I cannot give because most of the authors are outside of the US.   I honestly feel like (and I'm not trying to step on anyone's toes here), when people say "modders have to pay bills too", but it's the same for the people on the other side as well. I'm still not saying that they don't deserve anything, but life is crazy for others too.   I have my own question too, do people consider some donations as acceptable donations? Like, if I even give you a $1, would that make the person angry because it was a small donation?

  Where to start..   #1 You need to understand that this isn't about businesses owing anyone anything. This is about good and bad business. What Valve is doing right now is terrible business.    If you treat your customers like shit, you may not see your business fall in the short term, but it will bite you in the ass later. Customers are what make a corporation, Valve, Bethesda, Rockstar, everybody.   Without customers, these corporations/companies would be nothing.     #2 No-one is saying anything is wrong with someone receiving money for doing what they like doing. The problem is that people are becoming blinded by money. Money is a means, nothing more, that is all it is.      #3 Valve has taken this approach in a terrible way. It doesn't even help that the CEO of the company clearly does not care, but this has been obvious before anyway.         Truly, if you ran a company I would have nothing to do with it, because your attitude to how other people feel is absolutely horrendous. 

  Hm, let's not forgot it could be people with intent to support the author. That author did make nice equipment.   They might not be aware that the author is on the short end of the stick though.

Out of all comments I've seen, this one took the cake. I can't say I don't believe it, but wow.       "Money is how the community steers work."   - Gaben 2015

I really want to know, how in the bloody hell did they even generate $10k?   That's if he isn't lying.   Who is buying this stuff?

  Wow, that's an interesting turn.

  Thanks for posting that video, I thought it was refreshing analysis as a whole.   It's actually really sad as it makes me think about how society has been conditioned today.

  This was indeed confirmed.   According to Chesko it wasn't too long ago that they were contacted and placed under an NDA after agreement.   So Bethesda/Valve likely had this on their mind for who knows how long.

  Yeah, I'm not sure if that something is a blessing or a curse.   Maybe both.

  Very true, it really is irksome.   I just don't understand the recent points coming up.   - "Modders deserve money for all the time spent slaving to make mods for others."   Which doesn't make sense considering that most authors I know made mods for themselves. They just happened to decide to share it with others and updated it if they saw errors/room for improvement. Eventually, authors would band together to make larger projects or improve each others work. That is the beauty of how the community is.    When authors submit their mods to Steam, they are now in a legal contract to provide support for their mods. This is basically working for Valve/Bethesda at a low cut. They end up profiting off of your work while doing nothing.    They also make more off of your own work than you do.   So now they will become the slaves that they never were.         *Not saying that people do not deserve anything. Money is not the only way to reward someone, which a lot of people fail to realize.

  There was a lot of drama when Hatred was removed from Steam Greenlight.    It was put back on. So Valve ended up ruling in favor of the community. This is still nothing compared to the current situation.

  That is only one of a longer list of potential side effects of this.    Game developers can potentially cut down games (even further) and release them on Steam. Then they can sit back and partake in the cut with Valve.   I believe this was a good illustration of it.   https://i.imgur.com/ZMTfcjk.jpg

  Not to completely disregard your post, but Isoku also issued a statement.   http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/articles/50134/?

  Please don't start this again, doing that will solve nothing.

Just wanted to say thank you for your continued DMRA works.

  Right, I really do not want to see money lead to the ruin of a community.    From Isoku's latest article on Nexus, I can understand him wanting to obtain attention. My thing is, is there really that many people using the Steam Workshop for mods? I cannot fathom how people deal with using it.   That is also one of my gripes about this turn of events.

  In short, it is now DLC.