How does the modding for this game work?

[post apocalypse otter boi]

While I was at a friend's house and giving fallout 4 a try on his account, I noticed a tab called mods, when I clicked on it I got a logging in screen, and nothing really happened. So is FO4 like Gmod were you can subscribe to mods and it'll be automatically installed for you?

[Bryan=0101]

...no steam workshop here

[post apocalypse otter boi]

Originally posted by 101=5, bryan=5:

...no steam workshop here

but does it have it's own version of it? Why does the mod tab require you to log in if it is just a mod loader?

[AC Denton]

https://bethesda.net/en/mods/fallout4 for the casuals.

Nobody uses Bethesda.net though.
Nexus has all the best mods and support: http://www.nexusmods.com/games/?
Video(s) on how to use Nexus & NMM & get mods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVC31Qu048Q

You need to do this too (Fallout 4 only): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgUbpIzdpGY&t=2s

You should watch MxR & Gopher too to understand what mods can really do: https://www.youtube.com/user/MMOxReview
https://www.youtube.com/user/GophersVids

You can mod all Bethesda games since Morrowind.

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Originally posted by Punished_Penguini:

Originally posted by 101=5, bryan=5:

...no steam workshop here

but does it have it's own version of it? Why does the mod tab require you to log in if it is just a mod loader?

As of the latest version, mods are managed by the game itself. You can either download and install them manually (preferably from http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/), or download from bethesda.net/mods using in-game interface, but either way you must activate them in the load order menu.

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Basically you go to the nexus or your site of choice.
Grab the mod files
Copy pate into your data folder
Then enable them ingame with that mod tab you saw

Not all automated like steam worshop, but nothing more involved than a copy paste and checking a box :)

[post apocalypse otter boi]

Originally posted by Karmaterrorᵁᴷ:

Basically you go to the nexus or your site of choice.
Grab the mod files
Copy pate into your data folder
Then enable them ingame with that mod tab you saw

Not all automated like steam worshop, but nothing more involved than a copy paste and checking a box :)

i see. TBH i was just caught off guard by the fact that you needed to login.

[AC Denton]

Originally posted by Punished_Penguini:

i see. TBH i was just caught off guard by the fact that you needed to login.

You only need to log in if you use Bethesda.net.
Nexus is external.
Bethesda.net mods disable achivements & there's not as many or as good of mods.
It is mostly designed for console players as a way to bring mods to console.

[post apocalypse otter boi]

Originally posted by Anthony Campbell:

Originally posted by Punished_Penguini:

i see. TBH i was just caught off guard by the fact that you needed to login.

You only need to log in if you use Bethesda.net.
Nexus is external.
Bethesda.net mods disable achivements & there's not as many or as good of mods.
It is mostly designed for console players as a way to bring mods to console.

so A pirated copy can still use mods? Cuz playing at my friends house, i am sure he pirated it yet I am also sure he has mods.

[AC Denton]

Yeah, from nexus.

[post apocalypse otter boi]

Originally posted by Anthony Campbell:

Yeah, from nexus.

i see. Also while I got you here, there is something I am wondering about the creator's club thing. Is it posible for people to pirate the CC content? Back before I owned FO3 on steam I bought the base copy at a thrift store and basically downloaded the dlc for free and installed them in the same way as mods. Would such a thing be possible for the creator's club content? Seems like it would be bad if besthsda doesn't do anything about it.

[AC Denton]

Originally posted by Punished_Penguini:

Originally posted by Anthony Campbell:

Yeah, from nexus.

i see. Also while I got you here, there is something I am wondering about the creator's club thing. Is it posible for people to pirate the CC content? Back before I owned FO3 on steam I bought the base copy at a thrift store and basically downloaded the dlc for free and installed them in the same way as mods. Would such a thing be possible for the creator's club content? Seems like it would be bad if besthsda doesn't do anything about it.

Well yeah you can pirate anything.
But CC isn't out so nobody can do it yet, though I'm sure they'll try stop it, but it's unlikely to work.