Best site for X4 mods: here or nexus?

[Itharus]

Title really. Just wondering which is the more robust option, for when that playthrough eventually comes.

[redeyedraven]

For convenience if you're only *using* mods, Workshop.

If you want to make your own edits more easily without having them overwritten by workshop automatic re-download, you want to go with nexusmods.


Also, a few mods are exclusively on the workshop, some are exclusively on nexusmods right now. So it's best to check both every now and then.

[Itharus]

Hhm. Can you use a mod from both at the same time? I've never tried that in any game.

[eMYNOCK]

just to mention it... there is a sticky at the very top (i know, nobody reads stickies) that includes a link to a relatively accurate list of mods.

[Bozz 💀]

I use them all, I have mods from steam workshop, nexus and egosoft official forum, they are mods that you can only find on the forum.

I have around 145 Mods installed and no issues so far.

[Chip56]

you can use mods from either source. So you could use mod A from Nexus and Mod B from workshop at the same time assuming those specific mods dont conflict (like both changing the same thing in different ways as in A makes ships cheaper and B the same onesmore expensive)

[Duke Flapjack]

Get yourself Vortex off of the Nexus. That'll allow you to keep everything updated. I've got stuff from both although there are seemingly only a handful of things that are not on the workshop.

[Oddible]

Originally posted by Itharus:

Title really. Just wondering which is the more robust option, for when that playthrough eventually comes.

FYI, the general consensus is that you should NOT use mods on your first play through. Get a feel for the game first. Remember it is a very diverse audience that plays this so mods often satisfy various niche plays, even popular ones. Many of us, like myself, with over a thousand hours into the game play vanilla. I've tried a bunch of mods and may add a couple next play through but they aren't necessary. Add the mods to support your play style.

[Bozz 💀]

Yeah don't use mods for the first game, I have played vanilla for 600 hours before I installed my first mod, vanilla is very good !
Most mods modify the game in certain ways because people want something to be different (more combat, less combat... slower or faster pace, construction etc...)
you can't really know what you want to modify if you have not played the game.

[Itharus]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

just to mention it... there is a sticky at the very top (i know, nobody reads stickies) that includes a link to a relatively accurate list of mods.

LOL thanks... sorry... my eyes usually slide right off of stickies. In most places they are just news (outdated news at that), warnings, rules, and assorted things folks don't really care about anyway. Which makes one wonder what goes through the mind of whoever stickied that stuff. I'll have a look.

[Itharus]

Originally posted by Oddible:

Originally posted by Itharus:

Title really. Just wondering which is the more robust option, for when that playthrough eventually comes.

FYI, the general consensus is that you should NOT use mods on your first play through. Get a feel for the game first. Remember it is a very diverse audience that plays this so mods often satisfy various niche plays, even popular ones. Many of us, like myself, with over a thousand hours into the game play vanilla. I've tried a bunch of mods and may add a couple next play through but they aren't necessary. Add the mods to support your play style.

Wasn't planning on it for a while. I mean, maybe if I saw a nice reskin or something for the characters or the like. But wasn't planning on using anything particularly game altering until after a good run was had. Just getting my ducks in a row.

[eMYNOCK]

Originally posted by Itharus:

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

just to mention it... there is a sticky at the very top (i know, nobody reads stickies) that includes a link to a relatively accurate list of mods.

LOL thanks... sorry... my eyes usually slide right off of stickies. In most places they are just news (outdated news at that), warnings, rules, and assorted things folks don't really care about anyway. Which makes one wonder what goes through the mind of whoever stickied that stuff. I'll have a look.

well... i can tell you when i stickied the MODs and how to install non-steam Mods Topic i had in mind that people won't have to scroll through a myriad of pages to find it... same with the patchnotes, rules, etc.

news have their own subsection in this forum