Feature(Workshop): Mark a mod as obsolete

[Kheryo]

Oftentimes, a modder stops working on a game and moves on, and the game later gets updated with breaking changes that require updates from certain mods.
Currently, the only way to know whether a mod is obsolete is to check the comments. When you're browsing through a list of 300+ mods, this gets old quick.

It would be useful to allow regular steam users to tag a mod as "obsolete" or "needs update", and with sufficient votes:
- the mod is displayed as "obsolete" in the workshop mod list
- the mod is displayed as "obsolete" in all collections that include it
- a notification is sent to the mod author

This would allow both prospective players and collection maintainers to more easily manage their modlists as a game's update cycle progresses, while calling modders to action on a game update they might have missed.

[Kheryo]

Quick addendum : To prevent abuse, you could only allow obsolescence votes under two conditions :
- There has been a game update more than a week ago
- There have been no updates to the mod since the latest game update

[Lily McFluffy Butt]

Originally posted by Kheryo:

Quick addendum : To prevent abuse, you could only allow obsolescence votes under two conditions :
- There has been a game update more than a week ago
- There have been no updates to the mod since the latest game update

A third condition is that there has to be proof the mod doesn't work.

[Kheryo]

Originally posted by Lily McFluffy Butt:

Originally posted by Kheryo:

Quick addendum : To prevent abuse, you could only allow obsolescence votes under two conditions :
- There has been a game update more than a week ago
- There have been no updates to the mod since the latest game update

A third condition is that there has to be proof the mod doesn't work.

That won't work.
Who is supposed to provide said proof ?
More importantly, who is supposed to review, and validate said proof ?
The players are what you're trying to protect your system against with this condition.
The modders are speculated to be MIA
The steam moderators can not spend their days testing mods.

[cinedine]

Leave a comment stating it doesn't work anymore.

Having something like this up to the community will do no good. You will soon see groups burying anything someone they don't agree with did, you will see it used for harrassing and you will likely hear about it being used in blackmailing. "Nice mod you have, a shame if my botnet would mark it as obsolete".

So yeah

Originally posted by Lily McFluffy Butt:

A third condition is that there has to be proof the mod doesn't work.

This would be an absolute must.

[Kheryo]

Originally posted by cinedine:

*snip*

Originally posted by Lily McFluffy Butt:

A third condition is that there has to be proof the mod doesn't work.

This would be an absolute must.

I'll repeat, but if you want this to be done, and to be efficient, please provide an implementation method.
I don't see how this can be achieved efficiently, and increased efficiency was the goal of my suggestion.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Vote it down, leave a comment and move on.

[Kheryo]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Vote it down, leave a comment and move on.
:qr:

That's the currently established system.
I'm trying to provide an idea to help people update their modlists efficiently when updating / returning to a game without having to manually sift through hundreds of mods by clicking each individual one and checking the comments to see if they need to unsubscribe.

[cinedine]

Originally posted by Kheryo:

Originally posted by cinedine:

*snip*


This would be an absolute must.

I'll repeat, but if you want this to be done, and to be efficient, please provide an implementation method.
I don't see how this can be achieved efficiently, and increased efficiency was the goal of my suggestion.

You cannot.
Even on the Steam store you have a report button that will trigger an investigation by support.

What's wrong with leaving a comment and the being slowly phased into obscurity? Personally I think that having no such system is better than having one that invites abuse.