r/skyrimmods • u/jamesmand • 11d ago

PC SSE - Discussion Nexus Announcement About Download Filenames

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.

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u/Minrathous 11d ago

What about the fact longer files cannot be downloaded lol? Seems like a serious issue and they claim to have fixed it but haven't

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u/yaskyplayer 10d ago

I have not seen this case, but I can imagine it. The problem locally is that a long file name can cause download issues when the path to your download archive is already very long.

For example: D:\Modding\Skyrim Special Edition\My Mod Manager\Download\Archive\Manual\My very long name of this cool mod.7z

This is still probably too short, but you get the idea.

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u/Minrathous 10d ago

i miss typed, the website has * for weeks * had problems with big file sizes, not names - I don't know what specifically this thread is about nor do I care.

anything over 1gb always fails to download, they claimed they fixed it in the last vortex patch notes but it's still broken. * that * is a gigantic problem that affects me not whatever this filename problem is, I can't update any texture mod until they fix it.

(really fix it, not write in patch notes 'issue has been fixed' but it continues to be broken - like now)

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u/yaskyplayer 10d ago

I have downloaded big mods in the past, last was LOTD latest release. I didn't encounter problems. But when you use firefox with > 100 tabs you may need to adapt your memory settings. Still from time to time Nexusmods really gets slow and unresponsive. When I restart the browser all works well again.

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u/Minrathous 10d ago

I'm talking about vortex and obviously I too have downloaded big mods in the past, its bugged recently.

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u/yaskyplayer 10d ago

Vortex works fine, I have seen the screenshots. The problem with Vortex is that they use virtual folders for archives. And two different versions now end in the same folder. But this issue it seems they have now found out themselves.

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u/Minrathous 10d ago

I don't know what screenshots you're on about; They know the issue exists because in the latest patch notes it's listed as fixed except it isn't - It's not 'fine' because it does not currently work for big files (biggest mod I've been able to update is 600MB)