thommaal

Yes, more complex, and at first, I was reluctant to follow the guide but I can already tell that it was time spent well. A week ago, I had absolutely no idea how DDSopt works and I was grateful that Neo had posted easier to follow instructions. And I still am. But, skylord, if you start with the Vanilla Guide and follow it through, you get to know the characteristics of the varying texture types and come to understand what settings you need to choose to get the desired result. When you continue on to mod optimization, the guide is giving you detailed instructions for a handful of mods that present distinct challenges to optimization. And since you will find the same challenges repeated in many other mods, you have accumulated the knowledge to tackle them as well. It's still trial and error to find the best optimization, and body and face mods seem to be particularly prickly - but the guide gives you the foundation to test specific settings and .. suspect why you screwed up this time. The team that continually improves the DDSopt Guide deserves a medal.

If this isn't the right place to add suggestions, I'd appreciate it if you could redirect me to the proper forum/thread. 1. Automatically add a visual clue if files are hidden in a mod On occasion, I prefer a texture from an earlier placed mod, so I hide the file that overrides it later. At the moment, I add a note that tells me what I did so that I don't forget to unhide a file when my mod structure changes. But it would be great if there was an automatically generated visual clue whenever files are hidden: a different mod name colour, or an icon (a ghost maybe, or a crossed circle, an "x" - doesn't matter). That way, anyone who uses this feature would be reminded to check the mod carefully before switching mods. 2. Rename downloaded mods in the downloads-column Generally, the names of files reflect the name of the mod. But not always. Especially optional files often lack a clear reference to the corresponding main file. Luckily, MO allows the renaming of files in the download folder and "Query Info" adds neccessary meta-information. It would be more convenient, however, if we could rename the files in the download column and the already present correct meta-information would be automatically associated with the new file name. And in case it needs to be said: these are suggestions, not demands. I appreciate the work that went into the development of MO as much as the result.