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Well, I'm an 'older' white male, and I can say for sure that I feel inherently judged as 'guilty' for being so. I deem all 'groups' as potentially dangerous and most people as 'sheep' desperately yearning for some group to which they can affiliate to bolster their sense of belonging and self esteem. Don't get me wrong ---not all groups are 'bad'. STEP is a group, but I feel like we are NOT pushing a social agenda or targeting any other groups --these are the groups I have a problem with. I am proudly UNaffiliated with any such group (scientific creationists, American Atheists, religions, churches, social justice, LGBT, BLM, Greenpeace, feminists, white nationalists, Democrats, Republicans ... gag me with a fork). They are all group manifestations of low self esteem/awareness, IMHO. I think all movement-oriented groups are doomed to bureaucratic 'drift' and 'distortion' from their original purpose --even if that purpose began with noble intentions. I think it's really narrow minded for anyone to affiliate with a particular social movement or group agenda ... unless entertainment is the sole motivator (dancing, D&D, bridge, sports, etc.). While I think all people should have equal rights, I also think that feminism was the beginning of the end. Humans need their mothers when they are developing their personalities. Fathers are --on average-- pretty worthless at nurture. When moms mostly decided that they should have their own careers to prop up their egos to compete with men, the kids all began paying for it. The result is a bunch of wandering idiots without any sense of self or center or independence. A world of mostly judgemental egotists hiding behind power and achievement and narcissism. EDIT: to clarify, as it was pointed out to me that it may sound like I am bashing women above as the "wandering idiots". I am most definitely NOT. I am referring to our society as an increased number of insecure, ill-informed, narcissistic individuals that were largely raised by strangers in daycare because both their mother and father were too busy focusing on the goals of ambition ... propping up their careers for the sake of little more than ego and the thought that happiness is achieved by impressing society. This does not apply to single moms or families that are trying to make ends meet! I am specifically talking about the increasing numbers of feministic women that make competing with men a self-defining priority in their lives ... at the expense of familial stability in exchange for prestige and ego-stroking ... just like a man. Isn't it bad enough already that roughly half of our society has traditionally been like this? Adding women to that mix means that they are not able to as effectively balance the scales with responsibility and grounding as has traditionally been the case ... i am generalizing with all of this speak, yes, so don't think I am speaking about YOU! This is mainly a problem I personally see with US culture and Western culture in general. Capitalism and corporate influence as the primary drivers of social stratification. I gave up on humanity long ago, but I really like some people :)

The site css on the server houses those elements. Skip H5 if you don't like it and use H6. The underlines serve a purpose in various guides.

OK, got it ... to each his own then ;)

OK, I can understand that ;) Thanks

"Water", meaning Sparrow's mod? If you can name that texture, maybe we can check and mention this to him, especially if it is an unaltered vanilla normal that somehow snuck into his mod.

Can't really say any of you is 'wrong', but I have never had any issue with MO ticking/unticking anything without me doing so explicitly when switching/creating profiles. I understand that it may be a bit noisy if you have many different profile-specific versions of mods installed, but when switching profiles, in left pane, all ticked mods appear first in the profile-specific order I have set, and unticked mods follow. I run LOOT after switching profiles each time (I "OCD" running LOOT, since it is so easy). I would MUCH rather use profiles than multiple installs, personally :) I also don't see any benefit in "backing up" load order ... isn't that info tied to and saved in the profile?? If not, isn't it simple to run LOOT each time profiles or plugin list changes? Am I missing something fundamental, or are we just dealing with personal preferences here?

So were you able to see your texture after changing your install order (or priority order if using MO)?

Using multiple instances of MO is unnecessary. Use profiles. Start with your master package list of downloaded mods in the right pane (applicable to all profiles) and begin installing/prioritizing these for your default/base profile. Get that totally installed/verified/finalized, and then begin work on a second profile. If mod options differ between profiles, simply reinstall the applicable mod with different options under a different name ("WAF" becomes "WAF - Requiem", for example), and tick/untick the appropriate version in the left pane for the corresponding profile. This way, you have some redundancy at the mod level rather than nearly 100%. Also much simpler to manage. I have many profile-specific versions of some mods installed, depending on the profile context, and it works as it should. Backing up load order also seems unnecessary unless custom rules vary between profiles. Just run LOOT each time you load a different profile. When done properly (i.e., no human error involved), then this method is reliable ... MO does its job correctly.

OK, thanks for confirming ... take your time, by all means ;)

the MO mod page has basic info on initial setup, so I think that is fine, too. Adding in more info about a particular use case (e.g., reconfiguring mod packages) arguably sets a precedent to include minutia for all kinds of things on mod pages, so I can see Grant's POV. ... it may be better not to reactively make changes based on the POV of a single person about a single use case ;)

Agree that a QSG could be useful if anyone wants to create it. I see the Mod page as the ideal place for this (with link to main guide). Neb's instruction would fit in nicely with all other MO FAQ

@Neb Yes the mod page is what I meant, since that is our basic instruction for installing/using MO. Either way, I don't think instructions on package reconfiguration through MO is really necessary anywhere but in the main MO guide, since MO walks the user through this when it encounters non-standard package configs. Maybe a note when there is something really wierd though, like a plugin residing in some package subfolder, etc.

If a mod is packaged in an unexpected way, MO will bring up the manual selection window during install. I vote to remove all such notes from mod pages and ensure that generic instructions for this type of install is in the MO quick-start guide ... this would resolve the consistency issue.

Correct. Mod suggestions get their own topics, period ... that way each mod gets proper attention (and we benefit from new mod info). mention of other competing mods, like "I prefer this over that" is fine, but actual suggestions are a perfect opportunity to either create the new mod topic or post over there if it already exists. Also, MAs don't need to put down other MAs' work ... they only need to promote their own. In fact, I would only lurk to answer open questions and correct false assumptions without even broaching others' work ;)

Should we be looking for this at the Assimilation Lab? Still in dev? You will post link when available?

Wiki is loading fine for me now ... thanks!

Slowness pertains only to the wiki and has to do with recent spike in wiki-page requests. As s4n stated, a fix is under development for implementation this weekend, which should resolve the wiki issue until we ramp up a new server later this year.

It is customizable but would require editing the forum PHP code directly I think. Not something we plan on implementing unless when we move to upgrade the forum software, which will not be for awhile.

We removed edit post ability, due to abuse on several occasions by multiple members. This encourages more careful posting, anyway. Tech plans to post an announcement with some details on the change and resolution for those with a legitimate need.

True. The wording in that post threads the needle. Editing as I have done in yellow would clarify the distinction. I will comment in the OP to clarify our position, thanks.

I agree with Tech & Mono (not that it matters ethically that I agree or not ... but I guess it matters in terms of moderating behavior on these forums ;) ). Everyone is allowed an opinion. I don't think opinions qualify as being ethical or unethical ... this would seem applicable only to actions. BUT ... it does approach a breach of ethics if a well-known or influential personality states a particular opinion that corresponds to actions that would be unethical. I don't see Synth's posts as anything more than potentially agreeable/disagreeable. @krypto STEP advocates respect an adherence to copyright (EDIT: but DY makes a valid point about copyright 'abuse' in some cases maybe)... and we also advocate open modding. The two are not mutually exclusive, as you know. And by letting Synth express his/her opinions, STEP is not advocating for them either way.

I don't think so. The latest software is not Catalyst, so the only AMD guide I am seeing is still the CCC guide. It is still almost 100% accurate in defining the settings, but the interface in the images is no longer accurate. I will see about updating it in the near future. EDIT: OK, I found it ... Radeon Settings Guide ... I will pitch in and help out to align it with the previous guide and the STEP guide.

Still really slow for me right now. Might want to check MySQL (DB size) and caching. Pingdom tests are not so good.

Some pages load fast, and others load very slow ... behavior is inconsistent, because a page that loaded fast a minute ago can load very slow at present, and vice versa. I texted s4n about it.

Yes, sluggish in past 30 min for me too. I am guessing that the backup was/is in progress and that it will be back up to normal speeds shortly. I had thought s4n changed the time/freq of that process, but not sure.