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Install STEP:Core or STEP:Extended ONLY ... according to the guide, following every detail. Set this as your STEP profile (STEP build). Then once you confirm it works on a new or existing char, copy this profile to a new profile and install your extra mods, then verify this profile (STEP custom build). Also, with MO, you 'install' mods only once according to the build instructions. If the custom build requires that certain STEP mods have different options (see instructions for mods you add beyond STEP), then you would 'install' these mods AGAIN using a slightly different name so that in your MO Mod directory, you might have ./STEP Mod/ and ./STEP Mod (custom)/ ... you never need to install these mods again (aside from updating them as necessary, modifying or overwriting the original in the MO Mod dir). You simply check/uncheck and order them according to the STEP 'install' order for each respective profile.

I updated the Nexus post link to point to forums now

... like the owner :D

I always get the hardware that is at least one gen behind current, as the price drop is usually huge. Current gen prices are often 200-400% what they should be. I am using the radeon 7970, and it works great for all gaming on my system (see sig ... and consider adding your hardware specs to the wiki rather than cramming them all in your sigs, guys/gals! That is why we have this feature ;) )

Seems like Carl Sagan is a pretty strong proponent of the idea that 'agnosticism' is the only logical, non-faith-based position. To 'believe' in or disbelieve in God is a 'faith' position either way. I agree with Carl ... nobody knows, so taking either extreme position seems futile to me ;) ... but whatever floats yer boat, I say. Live & let live.

Drunk (alcohol buzzed) does not increase MY creativity at all ... Mary Jane and hallucinogenics do though ;) Try writing/drawing or playing a musical instrument drunk, and then try again stoned ... big difference i think.

Yes, it really is banter, isn't it? This topic just died out, as I think we all agreed to disagree ... there are plenty more though ;)

I'm not really worried about the truth (in the context of known truths versus exploration currently in the realm of metaphysics), because I already know it ... and I know when I don't know it, and by definition, actual truth isn't subjective, but it is subjectively interpreted. I am only worried about what certain influential other people (not anybody here ... think politics/corporations/Hollywood) conclude as the truth, because we all make decisions based upon what we 'believe' to be the truth. Magical thinking is the subjective jump that 'faith' allows, giving us an open door to dismissing our ignorance of the truth as something for a higher power to manage for us. Sometimes, this can halt further pursuit of explanation and mental growth (i.e., innovation & creativity) ... at the societal level when persons of influence base their decisions on certain flawed assumptions of the real truth or its dismissal altogether. Yeah, so I am probably a bit too hell bent on being 'right' ... but I had a Subway recently, so it's OK ;) Also, "... [i discovered for myself that these things] are the stuff of dreams" is the full context, so it is not stated as an absolute for anyone but me ... just my subjective metaphysical interpretation of the logically inexplicable @Sparrow So your belief in ghosts does not concern me at all, especially if it sparks your persistence and creativity

It could be done, but I don't see this as any priority, since we have the main list all prettied up on the main page. I'll keep it in mind though and possibly implement a solution in the future (after we consolidate all guides and get the most relevant updated).

in my view, HRDLC = vanilla, but I get your point, Sparrow. I refer to vanilla as a function of style rather than a function of resolution or size. And yes, "base vanilla" are 4x smaller than "HRDLC vanilla" (not 2x).

@MonoAccipiter 'God' (the christian proper noun, not the generic term that can be applied to the "supreme being" of any religion) DOES seem to be mostly depicted as an old, bearded white man (like Zeus), no matter the culture (including non-white cultures). I have not done an exhaustive study on this, but I have observed in to be true in my world travels (I have been around). Just a personal observation, not a fact. I think it is funny albeit a bit sad though. Agree that EVERYTHING has a logical explanation ... I meant that some assumptions are leaps to magical thinking rather than rational explanation (e.g., my toast has the image of Jesus, so this must be a purposeful sign that God is speaking to me; the universe is so functionally complex, so God must have created it [because I cannot understand the rational hypotheses that might explain it]; I hear sounds and see inexpiable things in the Forbidden Forest, so these are most likely ghosts.). By "faith based" I mean the literal interpretation, not the religious one. I don't recognize the concept of 'faith' personally, although I understand that many people rely on it to explain what they don't understand. I just admit my own ignorance and insignificance :P Finally, 'metaphysics'; etymologically should mean "the physics of physics", and it seems a worthy endeavor, simply because it is impossible to rationalize some of the most fundamental properties of the universe (e.g., aspects of quantum physics really could be considered a branch of metaphysics, it would seem to me). Exploring/hypothesizing/testing possibilities seems essentially objective and constructive, but jumping to conclusions with magical thinking is purely subjective. I really wish there were ghosts and magic though, and I have been very disappointed since I discovered for myself that these things are the stuff of dreams :(

@Pretendeavor Agree. The human mind makes many predisposed assumptions and 'inserts' missing information according to the individual's expectations ... all of us do this, and we all are predisposed to seeing nothing and chalking it up to something. There are lots of examples of this from very simple (reading 'infromation' as 'information') to very profound (seeing a figure in the mist). Brain Games is a show that illustrates many examples that will probably surprise most of you ;) @Sparrow & MonoAccipiter I mean 'God' as that term is almost always invoked (and capitalized to illustrate): The conscious entity that (supposedly) created all life and thinks in terms like us (and is most often depicted as an old, wise, white man with a beard, no matter the culture) ... or any other conscious entity that supposedly acts with purpose. If either/both of you mean 'god', then I agree that there MUST be a 'god' (a non-purposeful, non-human-like-thinking entity/state/phenomenon/consciousness. Again, to believe in ghosts confers a belief in 'God' and other faith-based 'realities', since all of the evidence of 'ghosts' have logical explanations ... Occam's razor applies to everything in my view ... and those rare inexplicable things/events are so because we have not yet learned enough about our rational universe to properly postulate their rational explanations :P aliens = logical 'fact' ghosts = irrational assumption (a faith-based belief) ... not that there is anything wrong with this ... I am simply a non-subscriber ;)

Ghosts: no way. Need to believe in God to even begin to accept the possibility ... Aliens: Certainly. In an (essentially) infinite universe, there are an infinite number of stars and an infinite number of solar systems and an infinite number of 'habitable' solar systems and an infinite number of Earths ... and an infinite number of alien civilizations ... ... no matter how small the probability of their existence. Infinity is infinite, so probability does not even compute.

Categories pages don't work like what you want as far as layout/descriptions go. These pages simply list all pages marked as [Category:Guides] ... the Main Page lists our most relevant guides with descriptions, so we already have this (may need to update the MP though to show/hide guides/descriptions as appropriate). I think the Category:Guides page is very easy to scan and is a convenient reference to all guides properly categorized. I don't see any issue at all other than maybe creating a subcat to house all 'outdated'/'defunct' guides that are no longer maintained. The only reason to create a subcat is to break up a large list into logical sublists ... we don't have THAT many guides at present to justify breaking up (other than cordoning off defunct guides). The guide subcats we currently have are used to logically associate some clearly distinct guide types and guide sections.

The forum topic link at the top of the wiki mod page of the mod in question ;)

Mod priority (left pane) only dictates what assets result from the final mod-asset merge. plugin priority (LOOT) is different and dictates what plugin instructions result in the final plugin merge. You don't need to change anything other than what I said in my last.

No, just download/install then situate the standard version in your left pane in MO, then untick performance version (or remove/ininstall it to save space). That is the beauty of MO. Tick/untick mod in left pane to install/uninstall, and situate priority to control what overwrites.

These mods both pertain to STEP, so separating them does not make sense. You just need to pay attention to the mod names as indicated in the instructions for each mod. Many Nexus mods contain various files used for different purposes relating to the corresponding Nexus mod, so it is not unique.

Yes, this does work. Never noticed that before o_O

Please do not add a 'testing' tag for mods in testing ... use the TESTING prefix tag so that there is a visual marker (edit post > use full editor). This also effectively adds the 'testing' tag. The addon for tags & prefixes does not capture changes to existing tags (or maybe even new tags) immediately. It takes a day or two ... or a week, but changes eventually update with the tag search functionality. It is an issue with the IPB tags search functionality and buggy integration of AT&P addon ... works, but not immediate.

yes, performance version will do nicely until we get the standard version uploaded

Yes, Copy works too. I am glad I am grandfathered in with DB though ;) Hope the fires subside without further event.

Actually, it works fine: ... simply place the image into the DB 'Public' folder, then "Copy Public Link" then place URL into the popup window that comes up using the image icon in the editor ;)

Correct. There is no reason to modify the existing template, so I am reverting the changes to reduce the redundancy. Simply use wiki markup to bold within any template just like normal. I also noticed two colors were switched, which is not desirable, because it messes up the appearance of much of the existing markup. Modify new usage to adjust colors, not the template. Numbered parameters were replaced with named parameters in order to eliminate the need to use an '=' sign within templates, which is a problem when including a URL within, say, a Notice.

agree that we should not be including mods or settings that are redundant with ENBoost, since ENBoost is required. We will need to ensure that all ENBoost settings account for those missing mods/settings though, so let us know what you find, Grant