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STEP will remain a template, a base for a more complex modded Skyrim, or a safe and complete experience itself.
STEP will remain a template, a base for a more complex modded Skyrim, or a safe and complete experience itself.


= S.T.E.P.-Community Citizenship =
=== [[Guide:STEP_Community_Citizenship|S.T.E.P.-Community Citizenship]] ===
=== [[Guide:STEP_Community_Citizenship|S.T.E.P.-Community Citizenship]] ===
A guide detailing our philosophy and recommended best practices for contributing to the community.
A guide detailing our philosophy and recommended best practices for contributing to the community.

Revision as of 07:34, June 10, 2012

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Help us foster an environment that leverages your enthusiasm within a culture of good humor ... and rigorous analysis!

What STEP is about:

  • Texture replacements, vanilla friendly and possibly scalable in quality and performance.
  • Graphical mods (esp's) which also can add new stuff that doesn't interfere with the vanilla feel (lanterns near bridges, for example).
  • Gameplay mods that only enhance a vanilla aspect of Skyrim, bug-free and with minimal edits.
  • Interface mods which improve the menus/UI both in utility and graphics.
  • Sound mods which improve the game atmosphere.
  • Fix mods, like "Unofficial Skyrim Patch" or the "Shadow Striping Fix".

What STEP isn't about:

  • Content mods: new weapons, armors, spells, monsters, npcs, etc (aside from pure aesthetic mods which do not alter the vanilla feel, for example "Birds and Flocks").
  • Gameplay content mods such as new plot lines, quests, races, factions, cities, dungeons, etc.
  • Gameplay mods which add new game mechanincs/features, or that deeply change the vanilla gameworld/gameplay.
  • Texture mods which differ too much from the vanilla feel, even if they're very well done.
  • Music replacers.
  • Overhauls.

This creates a stable STEP foundation. Multiple optional "STEP packs" designed with specific themes, for example a "Hardcore pack" can easily be added to this base. A pack will be a set of mods selected to work together and with STEP to achieve a specific goal (in some cases possibly following less strict guidelines than those listed above).

STEP will remain a template, a base for a more complex modded Skyrim, or a safe and complete experience itself.