ZOS releasing a built in addon manager?

richo262 · January 11

I can only assume that console addons will be hosted officially via a ZOS platform similar to how Skyrim/Fallout/Starfield mods work.

A byproduct of this was PC mods are also hosted by Bethesda and accessed via your Bethesda account.

Does this mean we might have competition to Minion on PC too?

Beilin_Balreis_Colcan · January 11

Skryim mods aren't limited to the Bethesda ones selectable via the in-game UI, though. The last few times I played Skyrim, I never even installed any of the Bethesda-hosted mods, instead I used Mod Organizer 2 which is **an** equivalent of Minion for ESO.

Sakiri · January 11

I never go anywhere but nexus for mods. I don't even install the unofficial patch anymore.

Masteroshi430 · January 11

richo262 wrote: »

I can only assume that console addons will be hosted officially via a ZOS platform similar to how Skyrim/Fallout/Starfield mods work.

A byproduct of this was PC mods are also hosted by Bethesda and accessed via your Bethesda account.

Does this mean we might have competition to Minion on PC too?

They said to us addon authors: Only for consoles, no plans on doing that for PC for now.

richo262 · January 11

Masteroshi430 wrote: »

richo262 wrote: »

I can only assume that console addons will be hosted officially via a ZOS platform similar to how Skyrim/Fallout/Starfield mods work.

A byproduct of this was PC mods are also hosted by Bethesda and accessed via your Bethesda account.

Does this mean we might have competition to Minion on PC too?

They said to us addon authors: Only for consoles, no plans on doing that for PC for now.

Thanks.

richo262 · January 11

vsrs_au wrote: »

Skryim mods aren't limited to the Bethesda ones selectable via the in-game UI, though. The last few times I played Skyrim, I never even installed any of the Bethesda-hosted mods, instead I used Mod Organizer 2 which is **an** equivalent of Minion for ESO.

Nobody said anything about blocking 3rd party sources. Just a query for competition.

Personally, unless it sync'd data, I'd keep using Minion on Windows. On Linux Minion has been a pain in the past. If ESO could manage it all natively, and do it well, and ideally back up user data then I'd probably ditch Minion as it would make jumping between Windows/Linux so much easier if my addons (and their data) would sync up.

Elsonso · January 11

richo262 wrote: »

I can only assume that console addons will be hosted officially via a ZOS platform similar to how Skyrim/Fallout/Starfield mods work.

I expect similar, including "Crown" mods similar to mods in games like Starfield and Fallout 76 that are not free for the taking.

I only take the free mods from the official store.

richo262 wrote: »

A byproduct of this was PC mods are also hosted by Bethesda and accessed via your Bethesda account.

Does this mean we might have competition to Minion on PC too?

If a mod for Skyrim or Starfield can be found on both Nexus and the Bethesda mod store, I will always take the one from Nexus. The main reason I even look in the Bethesda store is for free content from the studio. If a mod author distributes only on the Bethesda store, I probably won't even know it exists. I won't be installing it.

I get a lot of people don't like Nexus. For me it is more important to single source mods as much as possible, and the selection on the official store is always inferior to the selection outside of the official store. Besides, it is immensely easier to find stuff on Nexus.

For ESO PC... I will always use Minion first and the ZOS/Bethesda store second.

JustLovely · January 11

Minion isn't broken and works great. No reason for trying any other add on manager.

Sakiri · January 12

richo262 wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

Skryim mods aren't limited to the Bethesda ones selectable via the in-game UI, though. The last few times I played Skyrim, I never even installed any of the Bethesda-hosted mods, instead I used Mod Organizer 2 which is **an** equivalent of Minion for ESO.

Nobody said anything about blocking 3rd party sources. Just a query for competition.

Personally, unless it sync'd data, I'd keep using Minion on Windows. On Linux Minion has been a pain in the past. If ESO could manage it all natively, and do it well, and ideally back up user data then I'd probably ditch Minion as it would make jumping between Windows/Linux so much easier if my addons (and their data) would sync up.

Minion has never given me issues on Linux....

Dack_Janiels · January 12

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