Simder_Talia's Blog
Got my testing all set up.
I am now able to open my package files in TSRW to make sure that there aren't any issues as well as run a vanilla game with only the mod that I am testing. So far I have had 2 submissions rejected due to missing textures. As soon as I had both things installed (and figured out how to set the paths, and open another package in TSRW) I checked out the most recent rejection and it's textures were all there. My vanilla game also didn't have any errors/crashes. So I am not sure if this is going to solve the issue of having some of my submissions rejected. If this is the case I may need to take a indeterminate break from submitting so that I can try to figure out what is going on. I really hope that doesn't have to happen, but I want to be able to prevent this issue.
*For now I've remade one of the rejected mods, started over completely. It would be a happy confirmation if the testing results from TSR are the same as mine. This can be very confusing! To anybody else that is learning as well, don't give up!
This weekend
I have 2 more mods coming out, but I need to take a little time to figure out why others that I submitted are causing TSR testing team game freeze/crash issues.
It's my second rejected submission since I have started and I've got to set up a vanilla game for testing. It's weird, I do indeed have some mods installed, though removed a lot upon starting this project, to shorten the loading time for the game since I need to start it up every time I make something new. I had no idea it could cause inaccurate results when testing a new mod, to have other mods in the game at the same time.
There are lots of little things about making good mods that are important, that I hadn't come across while trying to learn. Not to say it isn't out there, but it might be a little hard to find. Maybe I will keep journaling the process so it could possibly help somebody else?
I am so thankful to all the people who downloaded my published mods and to the people who left me such nice words, thank you!
I'll be setting up a second game without any added mods, to test one cc mod at a time and just hope I get the same error so I can figure this out. I've got other items I would like to share.
Have a great weekend everybody! Happy Easter!