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Just a suggestion to mull over perhaps ...

we have different types of mods,styles ect is it entirely possible to categorize them

into 2 groups supported ones and un supported ones

for me i want to browse the supported mods ect

anyways just a thought

The thing is, the developer sets that flag and it isn't always accurate. Sometimes the users support the mod even if it says Unsupported. And sometimes nobody supports the mod even though it says Supported. The best thing to do is look through the comments and see how well it's been supported before you decide to download the mod.

well that is not a good system imo if it says unsupported its unsupported to me

if its marked supported then it should be of such

i am just stating observations and what would be easier to end user is all you have new products coming out that is supported that is the same but better from the other mods that are marked unsupported

me personally would rather look at all the supported mods ,styles, ect but still have the options to go back in the archives so to speak

Just want to add that you should *always* read a thread prior to downloading any modification so that you know if there are problems or not. One of those problems could be lack of support from the developer and the only way to know that is to read the thread and see if the developer is responding and helping users out.

And how is it not a good system to select Supported or Unsupported? That is up to the developer to set, not up to the moderators here. It is the developers choice on whether to support a modification or not. Also, please note that none of the developers 'live' on this site. You should not expect a response right away if you post a question to them. Most developers have jobs and family that are more important than a modification they shared for free here.

Modifications posted here are by kind donation of their creators they are not paid nor do they ask for payment so it's not possible to enforce a "if you said it's supported you MUST support it", people do this as well as a normal day job, if you start dictating they'll go away and all the community will suffer.

i beg to differ i get all the above stated and i dont think you understand what i am saying i want to go to a forum that has supported mods if a coder doesnt have time anymore is understandable but there are coders that do and they support there mods but this is not what i am debating

i want vb to make new sub-forums so we can have unsupported mods and supported mods same thing with styles ect i dont find that this is a diffucult thing to do

no one is saying that a coders time is not precious i know this isnt anyone's job ect

but you have coders that are improving on certain mods that are no longer supported that do have the time ect which i am not debating merely suggestion as the title says new forums really a couple clicks in acp would achieve this

So you want a search filter?

I more or less support all of my addons, but they're marked as unsupported. And some of the addons I or my team, or people of my team release are marked as such. You'd be missing out on great stuff if we separated them.

....not to mention, how would you make a divide between those mods that say supported but are not and vice versa so that you could categorise them in another forum or filter? it's an impossible task.

I think the biggest problem is as Lynne says.There are so many unsupported mods marked as supported and those are the ones in my eyes that need dealing with.

The majority of members on vborg and staff know full well we won't be seeing these developers coming back..

So yes in order to keep the boards fresh and inviting to new developers..The site does need a clean-up..Personally I'd like to see sections dedicated to the most popular mods on vborg based on downloads or views and yes place them in unsupported or supported.

Create a section for new mods/plugins just released by developers, let people try them and comment,then once they have had their new release period,move them..

Keep things fresh and then you'll get fresh blood..The board is just looking very stagnant.

The site doesn't need any cleanup, I disagree.