The website explains that this would allow for "the replication of a whole mod setup without much hassle and without entire packs of mods zipped up into an archive being redistributed" but also make sure that modders "still get the downloads and they also still get the donation points from those downloads." "Another user can now add this meta file/this collection from the site to Vortex and Vortex will then fetch all the download links for the mods, download them, and install them in the same way the original user (the 'curator' of that mod list) has them installed on their PC - complete with conflict resolution data and all." We refer to this list on the site and in Vortex as a 'collection'," Nexus Mods said. "How it would work is, using Vortex, someone could build a mod list/mod setup locally on their machine, then export a meta file with all the information about the mods/files/conflict resolution etc. An author deleting a mod for whichever reason can, then, ruin the fun if other mods happen to depend on it. Heavily modding PC games is, for many, the only proper way to play but this does currently require users to keep track of their mods' loading order. The purpose of the collections feature targets both convenience for existing users and making it easier for newbies to get into modding. Frequent mod users will have, undoubtedly, woken up to broken load orders or missing mods as a result of the policy change, while others are asking modders to stay in touch. While there's no centralized method of tracking all of the deleted mods, this Google Docs file tracks some of the Fallout 4 ones that are no longer accessible. These include the creations of Kingdom Come Deliverance modder's WileCoyote68, Falllout 4 modder OldSalt圜roc, and others across various modding communities. The debate regarding Nexus Mods restricting creators from deleting their mods continues to rage on but one clear effect of the policy change is that multiple files are no longer accessible to users. This change therefore addresses both technical problems laid out above, while leaving mod authors with the ability to remove files from view into a 'file archive' that serves as a point of reference."
"What this means is that when an author archives a file, for most intents and purposes, it is now gone and removed from the files tab, but it can still be downloaded via a collection and the metadata (information) about the file is still in the database. via the API," reads the long post announcing the policy change. "Instead of permanently removing a file, mod authors can now choose to archive it which will move it into a file archive and make it impossible to download directly unless specifically requested e.g.
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