Who are developers of adult mods?

[Grey Cloud]

4 hours ago, audhol said:

What I  meant was the second post war elizabethan age of stoicism, duty above all else and represion of emotion, the "stiff upper lip"

Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy. 'Stiff upper lip' is associated with the Victorian age.

 

5 hours ago, audhol said:

And around the same time the catholic influence in bringing about the hollywood code to remove anything risquè being shown on screen to the public.

That would Christian rather than just Catholicism.

[Machiavelique]

  

Like many people here: creating mods is a hobby and sometimes... almost a second job, but unpaid. I can sometimes spend 40h/week and sometimes 0h/week, as well as taking breaks of several months. I don't put any pressure on myself or set myself time targets, the only thing that really matters to me is the stability of my mods.
As far as I'm concerned, I try to strike a balance between summer and winter (winter being obviously the period when I spend most of my time developing my mods).

 

 

 

12 hours ago, Ashal said:

This has been my only job for 10 out of the past 14 years running this site. My problem now, however, is that ad and subscriber revenue from the site isn't what it used to be and no longer makes enough to cover the cost of both maintaining the site and covering my rent and other bills. I've been losing money on the site every month for the past year and a half, and savings are drying up.

 

 

Do you think resetting the server could significantly reduce hosting costs? The idea is first and foremost to delete a large number of files and pictures scattered throughout the posts, but also to remove all mods that are no longer in use because they have long been abandoned by their authors.

 

You could define a dead line (e.g. March 2026), inviting active mod authors to save their mods on their support and asking the community to do the same for mods they're interested in, so they can republish them after reset. The community should copy the code from the mod page in addition to the mod (with a quote), and once the mod has been republished, a selection of "temporary moderators" could transfer the rights back to its original authors in case they comes back.

 

If what I'm proposing is feasible and has a sufficient impact on cost reduction, I would be happy to temporarily receive moderator rights after the reset and handle this work for the FO3/New Vegas section.

 

 

I'm aware that what I'm proposing may seem extreme, but it's better to definitively lose a few mods than to lose loverlab. And if nothing is done, that's what's going to happen anyway...
The problem will probably return in a few years, but you may have rebuilt your cash flow.

[audhol]

7 hours ago, Grey Cloud said:

Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy. 'Stiff upper lip' is associated with the Victorian age.

 

 

7 hours ago, Grey Cloud said:

That would Christian rather than just Catholicism.

 

Ok I see how it is, be happy believing your always right. It is of no interest to me to converse with someone that has no interest in others opinion and only wants to make themselves appear clever.

Don't bother to reply I already added you to my ignore list. I'm far to old to deal with fools that believe fact checking is a valid input to a sensible conversation.

[pinky6225]

4 hours ago, Machiavelique said:

Do you think resetting the server could significantly reduce hosting costs? The idea is first and foremost to delete a large number of files and pictures scattered throughout the posts, but also to remove all mods that are no longer in use because they have long been abandoned by their authors.

 

Think this would be a challenge unless there is some sort of last downloaded stat available as quite a few mods classed as abandoned work perfectly well, i.e. i still use the skyrim mod  devious devices - more devious quests by Versh which was abandoned 8 years ago

 

Others while they haven't been updated recently (as the author considers them to be done) also work fine

[Grey Cloud]

18 minutes ago, audhol said:

Ok I see how it is, be happy believing your always right.

I never make any claim to be always right but I know when I see something that is incorrect.

 

18 minutes ago, audhol said:

It is of no interest to me to converse with someone that has no interest in others opinion and only wants to make themselves appear clever

Me correcting incorrect information has no bearing on whether I'm interested in the opinion of others. I do not need others to decide whether I am 'clever' or not.

 

18 minutes ago, audhol said:

I'm far to old to deal with fools that believe fact checking is a valid input to a sensible conversation.

Well I'm 68 this year, so what? So are you saying that fact checking is not a valid input to a sensible conversation? That would be the you who is calling me a fool but has not come up with anything to back up your initial comments.

Edited February 21, 2025 by Grey Cloud

[Machiavelique]

2 hours ago, pinky6225 said:

Think this would be a challenge unless there is some sort of last downloaded stat available as quite a few mods classed as abandoned work perfectly well, i.e. i still use the skyrim mod  devious devices - more devious quests by Versh which was abandoned 8 years ago

 

Others while they haven't been updated recently (as the author considers them to be done) also work fine

 

The idea is not to just remove mods that are too old or abandoned, but to remove all mods/pictures/gif/posts in order to do a complete clean-up. Once everything is removed, anyone can reupload mods on loverlab (indicating the original author and a copy of the mod's main page) and a team of designated volunteers will take care of transferring the rights back to the original author.

 

This way, the mods that won't be re-uploaded will be those that have been forgotten or that nobody uses any more.

 

But I have no idea what impact this will have on reducing costs and whether it's technically feasible (as well as humanly feasible, as volunteers will also have to be found).

But if in the end it only reduces costs by 10%, it might not be worth it.
What's certain is that as long as no clean-up is done, costs will only increase until the sums become insupportable.

 

Edited February 21, 2025 by Machiavelique

[Hex Bolt]

34 minutes ago, Machiavelique said:

The idea is not to just remove mods that are too old or abandoned, but to remove all mods/pictures/gif/posts in order to do a complete clean-up.

I really don't think that's a good idea.  The old posts can be very useful.  When someone takes over an abandoned mod, that person might not know its whole history and why things are the way they are.  This loss of knowledge gets worse over time.

 

As a real example, I recently experienced bizarre behavior from a mod after using it for a while.  The mod was on its third author, having been abandoned and adopted twice.  The latest author seemed to have moved on as well, so I searched the mod's support topic and found nothing related to my problem.  Same for the mod's previous incarnation.  However, I found my answer in the support topic for the original mod version.  It was exactly what I needed.  Had these older mods and their posts been purged, I'd have been left without an answer. 

 

That said, shouldn't this discussion about the site and its maintenance move to another post?  This stuff is no longer relevant to "Who are developers of adult mods?"

[Machiavelique]

Of course it's a bad idea (I just think it's better than losing everything). Generally speaking, I think that before taking the extreme measure I'm proposing, loverlab should warn the community more about the server's funding problems to try to collect more funds before it's too late.

 

8 hours ago, Hex Bolt said:

That said, shouldn't this discussion about the site and its maintenance move to another post?  This stuff is no longer relevant to "Who are developers of adult mods?"

 

You're absolutely right!
To get back to the subject of ‘Who are the developers of adult mods?’, I hope that the author of the subject can appreciate that these are also people concerned about the future of loverlab and the sacrifices that this implies for the managers. These are also people who care about users (after all, it's for them that mods are created, even if we created them for ourselves in the first place and publish them to share). These are also people who know that they shouldn't be stuck on their ideas, but that every idea (even a bad one) can help bring out better ones. Generally speaking, these are people who are conscientious and open to discussion in order to find the best solutions.

[belegost]

53 minutes ago, Machiavelique said:

Who are the developers of adult mods?

Edited February 22, 2025 by belegost

[glasspiston]

Hi all, I have appreciated mods on this site for some time now and am looking to doing it myself. I do not have a background in codeing or computers per say i was a master automobile tech and am retired now i am somewhat familiar with blender and wings 3d. I have a z420 6 core xeon with a titan xp card and would appreciate any guidance someone may offer.

 

Kindly Yours -Graves

  

[ModderWhoModsThings]

I start working on porn stuff by adopting one of my favorite mods after the author went inactive. I happened to have some experience dabbling with the content the mod went over, so I figured it would be better to fix the mod up myself (if I remember correctly, it wasn't working with the newest version of the game at the time) than to wait for someone else to pick up the slack.

 

For me, one of the most frustrating parts of making porn stuff is not being willing to talk about it openly. I simply don't want any crossover between my personal/professional life and my porn work. Some of my best projects are for porn now, but I'm not about to put that on my resume. I also can't make money off my projects because I don't want traceable financial ties to porn. I can talk to other people about what's going on with my code projects, but I have to be vague about it. But I knew all of this when I got started, and I do it anyway because I want to make my vision a reality. Something about having sex in a game just makes it more fun to me.

[DrSeptimus]

Skyrim follower modder keep making only standalone version of their follower makes me sick of it. Also the reason why I start to make my own follower.

 

1 follower mod with 200-400mb file size is not a problem but when you install over 50+, that's when shit start to take a toll at your hard drive space.

 

I also sick of those modder who are over protective of their face preset to the point of refusing to share it with others. Since the asset they use are open and available to public, I might as well make my own version from scratch. Simple, convenient and not breaking any rules.

[grantman56]

On 2/18/2025 at 10:28 PM, Hex Bolt said:

Like any hobby, it is a passion and there is a real sense of satisfaction, but the ratio of time spent developing content versus actually using and enjoying that content is ridiculously high.

It's a lot like a traditional oil painting, if you think about it -- hours spent making it, perhaps a few minutes observing it every now and again. 

[Jyratx]

On 2/20/2025 at 2:48 PM, TRX_Trixter said:

Not so simple. Its not about only "do what i want withoun any  responsibility". Its a way for more deep understanding of your sexuality. And when you understanding of your reasons and fillings in simulated situation you will have more options to accept some of your "problems" or solve it because you now have more clear understanding "why?" and "what for" or if you cant solve it or dont want to then just realise you "hunger" without hurting anyone. Its complicated. My English is not good enought to make detailed explanation.

Basically, we have to be a little bit irresponsible so we can learn to be responsible. Being irresponsible at first allows us the freedom to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves, and through that understanding, we gain the tools we need to better be ourselves, thus achieving a better end. 

 

Considering that English is not your first language, you explain yourself very well. 

[Gerhardjack]

On 3/22/2025 at 7:54 AM, grantman56 said:

It's a lot like a traditional oil painting, if you think about it -- hours spent making it, perhaps a few minutes observing it every now and again. 

Just like an oil painting—crafted with time, passion, and care. But the real beauty isn’t just in how long it takes to create... it’s in how deeply it stirs you, even if only for a moment. Isn't that what true art—and connection—is all about?