Hi everyone,
Welcome to the new RDR2Mods.com design.
We've been working for a while on our new design, as well as a whole host of behind-the-scenes changes and upgrades. I'm excited to tell you about them.
First I should mention, the new RDR2Mods.com design is now dark by default. This probably isn't the preference of everybody, and if you prefer a lighter design, just click the light-bulb at the top of the website to switch between light and dark mode at any time. We work on and maintain both, so apart from the light/dark switch, you shouldn't see any non-colour differences between both modes.
We've listened to a lot of feedback about discovering files and navigating the site, and we've made some important changes around finding and discovering content.
You might notice at the very top of the site you can now very quickly get to each category of game mod. This probably isn't too useful for a lot of you that already know the way around the site, but features as a really quick way of finding the mods that you want if you've just landed on the site and are finding it a little tricky to navigate.
We've also added the download button for modifications right to the top of the page, so it's far more obvious how to download content.
Some issues with our search has been fixed, although we are still working on improving this further.
A new 'Trending' system has been introduced, this comes from our brother site LCPDFR.com. The idea of our Trending system is to highlight new and updated files that are getting traction. We still need to make some adjustments to this, and it's still in the early stages, but we're hoping this will further highlight new content.
Getting file updates is no longer a long drawn out process; just hit 'Send me version updates' and you'll get sent a notification whenever the file is updated.
When you download a file, the files are grouped by 'Main files', 'Old version', 'Extra'. Old versions are at the very bottom of the list.
Creators can also add a short description saying what each individual file does.
Creators can now add a bug report link to their files, that will cause a 'Report a bug' button below the 'Download this file' button to show.
To enhance the peace of mind for visitors downloading files, we're also running a more detailed suite of security checks against files. You'll be able to see the result of VirusTotal virus scans right on the RDR2Mods.com file page for a modification.
Please note that for some script modifications, the chances of a false positive are quite high. We'll hide these false positives when they are obvious to us. We haven't yet started on this, but, Creators, if you think your file is incorrectly labelled, please let us know and we can give it a check.
For creators, updating your file no longer causes it to become hidden, even if it needs approval. Instead, the changes are queued for approval and your old file is live until the changes are approved. Files should not require approval as much due to our automated scanning system.
As well as our work, we also inherit a lot of changes and fixes from the base software we use on the site, Invision Community. You should see a faster and more bug-free experience from the core of the site.
However, this won't be an entirely bug-free and seamless experience. Although we've tried our best to make sure this rollout is as bug-free as possible, it would be only normal for some to appear.
Please expand the spoiler for some known bugs. Feel free to reply to this topic or leave a comment on Discord in the website channel if you want to report something we may have missed.
A more complete changelog is viewable in the spoiler below.
Please let us know if you have any questions, bugs to report, general feedback or anything else.
Best,
Cyan