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*Flag an unfinished mod as alpha or beta release. Unfinished mod include those that have known bugs you weren't able to fix yet as well as mods with missing or awkwardly substituted stuff (for example a pants-icon as placeholder-icon for a new skirt model) | *Flag an unfinished mod as alpha or beta release. Unfinished mod include those that have known bugs you weren't able to fix yet as well as mods with missing or awkwardly substituted stuff (for example a pants-icon as placeholder-icon for a new skirt model) | ||
*Make your release OMOD-ready by including OMOD conversion data for [[Oblivion Mod Manager]]. This avoids the need to release a separate OMOD version while still giving users an easier way to create their own OMOD. In an OMOD-ready archive, all the "omod conversion data" is pregenerated and included as a separate directory, including readme, install scripts (if any), screenshot, etc. This way, when the user goes to create an OMOD from the extracted download, OBMM finds that directory and asks if | *Make your release OMOD-ready by including OMOD conversion data for [[Oblivion Mod Manager]]. This avoids the need to release a separate OMOD version while still giving users an easier way to create their own OMOD. In an OMOD-ready archive, all the "omod conversion data" is pregenerated and included as a separate directory, including readme, install scripts (if any), screenshot, etc. This way, when the user goes to create an OMOD from the extracted download, OBMM finds that directory and asks if the user wants to import the conversion data. This prefills all the data fields, etc., for the OMOD. | ||
:You should probably include a very brief ''OMOD_or_Manual_Install.txt'' file explaining the steps. Feel free to use any of the files included in this [http://devnull.devakm.googlepages.com/BTSRNormalMapsReduced.7z small mod package] as a guideline (I'll post a separate modder's resource version as soon as possible). | :You should probably include a very brief ''OMOD_or_Manual_Install.txt'' file explaining the steps. Feel free to use any of the files included in this [http://devnull.devakm.googlepages.com/BTSRNormalMapsReduced.7z small mod package] as a guideline (I'll post a separate modder's resource version as soon as possible). | ||