I think a house is okay, but stuff like changing the damage of a glass claymore to 80, or adding a new sword and putting it into a chest just laying around in the Imperial City... those would be to small.

But I'm not them, just... assuming.

Hi There,

While it may seem simple, house mods DO have a potential for compatibility issues with the major landscape mods and other well known housing mods. As such, you would likely benefit from BETA testing before release. Khettienna further explains this rule:



Hope that helps and hope we will see you applying for testing soon.

Cool! It is almost done, so I'll get you guys a copy ASAP. Here is a brief description. Chorrol house interior cell, basemant cell, and cave cell (passage from basemant to exterior). My biggest concern so far is that there are asterisks (*) appearing on cells that are not related to the mod. I do not want a dirty mod (and neither does anyone else). So far the mod seems to work fine on my in-game tests.

Use TES4edit to clean the bits not related to your mod.

Save a backup copy beforehand in case you accidentally delete something you don't want to, though. Keep that copy even if everything looks alright right through testing - sometimes (especially with cells) things can count as "modified" even when you wouldn't think they would, and deleting them can cause weird things to happen. The TESA testing could help a lot to make sure that hasn't happened, as presumably they'll scout around a bit in those cells to make sure nothing got messed up.

Question of my own: does TESA do testing of modders' resources? Specifically, NifScript is going to need testing soon (and I have a few people interested), but to test it is going to require writing scripts with it and seeing what happened, rather than just plugging it into a game and seeing what happened. Does TESA handle this kind of thing? If not, like I said, I have some people interested in testing it, I just was curious.

I believe the BTA Guild can handle such a task, I know of a few testers off the top of my head who would be capable of such a testing. You'll want to let the Guild Leaders know the particulars when you sign up for testing, so they can help you get the right people on the job, but other than that I don't think it being a special case would exclude it for testing.

The BTA Guild has plenty of room for new testers and for new modders with testing needs!

The BTA Guild has plenty of room for new testers and for new modders with testing needs!

I applied to join the guild a while ago but I still can't seem to access the forums

This could be useful for me - I need some development branch features of the next version of BOSS tested before I can include then in the main trunk of the code, and the team is pretty busy with their various other commitments. All the features are documented and complete, I just need people to check that it doesn't crash, and works as the docs says it does. I don't think I need closed testing, since all the code and docs are readily available anyway, I'd just be sending pre-compiled exes to testers...

Is the BTA guild suitable?

Indeed it is :yes:, I'm sure our testers will enjoy checking that over

Cool, I'll head over and sign up as a modder then.

I am doing testing over there. I do enjoy testing stuff and seeing how it all plays together. I do not try to break mods, but I am fairly good at reaching their limits.

The BTA Guild has plenty of room for new testers and for new modders with testing needs!

We need Beta's folks! We've only got 1 beta right now and its on hold so were wide open for testing!

As a user of mods, I am certainly pleased to find we now have this community resource. :clap: Long live the Beta Testing & anolysis Guild. :celebration:

It would be nice if the Guild had some kind of logo or seal. :trophy: It could then be included in the readme of mods that had used your services. :deal:

I know I would appreciate knowing a particular toy had been tested. :poke: Or is this breaking some kind of confidentiality guidelines within the guild? :whisper:


My wife tells me I should use more emoticons.

Well I support this, (and the BTA Guild ofcourse) it's nice to know when a mod has been tested and I don't think that after-testing is confidential

I'm not sure the Guild needs any type of logo, just a note in the authors readme will suffice

Mod authors can say they have had a mod tested or are using the guild for testing :yes:, Though any and all testing details are kept within the guild.



I'm glad you support the Guild

Come on guys, i just signed up and am looking for a beta to test :toughninja:

You have to be patient John :lmao:, I'm sure there will be some new submissions soon enough.

The BTA Guild has plenty of room for new testers and for new modders with testing needs!

One of the advantages of being signed up as a tester is I get to see things before they actually get released. I get to try them out and give feedback so that the modders can fix the problems I find.

I love getting to test out new stuff. It's almost like letting a kid loose in a toy shop. :wavey:

A little bump , Guild could use a few more mods to test as well as new testers. Always room for more :foodndrink:

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