Sorry for this topic, I just got my new system up and is getting back to fire up Morrowind again with this never dying mod community, but I realise that now that the Planet Elder Scrolls download seems to be different than the past; when I clicked on the link, it brings me to the "IGN signup" site instead of the Fileplanet (free user) site like last time. Is there any changes to how we download from irt?

I noticed that too. Downloading worked for me by log in on fileplanet mainpage directly & then I tried the pes-link to the file again.
€: Don't discuss this here anymore. The Mods don't want to see it here. Ask at pes.

I had the same problem. I was going to download MGO, and the first download worked fine, but it would not let me download the patch... it sent me to the IGN signup instead.

Ok I followed kirlian methods and it works. (USing my old email ID at fileplanet) But i also registered again using another email address at the planetelderswcrolls website. Don't know if it affects. But thanks for the help everyone. This IGN fileplanet thingy, if not for some of the exclusive mods in here, I wouldn't even bother with it. -.-

there was another thread around here but it was locked quite soon, so i could not answer there.

i just wanted to say, that i cannot reproduce this. i don't get the ign message, tried it randomly.

Anyway now it works like a charm

Same here. I'm also running Adblock+ and NoScript Firefox addons, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I downloaded some stuff this morning, didn't encounter the IGN thing.

ah yes. i run that too!

I don't think AB+ is the reason for this. I for instance have AB+, just tried to dl the latest MW mod & if I'm not logged in at fileplanet there's just the IGN Registration site popping up. A pretty filthy method. It works as I stated in post #2.

It's not related to Adblock and NoScript, since I use that and I just got the IGN signup page trying t download your UFR3.

Since there's a risk that this thead will be locked or removed, I'm going to get this in now. I have very relevant experiece in this area, since some years ago I took over the hosting of a large archive of user-created content. There was considerable fear in the community (creators and users) that it would turn into a pay-to-access archive. Most importantly, there were clearly serious copyright issues involved for content creators who had uploaded stuff originally on the basis of it being free to access. I emailed every existing contributor I could trace and guaranteed publicly that the archive would remain free to access while I was running it, I improved the web interface and features considerably, and it went from strength to strength...

So there are three important issues that should be noted here:

1. If a website that hosts content for free (TES/PES) changes that without discussing the change with the users who have uploaded original content, they have broken the implicit if not explicit agreement with those uploaders. I would strongly urge uploaders to consider their position re PES if users are forced to sign up and pay for anything before being able to download content that was uploaded on the understanding that it would remain free to access. All previous uploaders should have been contacted to discuss or explain this change of access as a courtesy at the very least, but far more importantly:

2. There may well be legal and copyright issues involved, if the site is now effectively charging for availability to users' content.

3. Bethesda may wish to take an interest in the situation, since it cannot be right that users are disallowed from profiting from creating mods for their games, yet sites can profit directly by restricting access to those mods unless payment is made.

I had the same problem too, which I managed to get round by doing what someone suggested earlier - signing in to Fileplanet first then carrying on as usual.

I think it might be an issue with Firefox though, since when I used Google Chrome instead of Firefox, I didn't have any problems at all.... :huh:

OK, I got this to work, but the problem is that there is no FilePlanet signin link clearly visible from their homepage. NoScript blocks the signin links at the top of the ign page, and my existing free signup didn't work there. Going to the Help/My Account link in the footer of FilePlanet.com got me to a signin, but that was broken - I think they have transferred accounts and lost some information somewhere, since it complained about not being able to use my username, which it tried to make from my email address. Trying again showed me my profile page where required information I know I previously entered was missing, so there is a definite screwup at their end.

My comments above still stand, though. There is a definite trend towards pay-to-access in these big mod-share sites now, and uploaders should be very wary of them. You almost certainly did not cede ownership when you uploaded, so legally the site should not be able to charge for access. If you cannot profit from your creation, neither should they.

Several mod links have sent me to http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com and I have yet to download a single one on there. I usually go with http://www.tesnexus.com/ because they have been the most reliable, but some mods from PE aren't available via tesnexus as far as I can tell. I don't understand how a company is getting paid for user created content, that Bethesda allowed and provided a CS for users to easily modify their game.

Downloading from fileplanet can be done with a free account. If you want to pay for that account to get extras, you'd be paying for Fileplanet's premium services (with benefits like not having to wait for downloads, but I almost never have to do that anyway), not for the mod.