foad01: Spreading lies about the modability of Skyrim's GOG version is a sign of desperation.
Hi. If you are talking about my post where I was asking about the mod situation, please allow me to clarify.
And thanks to those including Longcat who stuck up for me. I was genuinely asking a question. Depending on the answer to my question, I would deem the situation relevant to boycotting (as a hypothetical example, if tomorrow GOG released "Galaxy Mods" and went on to say that Skyrim can now only be modded via "Galaxy Mods", I would consider that relevant to many boycotters, as the Galaxy-creep on this site has gotten worse over the years, though is arguably stagnant/in hibernation for the time being).
Certainly, I had no ill will. I am thrilled to have the game here and bought the more expensive version even (something I have generally not done in recent years, due to my opinions of what I see as GOG's direction during this time). I will say that, if it is not possible to mod offline, I would consider a refund.
However, thanks to helpful posts by AB2012 and others in this topic and other topics, it looks like the game can be modded offline. I do not have a ton of technical know-how, but also resent clients/mod managers/etc. Consider that this is a difficult position to be in since I have to use help of others, or miss out on stuff. When searching on my own, I may encounter information that I need a little help interpreting.
When I looked up mods and Skyrim....in the release thread (where I had also asked), on the gamepage, on the gog subreddit, on Nexus mods discussion, all the impression I was getting was that a mod manager, specifically Vortex app, was required.
By the way, here is a topic from 4 days ago on the Elder Scrolls gog subforum: "PSA You must use Nexusmods Vortex until something better comes", which in the OP includes:
GOG is working on a mod utility, or at least it's inferred in their Skyrim announcement. However, until then, I am 99% certain you need to use NexusMods Vortex utility to install mods in the GOG version since it's a custom build of Skyrim.
I tried for about an hour to install 3 basic mods without it (Unofficial patch, Climates of Tamriel, Skyland Landscapes) - nothing would work until I installed Vortex, set it up to work with Skyrim GOG version, and downloaded the mods again through Vortex.
I even got extra settings for Climates of Tamriel installing through Vortex.
I am NOT saying Vortex will always be required. I am saying that Vortex is required until GOG releases its mod solution for Skyrim.
Gee, I wonder why I was confused and thinking Vortex or an upcoming Galaxy feature might be necessary to access the mods.
I ask anyone participating in this topic to please leave out the weird personal attacks, dictionary definition games, and other such things diverting away from the points being made in this topic.