1. I have received clarification that no mod has the ability to deal with this issue so I'm deleting it from this post. The second issue is still valid.
2. If your skyrim.esm file disappears, you will get this error message
This has been set up so that the only way you can close this application is to open the task manager and force the the application to close.
Regarding the specifics of that error message, the file syntax describing where the file is supposed to be is not correct. Both of the reasons given in that error message for that master file disappearing are false. There are also problems with grammar.
In addition, NMM then sometimes deletes the contents of a file in your appdata/skyrim folder called plugins.txt. There is no easy way to undo that damage to your computer. I did get a response from another user that reinstalling NMM fixed this for her.
Edit: I tested this several times before discontinuing as a beta tester for this. The issue with plugins.txt occurs, but not 100% of the time. It still needs to be fixed.
IN CONCLUSION
Nexus Mod Manager is not safe to use. The second issue I reported in this blog post is one that the creators of that manager introduced themselves and is an intentional design on their part rather than an actual bug.
May 10, 2012. DarkOne posted on a thread on the official forums that this issue was addressed in the last update. He did not say how this was addressed.
May 20, 2012 Since I'm seeing that there are still complaints about the contents of plugins.txt disappearing, I have to assume that that issue has not been addressed and I am going back to my opinion that this tool is not safe to use.
There are lot of rumours circulating that the NMM contains spyware. The NexusMods site has been known to link to spyware related sites through the adverts.
ReplyDeleteIf you visit NexusMods you should also expect your IP and UserAgent to be visible through ExtremeTracking. All in all, its a very bad place to go.