My intent is not to throw insults but rather call out what amounts to theft.
The legalities and copywrite law violations of distributing Bethesda's pay content such as Shivering Isles.....aside. Although that in itself is bad enough.
Hundreds and often thousands of hours of work go into a mod. How do I know, because I am an Oblivion mod maker and my smaller mods took up to a year to create.
Authors write their readmes to express what they allow to be done with their work. Their custom created models and textures included. Most if not all put...
'do not combine in a mod compilation'. The reason why is because these authors tweak and fix and release patches and updates to their work. So mod compilations are outdated within a week and mod users are left with outdated, unfixed work.
So this leaves us....
DOWNLOADERS BEWARE!! The downloader is downloading outdated, unfixed work not supported by the original author. This will inevitably cause problems for them (oh it will!) and who will assist? Not Pahncrd, judging by his erm....loud, 'expressive' response to a person who asked for help on another forum.
Not to mention that Pahncrd did not create these mods and will have no idea how to fix anyway. These are complex mods with complex scripting, animations, models and textures. I have been modding for 5 years and I wouldn't know how to fix. All Pahncrd did was merge these mods probably using TES4Gecko.
Don't believe me, lets hear from one or two of the authors themselves...
pahncrd enhanced edition - Bethesda Game Studios Forums
*The actual authors. Good way to ensure people don't release their hard work again. Claiming authorship of what amounts to thousands of hours of someone elses work is quite frankly....worse then theft and the lowest of the low. You must always adher to the authors wishes as stated in the readme and in this case Pahncrd has basically said...'sod the actual authors' and is claiming he made all those mods. How long does it take to put in a quick credit? But anyone with any decency would respect these authors wishes that go beyond a quick credit and are in place not only for the author's protection but also for the benefit and protection of mod users.
Anyway I apologize to the site staff here, my intention was not to cause trouble but rather to state some of the facts here so that downloaders are not misinformed and are aware that they are using stolen work and so that Neil/Pahn knows that the actual authors are aware, as is Bethesda.
Lastly, having read a fair amount of these Pahncrd threads on other forums, I think it is quite a fair and logical assumption that Neil is in fact Pahncrd.
Edit in reply to Neil above....
There is a very good reason why the Oblivion modders are not compiling all these mods and are 'whinging' as you say.
These mods do not go together well, they cause problems. You cannot update a massive mod compilation with the frequent patches and updates these mods require.
Your attitude towards these people whose work Pahncrd has stolen is appalling.
Why don't you think for a moment why Bethesda would be 'whinging' as this file contains cracked copies of Shivering Isles and the DLC.
Anyway I am not going to sit and argue, I have stated the facts and the truth and will leave it at that.