What is the etiquette when you think a modmaker has quit and you have a change to fix something

[PossumNZ]

Hi,
What is the etiquette when you think a modmaker has quit and you have a change to fix something, it is a simple change and my first go at modding for myself and it actually worked, but it would be nice if the official mod had the change in it, I have left a message for them so hopefully they can make change themselves, but as they have not had any activity in 2 months I have a feeling they are like so many and are gone, so if the mod is not fixed what is the etiquette for fixing it as it was broken when Great Britain was added due to one of their unique units....or getting someone else to put change in.

 

[The_goggles_do_nothing]

I'd send them a message in the civ 7 modding discord.

 

[franzacq]

I agree to check in the discord as well. If that doesn't work, and if it's been months with no response or update, then I don't think it would be unreasonable to update the mod separately if needed. I had done so for a civ 5 mod in a similar situation.

I would make sure to link to the original post and give the original author credit in the description, and then also keep them listed as a co-author of the mod itself.

 

[PossumNZ]

I decided in the end to just let it go and just use the mod personally, because if I was to fix it and publish I would have to keep it up to date...(I also was going to make sure the original modder was credited and I was credited for minor fix to it)

 

[The_J]

What @The_goggles_do_nothing and @franzacq mention should be the accepted etiquette.
But yes, keeping things up-to-date can be pretty annoying.

 

[Smayo]

Can you not make a mod of their mod that you would run alongside their mod to fix the changes? Most of the time that works on the database side (unless their mod is so out of date its removing entries/cant even load).

If its a UI mod, I think you can also do it without contacting the author, say you just need to change one function, you can likely decorate it and run your mod after theirs.

Its nice to contact them first as a headsup though, but dont feel like you have to wait for a response or permission. In my opinion, mods are open source. As long as you attribute the work others have done, you are free to distribute it.

 

[PossumNZ]

That's what I am doing atm (running my modded version of their mod), but originally thought about making it available for a wider audience but in the end decided not to, I had tried to contact them but to date no answers (on here not discord, hate discord)