Thanks for the welcome Mike, and first off, I can totally appreciate what you're trying to get across.
However, I too am an 'old-guard' and do read documentation. I've had SH5 for 2 days, and been fiddling with the 'mod pack' since yesterday, and still cannot get it to work. It's not unreasonable to expect that a "pack" will work out of the box. Someone has taken the time to collate an interesting and immersive collection of mods that 'should' work together.
Unfortunately, they do not seem to work together without a certain amount of 'fettling' that could be avoided with the inclusion of mep files (from my limited understanding at least). That way, you download the mod pack, shove the folders in the mod directory, and load the mep through mod enabler.
I started with sobers mega mod pack, but it contains so may variations on certain mods that it is overwhelming. Great if you already know which mods do what, but not so good if you just want a nicely tailored experience from the go.
So I turned to the volodya61 version, which seems to contain a popular configuration of the sober mods, all neatly laid out in their respective folders. This is great, but you need to install them in a certain order...which is where the mep file is invaluable. If I ever get this working, I'd be more than happy to upload my mep file and say "This mep file goes with this mod pack, and it should work out of the box. This is how to install it". There is no reason at all to not want to refine the process to something as simple as that.
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