Hi everyone! I wanted to make things a bit clearer, as some may not know about this.
An individual by the name of
DSLOL/
mwsleonardo is downloading our table, erasing everyone's names, replacing them with his own, and posting them to Nexus Mods. He is claiming to be the sole editor/updater, that he alone created and added in the boosters and trainers. That he alone finds all of the HashIDs. The only other person he credits is budabum, the original creator. But everyone else? No mention, it's all him. He says WE are the thieves. In reality, he watches this forum for updates and thinks we're dumb enough not to notice. Thousands know about and use the inventory editor, and I'd be willing to bet there's a good chunk of them who can see the lie.
I called him out on it. More and more people are doing the same (THANK YOU! I see you guys and I am so grateful). This morning he posted another "update", and when I went to check, I discovered I had been banned from the mod page and my comments had been deleted. I screenshotted my post, though, figuring that it was likely to happen. He also deleted a couple other comments from people accusing him of the same. I've compared the latest table from here and the 2 he's uploaded. My God it's so obvious what he's doing. Since I've uploaded a lot of versions the last couple weeks, I can pinpoint a kind of timeline.
In case anyone is interested, here are my findings:
My ReadMe:
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The Thief's ReadMe, taken from his nexus upload:
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Fearless HashIDs:
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Credits in the table:
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More credits:
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Some comparisons between "his" and the one from here:
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My Nexus comment he deleted:
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The cherry on top is that he is using this as a way to boost his YouTube channel. He doesn't provide HashIDs, instructions, the d3d9.dll file or anything else in the download needed with the table. Instead, you're forced to go through other links. Those links are to a site that gives money to him for every click and download. I implore you to report him in any way you can.
Fun fact: If you don't want to report him for stolen content, you can report him for violating Nexus guidelines. I uploaded a version of the editor a few months ago and it was taken down after only a couple weeks. I asked the moderator why, and they explained that the inventory editor was against Nexus policy. I really didn't know this; I've seen so many cheats on Nexus I didn't see the table as any different. But allowing people to bypass and obtain items for free, usually only accessible through microtransactions, was the issue.
Am I overreacting? Maybe. I feel partly responsible that this guy is erasing all of the work that's been done here. By deleting comments and banning users, more and more people will come to see him as its only caretaker. It's the internet and this happens, but it still sucks. I know I said earlier I'd stop uploading, but I realized this guy probably won't stop. I also have confidence that he'll crash and burn as more eyes get on this.
TLDR: "Gross human erases the names of inventory editor contributors and uses his own, then calls them thieves. More news at 11." Report
DSLOL/mwsleonardo and their Nexus Mods inventory editor for theft and/or violating site guidelines. They're stealing it from this forum.
I'm attaching the most recent inventory editor, d3d9 file, HashIDs and ReadMe. I hope our thief enjoys it