Now more and more major mods are reaching a point where they are releasing a version, its becoming clearer and clearer that there's a big difference in terms of how easy some mods are to install compared to others. And typically, it's the bigger mods that have had to develop to the easiest installation procedures and who have the edge over the smaller ones.

It's in the entire community's interest that all mods be as easy to install as possible, the easier it is, the more tempted vanilla players will be to try them and the bigger our market will become. And now with auto-installers, patch paks and RMODs we're far better positioned to do this than we were six months ago.

Ultimately, we'd like to post a thread which would provide simple advice and links which will tell new modders what installation procedures they should consider for the mod they release. (Anyone who saw my first mod's horrifically complicated install procedures will agree how much I could have benefitted from advice at the time .)

So, to the experienced mod developers out there, what advice would you give?