Multi-Loadouts for NMM

[Glaurung26]

Hey all,

 

I was curious about the feasibility of making different loadouts of mods within each game. In my different saves I tend to do different things with them to keep it interesting and so I make use of different mods from my list. I think it would be awesome if NMM let you make multiple installation lists (maybe in tabs along the top) to launch from. This would also ease some of the headaches of user modding like compatability, minimizing the necessity of installation/uninstallation, and reducing list length. Some mods are very script/performance intensive and when combined with others can make the game unplayable on some low end machines. It would be helpful if we could break them up per character for instance. Or for a certain playstyle. Or for those NSFW mods you don't want to play in public.

 

Some examples for me are my straight up hack n' slasher warrior that's pretty straightforward, my stealthy assassin/thief/agent, mage(s), and survivalist. The warrior tab would be the shortlist and relatively undemanding modwise so I could load it quick and jump right in without much hassle. The stealth tab would be for my sneaky people and focus on stealth and ai behaviour mods. The magic tab would have oodles of spell mods and maybe some cool animations/special effects. The survivalist would probably be the most ridiculous; I like to include weather mods, realistic needs (or similar mod), frostfall and other stuff to make the game challenging and immersive.

 

As you can tell, together that list would be long, might involve installing/uninstalling between saves, rife with conflicts, and a general pain. Split up, it would be simpler and give us more freedom. I think this would be a sweet premium feature and maybe give more reason for people to sign up. Or even limit the tabs in the free version to say 2-3 and unlimited (or at least 10) in the premium client. Sound like a good idea?

 

Edit: Note to moderators, feel free to move this topic to NMM suggestions. I found it about 30 seconds after I posted -_-

[Xander9009]

You can, to some extent, already do this. NMM has an export/import feature. You can make a load order and export it. Import whichever load order you're going to use for the character you want to play at the time, and you're good to go. Or move to Mod Organizer which does that and a heck of a lot more innately with a drop down list.

[bben46]

This is incorporated in the v0.50 currently under preliminary alpha testing. :thumbsup:

[Glaurung26]

Brilliant! Thanks for the info guys. I'll check that stuff out and patiently await v0.50.