Skyrim Mod Load Order

[m0ckingbird20]

Hey guys,

I have been using NMM for a few years now to load my mods but I never actually used that many mods, so it was easy to just arrange my load order myself (using the programm's plugins tab) without having any major issues. However I currently have 122 mods installed (downloading Interesting NPC's, Immersive College of Winterhold and Realistic Animals and Predators as well) and trying to arrange them myself is getting tedious to say the least.

So, I downloaded TOOL and used the Short Plugins function then hit the "Apply" button. Then I checked my Plugins on my NMM but they remained unchanged so this leads me to a couple of questions.

1) Can NMM and TOOL work together? So if i launch SKSE Skyrim from my NMM now will it load mods as TOOL suggested or as they are still appear on NMM's Plugin list. I am guessing the 2nd in which case... halp xD

2) Is TOOL reliable enough? I mean I could see certain mods that I thought could have been placed better, but I am not an expert so I can't be sure. If answer is NO, then can I post a screen of TOOL's list so someone can help me with it? Or are there any other options? (BOSS comes to mind but I heared TOOL is "better".)

Note that I had just uninstalled every mod I had and just reinstalled them using NMM in a Alphabetic order (Apart from mods that had to overwrite certain files on other mods. e.g. "XPMS - XP32 Maximum Skeleton Extended" and other animation mods), should I maybe arrange the plugins myself with NMM before I try to use TOOL or does it make no difference?

Thanks for the help. ^^

 

P.M. If you guys need to know my current mods list just ask.