Files modified outside of vortex, but I don't know why...

[KD79]

Hi All,

 

I was hoping someone might shed some light on a matter that's been puzzling me. Vortex periodically tells me that files are being modified outside of Vortex. However...I haven't knowingly modified any files. I haven't installed anything manually and its not my antivirus or a cloud backup system. I've had a look at things in xedit, but made no changes. Then it hit me - I think these might be files I've changed to light from within Vortex, the filenames seem to match up and I've been playing with that feature (the feather icon). Has this happened to anyone else? Is this generally known behavior or peculiar to my system? (my hypothesis may be completely wrong, but I genuinely cannot think of any other reason for it). It doesn't appear to be doing any harm, it's just puzzling and i'm sure i'll kick myself when I find out why lol.

 

Thanks :)

[HadToRegister]

Hi All,

 

I was hoping someone might shed some light on a matter that's been puzzling me. Vortex periodically tells me that files are being modified outside of Vortex. However...I haven't knowingly modified any files. I haven't installed anything manually and its not my antivirus or a cloud backup system. I've had a look at things in xedit, but made no changes. Then it hit me - I think these might be files I've changed to light from within Vortex, the filenames seem to match up and I've been playing with that feature (the feather icon). Has this happened to anyone else? Is this generally known behavior or peculiar to my system? (my hypothesis may be completely wrong, but I genuinely cannot think of any other reason for it). It doesn't appear to be doing any harm, it's just puzzling and i'm sure i'll kick myself when I find out why lol.

 

Thanks :smile:

 

 

Yes, any change to the file, and vortex lets you know that there's a difference in the original file that's in the mod staging folder, and a change in the hardlink sitting in your game Folder

 

It's no big deal, I edit practically every ESP in my mod list, then on the next deployment even, I tell Vortex to SAVE CHANGES.

 

It's not Random, Vortex will only notify you of changes on the next deployment event, so you could edit a file, and not deploy any files for the next 6 months, and never get the message that a file has been changed.

 

[KD79]

Good to know, thanks for your help :)

[varkonasnorse]

One thing I like immensely is when Vortex tells you that a mod you are installiing is not the correct version for the game you are currently running. This is a great help to me and certainly one of Vortex's best built-in features. A lot of mods get "ported" to SSE from Oldrim, but some of the people doing it don't bother to correct the files in CK before sending them along. Vortex tells you and allows you to make the decision to not install it in the first place. This feature I like as it saves a lot of aggrevation and headaches. :confused:

Edited April 19, 2021 by varkonasnorse