muffinscubed

thanks!! makes sense now

thanks for your response! so essentially what i gather from what you said is: "mod deploy order" is irrelevant to me unless vortex tells me there is a conflict, and then "plugin load order" is something that LOOT auto-sorts and generally i should follow what it advises me?

apologies for my small brain -- i've tried looking it up and i've not really come across an answer that i understand. i'm using Vortex 1.4.11 for Skyrim LE and i have 23 mods loaded. i think i understand the difference between mods and plugins -- i.e. that plugins are just one potential component of mods, but mods can involve many different components other than plugins, such as textures or whatever. but i don't understand why mod deploy order and plugin load order differ. for example, why does Vortex auto-sort Unofficial Skyrim LE Patch.esp to load FIRST (after official DLC) in the plugins list... but deploys it LAST (i.e. after every other mod i have) in the mods list? hope this questions makes sense. any help appreciated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vortex vers 1.4.11 game - skyrim legendary edition number of mods - 23 system - windows, x64