blesch

For me, it was Skyrim. I finally got tired of it and stopped playing Skyrim entirely. Dropped my NM subscription for fast downloads, too, and just went to other games.

Got it. I didn't think it was those because I thought those were Crashlogger logs.

Just bumping this so others in this thread can see it. Also the folder for me was C:\Users\blesc\AppData\Roaming\Vortex @insomnious I searched that folder and pulled up results in a few different sub-folders, but nothing with a .log suffix.

I'm not putting in an extra step so someone can feel good about themselves. They have software. It doesn't work. Rather than pretend it's the end user's fault and disclaim all responsibility, just work with us to get it fixed rather than tell us to bugger off somewhere else. That's literally an option that's existed since page 1 of this thread, yet not a single mod, CM, or programmer has actually bothered to spend ten seconds DMing *any of the SIX* of us to do just that. Shoot me a line. I'll upload a config file or a log file or history file or whatever. That's been an option for the three weeks this thread has been open. Meanwhile, more and more people keep popping into this thread to speak up. Rather than ignore us, why not take a few seconds to engage rather than have us just jump through an additional, unnecessary hoop? I also offered to post my log, and asked which log specifically I needed to post, and yet no one has followed up with that query. So... which log file would you like me to post, where can I find it, and where exactly should I post it to?

Someone else commented that the CMs basically ignore discord. The same way they've been ignoring the problem in this thread, like when the CM Pickysaurus insists it's just 2 people having the problem when it's really just 6. That's also not counting the other folks who have the problem and have either given up and reinstalled their Vortex (which I refuse to do), or moved on to MO2 (which I'm about to do).

It's some kind of config or history or settings file not getting saved correctly. Clarifying: I'm in the same boat as you. This is 5 of us (6 now?) having the same issue.

There was a CM in here who clarified this point: Vortex doesn't actually copy the files to the /Skyrim Special Edition folder. Rather, it applies links to those folder that - to Windows - look like they are indeed the correct file size. However, they're actually not. Incidentally, this can also cause Windows to report that you have less free space on your drive than you actually do. The trade-off for all of this is that it is *significantly* faster for Vortex to deploy these much-smaller-than-reported files rather than copy the whole file. (I saw it take 20 minutes for my computer to move 200 gigs worth of mods from one drive to another, and about 30 seconds for Vortex to copy the links from the staging folder to the game folder). Finally, if you're as skeptical as I was, there is one other way to find proof of this and that is to look at your SSD's overall health. In Windows, go to "Settings" ==> Storage ==> Advanced Storage Settings ==> Disks & Volumes. Navigate to your hard drive's name, and you'll see a "Properties" button for the drive itself as well as each of the partitions for that drive. Click the "Properties" button for the drive, and then look at "Estimate Life Remaining" This is the life for the built-in drive that I've had installed for nearly 2 years: Description of this information from Microsoft's website (source link is below): And this is for the drive I installed just shy of three weeks ago, that has had to purge and then re-write all of my mod files several *hundred*, if not over one thousand, times since I started having this bug. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/what-to-do-about-a-critical-warning-for-a-storage-device-258e0042-e091-277d-5fa6-3c710fba70d7

Got my solution: uninstall both mods completely (even remove the archives), purge, deploy, reinstall both, deploy. Also downloaded this: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/67166?tab=files I didn't have it before, and my game was working fine, but I figured I might as well use this to solve the in-game problem. Meanwhile, Vortex stopped its out-of-game-whining about either having a redundant mod or not having it at all.

Came to add another symptom. I loaded a saved game, and on doing so was given an error message saying that a required file - MCM Helper - was inactive, but required for this game. I was then asked if I wanted to reactivate it. Before I could respond, my game crashed. This is also the mod that was indicating SkyUI was missing before. Crash log here: https://pastebin.com/sbtbS5wa

The only CM who's coming through here literally hasn't been reading the thread. He still thinks it's just *two* people having the problem, but it's actually 5 of us speaking up in this thread. That's also not including the countless other people who just gave up and went to MO2 because Vortex CMs ignore them and blame the problem on them. Same as what you just did.

I had a problem with SkyUI just now with the Favorites menu not showing up. When I checked my MCM, SkyUI was not listed in it. I went to reinstall SkyUI, and Vortex told me it was redundant after I reinstalled SkyUI and prompted me to disable it. I did, but then Vortex told me that another mod that depends on SkyUI was reporting it as missing. I checked my Vortex installation. I only have one installation of SkyUI. *just* One. So Vortex was correctly telling me it was missing when disabled, but falsely telling me it was redundant when Enabled. I have a feeling this is related to why SkyUI's MCM wasn't showing up in-game. Screenshots were taken after I re-enabled SkyUI. This problem is new, and I've run SkyUI on prior saves with no issue even with both of the above pathes/mods installed.

5 people having the same problem with auto-deployment, and the solution is to disable part of the program?

-edit- Please ignore; it DID fail to purge a few days ago but looks like it's working now.

No luck. Not only did it not help, but now Vortex is stuck updating FNIS. It's been updating for the last hour or so. I had to reboot it. Then it purged but got stuck on the FNIS step.

I'm working with a hypothesis I have manual deployment enabled, i.e. I have to click a button to do it. This prevents me from having to watch the full deployment event EVERY time a mod is installed. This is a big deal when you're installing about a thousand mods (as I am), as deployment can take >30 seconds when you're deploying 300,000 files.