Tromador

Windows 11 (23H2). Vortex 1.11.7 I am trying to stop managing Witcher 3. I want to clean it completely back to "factory defaults" and start over. I'm using a complex collection, so it's better to start from clean. Vortex starts cleaning as I would expect then throws an error claiming that the mods.settings file in Documents is being manipulated by another process. I checked this in Resource Monitor and the only process with that file handle open is Vortex itself, but this could easily make sense as there are several Vortex processes running. Presumably one has control of the file, whilst another wants it and Vortex is fighting with itself. If I ignore the error, it immediately pops up again. If I choose to quit, then naturally Vortex just closes. The only way I have found to actually deal with this is a full manual process: 1 - Delete all the Vortex data from AppData/Roaming and start with an effectively clean Vortex install. 2 - Manually clean the Witcher 3 install. This is both tedious and means I can't use vortex to manage other games, as I would lose all the necessary metadata for those profiles every time I have to perform a manual reset on Vortex.

"Don't forget to delete your ModData folder before every Launch of the game. But for me it wasn't necessary, it loads normally even with ModData folder." Shouldn't need to *unless* you change your mods around. Frosty makes that folder and builds your mods into one big mod there (I can't remember the detail of what it does off hand). If you delete that folder every time, then Frosty has to make it every time and it just slows down starting the game. If you change your Frosty mods, then it should be dealt with (but don't trust it) automatically, as Frosty knows what it's doing with its files, if you change your DAIMOD files, then definitely clear out ModData for a clean rebuild. The patch number doesn't matter, but you do need to keep track of it. It's baked into the savefiles, so if you manage to end up with the game thinking it's a lower patch level than the save, then you won't be able to load your game. Finally you might want to look at https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonageinquisition/mods/2712 for making daimod texture/mesh changes compatible/work with the DLC.