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Since it's LE you might have to be careful that it's not saved in an SE format.

Maybe it's like "cookie clicker"?

In that case Vortex should be warning you that the files in the data directory have been modified outside of Vortex's control. That warning should come before the purge is done and give you the chance to either keep the changed files or revert to what's in the staging folder (the files that came with your mods). That's why I set up bodyslide to output the files to the staging folder as a new mod so that I can make it override everything else.

It will automatically sort into the top group. The group that contains all the ESMs you have. If it also needs to be above a specific other ESM then you may need to tell it to do that. There's a button to show what rules are currently set up and to add new ones.

No skse?

Would it help to know which files are being changed? Having exactly two files changed for every single mod seems odd to me, but I haven't spent time modding KCD2.

Depends on how you set up bodyslide, but it shouldn't. Vortex will only purge files it deployed.

Yes, reinstall any mods that are installed to the game's main folder rather than the data/mod folder. Then properly deal with any conflicts that come up. It's an old bug that was fixed, but you need to do the reinstall so that Vortex can recognize the problem.

An ESM will be in the top group by default. If you need to move it anywhere further up you can use the conflict resolution rules to move it where you need it.

Okay, from a quick google it's possible someone duplicated the focusing crystal to use in a mod as a decoration or something?

Unless you have some mods, the crystal is looted from one of the falmer in Mzulft itself. Very near the door where you speak to the other researcher.

Well, I can't see what you're seeing but the redundant warning literally means "based on your override settings Vortex isn't even going to bother deploying this mod because every file in it will be overwritten by one or more other mods". So the result of all those overwrites you are describing is that Vortex does nothing at all with the redundant mod.

The only times I had trouble killing him was when Markarth was slow to load in. He'd actually reach her and start the attack while the screen was still darkened.

Are you updating the Collection or updating mods in the Collection? If you're updating the Collection then any dependencies should have been handled by the curator. But if you're trying to update mods in the Collection individually then you may have a problem.

Basically, by messing around with it you've managed to confuse Vortex about it's current status. If No Man's Sky is current NOT LISTED AS A MANAGED GAME (when you choose the games tab it is in the lower "unmanaged" section, not the top "managed" section), then follow these steps: 1. STOP TRYING TO REMOVE THE EXTENSION. 2. NOTHING. There's nothing else to do. Vortex is not managing the game and will not do anything to the game unless you decide to manage it.

It would only be marked as redundant if there's multiple copies of it and at least one them is completely overridden.

You don't mention if you ran the TFC installer?

It did return. It was causing issues with the site so they had to remove it again.

If "ms Skyrim se" means you have it on Game Pass then skse doesn't work with that version.

Well, I suppose it's true that they didn't write "MUST BE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET" in big letters but it's a system designed to download and install from a website and has absolutely zero mentions of being able to create an offline copy of a Collection, so perhaps it was assumed? Regardless, what you are trying to do is not a feature it has.

Because it was designed to query the website for information not to work off-line. This should be a feature request for the new Nexus Mods App, not a support request for Vortex.

It's just the site preferences page: https://next.nexusmods.com/settings/preferences

One thing is that it can't connect to GitHub for some reason.

Just go to uesp.net and look them up. Find out whether they're important that way.

Is there any reason why you think you need Vortex open when using xEdit? Or why you'd want to install a new mod while having xEdit open? I can't think of a single reason for doing that other than a misunderstanding of how Vortex works.