How to export SSE mod list?

[capella6707]

I'm having some mod issues, so obviously I need to provide my list of active mods, but I'm not sure how to do that, other than manually writing down each mod, and with nearly 300 mods, I'd rather not have to go that route!

 

I'm using Vortex.

 

Does Vortex provide a way to export the list of mods? I looked around in the program, but don't see anything that, to me, indicates it can do such a thing.

[anjenthedog]

Afaik, no. Seems like it could be done easily by snagging the mod names from vortex's internal DB "mod tab" entries, (just drop each onto a line, increment and then send the result to a text file). But to the best of my knowledge, no they haven't provided any such ability.

[wfandrews]

Run LOOT and in the upper right hand corner you will see three dots, one underneath the other. Click on that and you will get a menu one of which will be "Copy Load Order" if you click on that it will copy the LOOT load order to notepad.

 

Unfortunately I do not know how to get that file copied to Nexus forums. So this might be useless information, but then again somebody reading this thread might know how to do so.

 

Then again you might post your question on the Vortex forum on this site, if there is a way for Vortex to do what you want I am quite sure someone on that forum will know how to do so.

[anjenthedog]

Run LOOT and in the upper right hand corner you will see three dots, one underneath the other. Click on that and you will get a menu one of which will be "Copy Load Order" if you click on that it will copy the LOOT load order to notepad.

 

Unfortunately I do not know how to get that file copied to Nexus forums. So this might be useless information, but then again somebody reading this thread might know how to do so.

 

Then again you might post your question on the Vortex forum on this site, if there is a way for Vortex to do what you want I am quite sure someone on that forum will know how to do so.

FYI, the OP asked for how to generate a mod list, not a plugins list. The plugins list, and plugin load order, are, btw, stored as txt files in /AppData/Local/Skyrim Special Edition/

[7531Leonidas]

Here's a very slow, brute force method - When on the Mods list in Vortex, open the Mod Staging Folder. Maximize this window, set view choice to 'list'. Then, print screen as you scroll across your staging folder. Some of the names for the mods in the folder might be less than helpful, however, depending on how the author named them. This would take about four screenshots for my 848 item folder, 13 for a 'details' list that extends straight down the window.

 

Alternately, if you are into depraved self-torture, you could simply use the 'enabled' filter on your Mods in Vortex, and print screen repeatedly as you page down the list. My particular install would require 35-40 screenshots to cover, if I carefully aligned the files so that none repeated. I actually did this when I built my new computer over a year ago, so I could verify which mods were installed. (There were a lot fewer mods on my installation at the time.)

[HadToRegister]

Here's a very slow, brute force method - When on the Mods list in Vortex, open the Mod Staging Folder. Maximize this window, set view choice to 'list'. Then, print screen as you scroll across your staging folder. Some of the names for the mods in the folder might be less than helpful, however, depending on how the author named them. This would take about four screenshots for my 848 item folder, 13 for a 'details' list that extends straight down the window.

 

Alternately, if you are into depraved self-torture, you could simply use the 'enabled' filter on your Mods in Vortex, and print screen repeatedly as you page down the list. My particular install would require 35-40 screenshots to cover, if I carefully aligned the files so that none repeated. I actually did this when I built my new computer over a year ago, so I could verify which mods were installed. (There were a lot fewer mods on my installation at the time.)

 

 

Once you're in the Mod Staging Folder:

 

Hit Windows Key + X select Windows POWERSHELL

 

cmd

dir . /b > mods.txt

exit

 

[7531Leonidas]

Thx for the windows tip, HTR!

 

I am doing something wrong, however. The directory being printed is just that of my user profile folder for my logon identity.

 

FYI, I have SSE and Vortex installed on a secondary drive, not my root drive.

[HadToRegister]

Thx for the windows tip, HTR!

 

I am doing something wrong, however. The directory being printed is just that of my user profile folder for my logon identity.

 

FYI, I have SSE and Vortex installed on a secondary drive, not my root drive.

 

Are you doing all of that while you're inside the Vortex Mod Staging Folder for the game?

 

 

[7531Leonidas]

Vortex open, on the Mods page, click on Open Mod Staging Folder on the toolbar.

 

Focus on the Mod Staging Folder (minimized everything else), then win+x,

In Powershell window - typed

cmd [return]

dir . /b > mods.txt [return]

exit [return]

[7531Leonidas]

I got it to work, I didn't get the directory right in PS.

 

Went like this, in ps:

 

cmd [return]

[drive letter holding Vortex]: [return]

cd [path to vortex mods\skyrimse] [return]

dir . /b > [chosen title_for_list.txt] [return] -- Important - no spaces in name for modlist text file!

 

(the modlist txt file will show up in the skyrimse folder listed above, after a refresh)

 

I had to really dig back to Win 95 days with dos commands to piece this together. I am posting this for anyone else who struggles w/these dos-style commands, or is unfamiliar w/powershell. I wasn't well versed w/them then, even less now. Sorry to be so thick.

 

Thanks, HTR!