Errors when searching for updates in vortex

[cheffchantier]

Hey,

 

I had some questions regarding the integrated update system in vortex.

 

I have a nearly finished mod list of 550 plugins and i wanted to see one last time if there are updates available(before beginning conflict resolution and patching the mods errors).

 

There are several mods that always return a request timeout(i attached the error messages).

 

I know that several mods with the " not available error " can be ignored since they are no longer on nexus.

 

But the other Mods are still on there.

 

What´s more confusing is before i tried the update function vortex mentioned that several mods needed updates for example:

 

The scrambled bugs enchantment cost fix, i always get the icon that the mod has an update for that file, but that is not true. i have the latest version of it and still get the message.

 

There are several other mods with this problem as well; for example SSE Engine Fixes (skse64 plugin) - Engine Fixes - Memory Patch for SSE 1.5.97 i still get the message to update yet i have the latest version installed.

 

My question about the update procedure is: do i need to forward some ports in my firewall for this to work or any Tcp/Ip changes?

 

Most of the time the update function works but not for the ones in my attached file.

 

Does it have something to do with the information provided by the mod author on the nexus page of the mod being outdated or anything like that?( i read somewhere that vortex gets some of its information from the nexus pages of the mods?)

The other question is; how do i stop vortex from showing me mods that apparently need an update but really don´t?

 

Thx for your help

 

 

[Guest deleted34304850]

yeah.

that's a bit of an issue alright.

so the mods that aren't on nexusmods any more is one thing - nothing can be done about that. to remove them from vortex's search, you have to double click each mod that is no longer on nexusmods and edit the source from nexusmods to blank. next time you search for updates these will be skipped.

next issue - there is a vortex addon called clear update notice which was written by pickysaurus. you can download that from nexusmods and install it into vortex. when installed after you do check for updates you may get false positives, as you did above. if you know that a mod doesnt need an update, right click it - select ignore update - done. sadly this is not a permanent ignore. the next time you check for updates, you have to do that action again, but it is what it is.

hope this helps.

[Pickysaurus]

Those timeouts are odd. Perhaps some kind of security software on your PC is limiting how many requests Vortex can send (and how quickly)?

[cheffchantier]

Hey,

sorry for the late reply and thx for your answers.

 

I will keep an eye out for the add-on. thx.

 

I personally can live with the errors, i just wanted to know if it was common issue or something on my end.

 

Hm, i just have avira (which i will be deleting soon since i don´t like it at all) suite running and spybot search and destroy.

 

I will have to check if i have some limitations configured for URL´s or anything else.

 

For the rest i have several ad blocker´s and no script for Firefox, but i doubt these will be problems.

 

Or how exactly does getting information on mods work on vortex. Does it go directly to the servers for the information or does it try to get it from the pages??

 

But to be honest i do not think that it is any security software problem since the other information from ca 450 mods i get just fine. Maybe smt with the info the author delivers you guys? But since i don´t know how vortex exactly works i can´t pinpoint it.

 

I will try disabling both on startup and see if it works(if it does not i will try to uninstall and see if that helps). I will get back here if it was the solution and works.