All mods cease to load for Fallout 4

[MJS814]

1ae0bfb8,

 

As I mentioned in my last reply, I don't want to enter a discussion about what constitutes a bug and what does not either. I was sincerely looking for help to fix my problem and to understand the cause. Not start a smear campaign against Vortex or any person trying to help. I have used Vortex without issue since it was first available on the nexusmods and have been impressed with how easy it was to use, and equally impressed with the good support I received from the modding community.

 

I have not ruled out user error as the cause either. But the user error isn’t and cannot be selecting the wrong option. It would have to be something that predicated Vortex to prompt for the two options in the first place. For the life of me I do not know what it was that I could've done but based on the questions asked I know what it wasn't.

 

In my mind click an option to restore files to their original state in analogous to pressing the undo button to remove an error and make everything better again. At the same time for me ignoring a computer error is tantamount to ignoring the check engine light on a car. Sure, you can ignore it and pretend it's not there but sooner or later it will get you.

 

You mentioned twice.

"All you need to do is select all your disabled mods and enable them, then make sure the corresponding plugins are active. Then deploy everything and load up your game. If mods are missing, you'll get a warning when the game starts. If you get no warning, you should be okay to resume your game. "

 

As I mentioned in this post at least twice, I have tried as you suggested even tried that several times before going to this forum and asking for help but that simply does not work. I have no redundant mods and the process becomes cyclic. Where the mod says it enabled but when you go to the plugins you get error flags that say, "Failed to Parse the Plugin" and "Not Deployed". Uninstalling the mods and reinstalling the mods was no help either. I believe this is because rather than revert my mods to their original state, it removed every mod and replaced the mods in D:\Vortex Mods\fallout4\ with "ghost files" (that is my term for files with the same name and extension but basically nothing inside).

 

I have not nor had anyone else mentioned that I should format my hard drive, reinstall windows, and I am certain you are not suggesting that either. Although, it was mentioned that I should reinstall my game. It was also mentioned that I should purge vortex and remove hard links. Not entirely sure what that means but I can guess. So, I think we have reached an impasse here. At this point I am okay without knowing the cause to my issue (other than opting to restore my files instead of constantly clicking dismiss this error message) and resorting to some near “draconian” measure to fix the problem. I am looking at this as a good time to step away from gaming for a while.

 

Playing a modded Fallout 4 was a blast, I truly enjoyed it!

[rmm200]

We are separated by a common language.

 

"Purge" in Vortex just means remove hard links. It is an ICon at the top of your mod window. It does not affect Vortex, your mods, or your game otherwise.

 

Clean the game directory of accidental trash is the important part. Manually deleting leftovers pieces of mods you find in your game directory is one way.

Many people find reinstalling the game easier, because it gets rid of all the bad pieces at once.

 

The important part of your mods is the Archive located in your Vortex downloads directory. Once you have that - you never need to download that version again.

Re-install just unpacks that archive back into the staging directory.

 

None of these operations affect your save games. Get everything cleaned up - and they should still work.

[Guest deleted34304850]

i don't know what to say. that's a lot of word salad you've written there, and honestly i stopped after the first paragraph.

its not a bug. its not even a discussion point, so i'm not discussing it. i have explained what the context of the messages are and what they mean.

 

ok. so here's the emergency break swtich if you think you need it (you don't but here it is anyway).

 

1. go into vortex select all your mods - click uninstall.

2. go into your fo4 directory - open the data folder - it should be empty as you've uninstalled all your mods.

3. if it isn't empty - either delete it or empty the contents. i'd choose the former.

4. go to steam verify your game files. this will create a new, empty data folder.

5. start the game, you should start a brand new, unmodded game.

6. alt f4

7. go to vortex install all your mods from your downloaded archives.

8. when you've installed all the mods - select them all - enable.

9. go to your saved game in vortex. click the option that says "delete" - the menu opens up - click restore game plugins.

10. start fo4 - select your save - done.

[MJS814]

rmm200,

 

Thanks for your reply should I decide to play again I will definitely give your suggestion a try.