SpookaXX Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 I think this is quite an annoying downgrade from NMM. I don't always have every mod installed as I like to give them more time to develop. Or I have Skyrim uninstalled for a bit but like to keep my mods up to date and just enjoy reading mod updates. Why can't Vortex detect new version of mods without them being installed first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deleted34304850 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 how do you check for an update for something that isn't installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpookaXX Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 how do you check for an update for something that isn't installed? NMM could do it. Just download the mod and whether I install or not it would still notify me on an update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deleted34304850 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 you can do that if a mod is disabled, but if a mod is not installed - how can any mod manager know its there and to check for updates? i mean i know that nmm was the best mod manager ever but thats like quantum leap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showler Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Have you tried with a full update scan rather than the default quick scan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpookaXX Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 you can do that if a mod is disabled, but if a mod is not installed - how can any mod manager know its there and to check for updates? i mean i know that nmm was the best mod manager ever but thats like quantum leap. The fact is that NMM could do it. Full stop. Vortex should be able to do it too imo. Have you tried with a full update scan rather than the default quick scan? Thanks for the suggestion, but I have tried this. Just immediately finishes as if I've downloaded no mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deleted34304850 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 you can do that if a mod is disabled, but if a mod is not installed - how can any mod manager know its there and to check for updates? i mean i know that nmm was the best mod manager ever but thats like quantum leap. The fact is that NMM could do it. Full stop. Vortex should be able to do it too imo.you say "fact" but i used the worlds greatest mod manager before going to vortex, and it didn't check for stuff that wasn't installed. i mean, just think about it. i have a fallout game with 300 something mods in it. if vortex then checked everything i didn't have installed, it's checking thousands of mods for updates i don't want, or care about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showler Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Just to stop this silliness, are you talking about mods that have been downloaded with Vortex, are visible in the Mods tab but have not been installed or enabled in your game? Because if that is the case then Vortex should have all the necessary metadata for the mod and should be capable of checking for updates, even without the mod being installed to the game or enabled. All the needed info is acquired during the download. If NMM checked for updates on mods even when they weren't installed to the game it seems perfectly reasonable to ask why Vortex doesn't do the same. Perhaps there is a setting that needs to be changed to make it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickysaurus Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 You can submit this through the app as a feature suggestion. I believe they are excluded because the data structures in Vortex for a download are different to a mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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