Unistalled all mods. Wanted a clean gamesave. Now trying to reinstall, how can I avoid having to choose variant or updating profiles for each mod?

[diegoaccord]

It says mods seems to be installed already. So it wants me to choose to add variant or update all profiles for each mod, of which I have 300.

 

I'm guessing the only way to avoid is to erase the stuff in "data" but then obviously I fully lose the mods and would have to go through downloading them. I don't know why choosing "uninstall" doesn't actually uninstall the mod according to vortex itself? How is it installed if all the mods have a blue "not installed" box?

[Guest deleted34304850]

uninstalling a mod does not delete the mod archive - unless you tell it to - so you wouldnt need to redownload everything again. you purposely have to instruct vortex to delete the mod archive. if you don't want to redownload everything, just don't enable that option.

[Guest deleted34304850]

just to add - you want a clean game no mods - create a new profile. enable that profile, play the game. done.

[diegoaccord]

uninstalling a mod does not delete the mod archive - unless you tell it to - so you wouldnt need to redownload everything again. you purposely have to instruct vortex to delete the mod archive. if you don't want to redownload everything, just don't enable that option.

 

I get this. But why is it still saying the mod is already installed, and wanting to install a 2nd instance of the mod, if the mod is in fact uninstalled.

 

 

just to add - you want a clean game no mods - create a new profile. enable that profile, play the game. done.

 

No. What I wanted was a clean game at the beginning of the game, to then reinstall the mods I already had. My problem is that even though the mods are not installed, which was confirmed by a vanilla start (Fallout 4) when I go to reinstall the mods, Vortex is saying they are already installed, and wants me to choose to rename the 2nd installation, or overwrite it. This has to be done mod by which would take hours. If the mods are not installed, as Vortex claims they aren't. Then this dialouge box shouldn't pop up, and it should automatically install these mods no questions, no confirmations? Correct?

 

 

For some reason, with just about any Beth game I've experienced (all of them) the game can be perfectly fine, but if I stop playing the game, for say months, I ALWAYS have problems when I come back.

[Guest deleted34304850]

if the mods are not installed, then your data folder should be empty.

whats in your data folder?

if vortex thinks the mod is installed then its not lying - it thinks its installed. are you removing stuff outside of vortex's control?

[rmm200]

I think the op is conflating "Installed" with "Deployed".

 

For one of your mods, what is the status of that mod on the Vortex mods page? Your choices are "Not installed", "Installed", or "Enabled".

[diegoaccord]

if the mods are not installed, then your data folder should be empty.

whats in your data folder?

if vortex thinks the mod is installed then its not lying - it thinks its installed. are you removing stuff outside of vortex's control?

 

But, every mod has a blue "not installed" box. I used vortex ctrl+a > uninstall to uninstall all of them.

 

The data folder is empty, except the esp's of the mods I made myself. Folders for mods exist, but are empty 96b.

 

 

I think the op is conflating "Installed" with "Deployed".

 

For one of your mods, what is the status of that mod on the Vortex mods page? Your choices are "Not installed", "Installed", or "Enabled".

Um, no. I have already described "blue not installed boxed".

 

I am not confused on what I see.

 

Blue = "not installed"

Gray = "installed not deployed"

Green = "installed deployed"

 

Again, my whole list is blue.

 

Undeploying is what I do if I suspect a mod is cause funky s#*! to happen. If I installed a set of 10 mods in one go, I will undeploy those last 10 one by one to see which one is causing the issues.

 

I know exactly how to use Vortex, but my current issue is a vortex problem not a "me" problem.

 

I'll do a vid and upload, I suppose. Be easier.

[Guest deleted34304850]

sounds like a "me" problem to me as i have no idea what "undeploy" means. you uninstall.a mod - there is no "undeploy".

[diegoaccord]

Solved. I think.

 

So when making the video, I had the idea to hit "ENABLE" instead of "REINSTALL" after selecting all.

 

But it's literally now INSTALLING the mods, and not asking about variants.

 

In the video, you CLEARLY SEE "not installed" then I hit "REINSTALL" and get the pop up. When I restart and decide to hit "ENABLE" it does what I originally wanted it to do in the first place.

 

Hitting ENABLE to an uninstalled mod, is not how this is supposed to work.

 

[Guest deleted34304850]

you dont enable a mod. you enable a plugin.

you install a mod. you uninstall a mod.