Help with Vortex mod list

[YaBoi489]

Hi,

Recently my Hard Drive died on me and I lost all the files on it, Vortex was installed on it, is there any way I could possibly get all the archives back or see just the list of mods I had before? I really, really don't want to search the nexus for them again because it took like 2 years to perfect the mods that I had in my loadout so it would be a huge loss

[AugustaCalidia]

Have you consulted your Nexus download history? That would be a good place to start. Also, looking forward, having a backup plan for your archives would also be a good thing.

[YaBoi489]

Have you consulted your Nexus download history? That would be a good place to start. Also, looking forward, having a backup plan for your archives would also be a good thing.

I could do that but I've downloaded mods I don't use anymore and I don't remember which ones I did and didn't use, plus there was like 220 +/- 10 mods I did use, that would take a very, very long time to go sift trough. As for the backups I'm very much aware, unfortunately financial situation currently (nor back then before it failed) don't support having either a cloud based nor a physical backup solution and frankly neither do I trust cloud storage companies to keep my data safe and just the feeling of having to hand over my personal information and files to a random company doesn't sit right but I digress, in the case there's no other way to keep the old archives and stuff I could just sit down one day and spend a couple hours finding all the mods again I guess.

[jaydawg55]

YaBol489, you could choose to see this as an opportunity to trim down your mod files to just the most important few that you use. Personally, I struggle with this myself. I have over 500 mods installed for Skyrim AE plus another 200 disabled. That bunch of disabled mods need to go because I rarely use them. Some of those 500+ mods probably should be trimmed down as well. It takes a long time to load all of my mods when launching the game.

 

You will remember the mods that mean the most to you. That has been my experience every time I have overhauled my Skyrim mod list. I take a clean sheet of paper approach, which I think takes less total time than trying to recover the list of what I had before.

[rmm200]

In the big scheme of things, Vortex does not matter, the mod staging directory does not matter. Profiles are kept on your C drive.

 

What matters is your mod download directory, which I hope was not on your dead drive.

With Downloads intact, you never need to download those mods again unless updated, and the directory gives you a list of your mods.

 

Backup can be as simple as copying your download directory to a flash drive periodically. Make it happen.

[YaBoi489]

In the big scheme of things, Vortex does not matter, the mod staging directory does not matter. Profiles are kept on your C drive.

 

What matters is your mod download directory, which I hope was not on your dead drive.

With Downloads intact, you never need to download those mods again unless updated, and the directory gives you a list of your mods.

 

Backup can be as simple as copying your download directory to a flash drive periodically. Make it happen.

Unfortunately it was on the dead drive :/

 

I know, thing is, it's kinda hard to find flash drives that go into TB without them costing an arm and a leg lol

[YaBoi489]

YaBol489, you could choose to see this as an opportunity to trim down your mod files to just the most important few that you use. Personally, I struggle with this myself. I have over 500 mods installed for Skyrim AE plus another 200 disabled. That bunch of disabled mods need to go because I rarely use them. Some of those 500+ mods probably should be trimmed down as well. It takes a long time to load all of my mods when launching the game.

 

You will remember the mods that mean the most to you. That has been my experience every time I have overhauled my Skyrim mod list. I take a clean sheet of paper approach, which I think takes less total time than trying to recover the list of what I had before.

I guess you're right, nowhere near preferred but it works I guess

[rmm200]

You sound like you are running a single profile, with all your mods enabled in it.

 

For the sake of the game engine, try running Profile themes.

 

A base theme that has a small et of mods you always run.

 

Multiple themes containing sets of mods that go together.

 

You want to try Skyrim as a chicken? Have a chicken profile you clone from your default set.

 

The engine won't crash as often, and your game will load faster...

[YaBoi489]

You sound like you are running a single profile, with all your mods enabled in it.

 

For the sake of the game engine, try running Profile themes.

 

A base theme that has a small et of mods you always run.

 

Multiple themes containing sets of mods that go together.

 

You want to try Skyrim as a chicken? Have a chicken profile you clone from your default set.

 

The engine won't crash as often, and your game will load faster...

I generally do that, not for Stardew though, handles mods way better than skyrim lol also I think a decent enough part of the mods I was using for Skyrim have been taken down from the nexus, probably when the whole "no more deleting your mods teehee, our mods now hehe" thing went down so I guess those are gone