I hate being a newbie

[Darnun]

Hi Everyone

 

I'm Darren and have only come over to PC gaming in the last couple of weeks. Been a console gamer for about 20 years (was PC before that tho)

 

So I have a nice crispy new gaming rig and a number of games installed. Knowing i would like to mod, I asked around about how I do that and was pointed to here as well as wemod.

 

So I have good old newbie questions that I hope you can answer for me:

 

1. I have installed Vortex but I assume the games under the "Games" heading are the only ones you can mod through vortex.?? If not, how do I mod a game that isn't listed.

2. Is there a simple guide that shows exactly how to mod games that aren't in Vortex? EG What tools do I use and how to run the game with the mods.

 

Basically I am after modding The Hunter - Call of the Wild. There's a ton of mods on the nexus site but it isn't listed in Vortex. How the heck do I do that?

 

I looked on youtube for tutorials and saw ones that used something called Mod Manager but that showed something very different to what I saw after I downloaded that.

 

I know newbies are annoying (I work in IT) but help an idiot out.

 

Thanks for anyone that helps

Cheers

Darren

[InvokerGray]

Each game is very different in the way you can mod it. Perhaps a list of the game you would like to make mods for could help guide you to the correct part of the forum.

Skyrim and Fallout 4 are good gateways to get you going.

Edited October 21, 2022 by InvokerGray

[StormWolf01]

Hi Darren, welcome to the Nexus, and welcome to the forums! :smile:

 

And... welcome back to PC gaming! Congrats on getting a gaming rig!

 

The first bit of advice from me.... is some tips about www.nexusmods.com

When you first open the page, you've got a biiiiiig, long list of icons for games. When you select one of the games, and go to that game's site, you will see some options along the top of the page. One of those options is Community. Clicking on that, gives you an option for Forums. Clicking on That, will take you to the portion of the site, devoted to the folks that are discussing the game that you were just interested in.

Even as just a lurker, reading through people's inquiries, problems that they have, advice they're seeking, you can learn about the game. And about what works with it, what doesn't, etc etc etc.

 

As a fellow IT guy, you can relate to what I'm saying. It's interactive learning :wink:

Also, as an IT guy... from one to another... Use the search function. You can find a lot of good stuff!

 

1) Many of the games have mods that you can install through vortex. Many of the mods you can download, have a green button, that allows you to download the mods thru a modmanager (In your case, Vortex.) and then use the modmanager to install the mod into the game.

(Thats about all I can tell you about Vortex... Oldschool here, I install most mods manually.)

The ones that do not have a manager download, you have to download, extract, and then drop into whichever folders they are needed to be put into. (Again, manually).

Like in a lot of IT work, learning the interior structure of a software, or O/S, will be critical :wink:

 

For the cases where manually installing is absolutely required. Here's a tip. I use a software called Q-Dir Explorer. It's a file browser. It lets you open up 4 different folder locations, all on one screen, without having to use tabs. Comes in EXTREMELY handy, when you are moving files from one place to another. Just have the two folders that you need open, and drag and drop what you need from one panel to another. http://q-dir.com/

Work smarter, not harder :wink: Reduce that workflow!

 

2) The specific forums for those particular forums, can help you out with that. QUITE a few of the forums, have stickied thread, specifically for information about modding that particular game.

If you can't find the answers that you are looking for there, just ask the community for help. Tho... the level of help available varies from community to community, usually depending on how active it is, or how popular the game is. And, of course, the level of knowlegable people In said community.

 

There's a couple of fundamental rules from IT that also plays a part in playing modded games. Especially games that are um... temperamental... when it comes to modding them *caugh* Bethesda *caugh*. A) Keep Documentation. I keep a record of the mods that I install, test, and play. That record is the name of the mod, the filename, when I installed it. And whether I encountered bugs with it.

That way, if I run into problems, I know what mods I've got, what they do, when I installed them, and that gives me a better idea of problem solving conflicts.

B) They drilled this one into us at tech school, and it's right there in my sig. Always keep backups, of the backups. If you run into problems with your game, due to mods... Have backups.

 

But yeah. Welcome aboard, Darren!