Game not responding after deactivating and reactivating a mod

[4phn]

I deactivated and then reactivated Flora Overhaul, and now when I launch the game, I get the spinning wheel and program stops responding. Anyone know what's up?

[anjenthedog]

did you redeploy after re-enabling the mod?

[showler]

Also realize that deactivating a mod will sometimes also deactivate any mods that depend on that one. But reactivating that mod will not reactivate the others.

[anjenthedog]

Yeah. I've found that (or me) the best way to deal with a disabled mod (and I disable them from time to time for whatever reason, usually debugging), is to

1. re-enable the disabled mod
2. re-deploy
3. and then, and only then, reinstall the mod over itself
4. and when Vortex asks, tell it to completely overwrite the mod, rather than installing side-by-side.

This ensures (for me for my game) that all ancillary files are still as they should be. If I have to re-tweak its MCM afterwards, so be it. So be it. Better than a hobbled or broken mod. reenabling doesn't always require such "drastic" actions, but sometimes it seems to, so I've made it S.O.P. to avoid being caught off-guard (in cases where I need to disable a mod or a group of mods)

 

you have to be doubly careful when disabling "dependency" mods like library addons, and masters with addon mods. I wasn't aware (but thanks for that) or haven't been paying attention... that disabling a mod might disable another mod automatically. yikes.