Plugins.txt

[bstsmt]

Background: I use SkyrimVR, Nexusmods, Vortex and LOOT.I've been having issues recently when installing mods using Vortex with my Skyrim VR program in that immediately following the installation, the main program esm files are being removed from the plugins.txt file.

Not just hidden but deleted. This happens every time now. My intermediate fix is to manually re-enter the file names ( Dawnguard.esm, Dragonborn.esm, HearthFires.esm, Skyrim.esm, SkyrimVR.esm, SkyrimVR.esm and Update.esm) back into the file. (Note that these files are still in my Skyrim Data folder) I can then sort (using LOOT) as normal and all is fine until the next mod install.

There are no error messages during the installation of the mods using Vortex. Also, there are no error messages when sorting with LOOT. The Warnings present themselves after launching SkyrimVR and selecting "Continue, or Load".

[showler]

Are you using LOOT standalone along with Vortex?

 

Vortex already includes the LOOT functions built-in. Using both will cause issues.

[Pickysaurus]

In most cases the native ESM names don't need to be in the plugins.txt file. They are loaded automatically (if present) at an engine level.

 

If that's somehow different for VR there may be a bug that needs reporting, but as it's the same engine I'd imagine only the SkyrimVR.esm plugin would be problematic.