what is the point in downloading vortex if i have to install everything manually?

[goorooj]

i used the old nexus mod manager, everything went like a breeze.

 

now i try to install a collection for witcher, this new mod manager is completely useless. it only opens the pages here to download everything manually and starts over again when done, it does really nothing else and i am actually faster if i just download the individual files and place them myself.

Every single file it says "you need to download from the mod page" and then it takes me to the page to download manually....

 

what is the use of this new mod manager?

Edited August 2, 2023 by goorooj

[anjenthedog]

it is not a "new" mod manager. it's been around at least the 4-1/2 years I've been on Nexus.

 

Some mods a n author presents are optional versions and therefore don't provide auto install options (ie, clicking a single button that initiates a download from nexus and initiates the vortex installation process). for an authoritative answer, I'd ask the mod author why he or she set up his or her mod page that way.

 

In at least some cases, it's because they have multiple versions of their mod for different player setups

 

As for its purpose? I have about 500 mods installed and active at present. (I've installed close to a thousand mods over the course of my game play, and uninstalled many too, for this or that reason). It has been, overall, a breeze to mod my game, care of Vortex handling the processes for me, with little and often no need for me to do anything other than click a few buttons

[showler]

They're talking nonsense.

 

They're talking about a Collection and complaining that they have to manually select the download button for each mod it presents to them. Which means they are an ad-supported user not a Premium subscriber.

 

Vortex will still be doing all the installs automatically.

[Guest deleted34304850]

i used the old nexus mod manager, everything went like a breeze.

 

now i try to install a collection for witcher, this new mod manager is completely useless. it only opens the pages here to download everything manually and starts over again when done, it does really nothing else and i am actually faster if i just download the individual files and place them myself.

Every single file it says "you need to download from the mod page" and then it takes me to the page to download manually....

 

what is the use of this new mod manager?

the solution to your "problem" is to get premium.

or, read about how collections work and how the adverts that are served contribute to the people who's mod's you're downloading for free.

 

either option works well. you choose which one serves you best.

[GordonRamsme420]

Thank you, paying for premium saved my wrist