Grogrokl Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) Unlike BOSS which has a fixed Load Order, LOOT seems to sort differently every time. Is it really safe to change Load Order in the middle of a game? Edited April 3 by Grogrokl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndalayBay Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 BOSS is still the recommended tool for Oblivion. LOOT works better with new mods, so it's better for Skyrim and later games. Whether it's safe? Well presumably you're running it because you've changed your mod list, so even BOSS would wind up changing the load order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grogrokl Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 What I meant was that BOSS will sort in a fixed order every time. For example, in this order: Mod A, D, K, M, B. Every time you sort it will sort in this order. LOOT on the other hand throws around mods and sorts differently every time. First time you sort you might get this order: A, D, K, M, B, the next time you sort you might get this order: D, A, M, K, B, the third time you sort might get this order: A, D, M, K, B and so on. Is this really safe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndalayBay Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 It depends on the mods you're using. Oblivion uses modified date for load order and last mod loaded wins, so you may wind up with mods not overwriting other mods like you intended. LOOT uses heuristics rather than a defined mod list, so you'll get varying results. Skyrim doesn't use dates for load order. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha8088 Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 A good rule of thumb might be: If you play an antique game you should use an antique load ordering system. Heuristics sounds futuristic, like they are anticipating what might happen with an unknown combination of mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha8088 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 On 5/25/2024 at 6:03 AM, Moksha8088 said: A good rule of thumb might be: If you play an antique game you should use an antique load ordering system. Heuristics sounds futuristic, like they are anticipating what might happen with an unknown combination of mods. Oh yeah?!!! Are you forgetting that other Oblivion posters of the past have touted the superiority of Loot? Just because you are getting closer to Grandma Shirley's age does not forgive... what was I talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronOfMpls Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 14 hours ago, Moksha8088 said: On 5/25/2024 at 7:03 AM, Moksha8088 said: A good rule of thumb might be: If you play an antique game you should use an antique load ordering system. Heuristics sounds futuristic, like they are anticipating what might happen with an unknown combination of mods. Oh yeah?!!! Are you forgetting that other Oblivion posters of the past have touted the superiority of Loot? Just because you are getting closer to Grandma Shirley's age does not forgive... what was I talking about? You do realize you quoted yourself there, right? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha8088 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 On 6/28/2024 at 4:29 PM, AaronOfMpls said: You do realize you quoted yourself there, right? Yes, Aaron. It was supposed to be humorous. Just pretend it was by Sheogorath and it involved cheese. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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