Vortex keeps purging when I download and install a mod

[langbj76]

I started having this problem this evening. I think there was a Vortex update today?

But anyway, anytime I so much as disable a mod, it purges everything. Every time. Worst part is it does this so often that it destroyed my load order, which is causing other problems. Like the conflict rules I have set up aren't being followed because the load order isn't what the rules say it should be, so it's deploying the wrong files...

This is very frustrating...

[showler]

Would everyone with this problem please post their logs and state file as requested so the cause can be identified?

[Pickysaurus]

21 hours ago, insomnious said:

Hi @CommunistNinja and @blesch, and anyone else having similar issues with purging etc.

First of all, apologies again that you are having these issues. What we could really do with is logs and a copy of Vortex's state from anyone that is having these issues.

Logs can be found in %APPDATA%/Vortex, anything that ends in .log, if you could zip them all up and send them to us.

A copy of Vortex's state can be created by opening Vortex, then going to Settings > Workarounds > Create backup and save json file. This json is what we also need to compare along with the log.

If you could DM them to me, that would be super useful.

Thanks,

insomnious

 

If you need help with this problem a post just saying "I'm also having this problem" isn't going to allow us to help you.

Please follow the instructions above. 

The log files are %APPDATA%/Vortex/vortex.log. %APPDATA%/Vortex/vortex1.log, %APPDATA%/Vortex/vortex2.log, etc. But generally the one without a number will be fine. 

[insomnious]

If the log files and\or state files are too big to upload for a DM, please find me on Discord ('insomnious' in the Nexus Mods Discord servers) and we can walk through various ways of getting the info we need to us.

Thank you for your patience,

insomnious

 

[langbj76]

Logs

vortex.zip

[langbj76]

State file is too big, I will find you on Discord.

Another thing that may be related (since someone here "fixed" the problem by disabling the Mod Dependency Manager extension) is that my MDM extension is acting weird. It tells me mods are redundant when they are not. Say I have a mod that replaces all the interface files from Starfield. Then I add another that just replaces two of them. Conflict is flagged, I set the rule so the smaller one loads after. Deploy. It tells me the one with two files is redundant, since it thinks it being completely overwritten. I check the game folder and check the file properties and it has in fact deployed the right files, but I guess it thinks it didn't?

[insomnious]

Thank you to those that have sent their logs\state, we are looking through them now. We are aware of the issue now and are almost certain it's a conflict issue between mods but it is also different for each user and so we don't have a global 'fix' right now. If you have got time to fiddle around, you can identify what mods are causing the loop by disabling one and then waiting for the purge\deploy to stop and seeing what works and what causes the issue to start when they are enabled again.

We will be in touch with individual users that have sent their files through to hopefully point you in the right direction while we work on an update to Vortex so it will better show you what mods are causing the conflict is.

Thanks for being patient

insomnious

 

[4nik8tor]

I'm having the auto-purge issue as well.  I narrowed it down to an ENB that I'd flagged as such, but it had Data/skse/plugin/ files as well, so it had a Data folder included.  It shows the ! in the Dependencies column like it does when you individually override one of the file conflicts, even though I wasn't doing so on this mod.

I'm also a bit off label in my usage.  I zip the SkyrimSE game binaies and Data contents up and deploy each as a separate mod, but those don't seem to trigger whatever is going on.

I'd like to vote on killing this auto-purge feature with fire.  Just give me a warning instead.

Vortex.zip

[showler]

Again, I'm pretty sure that it's a bug, not a feature.  So if they knew what was causing it in order to turn it off or replace it with a warning, they'd probably be able to just fix the bug in the first place.

[CommunistNinja]

On 5/22/2024 at 2:54 AM, Pickysaurus said:

If you need help with this problem a post just saying "I'm also having this problem" isn't going to allow us to help you.

Please follow the instructions above. 

The log files are %APPDATA%/Vortex/vortex.log. %APPDATA%/Vortex/vortex1.log, %APPDATA%/Vortex/vortex2.log, etc. But generally the one without a number will be fine. 

Here are the last 4 logs.

vortex4.zip