Game With Multiple Mod Folders

[HarryPotter44442013]

Which version of Vortex are you using? (e.g. 1.8.0)

1.11.7

 

Which game are you modding and which game store did you purchase it from? (e.g. Skyrim SE from GOG)

Sims 3 on the EA app - Windows version

 

Which mods are you trying to use?

Too many to account for and, so, I'll just list the 2 mods I want to install: No more ugly snowprints, by Lyralei, needs to be in the Overrides folder and No More Zombies Generated At Full Moon - 2 Flavors, by Personcalledjoy, needs to be in the Packages folder.

 

What steps did you take before you encountered the error?

I don't know what to do to begin with.

 

What is the specific error message you received? (Provide a screenshot if possible)

N/A

 

TS3 has 2 mod folders called Overrides and Packages. How do I get Vortex to install different mods to different folders for the same game?

[showler]

Usually that would be handled by the mod author.

ie, one mod would have the files in an "overrides" folder within the archive and the other would have the files in a "packages" folder within  the archive.  Then Vortex would install both to the game folder and they should automatically go into the right folders.

But since those mods are not coming from Nexus Mods I have no idea whether or not they follow basic modding rules.

[HarryPotter44442013]

1 hour ago, showler said:

Usually that would be handled by the mod author.

ie, one mod would have the files in an "overrides" folder within the archive and the other would have the files in a "packages" folder within  the archive.  Then Vortex would install both to the game folder and they should automatically go into the right folders.

But since those mods are not coming from Nexus Mods I have no idea whether or not they follow basic modding rules.

Yeah, I figured that's what happens to mods downloaded directly from Nexus. If it helps, when TS3 mods were made, it was expected to manually unzip the mod and paste them into the correct folder instead of using something like Vortex. I can't confirm but I heard TS3 was released without mod support and then changed that with the least amount of codes as possible.