FO4 on steam and COG

[Krylons]

I have FO4 on Steam and on COG in 2 different directories. Is it possible to have both versions in Vortex to have mods in both directories? I want to have the steam copy for normal FO4 and COG for FOLON

 

[Pickysaurus]

Vortex currently only supports one instance of each game. Fallout London is just Fallout 4 with mods installed so it isn't currently something you can manage separately. 

[showler]

You can make a separate Windows account, which will mean a separate Vortex settings location and allow you to have both games.  But you'll need to go back and forth between accounts to play the two games (or use a slightly complicated command line option to switch).

[ChemBoy1]

On 8/1/2024 at 3:32 AM, Pickysaurus said:

Vortex currently only supports one instance of each game. Fallout London is just Fallout 4 with mods installed so it isn't currently something you can manage separately. 

I am thinking that perhaps having the Vortex team make a separate extension for FO4 London that is essentially identical to FO4 but with a different game ID can address this. Though I do understand you would need to update all the peripheral extensions (gamebryo-plugins, etc.) to recognize the new extension.

[Pickysaurus]

3 hours ago, ChemBoy1 said:

I am thinking that perhaps having the Vortex team make a separate extension for FO4 London that is essentially identical to FO4 but with a different game ID can address this. Though I do understand you would need to update all the peripheral extensions (gamebryo-plugins, etc.) to recognize the new extension.

It's been considered but as there's no way to properly separate Fallout 4 and Fallout London (due to shared appdata/documents folders) it's better for users to just add Fallout London as a mod for Fallout 4 and use the existing profiles feature to swap between them. 

Here's a bit more on how to do that.