I updated Vortex recently and I recently got more than like 900+ Loot Messages that are completely useless.

[red48dude]

 

@Nagev 

Hello... 

About that hotfix. Whatever happened to it coming... Did it get delayed even further? I never got the hotfix and any update at all. The plugins page is still broken. 

Or did you mean you are starting to work on the hotfix that day? 

Edited August 10 by red48dude

[imprimis432]

Temporary fix, use at own risk!, with the obligatory warning out the way, this merely changes the text of the annoying message to a blank text (or whatever you prefer to see).

UPDATED EDIT:  Vortex updated without any issues, just reapply this fix and filter by LOOT messages for desired results.

Or BETTER just follow the other thread and use @showler 's step by step to regroup and make this fix irrelevant, however I will leave it here for future workarounds needed incase of further unwanted messages.

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here's the workaround fix anyway.

With Vortex closed.

Go to your Vortex program location and follow the folder order until you get to the folder called "gamebryo-plugin-management"

...Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar.unpacked\bundledPlugins\gamebryo-plugin-management

Back up (copy) the file index.js somewhere safe outside the folder for future revert.

Open index.js with notepad (I use notepad++)

ctrl+f and find the annoying line "No LOOT metadata could be found for this plugin, This is usually fine but you may have to assign it a different Group to help sort it correctly"

Now just replace the text NOT THE speech marks "  with a space or a . or something less noticeable, eg " ".

Save the file.

 

Now start Vortex, you will see the following pop up, don't panic, its just an automatic file integrity/inconsistency warning, you only changed a piece of text, so just hit ignore and it will load up Vortex as it normally does but with the annoying messages hidden.

Now you will have a much easier time narrowing down LOOT messages that actually matter instead of this pointless annoying message cluttering up the list.

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If you need to find the line again in the file just ctrl+f ",condition:"always",isConditional:!1}" and its the bit before this, this is the only occurance of this piece of script so it filters down to it fast and easy.

const p=e=>({name:e.name,display:e.displayName}),f={type:0,content:"YOUR REPLACED TEXT",condition:"always",isConditional:!1};s[e]={messages:l|

At worst just revert the file from the backup or reinstall Vortex over the top (I tested this) of the old installation and it will revert the file back to normal.

 

This is a temporary workaround fix, don't bug Vortex dev's or nexus staff this is not endorsed by them! , just message me instead if you have issues regarding this fix. or quote this post, again, it should be safe and fine as it merely changes a strings content nothing more, the only issue may be if Vortex updates and can't replace the file, but I can't see that happening, I'm just covering possibilities arising. (update was fine, just needed to reapply the fix).

It's not clean, it's not ideal but its a must for some of us that have enough headaches trying to deal with modding without this extra unhelpful annoyance.