Why has Vortex Deteriorated???

[Cheyron]

Why is Vortex so bugged lately? Used to work perfect. Please rollback to the last year extension. Bannerlord extension was fine in the past.

It doesn't even understand it is updating a mod by clicking the yellow link that pops up after checking for updates. This is the result of updating a mod in vortex. It should have uninstalled the old version first. There are other bugs too. It can never load or download something on its first try. Tried to report on forum but can't even find my post anymore and got zero response.

Bugs:

-Can no longer install multiple submodules/folders. If you pack a few different submodules into a zip, it will only install one.
-Can never login properly first try. See top right of image, red notifications.
-Can never download first try. Likely linked to login issue.
-It can no longer be trusted to manage file conflicts. It constantly complains about conflicts in error.

[Grendizer73]

Agree. It's been a while since Vortex has become a trash program to install collection...

[Morgoth3791]

Agree. Downloaded Skyrim SE Anniversary Edition. First start in Steam. Used Vortex to add SKSE64 and Vortex deleted all but five of the Creation Club content. I mean they were physically deleted from the Data folder. Been at it two weeks now to try and make Vortex work, alas to no avail. Even when plugins show up in the Vortex Plugin tab, they often don't get recognized in game. Back to the DOS games it is.

[showler]

You didn't mention whether you had used the SE mod menu to download all the Creation Club items in the first place.  The game only comes with five pieces of CC content, the rest have to be downloaded in game.

[7531Leonidas]

There might also be a problem WRT OneDrive or Steam Cloud backup causing problems.

[Pickysaurus]

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-Can no longer install multiple submodules/folders. If you pack a few different submodules into a zip, it will only install one.
-Can never login properly first try. See top right of image, red notifications.
-Can never download first try. Likely linked to login issue.
-It can no longer be trusted to manage file conflicts. It constantly complains about conflicts in error.

1. You'd have to ask @Aragas as he maintains the Bannerlord support for Vortex - it is no longer managed by our team. 
2. That is almost always a fault with your PC's security or network setup, it is not typical behaviour. It sounds like something in your setup is messing with Vortex's ability to communicate with our servers. 
3. See above.
4. Can you provide a specific example?

[Pickysaurus]

4 hours ago, Morgoth3791 said:

Agree. Downloaded Skyrim SE Anniversary Edition. First start in Steam. Used Vortex to add SKSE64 and Vortex deleted all but five of the Creation Club content. I mean they were physically deleted from the Data folder. Been at it two weeks now to try and make Vortex work, alas to no avail. Even when plugins show up in the Vortex Plugin tab, they often don't get recognized in game. Back to the DOS games it is.

This is literally not possible based on what you've described. If you fresh installed Skyrim SE the Creation Club content included with the Anniversary Upgrade requires you to open the game at least once to install it. 

If the plugins do appear in the load order but aren't loaded by the game, that's a problem with your mod setup OR you're opening the in-game "Mods" menu that is known to break your load order in all kinds of ways.