Mods Mods set to hidden due to being obsolete or problematic should trigger notification in Vortex if still in use.

[showler]

Just saw a user being helped to diagnose a crash and it turned out the mod causing it had been hidden a while back due to this issue.  But they didn't know because they didn't go back and check all their mods on a regular basis.

Perhaps the "Check for updates" feature could also be used to warn about this?

[Zanderat]

Good idea.

[Pickysaurus]

It might be better to let users mark specific mod files as "broken" rather than the entire page being marked that way?

[showler]

True.  Whatever can alert a user to a problem they may be unaware of.

[Zanderat]

  On 6/15/2025 at 11:57 AM, Pickysaurus said:

It might be better to let users mark specific mod files as "broken" rather than the entire page being marked that way?

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Disagree.  Because (and I have seen it over and over), users whine about a mod being "broken" when when in reality, it is use error.

[showler]

  On 6/16/2025 at 11:11 AM, Zanderat said:

Disagree.  Because (and I have seen it over and over), users whine about a mod being "broken" when when in reality, it is use error.

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I assumed that by "users" he meant the mod authors in this case.  Since they are the ones who hide the files in the vast majority of cases.

If I'm wrong then I agree with you that allowing mod users to mark things in that way is a bad idea.

[Pickysaurus]

  On 6/16/2025 at 11:11 AM, Zanderat said:

Disagree.  Because (and I have seen it over and over), users whine about a mod being "broken" when when in reality, it is use error.

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  On 6/16/2025 at 11:40 AM, showler said:

I assumed that by "users" he meant the mod authors in this case.  Since they are the ones who hide the files in the vast majority of cases.

If I'm wrong then I agree with you that allowing mod users to mark things in that way is a bad idea.

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Yeah I meant the author (and team members)

[Zanderat]

Ya.  I read it a users not mod authors..