Is there no way to have NMM update mods?

[HillbillyDave]

I tell it to check for updates but that doesn't download and install new versions, all it does is tell me updates are available. Do I have to manually update each mod?

Edited December 15, 2015 by HillbillyDave

[unforbidable]

There is no way blindly updating all mods at once automatically or manually for that matter is a good idea. Besides technical difficulties related to hosting multiple main files and supporting custom scripted installers, consider this:

 

1) A new version of mod may change something you don't like (or need).

2) Mods may require specific actions when upgrading.

3) A new version of mod may conflict with another mod without a patch.

4) If you update many mods at once and something doesn't work it's much harder to tell which mod caused the problem.

[Fl0W]

Yes, this is how it works. I think the reason for this is that the user have to look at the updated mod and decide if its worth a update or not, because sometimes a mod update is not really a update. A new version of a mod does not meant that the user have to download and install it immediately, for various reasons. On of the reason is that the update add something to the game that the user does not wanted when he installed it the first time.

 

You have to manually deactivate the old mod, download and install the new version and then activate the new mod every time you want to update a mod.