thunderlord2200 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 im trying to set up my Vx settings and right now all the path ways have been auto picked by Vx and they all lead to the main folder. i am trying to fix everything before i update so i dont lose/ delete all my freshly loaded mods with the update. this loaded on my C drive but all 2 GOG games. all my steam games are on my G drive (gaming HD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmm200 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 im trying to set up my Vx settings and right now all the path ways have been auto picked by Vx and they all lead to the main folder. i am trying to fix everything before i update so i dont lose/ delete all my freshly loaded mods with the update. this loaded on my C drive but all 2 GOG games. all my steam games are on my G drive (gaming HD) General rule: Put all your mods on the same drive as your games. In your case that is G:. Any directory structure you like. In my case, "Skyrim Mods" is at the same level as "Skyrim". Rule 2: NEVER put mods on C: under Program Files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannin42 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Building on the answer by rmm200: 1: Never put your mods into the Vortex application directory (much less the application directory of any other application, come on)2: Don't put Mods into any special directory, not c:\windows, not c:\$Recycle Bin, ...3: Put mods into a directory that your regular user account has write access to4: Put mods on the same partition as the game. Drives (c:, d:, e:, ...) don't necessarily map 1:1 to partitions. Personally I'd create a g:\vortex mods\ directory and then have g:\vortex mods\skyrim\mods, g:\vortex mods\skyrim\downloads, g:\vortex mods\fallout 4\mods and so on, but that's really a matter of taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capella6707 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I have a question regarding this subject. I am starting fresh with a new SSE install and am not migrating, moving, etc anything from a previous install - completely new instance of the game and subsequent modding. Having said that, I understand the generally accepted advice is to place mods on the same drive as the game, however, is it possible to download the mods to a different drive and have Vx install/activate them from there? I have limited drive space on my laptop's C: drive but I have a mapped drive/folder to an always-connected NAS, so, if possible, I'd like to put my mods there and install from there. So, is this just not possible, or is it just not recommended? [Edit] Having just gone through Gopher's Vortex Beginner's Guide #1, I'm guessing the answer might be, "No", because of the Symlink/Hardlink deployment message shown in his video. I changed the base path to a folder on my mapped network drive and left the download and install paths. This resulted in the red "No deployment method available" message in the Deployment Method section on the Mods tab. To be able to use the network folder to download and store my mod files, can I manually adjust the Download and Install paths? If so, what would I change them to? FYI: SSE is installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition and Vortex is installed in C:\Program Files\Vortex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattledagger Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 The /mods/-folder must be on the same drive as SSE, meaning with SSE on c: you must have /mods/-folder on c: The downloads-folder on the other hand can be on d, e, or any other drive-letter you're using. While I've not tested it I would expect this also includes your mapped network-drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkunkMonkey Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I keep my downloads folder on a networked drive and everything works fine. As the previous posted stated, the Mods folder needs to be on the same physical drive partition as the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capella6707 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Thanks, Rattledagger and SkunkMonkey I set the Downloads path to a network folder and left the Base and Install paths at their defaults. As this is a completely new install of SSE and Vortex, I have yet to test, but based on SkunkMonkey's comment it should be good to go. Just want to clarify one thing: With the downloads folder set to my network drive and the Install path set to the AppData\Roaming\Vortex\skyrimse\mods folder, when I install and then deploy a mod, the mod's physical files will be put in the Install folder per the Vortex setting and just a Hardlink will be put in the Skyrim\Data folder. Is that correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkunkMonkey Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 You are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffender Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 No offence but this part doesn't sound like progress, NMM is very flexible on this subject and I can have separate pathing for each game. What happens when i have steam move my game folder around? I imagine alot of folks have a couple or 3 drives they bounce around in for what ever reason. BTW i was just looking for clarity on what the different paths are akin too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grestorn Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 You can set the directories for each game separately. It doesn't have to be in AppData\Roaming\Vortex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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