Can't edit mod description or author?

[zarantha]

I've got a mod that I manually added to Vortex.

I was able to put in a version and assign a category, and I've put the description in the notes for now.

Just wondering if there's a way to edit the description at the top and the author, or are those only pulled from Nexus?

 

Author gets highlighted, but doesn't let me type

If I click on description there's an empty box? that opens. That seems to be so the full description can be displayed, so I assume that part is working as designed.

 

I've got a lot of manually added mods, it would be nice to put everything in the right fields.

[GlassDeviant]

Shouldn't description and author come from the mod archive, or the Nexus?

 

I can't see where you would need to change these things. I manually DL all of my mods, no exceptions, and there's never a problem. It's only the mod name (a lot of mod authors are terrible at naming their mod archives/plugins, at least half of them if not more) and category that I ever need to edit, just to make my life easier. Ex: The wet paint sign retextured to say "wet blood" appears as "FOR SPARTA" in the mods list...grr...

[zarantha]

I'm talking about mods that I get from other sites, so there's no data to pull from the Nexus. When I've seen the data 'fix' itself for a mod manually installed, it's only been mods from Nexus. After the mod is added Vortex, it goes to fetch the metadata. That's not an option for mods downloaded from other sites. And this is not the mod name I'm asking about either - that can be changed easily enough right now.

 

Let's take this as an example. I have a mod from Steam that I downloaded for Skyrim LE long ago. There is no equivalent on the Nexus.

I grab the esp, create an archive and use Vortex to install to Skyrim SE.

What do I need to do to have author and description populated?

It's a self created archive - is there a meta.ini that Vortex could read to populate this that I could just stick in the archive?

I think its easier to just edit the fields in Vortex, but there could be (and probably is) a reason why they can't be edited.

 

So I'm not trying to change anything, just add to the data. If the solution is to add a file to the archive with the meta data, I'm ok with that, but what would the file name and structure be?

Just curious if there's another workaround or if I should do a feature request, or if this is a don't bother - won't ever happen deal.

[GlassDeviant]

Ah, that makes much more sense. I would make a feature request, just to have it as a possible option, at least for mods not from the Nexus or other recognized sites like bethesda.net or steam.

 

+1 from me now that I understand your idea better