Choose which mods files are priority in Mod Organizer without changing load order?

[CcaidenN]

I'm using "Majestic Mountains" and "Enhanced Lights and FX." Majestic Mountains overwrites 2 files from ELFX but according to MM's mod author, ELFX should have the priority in this case. How do I have Mod Organizer use ELFX's files rather than Majestic Mountains without changing the load order?

[WastelandAssassin]

this has nothing to do with load orders

a load order is the order in which plugins are loaded into the game

what you need is to change the mod order . basically have the ELFX mod load after Majestic Mountains in MO . so change ELFX's priority (drag it in the list) so it's after MM

[CcaidenN]

this has nothing to do with load orders

a load order is the order in which plugins are loaded into the game

what you need is to change the mod order . basically have the ELFX mod load after Majestic Mountains in MO . so change ELFX's priority (drag it in the list) so it's after MM

I organized my load order using Loot. Loot has ELFX at 11 and Majestic Mountains at 25. I don't feel comfortable moving ELFX to 26 incase one of the mods (12-24) need ELFX to be loaded first for them to work properly. So I figured just having MM overwrite those two files would be safer so to speak. I went to the MM file tree and hid the files that were overwriting ELFX. I think it did the trick.

[CcaidenN]

this has nothing to do with load orders

a load order is the order in which plugins are loaded into the game

what you need is to change the mod order . basically have the ELFX mod load after Majestic Mountains in MO . so change ELFX's priority (drag it in the list) so it's after MM

Thought more about what you said and you're right! I didn't realize moving mods around in the left pane did anything. Moving ELFX below MM seems to overwrite it. Hiding MM's files works too though, I believe.

[WastelandAssassin]

yep , you can also hide the two files from within MM , though most users don't know about this feature

but you are absolutely correct about this , and if you have a lot of mods that might interfere with ELFX if you change your mod order , hiding these files are probably the better option for you

it really depends on the situation , and what the user actually knows , as MO isn't quite as obvious and easy to use