Some Thoughts on Vortex

[johnnyninety9]

I have used Vortex for several days now to handle my Skyrim SE play, and I thought I'd leave a little feedback on my impressions.

 

* I only use a modest number of mods— a little over 20. I was able to import them all successfully and resolve all file dependency issues with a little research. That is, I had to read a few mod descriptions on NexusMods to figure out which other mods they relied on. Figuring out how to resolve the conflicts took longer, as I kept trying to drag-and-drop one mod on top of another. It took some time before I guessed that only dragging the small icon worked.

 

* NMM offered me the option of closing itself after I launched a game. I cannot find this option in Vortex and would like to have it. Not only that, but when I eventually exit my game, the Close ('X') button in Vortex has become unresponsive. I have to exit Vortex by right clicking the icon on the Taskbar and then clicking Close. (I am using Windows 10.)

 

* Are the individual windows on the Dashboard page meant to be re-sizable? I haven't been able to re-size them.

 

Al in all, I'm pleased with Vortex, and I look forward to seeing it evolve into an even more valuable tool. Thank you for taking the time and energies to create it!

[Grestorn]

First of all, don't confuse the LOAD ORDER with the INSTALL ORDER.

 

The install order is managed on the Mod tab, the load order on the Plugin tab.

 

Read about the difference here: http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/About_Load_Orders

 

What practically all mod descriptions are talking about is the LOAD ORDER. But that's managed by Vortex automatically, you just don't have to concern yourself about that. Just disregard the mod's description on that. Only in VERY few cases you need to change any of the automatic load ordering.

 

What you have to manage, though, is the install order. That's what you did in NMM by chosing the proper order in which you installed mods and chose "Overwrite" some or all files. In Vortex you can change that on the fly without having to reinstall the mods.

 

Please note that the install order usually only affects the looks of the game (which armor gets precedence, for example, if you have multiple mods changing the same armor) but doesn't have any effect on the game's mechanics. That's why the install order is not that much of an issue, usually.

 

Read here about install order, its effects and how to change it: http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Managing_File_Conflicts

 

 

The Dashboard tiles cannot be resized.

 

The current version of Vortex tends to become unresponsible if you don't use it for a while (seems to be a new issue). So it's not the close button that's not working, it's just that Vortex takes a while to become responsible again. At least my guess here.

 

Since you don't even have to start Vortex to start the game in the first place, I don't see much point in it closing when starting the game, either.