chaospearl Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 So, I run Oblivion with something in the range of 300 mods, courtesy of Wrye Bash and Gecko. I have most of them installed via OBMM. Recently I started using NMM for my Skyrim mods and I really like it, most particularly the feature that automatically notifies me when a mod's current version number has changed, so that I know it's been updated and I can go pick up the update. This way I know all my Skyrim mods are always current versions, whereas with Oblivion I have to manually check hundreds of mods by looking up each one and crossing my fingers there's a version number somewhere, which a ton of older mods don't have. Obviously, I don't regularly check for updates to all 300+ mods. I mostly just try to keep track of which mods are older and haven't been updated in years, and which are still being tweaked from time to time, but some of these mods I've had for years and I just don't know which ones are current anymore. I'm on the fence about switching to NMM for my Oblivion mods. It just feels like it'd be a headache of nightmarish proportions and I haven't yet even looked at how to go about it. I'm hoping there's a way to add each mod into NMM without having to uninstall and reinstall all 300+, but frankly I'm not even 100% certain which mods I currently have installed. I mean, obviously there's the esps in the Data folder, but the 7zip archive files for every mod I've downloaded and chosen to keep are kept organized in folders by category, so I don't have a big folder anywhere containing the original 7zips of only the mods I'm using right now. It'd be a project in itself trying to match up the esps I've got installed with their archives. So many of my Oblivion mods are years old and haven't been updated since long before I started using them, and I just don't know if it's worth the hassle of changing over to NMM. Any opinions one way or another? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theuprising Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 So, I run Oblivion with something in the range of 300 mods, courtesy of Wrye Bash and Gecko. I have most of them installed via OBMM. Recently I started using NMM for my Skyrim mods and I really like it, most particularly the feature that automatically notifies me when a mod's current version number has changed, so that I know it's been updated and I can go pick up the update. This way I know all my Skyrim mods are always current versions, whereas with Oblivion I have to manually check hundreds of mods by looking up each one and crossing my fingers there's a version number somewhere, which a ton of older mods don't have. Obviously, I don't regularly check for updates to all 300+ mods. I mostly just try to keep track of which mods are older and haven't been updated in years, and which are still being tweaked from time to time, but some of these mods I've had for years and I just don't know which ones are current anymore. I'm on the fence about switching to NMM for my Oblivion mods. It just feels like it'd be a headache of nightmarish proportions and I haven't yet even looked at how to go about it. I'm hoping there's a way to add each mod into NMM without having to uninstall and reinstall all 300+, but frankly I'm not even 100% certain which mods I currently have installed. I mean, obviously there's the esps in the Data folder, but the 7zip archive files for every mod I've downloaded and chosen to keep are kept organized in folders by category, so I don't have a big folder anywhere containing the original 7zips of only the mods I'm using right now. It'd be a project in itself trying to match up the esps I've got installed with their archives. So many of my Oblivion mods are years old and haven't been updated since long before I started using them, and I just don't know if it's worth the hassle of changing over to NMM. Any opinions one way or another?Doesn't NMM not work with omods? If they did I would def use NMM given that its much more user friendly overall, not just to get new versions of mods, but in the installation process. Did u know in NMM if you overwrite something, and then uninstall it, whatever was overwritten will be restored? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoxieGrrl Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I started out using NMM this time, but went to Wrye Bash and OBMM and BOSS. I guess old habits die hard? I don't know. Wrye Bash seems to always get things that aren't OMODs installed correctly, OBMM gets all the OMODS, and then BOSS sorts everything like...er...a boss. Once NMM gets up and running better I may use it, but...I don't know. I'm used to the interfaces now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaospearl Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I'm inclined to stick with what works for now. I love my Oblivion setup as-is, and I need to just stop worrying about whether any of my current mods have been tweaked. Sometimes I feel like I spend more time trying to upgrade everything I have than I do just enjoying it as it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephenee13 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 There is absolutely no reason to use NMM for Oblivion. Most mods aren't designed with it in mind, and you are going to need Bash anyway, so why use two managers when you don't have to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaospearl Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 I currently use OBMM and Bash. The switch to NMM isn't about getting rid of Bash, it's because OBMM doesn't tell me when my mods are out of date, and NMM does. With 300+ mods that particular feature is ALMOST worth making the switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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