Fallout 4 mods do not show up in game using vortex

[SojRickan]

Hi so the problem I'm having right now is that I've followed every single guide and the mods still don't show up in game and every time i go to the mod settings in mod library it's still empty. I'm using vortex and it's really frustrating and I don't know how it worked for my skyrim one

[Undeadbob666]

Have you enabled mods via your ini files? If not type into google "how to enable mods for fallout 4."

[MarkusTay]

Couple of basic things - you edited your custom.ini file, right? You need to do that before ANY modding. I am just going to assume you did since you say you watched a lot of videos.

 

Next, make sure Vortex is pointed to the right place. Sometimes 'it just works', and other times you have to point it to your Steam folder. Since you say the mods don't show up, I am going to assume its pointed to the right place (because you are able to start the game itself, albeit modless). Thus, my next question is, "are you starting it through Vortex?" You have to do that - don't use the Steam exe. And if you are using F4SE then you have to start it through that (yet another layer), which means installing that into your Mod Manger (there are plenty of videos on that).

 

And lastly - and I've run into this problem myself - make sure all concerned folders are 'writeable', NOT read-only. Your mod organizer isn't going to be able to save mod data if it can't write to the folder.

 

Oh, and make sure the mods are 'enabled'. Usually Vortex will do that automatically (when you 'deploy' them), but I used to use MO2 and I used to forget all the time I had to actually enable the plugin even after I installed the mod. And even with Vortex, a couple of times I caught it having certain plugins disabled. You also have to run the game at least one time with just the Steam exe (I know I said differently above, but you only need to do this the very first time), before you start modding it.