Vortex, folder structure fails for nearly every mod?!

[HadToRegister]

  On 3/18/2019 at 12:28 PM, Frittyblack said:

Can someone tell me how to add depencies for mods? I enabled the depencies row and in the tutorial videos I saw I can simply drag and drop to add depencies.

But while holding the left mouse button to drag it, I can not scroll, neither via mouse nor via up/down key arrows, so I see no way to drop it in the correct mod ?!

 

 

How about you try reading the Knowledge Base and watching the tutorial videos built into Vortex?

[Frittyblack]

would it hurt to write down the answer? In the video is only the drag and drop method mentioned and searching for dependencies on the wiki does not help.

And also the "manage rules" button in vortex only shows existing rules and there is no button to create a new one...

And of course my post this is also a quite good suggestion, doesnt make sense to not allow scrolling while dragging, so this should be implemented.
(I now added this to my bugreport thread, since I'm sure it is a bug that we can not scroll while dragging)

[HadToRegister]

  On 3/18/2019 at 7:02 PM, Frittyblack said:

would it hurt to write down the answer? In the video is only the drag and drop method mentioned and searching for dependencies on the wiki does not help.

And also the "manage rules" button in vortex only shows existing rules and there is no button to create a new one...

 

And of course my post this is also a quite good suggestion, doesnt make sense to not allow scrolling while dragging, so this should be implemented.

(I now added this to my bugreport thread, since I'm sure it is a bug that we can not scroll while dragging)

 

 

IF you're trying to do this with MODS, then just use the MANAGE RULES window

 

If you're tying to do this with Plugins, DON"T, you really shouldn't be fiddling with your Plugin Load Order, if you REALLY need to have a PLUGIN show up after another, then add it to a group

[Frittyblack]

  On 3/18/2019 at 8:24 PM, HadToRegister said:

 

  On 3/18/2019 at 7:02 PM, Frittyblack said:

would it hurt to write down the answer? In the video is only the drag and drop method mentioned and searching for dependencies on the wiki does not help.

And also the "manage rules" button in vortex only shows existing rules and there is no button to create a new one...

 

And of course my post this is also a quite good suggestion, doesnt make sense to not allow scrolling while dragging, so this should be implemented.

(I now added this to my bugreport thread, since I'm sure it is a bug that we can not scroll while dragging)

 

 

IF you're trying to do this with MODS, then just use the MANAGE RULES window

 

If you're tying to do this with Plugins, DON"T, you really shouldn't be fiddling with your Plugin Load Order, if you REALLY need to have a PLUGIN show up after another, then add it to a group

 

I appreciate that you take time to answer my beginner questions. But I already wrote in my post, that in "manage rules" there is no way to create a new rule, only existing rules are listed. Or do you see a way? (maybe I have to enable specific settings or sth like this)

I mainly would like to add rules like "requires" or "do not load with" so I do not forget this when trying around with mods.

 

I found a small "workaround":

there is one little very tiny point where you can go with the cursor while dragging that allows to scroll up/down (hard to find this spot, it is on the right top/down near the scrolling bar). so this way drag and drop works, so I consider this a bug (that scrolling with mouse wheel or arrow keys is not possible)

[HadToRegister]

No, don't add unnecessary stuff like "Requires" and "Do not Load with"
DO NOT DO IT

[Frittyblack]

  On 3/18/2019 at 10:09 PM, HadToRegister said:

No, don't add unnecessary stuff like "Requires" and "Do not Load with"

DO NOT DO IT

aaand why?! As far as I got from tutorial videos this has no automatic effect, it only raises a message if I forgot an required mod or enabled two mods that do not work together. No one can remember all those requirements/incompatibility, at least not for months/years. So of course it is a very good idea to add those rules!?

[HadToRegister]

  On 3/18/2019 at 10:22 PM, Frittyblack said:

 

  On 3/18/2019 at 10:09 PM, HadToRegister said:

No, don't add unnecessary stuff like "Requires" and "Do not Load with"

DO NOT DO IT

aaand why?! As far as I got from tutorial videos this has no automatic effect, it only raises a message if I forgot an required mod or enabled two mods that do not work together. No one can remember all those requirements/incompatibility, at least not for months/years. So of course it is a very good idea to add those rules!?

 

 

 

NO! Because you're also affected the load order of those mods.

Stop messing with something you don't need to be messing with.

 

Double Click on the MOD and when the Right Panel Opens up, add a note in the NOTES area

 

 

[Frittyblack]

okay, thank you for the hint with notes.

Is it somehow possible to backup vortex, or at least the profiles with all dependency/conflict rules?
google-searched for this, but all I found was "backup mods with vortex" which is not what I'm looking for, and this github posts telling me that a backup button does not exist yet https://github.com/Nexus-Mods/Vortex/issues/2584 .
Do I read it right, that I could "repair"==start the uninstall and that way backup vortex? I don't want to risk loosing my vortex profiles, so I won't try this for now.
The easiest thing would be of course if someone knows a folder where those profiles are saved, so I can just copy them.

btw should I start a new thread for each of my questions, or is it okay to use this one?

[rmm200]

You will find your profiles in the Vortex configuration directory:

AppData/Roaming/Vortex/{game name}/profiles.

[Guest deleted34304850]

surely it would be easier for you to read and watch a video rather than type out messages on here and waste everyone's time while you find more and better ways to do the wrong thing?