Fkemman11 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Yes, it's an old question that has been asked more times than anyone cares to remember. :tongue: But, I recently got into an unexpected argument with two other "experienced" modders and they adamantly maintain that NMM or Vortex is as good as or better than MO. For the last several years it seemed all anyone would recommend was MO over anything else for Skyrim. Is the latest version of NMM that much better than previous versions? Is Vortex better? Or is MO still what most people prefer to use? I install everything manually since I did have problems with older versions of NMM and wanted to learn where files go anyway. What about Wrye Bash? It is a mod manager and has other very useful features. Opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtheclone Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) I don't recall ever using mod organizer, but Vortex is fantastic. I don't care for the UI, but from a technical standpoint, I see no reason to use NMM. I've been using NMM for years (since Dragon Age: Origins). I switched to Vortex because I was convinced NMM was screwing something up. Mods were failing for no reason. Even tiny load lists. So I tried Vortex and have over 100 mods active (and growing). Installation (and deployment) are much easier. All you need to concern yourself with is conflicts and not the order things are installed in. Also, deploying the mods is very fast. Today I was feeling quite poorly and accidentally deleted my entire Skyrim directory. Reinstall all my mods was as simple as hitting "deploy" and took less than a minute. There were over 53k files to deploy. Because the files are hardlinked (instead of moved) even the settings in the ini files (those tracked by Vortex at least) were restored. Note, I didn't accidentally uninstall. I didn't send anything to the trash bit. I outright deleted it (removed a git worktree which was in the Skyrim root directory). You can also establish rules for plugins. No more sorting via LOOT then moving specific plugins into place. Oh, also, Vortex is way more stable. I haven't had it crash yet, but NMM would crash all the time (usually while installing or uninstalling a mod...which of course was the only time I used it). Edited March 28, 2019 by tomtheclone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chief001177 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 MO2 is best, mod organizer in general is perfectly fine to use even for beginners. I started with MO and never had issues. Most popular Youtubers that do Skyrim content use MO or MO2. Ive heard MO2 is better, its certainly more up to date. Vortex is an attempted improvement for previous NMM users. Idk if it is, Ive heard bad things about both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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