Sharing a computer will mods transfer?

[bman3396]

Hello everyone I a noob when it comes to mods and stuff, I have a quick question. I share a desktop computer with my brother, each of us having our own individual profile. My question is will the mods I download and use on my vortex transfer over to his? Also, if he decides to play the heavily modded game will his version have none of my mods?

 

 

Edit: I don't want the mods to transfer to his account since we have different tastes and they might conflict

[HadToRegister]

Hello everyone I a noob when it comes to mods and stuff, I have a quick question. I share a desktop computer with my brother, each of us having our own individual profile. My question is will the mods I download and use on my vortex transfer over to his? Also, if he decides to play the heavily modded game will his version have none of my mods?

 

 

 

The easiest way to do it is to clone a unmodded profile

Then you'll both be modding with a clean slate.

The Mod Download folder will be common to both profiles, so you'll each be able to install from the same pool of downloaded mods.

And, as you said, you'll both be downloading and installing some different mods

[bman3396]

 

Hello everyone I a noob when it comes to mods and stuff, I have a quick question. I share a desktop computer with my brother, each of us having our own individual profile. My question is will the mods I download and use on my vortex transfer over to his? Also, if he decides to play the heavily modded game will his version have none of my mods?

 

 

 

The easiest way to do it is to clone a unmodded profile

Then you'll both be modding with a clean slate.

The Mod Download folder will be common to both profiles, so you'll each be able to install from the same pool of downloaded mods.

And, as you said, you'll both be downloading and installing some different mods

 

When asking this question I was thinking along the lines I don't want him having access or seeing the mods I use. So would they just not show up in his files, or will they be there for him to see and use?

[HadToRegister]

 

 

Hello everyone I a noob when it comes to mods and stuff, I have a quick question. I share a desktop computer with my brother, each of us having our own individual profile. My question is will the mods I download and use on my vortex transfer over to his? Also, if he decides to play the heavily modded game will his version have none of my mods?

 

 

 

The easiest way to do it is to clone a unmodded profile

Then you'll both be modding with a clean slate.

The Mod Download folder will be common to both profiles, so you'll each be able to install from the same pool of downloaded mods.

And, as you said, you'll both be downloading and installing some different mods

 

When asking this question I was thinking along the lines I don't want him having access or seeing the mods I use. So would they just not show up in his files, or will they be there for him to see and use?

 

 

 

OK, when you say "Each of us having an individual profile" do you mean a Computer Profile, as in, he logs in with a different login and password than you?

Or, do you mean you both log in to the SAME account, but you have two different profiles set up in Vortex?

 

Do you have

 

TWO Computer Profile/Accounts

 

or TWO Vortex Profiles?

[Themoid]

Jumping on this thread as i have the same question. My son and I have separate WIndows accounts on the same PC, and separate Vortex logins set up. We want to play Skyrim SE from Steam, each with our own mods in place.

 

If i set up my mods and he sets up his mods, each in our own Windows accounts with separate Vortex accounts will they remain separate and work well ?

 

Cheers

Stu

[bman3396]

 

 

 

Hello everyone I a noob when it comes to mods and stuff, I have a quick question. I share a desktop computer with my brother, each of us having our own individual profile. My question is will the mods I download and use on my vortex transfer over to his? Also, if he decides to play the heavily modded game will his version have none of my mods?

 

 

 

The easiest way to do it is to clone a unmodded profile

Then you'll both be modding with a clean slate.

The Mod Download folder will be common to both profiles, so you'll each be able to install from the same pool of downloaded mods.

And, as you said, you'll both be downloading and installing some different mods

 

When asking this question I was thinking along the lines I don't want him having access or seeing the mods I use. So would they just not show up in his files, or will they be there for him to see and use?

 

 

 

OK, when you say "Each of us having an individual profile" do you mean a Computer Profile, as in, he logs in with a different login and password than you?

Or, do you mean you both log in to the SAME account, but you have two different profiles set up in Vortex?

 

Do you have

 

TWO Computer Profile/Accounts

 

or TWO Vortex Profiles?

 

I meant we each have a different login and password, so far he doesn't have a vortex/nexus account, but he plans to make one soon.

[HadToRegister]

OK, so two different WINDOWS accounts, and two different Vortex Installs and Profiles.

Did you each install your own version of Vortex, or are you both using the same installation of Vortex between both accounts? and has it's "Multi User Mode" set to "Shared"?

If you truly want privacy, you might want to each install your own instance of Vortex while you're logged into your own account.

Other than that, it'd be best if we could get Tannin42 in here to clarify exactly what different users, on different computer accounts can see in a shared Instance of Vortex.

[bman3396]

Oka

 

OK, so two different WINDOWS accounts, and two different Vortex Installs and Profiles.

Did you each install your own version of Vortex, or are you both using the same installation of Vortex between both accounts? and has it's "Multi User Mode" set to "Shared"?

If you truly want privacy, you might want to each install your own instance of Vortex while you're logged into your own account.

Other than that, it'd be best if we could get Tannin42 in here to clarify exactly what different users, on different computer accounts can see in a shared Instance of Vortex.

So in setting keeping the multi-user mode on per-user would mean only my profile/account can access my mods and no one on the same PC?

[HadToRegister]

Oka

 

OK, so two different WINDOWS accounts, and two different Vortex Installs and Profiles.

 

Did you each install your own version of Vortex, or are you both using the same installation of Vortex between both accounts? and has it's "Multi User Mode" set to "Shared"?

 

If you truly want privacy, you might want to each install your own instance of Vortex while you're logged into your own account.

 

Other than that, it'd be best if we could get Tannin42 in here to clarify exactly what different users, on different computer accounts can see in a shared Instance of Vortex.

So in setting keeping the multi-user mode on per-user would mean only my profile/account can access my mods and no one on the same PC?

 

 

I believe so.

I mean, you can both use the same Browser, but you can't see each others bookmarks or browser history correct?

 

(I don't know because I've never shared a computer, except for in college, and when I logged in, I had my own desktop, environment, browser history etc, so I assume that would apply in you and your brothers case as well)

[Rattledagger]

Vortex itself, at least as the default, uses %appdata%\vortex to store all the settings etc. and is therefore separate per Windows user. The Vortex application only contains the application in a read-only directory so again sharing this across multiple users isn't a problem. So as far as Vortex goes it should be easy to example have:

Vortex application under default "c:\program files..."

User1 uses c:\vortex\user1\downloads and c:\vortex\user1\mods

User2 uses c:\vortex\user2\downloads and c:\vortex\user2\mods

 

Or for that matter, user1 uses c:\vortex\downloads and c:\vortex\mods while user2 uses d:\pancaces\dl and d:\jam\moddyfiles

 

The possible main problem on the other hand is, how is the game installed when it comes to multi-user setups, and in case of Steam games, how does the Steam client work in multi-user setups?

 

In case each game is installed separately per Windows user it's not a problem, since in this case both game + Vortex is separate from each-others and user1 will never see user2's mods.

 

If on the other hand you're forced to use the same game install for both profiles, in case user1 forgets to purge his mod-setup from the game, user2 will get user1's modded setup and since you don't need to run Vortex to continue playing the game user2 will have the wrong mods. It also works in reverse, if user2 forgets to purge (or switch to a blank profile), user1 suddenly get user2's modded setup.

 

It's possible most moddable games can be installed separate per Windows user, but if you mod the "wrong" game you're forced to use a common game-install for both Windows users.