Re-install Problem with Conflict Rules

[Poorman65]

I had to re-install Windows. I still had all of my Mods, Downloads and the Vortex installation on another drive. I managed to get Vortex re-installed, but after pointing it at all of my Mods and Downloads, all of my Conflict Rules are gone.

 

Unfortunately I have 200 mods and spent a couple of hours walking mod by mod through a video to resolve them all last week. Are they stored somewhere that I can retrieve them? Do I have to go through that whole mess again?

[Pickysaurus]

You'd have to provide a bit more information on what you actually did. Did you reinstall Windows?

 

If so you would've needed to backup Vortex's AppData folder to preserve things like conflict rules.

[Poorman65]

Thanks for the info! Fortunately the Windows install backed up everything, so I was able to go and get the AppData. After a little finessing, I have it back to where it should be.

 

It required me to do a Purge which was confusing. It sounded like it was going to delete a bunch of the mods or something dramatic. Now I understand that it just wanted to refresh all of the Mods in the games mods folder with the ones currently configured in Vortex.

 

I think Purge is a bad wording for what it is actually trying to do. Probably "Refresh" or "Refresh Mods in Game Folder" or something would be better. Purge sounds like a plain Delete, whereas it is really just updating the Game Mods Folder with the current configuration.

 

Thanks for the help! I was dreading having to go through the Conflicts again.

[AugustaCalidia]

@Poorman65

 

Backups are your friend! I'm glad that you were able to recover the AppData folder.

 

Here follows a short treatise De purgatione et renovatione.

 

I sympathize with your concerns about the word "purge," because it's a scary term. (That's why an explanatory pop-up box appears when you click the Purge button.) However, " refresh" does not describe what purge in fact does. Purge removes links. Purge does not restore links, nor does it update the game data folder. Restoring links and/or creating new links is what deploy does.

 

However, I do think your suggested term "refresh" does have a place here, if we think of refreshing as a two step process. Step one: purge. Step two: deploy.

[RambeanOfficial]

I agree purge is a scary term The first time I did it, I literally took screenshots of my entire load order just to be sure I didn't have to rely on my memory to restore it. :confused: