Using NMM AND The WITCHER 3 Mod manager at the same time?

[Elfere]

I started off using vortex NMM, until i came across a mod that said 'use WMM' so i downloaded that and starteed using it. i like how it deals with BIN files automatically - but like the GUI of NMM better. so now i have some mods onstalls via one - and some via the other. They don't seem to talk to eachother about which mods are installed. i'm quite certain i have some mods installed 'twice'.

 

am i an idiot for having done this? if i have to pick one which should i pick? i like th ease of NMM, but it makes me do a lot of bin stuff manually.

 

Cheers in advance.

[UhuruNUru]

Quite Simply neither the NMM or Vortex, are suitable for Modding the Wither 3, there are specific problems with both of them, especially with the fact that neither can handle mods with DLC, or in game Menu content, or even apply settings files to your game.

Outside of Bethesda Games Studios games, they are little more than put mods in one folder tools, and there use of Hard Links and/or SymLinks becomes a fatal liability, if any other tools are used to change mod content.

 

Even with BGS games like Skyrim, they can't manage mods that have been changed with Tools Like FNIS, or Bodyslide, because these tools don't use Hard Links, and/or SymLinks, so NMM/Vortex treats the mods changes as Vanilla Content.

My policy has always been to use a manager designed for the game/engine, rather than the Jack of All games, Master Of None that are NMM/Vortex. For BGS Engines that is Mod Organizer, and for many other games, you can fiond the best managers are made just for that game/ebgine.

For the Wither 3 that is by far and away, TW3MM, and though not 100% perfect, it's far better than anything else, but the one thing you should never do is mix and match managers.

 

TLDR, save yourself a whole heap of trouble, and Switch to the only manager worth using The Witcher 3 Mod Manager.