Spinksickles Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Hello everyone. I know this topic must have come up thousands of times but I'm failing to find a solution. Basically, I'm building a new PC within the week and would like to move Vortex with mods for SSE from my current PC to my new PC which will have a new SSD on it. Can anyone fully explain, step by step on what I must do please? I have a spare USB and from some understanding need it to transfer some files from vortex onto my new PC. Failing that my backup plan was to download Mod Organiser 2 and move my mods onto their and then move MO2 to my new PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AugustaCalidia Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/7745623-move-vortex-mod-folder-to-another-drive/&do=findComment&comment=77456693 Follow the steps in Rattledagger's comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinksickles Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/7745623-move-vortex-mod-folder-to-another-drive/&do=findComment&comment=77456693 Follow the steps in Rattledagger's comments.The step where they mention to move Skyrim to another drive. I'll be reinstalling instead. Will that be fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinksickles Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/7745623-move-vortex-mod-folder-to-another-drive/&do=findComment&comment=77456693 Follow the steps in Rattledagger's comments.The issue I'm seeing with those steps though is it's assuming I'm moving from one drive to another on the same PC. Whereas I want to move it to a completely new PC so I need to use a USB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AugustaCalidia Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 In principle most of the steps for moving your game to a new drive or to a new PC are the same. I would add that you need to move your "My Games" folder, your \AppData\Roaming\Vortex folder, and probably your SSE folder found in \AppData\Local. Transfer all data from your USB to your new computer before trying to get Vortex and your game up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinksickles Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 And then on my new PC just put those files into the AppData sections of the new SSD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AugustaCalidia Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattledagger Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Moving to another computer: 1: Copy "Download Folder" between computers, for location see Vortex - Settings - Download, all modded games uses the same downloads-folder.2: For each game, copy the "Mod Staging Folder" over, for current game's location, see Vortex - Settings - Mods.3: Exit Vortex, in File Explorer type-in%appdata%(hit enter) and copy the vortex sub-directory to new computer.4: Depending on the games you're modding, you can have save-games and any other game-specific files located somewhere. For SSE, this means you must copy "...\documents\my games\skyrim special edition\".5: Anything not installed by Vortex to games directory you want to keep you'll also need to copy. Using "Purge" on Vortex mods-tab can help to find such files. Example, with SSE, a mod-free /data/-directory only contains 5 ESM + 18 BSA + logo-video in the /video/-sub-directory. Note, unless you've changed the defaults, 1 and 2 will be under %appdata%\vortex, meaning in this case you only need to copy %appdata%\vortex. On the new computer, it's critical 1 and 2 is in exactly the same location as before, meaning if you're example using d:\vortex\downloads you can't use c:\vortex\downloads on new computer. After making sure Vortex is working correctly on new computer, it's possible to move /downloads/-directory and/or /mods/-directory to another location. It's also critical to copy 3, since if you're missing this you'll lose all file rules etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AugustaCalidia Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 @Spinksickles Follow Rattledagger's advice. He always knows what he's talking about. @Rattledagger Thank you for your excellent comments and contribution to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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