Load Order Editing is Overly Convoluted

[Paladin239]

Look, I get what they were going for. The idea of having a program do 90% of your work for you is fantastic, really it is. But the overly convoluted and frankly frustrating way Vortex handles load order editing made me switch back to the OG NMM. Fiddling with dependency rules, mod "groups", and the like is so much less intuitive than the simple drag and drop style of the old NMM. Why not go back to that with the option for game groups and the like?

[XorinaHawksley]

I find the old FMM clunky by comparison, Vortex needs little technical know how, which is great for people that just want to enjoy a game with the minimum of fuss.

[Pickysaurus]

With rules and groups there isn't any good reason to drag/drop. Generally any instructions to do so are based on bad advice.

i.e. "Load my mod last because then there won't be conflicts".

[HadToRegister]

Look, I get what they were going for. The idea of having a program do 90% of your work for you is fantastic, really it is. But the overly convoluted and frankly frustrating way Vortex handles load order editing made me switch back to the OG NMM. Fiddling with dependency rules, mod "groups", and the like is so much less intuitive than the simple drag and drop style of the old NMM. Why not go back to that with the option for game groups and the like?

 

 

1. Using Vortex, you download the mods you want

2. Install those mods

3. Let the built in LOOT sort your mods.

4. Play

 

 

There's absolutely no reason to be messing with your load order unless Vortex tells you about a conflict.

There's no need to follow Reddit "Perfect Load Order" guides etc.

 

If you're doing things like that, then you're using Vortex wrong.

 

The only time you should be messing with load order and groups is when Vortex complains.

 

The only reason people like NMM, is because it doesn't DO anything, and allows a user to set up the most crashable and non functioning load order possible without letting the user know.

[AugustaCalidia]

Look, I get what they were going for. The idea of having a program do 90% of your work for you is fantastic, really it is. But the overly convoluted and frankly frustrating way Vortex handles load order editing made me switch back to the OG NMM. Fiddling with dependency rules, mod "groups", and the like is so much less intuitive than the simple drag and drop style of the old NMM. Why not go back to that with the option for game groups and the like?

 

HTR's advice about Vortex is excellent, especially his advice about "Perfect Load Order" guides. Those guides are for mod managers that do little more than install your mods. You don't need these guides for Vortex.