Mods not working after moving game's (Fallout 4) directory?

[Lanclan]

I can't seem to get the mods to work after I had moved the game's directory. I moved it in the first place to save space, but I didn't realize it would mess up the mods. Thinking I would fix it, I moved the game's directory to the original again. I noticed that broke even more things so I moved it AGAIN.

 

So far I have: changed the mod staging folder to this new drive, as well as changing the download folder to the new drive.

 

I've reinstalled all of the mods 3 times using the "reinstall" button hoping it would somehow apply to the new directory but even with that, the game launches through F4SE without any mods starting. Do I need to manually redownload every mod in order to get it working again?

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[HadToRegister]

I can't seem to get the mods to work after I had moved the game's directory. I moved it in the first place to save space, but I didn't realize it would mess up the mods. Thinking I would fix it, I moved the game's directory to the original again. I noticed that broke even more things so I moved it AGAIN.

 

So far I have: changed the mod staging folder to this new drive, as well as changing the download folder to the new drive.

 

I've reinstalled all of the mods 3 times using the "reinstall" button hoping it would somehow apply to the new directory but even with that, the game launches through F4SE without any mods starting. Do I need to manually redownload every mod in order to get it working again?

 

 

The very first thing you should've done before changing or moving ANYTHING, was PURGE your mods.

 

How did you move the game directory?

Did you move it using Windows Explorer, or by using the Steam Client etc?

 

How did you move the Mod Staging Folder?

Did you use Windows Explorer to move it, or did you move it with Vortex?

 

If you used Windows Explorer to move it, you now have physical copies of the Hardlinks instead of just Hardlinks now, which is now taking up TWICE as much room on your hard drive

[Lanclan]

 

I can't seem to get the mods to work after I had moved the game's directory. I moved it in the first place to save space, but I didn't realize it would mess up the mods. Thinking I would fix it, I moved the game's directory to the original again. I noticed that broke even more things so I moved it AGAIN.

 

So far I have: changed the mod staging folder to this new drive, as well as changing the download folder to the new drive.

 

I've reinstalled all of the mods 3 times using the "reinstall" button hoping it would somehow apply to the new directory but even with that, the game launches through F4SE without any mods starting. Do I need to manually redownload every mod in order to get it working again?

 

 

The very first thing you should've done before changing or moving ANYTHING, was PURGE your mods.

 

How did you move the game directory?

Did you move it using Windows Explorer, or by using the Steam Client etc?

 

How did you move the Mod Staging Folder?

Did you use Windows Explorer to move it, or did you move it with Vortex?

 

If you used Windows Explorer to move it, you now have physical copies of the Hardlinks instead of just Hardlinks now, which is now taking up TWICE as much room on your hard drive

 

I wasn't putting any mind to my mods when I was moving the directory. I used steam's own directory movement system to change where it was located, and I changed the mod staging folder location inside of Vortex itself.