Why has Vortex disabled so many of my plugins?

[Tazling]

I'm a rank n00b to modding SkyrimVR but Vortex made it look really easy. So I read some "greatest hits" lists and started collecting mods.

 

When I look at MODS screen in Vortex I see all my mods lit up green saying "Enabled."

 

But when I look at PLUGINS I see a different story. There are lots of .esp files in there and it seems like almost half of them are marked gray and Disabled. See screenshot attached, of partial list.

 

Why is this? Are they incompatible or something? I pulled them all off lists of Best Loved Mods that people use in combination so am surprised that they are getting disabled.

 

I dare not manually Enable them in ignorance, for fear of breaking something... so... can anyone tell me what (if anything) I can do?

 

 

[HadToRegister]

Enable them.


Are you by chance opening up the MOD manager that's built into the game:?
IF so, DON'T.

[Tazling]

Enable them.

 

 

Are you by chance opening up the MOD manager that's built into the game:?

IF so, DON'T.

 

I didn't even know there was a mod manager built into the game (like I said, N00b!) so not guilty on that count.

 

So I just manually enable them then? Right, will do.

[HadToRegister]

 

Enable them.

 

 

Are you by chance opening up the MOD manager that's built into the game:?

IF so, DON'T.

 

I didn't even know there was a mod manager built into the game (like I said, N00b!) so not guilty on that count.

 

So I just manually enable them then? Right, will do.

 

 

 

Also don't use something like Standalone LOOT while using Vortex, because LOOT is already built into Vortex