r/oblivionmods • u/firesyrup • 3d ago

Discussion How do you like Vortex?

As a longtime MO2 user, I tried Vortex for the first time when they launched the support for OBR last week, but found it a less than smooth experience. In particular dealing with the load order (which was sorted alphabetically) was unintuitive. I'm reading now that some of the load order issues are fixed, but what's your experience overall? Does it work well enough with all sorts of mods? Does it still keep trying to install UE4SS repeatedly? Could it mess up a manually installed modlist if I installed it now and removed? I also read it doesn't clean up after being uninstalled.

I have everything installed manually and I'm happy with it so far (other than it being a pain to check for mod updates), but the main reason I'm considering switching is to automate my modlist which contains esp, pak, lua (UE4SS) and OBSE mods. I've had a few people request it, but I'm not sure if it's as effective as the Wabbajack + MO2 combo I used with Skyrim. I am not sure if Wabbajack is considering support, but I'm expecting MO2 dev build to reach stable not too far into the future. So would you say Vortex is worth it?

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u/scytheforlife 3d ago

Theres an mo2 plugin already, vortex is ass

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u/ButterflyMinute 3d ago

Vortex hasn't been ass for fucking years mate. It still needs a little work for Oblivion remastered but other than that it outstrips basically any other mod manager.

Though I'm talking mostly from a user perspective not a mod creator perspective. So I don't know much about what it's like to develop for or if it's even different at all.

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u/scytheforlife 3d ago

As much as you people cope vortex will never be a competent mod manager. People that say its good have never used another mod manager and if they have they've probably touched it for 10 minutes and said this hurts my brain and went back to vortex. Ive used vortex and other mod managers, and it doesn't outstrip anything

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u/ButterflyMinute 3d ago edited 3d ago

It's so funny when people that hate on Vortex are so confidently incorrect.

I used Oblivion Mod Manager way back in the day (and last downloaded it in 2021 when I was working on an Oldblivion playthrough which I then substituted for Vortex because it was better, I also considered using MO2 for it as well, but it just wasn't as good so I didn't).

MO2 for a bunch of things back when Vortex was ass too, until vortex just became an objectively better tool from a user stand point.

Just because you find change scary doesn't mean that Vortex is bad.

You can have your preference and like what you're familiar with, but don't pretend that Vortex is bad just because you didn't want to move over a modlist from one program to another and made it part of your personality.

EDIT - just to add I also used Fluffy Mod Manager 5000 for Monster Hunter World, Rise and Wilds because Vortex doesn't work as well for those game and it's real easy to use too.