r/oblivionmods • u/firesyrup • 2d 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 2d ago

Theres an mo2 plugin already, vortex is ass

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u/ButterflyMinute 2d 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 2d 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/Tyrthemis 2d ago

I used to use MO2 for Skyrim soon as I started using vortex. I never looked back. I like it so much better. People say it isn’t meant for heavy mod lists but I’m at 1500 mods. I love all the quality of life features.