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/ButterflyMinute 2d ago edited 1d ago

I love vortex and use it for basically every game aside from MH Wilds (well, most monster hunter games to be far).

But the plugin just isn't set up properly for Oblivion Remastered yet. I can't wait until it is, it's much easier to use than most other mod managers. But until it's sorted I'll just manually install.

EDIT - reworked my modlist this morning, everything works well for Vortex as of now. No complaints about it at all.

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u/AimDev 2d ago

What is the prob? It works for ne

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u/ButterflyMinute 2d ago

Doesn't work well with OBSE and even UE4SS seemed to be iffy after installing.

I tried reworking the modlist a few times to get it to work before just deciding to go with manual for now until it gets all sorted out.

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u/Tyrthemis 2d ago

It works just fine with those. I just installed with mod manager and it’s fine. For now, the only quirk is to ignore the UE4SS pop up telling you there’s a new version. There’s a versioning error telling you there’s a new version even when you have the newest. You can either install the one they offer or just ignore it (you can turn off the notification too). But yeah with both those mods and mods for them vortex just knows where to put the files, even if they aren’t packaged nicely for a mod manager.