What is the Vortex Mod Manager?
The vortex mod manager is the latest manager from Nexus Mods. This newer manager is an upgrade from their older manager called the Nexus Mod Manager which became quite famous among developers. This mod manager does everything from downloading and installing the mods as well as managing your game mods and keeping them in one place. It supports multiple games, with an easy to use user interface and close integration with nexus mods allowing you to find, download and install mods with ease. So let’s get started
Downloading and Installing Vortex
Interface
The Vortex interface is pretty straight forward. But before we move on, we need to log into the Vortex desktop application. The easier way to do it is to log in first on your default browser and then log in to the Vortex. Vortex provides you with an interactive interface providing you with quick link buttons on your main screen, and all the panels you see can easily be arranged the way you want them to.
Changing the Paths
Before we start installing the mods, we need our mod manager to manage our games by changing the paths of games and mods. Some mods can only be deployed if the game and mods share the same drive. Once you have set the directory of mods in the same drive as your games, you should see the option of Hardlink Deployment, make sure that it is selected.
Installing the Mods
Manually Downloading the Mods
Removing a Mod
If you wish to remove a mod that you no longer use, you can simply hit the Remove button, which will give you the option to remove Mod and its archive. Check both and then click on remove. Now you need to enable your mods. You can do so by clicking enable from the immediate pop-up message after installation or by simply going to the MODS tab and clicking on the grey button of your newly installed mod which should turn green. You can also verify your mods by going to the Plugin tab. Once you add your file, it will be listed as Never Installed. Before you install it, you have to disable your previous mods by clicking on the green enable button. Again, you can verify your installed mods by simply launching the game and see if it has modded the element it was supposed to.
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