SirTwist

I'm going to write up a guide on how to use Mod Organizer 2 alpha 3, FO4Edit, and Loot, if no one minds. This is will be how to install, and use, Mo2a3, not what mods to use. I'll probably start to work on it soon, if one hasn't been written. If one has, then it's okay, I will still write mine up, but over on the Nexus forums.

I had a problem with Fo4Edit, MO2a3, and NMM. In order to get MO2 and FO4Edit to work, switching from NMM, you need to delete everything in your appdata\local\Fallout 4 folder. That will help a lot.

I think I will wait for the next release before I try it again. I would like to state that most, average, users, don't know where appdata is located, and not a good place to things for them. However, most users of Mod Organizers are above average user level. I know most of use are at least advanced level users. So, in reevaulating things, I did come to realize that appdata, aside from parts of it getting cleared out by things like CCleaner, is a decent place to place everything, initially. (And for average users.) However, the problem, as near as I can tell, to run the games better, people use SSD drives. Now, the problem with that is, limited drive space. And that is where things can get a bit hairy. However, since most of us are above average, we can pick and choose where things go, so we can then determine what goes on the actual drive, or not. Tannin, this isn't about MO 2, or you, just airing out somethings that we all need to be clear on. I, for one, can see, when I build a new computer down the road, the need for placing things so that I only have the game and mods on a drive, and leave the rest on a different drive. Of course I would also like it if we could have a working data folder option, where we can use TES5Edit, and variations of, to clean up everything, merge what we really want, and put all of that where we need it. My Documents isn't a bad place, however, it is not a place where I want to keep things, and even bloat a few things. And the user downloads? I try my absolute best NOT to use that, at all. I have a directory on my desktop where my downloads go. I then pick and choose, from there, where the downloads actually go. Of course I also like keeping my desktop clean of icons, shortcuts, etc.

Thank you for the welcome, GrantSP. I had previously made Bodyslide to work by setting it to run as administrator. It works fine even now. I think I am going to have to retry loot, as admin. I haven't given up on Tannin or Mod Organizer. Just going to wait a little while longer until it's a little further along in it's development. As a mod enthusiast, I have used, in the past, NMM (for beginners IMO, and other games I don't care about the data folder, etc.,) FOMM (which is for a tad more advanced users, and it's a decent manager,) then found, fell in love with, and even use currently, Mod Organizer. Thanks to Cal from Dirty Weasel Media and Gopher, I would not be playing either Skyrim or Fallout a whole lot. I know Tannin is working on it the best he can. I am, of course, using the older, 32-bit, version of MO for Skyrim. But I will wait patiently for the next release of MO 2, and read before trying to use it. The only other problem, and this has been mentioned by others, that I have is the one about having everything in the appdata folder. That is not a good place to put stuff. It's not safe. But I also see where Tannin has addressed it.

I love mod organizer, but with Mod Organizer 2, I am finding myself at odds with it. I have done a couple things that helps, the only thing I can't seem to get to work is LOOT. I am not having any luck running LOOT through MO 2, but I may need to just take some time, and perhaps move things around myself. Here is what I have working, for me. I have Bodyslide x64 working, with a number of presets. The actual adding of mods works. And downloading mods works. After a couple of crashes, it seems to not want to work. I'm going to try a couple of things, and if it continues not to work, then I may move everything I can out of where I have MO 2 at, then delete, and continue to make due with the dreaded nexus mod manager.