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Vortex - Limited Alpha Release


Darth_mathias

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I Downloaded Vortex and wish I hadn't. Its still early and maybe the official release will be better. I find it confusing to navigate. Kind of like I thought the old nexus site was easier to navigate. 

I know exactly what you mean in regards to the nexus site.... i miss the old one.

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I'm testing it out with Oblivion right now, for kicks.  Installing into the data folder scares me!  I personally like the streamlined interface, but I so miss MO... MO2 still has some issues, but is generally so much easier and less stressful than this... I'm gonna keep working with it, but honestly at the moment I think I even like Wrye Bash better as a mod manager.

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Is it weird that my only thought was that the jagged red curtains look like melting plastic and that they aren't casting shadows on the 90's FMV wooden floor?

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Plugins tab is crashing for Oblivion and Fallout 3 at the moment apparently...

 

That being said the more I poke around the more I'm getting over my initial distaste.  I think it was mostly just the unfamiliarity.  One thing I can't quite figure is if there is any way to see file conflicts with installed mods?  I know it stores the 'installed' mod in the 'Mods' folder in the base game folder, and that I can preview and alter the contents of installed mods before I 'deploy' them into my data folder... but I can't see any way to compare those files against my other mods, whether installed or deployed.  I haven't installed many mods yet as I'm just trying to familiarize with the program... am I missing something?

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Plugins tab is crashing for Oblivion and Fallout 3 at the moment apparently...

 

That being said the more I poke around the more I'm getting over my initial distaste.  I think it was mostly just the unfamiliarity.  One thing I can't quite figure is if there is any way to see file conflicts with installed mods?  I know it stores the 'installed' mod in the 'Mods' folder in the base game folder, and that I can preview and alter the contents of installed mods before I 'deploy' them into my data folder... but I can't see any way to compare those files against my other mods, whether installed or deployed.  I haven't installed many mods yet as I'm just trying to familiarize with the program... am I missing something?

I can't find any option for conflict detection either.... can open the mods in file manager but thats it. No virtual file structure type menu anywhere like in MO. Have a feeling that is a feature not implemented yet in this alpha release.

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I certainly hope it’s coming, and that there could be a way to hide selected files/folders as well.

 

I like the notes option in the mods tab a lot though. I always wind up doing these big complicated installs with custom merges or tweaks... can get wonky to keep track of, especially if I come back to it after having been away for a while.

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It's not a great image, that's for sure.  Fairly amateurish.

Especially when there's probably a billion other better stock photos that cost peanuts. Hell, they could have just stuck a spotlight in the middle of the current one and DOF'd the rest out. 

 

 

I certainly hope it’s coming, and that there could be a way to hide selected files/folders as well.

 

I like the notes option in the mods tab a lot though. I always wind up doing these big complicated installs with custom merges or tweaks... can get wonky to keep track of, especially if I come back to it after having been away for a while.

 

So it's not as good as you had hoped? How far is it off the STEP Messiah MO? I'm having to ask as I only usually ever play with a small amount of mods in every game and mod managers are only slightly useful as a result. 

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