by vidalia. What is the performance impact of the virtual filing system of MO?

[wolverine2710]

Originally vidalia posted this in the Nexus MO forum. So that this discussion will not get buried on the nexus forums I created the question here and will respond to it here.

Hi there,

 

I currently run Skyrim on a dedicated SSD using Wrye Bash and NMM as mod organizers - just wanted to know before I switch over, considering MO virtualizes the Data directory is there going to be a performance impact of loading esps/esms, other files from VFS as compared to SSD?

 

My apologies if this question has been asked and answered previously.

As I don't have a perfect memory I use the 'view forum thread' on the Nexus forum a lot, just like the search function here. I used 'performance' and 'impact' to find back information I knew was there. Tannin has said a few times in the past that the impact of the VFS is very very low.  Can't find all posts back but he discusses this also in a post of 2012. Since then he has optimized it even further. See also the changelog of MO.

 

The following articles on the MO wiki might by of interest to you. They are located in the advanced tab of the MO wiki.

• Migrating from NMM to Mod Organizer
• Migrating from Wrye Bash to Mod Organizer
• The virtual filing system.

As you are using a SSD which means space is costly and precious might I suggest changing the downloads directory in the MO settings so that is points to your HDD. The files are only needed when installing a mod NOT when running for example Skyrim.

 

In name of captain Tannin I welcome you on board of the SS Mod Organizer. May you have a pleasant journey. Feel to ask the personnel of the ship for help if you have more questions. The brochures 'MO wiki', 'how to effectively search the forums' as well as the complementary 5+ videos by Deatneko11 and Bridger will provide you with answers to most if not all of your questions.

[vidalia]

Thank you for the answer, links and tips. I am currently working on migrating mods from Wrye Bash to MO - it has been going smoothly but I do have a lot of reading to do :)