Boss or Loot

[MrDirtt]

I am wondering if there is a reason STEP:LE is asking to use Boss over Loot.  It was my understanding that Loot was in fact the new version of Boss and took its place.

[hishutup]

If you are following STEP or you are doing your own install use LOOT.

If you are using SR:LE then use BOSS because that is what Neo wants to use in his guide.

 

LOOT is BOSS successor but it is a completely different style of things. There are some people that advocate for BOSS but a majority have switched.

[Neovalen]

Basically at this point, BOSS is stable and things arent likely to change / move on you. LOOT is still being worked / updated and thus requires vigilance that things will not be continuously moving depending on your load order. (i.e. BOSS is more predictable than LOOT)

[MrDirtt]

Thank you both! 

[sgensemer42]

Out of curiosity:

 

What ramifications would there be if you, say, started with LOOT, then decided to go back to BOSS if LOOT started doing funny things to you?

[DanimalTwo]

LOOT and BOSS may sort a your mod's ESPs in a different order. This may effect any patches that you use that expect a specific order for their use. If both LOOT and BOSS sort any of those patches in the same order, then none.

[GrantSP]

Should you switch between BOSS & LOOT?

 

Short answer: No

 

Long answer: No, never

 

Even longer answer: Well you could, but if you are not sure as to why either is sorting the plugins in the way that they do, then it will likely cause you angst and a search for reasoning as to why.

The crux of the matter is what ever method you choose, stick to it. The same team of programmers are handling the software and there is still an active development stage happening with LOOT. In the long run LOOT will win out by shear weight of numbers, but in the meantime, save yourselves the anxiety and stick with the SR suggestion of BOSS.