Best mod manager in 2024?

[Weaponized Autism]

Currently whats the best mod manager for FNV in 2024?

I've used FOMM in the past and NMM before and liked them both but they aren't getting updated anymore, any suggestions?

[MBK]

MO2

[Vex Hilarius]

MO2 has been the best for nearly a decade now

[ClancyDamon]

Mod Organizer 2, as everyone else says. It's not even a contest. It blows everything out of the water.

[Ladez]

There's nothing that I need a mod manager to do that FOMM didn't do 10 years ago.

[ClancyDamon]

Originally posted by Ladez:

There's nothing that I need a mod manager to do that FOMM didn't do 10 years ago.

FOMM does symbolic links?

[Ladez]

Originally posted by ClancyDamon:

FOMM does symbolic links?

I don't need symbolic links to mod my game.

[ClancyDamon]

Originally posted by Ladez:

Originally posted by ClancyDamon:

FOMM does symbolic links?

I don't need symbolic links to mod my game.

Need? No. But it's nice to not triple the hard drive space.

[Ladez]

Originally posted by ClancyDamon:

Need? No. But it's nice to not triple the hard drive space.

That is all my original post was about. Need. I need two functions from a mod manager for Bethesda Gamebryo titles: enable and disable plugins, and rearrange load order. Everything else I can do without.

I don't triple my hard drive space. I put the mod files into the data folder and enable the plugin. Sometimes I back up the downloaded archive, so I guess I am less than doubling my hard drive space? Hard drive space is cheap anyways, so hardly something I will go out of my way to reduce the usage of.

The symbolic link feature of MO2 is a good thing if you have a lot of mods to manage and if you want to keep your game folder clean so you can easily switch between different setups. The way I do things, it would be cumbersome to switch between one list of mods and another, but I don't care because that's not something I'm ever going to need to do. I'd rather use a simple tool that does what I need instead of one that provides a long list of features out of which I only use a handful.

[ClancyDamon]

Originally posted by Ladez:

... I'd rather use a simple tool that does what I need instead of one that provides a long list of features out of which I only use a handful.

Fair. MO2 remains my answer to the OP question. But I can't argue with your other points. I haven't used FOMM in over a decade, so I can't speak to it's handling of load order. But if it does that, then it's all good.

As a tangent, and not to argue with you, we're back inside of a narrow window of hard drive space being a commodity because of the transition from traditional wafer to SSD. Not a concern for everyone, but it's still something I deal with.

[Ladez]

Originally posted by ClancyDamon:

Fair. MO2 remains my answer to the OP question. But I can't argue with your other points.

Sure. MO2 has many benefits, I just don't consider it the best because it's the most feature rich. I encourage OP to try MO2 to weigh the pros and cons themselves.

Originally posted by ClancyDamon:

I haven't used FOMM in over a decade, so I can't speak to it's handling of load order. But if it does that, then it's all good.

It handles load order to the extent that it allows me to handle load order. I don't use any kind of automatic sorting if that's what you mean.

Originally posted by ClancyDamon:

As a tangent, and not to argue with you, we're back inside of a narrow window of hard drive space being a commodity because of the transition from traditional wafer to SSD. Not a concern for everyone, but it's still something I deal with.

It's been years since I actually had to buy a hard drive, but I'm guessing traditional HDDs are still available and as good an option as ever for long-term storage.

[Krolm]

Vortex is okay for ultra-casual lightweight mods <10. MO2 for everything else.

[Weaponized Autism]

is it still viable to run fallout new vegas 4GB patch?

[Azzukin]

My NMM just updated the other day.

[Bob Obo]

Originally posted by Krolm:

Vortex is okay for ultra-casual lightweight mods <10. MO2 for everything else.

Running on vortex mostly due to inertia. 1300 mods on Skyrim, 160 New Vegas, both crash free and fully playable. Vortex has all the advanced functionality you need to run a stable mod list (eg. you can disable auto sorting, resolve mod conflicts per file, create separate profiles and so on), its just arguably not as intuitive as MO2 for advanced features, but on the other hand its probably simpler for new users and supports more games.

So long as you're using one of them you have everything you need - its mostly just a matter of personal preference.

[Sana-kan]

MO2. But I've gone without any mod manager since 2016 since I like to be able to retrace my steps, so fwiw. I stil use FNVEdit & LOOT however. Not recommended unless you really know what you're doing.