F4SE Installation through Vortex

[RyD]

After having played SKSE64 for a while, I decided to play some Fallout. Unfortunately, I'm having a bit of trouble with getting F4SE to work on Vortex.

Now hear me out: DO NOT RECOMMEND MOD ORGANIZER 2! I tried it a couple of times, NOT WORTH SWITCHING! I went through that thing thoroughly, TWO TO THREE TIMES OVER, not gonna switch on my end.

Anyway, whenever I try to launch the script extender, it says it could not find the loader.

What am I doing wrong?

The only reason I'm even downloading it is because I'm trying to get a leader sub mod for Sim Settlements. ;)

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Sorry to hear you had no luck with Mod Organizer 2. I have used it since release and the original since it was first released with no real issues.
As for F4SE, do not install it through any Mod Manager. Mod Managers will Not install anything to the Root Game Folder.
Drop all but the Data folder from the archive into the root game folder. Drop the Data folder onto your Desktop, archive it with 7zip and then import that archive to your mod manager as a mod.

[RyD]

root game folder? Not tech savvy, can you summarize?

[RyD]

As for MO2, I just couldn't begin to figure out how to even try to make my mods work; the tutorial tried to make sense, but in general, it was so user UN-friendly that I switched to vortex.

I know it's popular, but not everyone has the same success with MO2 as you lot. I'm one of those people that had 0 to -100 success. The main reason being that it's not user friendly; Not everyone is an experienced modder.

[RyD]

If there is any way for me to use my mods in a user friendly setup, please let me know. I know vortex has it's issues, but it's the most user friendly atm.

[Sabaithal]

....Ok, I might be missing something here, but I'm just gonna answer the title. You don't install F4SE through ANY mod organizer. You install it manually.

Not complicated. Just extract the files, drag and drop into your fallout directory where fallout4.exe is located.

[Sabaithal]

Though while we are on the subject of MO2, is there any way to configure custom catagories, and place mods into those catagories like with NMM? Because that's the main thing that turned me away from it. I have 400 mods on each of the two games, I need to be able to sort them in a way that makes sense to me.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Though while we are on the subject of MO2, is there any way to configure custom catagories, and place mods into those catagories like with NMM? Because that's the main thing that turned me away from it. I have 400 mods on each of the two games, I need to be able to sort them in a way that makes sense to me.

You can create Seperators or Dividers on the left window. One of the drop down menus at the top of the left window will have the option. You can even colour them.

[RyD]

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Though while we are on the subject of MO2, is there any way to configure custom catagories, and place mods into those catagories like with NMM? Because that's the main thing that turned me away from it. I have 400 mods on each of the two games, I need to be able to sort them in a way that makes sense to me.

You can create Seperators or Dividers on the left window. One of the drop down menus at the top of the left window will have the option. You can even colour them.

That sounds goofy. :)

[RyD]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

....Ok, I might be missing something here, but I'm just gonna answer the title. You don't install F4SE through ANY mod organizer. You install it manually.

Not complicated. Just extract the files, drag and drop into your fallout directory where fallout4.exe is located.

Thanks man, it works now!

[abhinabdas323]

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

Sorry to hear you had no luck with Mod Organizer 2. I have used it since release and the original since it was first released with no real issues.
As for F4SE, do not install it through any Mod Manager. Mod Managers will Not install anything to the Root Game Folder.
Drop all but the Data folder from the archive into the root game folder. Drop the Data folder onto your Desktop, archive it with 7zip and then import that archive to your mod manager as a mod.

So, did f4se show up in mods section in vortex manager as installed??

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by abhinabdas323:

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

Sorry to hear you had no luck with Mod Organizer 2. I have used it since release and the original since it was first released with no real issues.
As for F4SE, do not install it through any Mod Manager. Mod Managers will Not install anything to the Root Game Folder.
Drop all but the Data folder from the archive into the root game folder. Drop the Data folder onto your Desktop, archive it with 7zip and then import that archive to your mod manager as a mod.

So, did f4se show up in mods section in vortex manager as installed??

It is not a mod, so no. It will not show up there.

You need to follow F4SE's README file. It has everything you need, and you should not skim over it, actually READ it. Follow its instructions.

It's not going to show up somewhere outside because it's what you use to launch the game, not to organize your mod list like MO2 or Vortex.