Why my mods can't be deployed?

[神 κirΛ]

i installed some mods from nexus on vortex, and when i use F4se it open a vanilla game without mods, someone can help me fix this?

[AllergicToBrainRot]

If steam hasn't started. It will just launch steam then normal fallout 4. Steam has to launch first. You sure you installed f4se right?

[wesnef]

When you activate the mods in Vortex, does it then do a "Deploy" after that? (I think it's set to auto-deploy by default) If not, did you manually deploy them after installing/activating them?

[ANALYST_0451]

I couldn't get Vortex to work, but Mod Organizer 2 worked just fine. It has been my main mod manager for Skyrim and Fallout 4. I'd give it a shot. Better still, you'll be able to see which mods are active inactive while you play by switching screens.