Installing mod from Fallout 4 directly is safe?

[IvryRen]

There's a mods section on the main menu which i could use to download other mods from bethesda's website, is it safe or not?

[mikk011]

"Safe" has two meanings here.
1. The community mods you can download from bethesda.net are "safe" in that they contain no viruses and will not break your computer if you install them.

2. If you download and install mods incompetently, they will not work correctly. If you completely foul up, you may need to uninstall your game, find and delete any other files related to FO4 and your mods, and reinstall your game.

When you use community mods in Fallout 4 from any source, you first need to manually make some changes to your .ini files. The edits are listed in the pinned topic C:/Help/Mods/Issues with Fallout 4 in the section titled "Enabling Modding for Fallout 4". This pinned topic has a wealth of other information about modding your game.

[Bozwai]

The in game mod section does not look at your load order and just puts the latest downloaded at the bottom. This, except for mods like the unofficial patch and AWKCR. Nexus tries its best for a working load order but isn't perfect.

You'll have to adjust your load order for mods to work without crashes and conflicts. Framework can be found at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aknl_ze1hHUCiTBgz55dSzBBsfvG7iGXlRNIGWObyME/edit#

*edit* Steam flags the link above. You can google the Reddit post: "[FO4] Is there a Logical Load Order spreadsheet for Fallout 4 like exists for Skyrim?" *edit*

Mods that aren't safe, in game download or not, are mods that scrap everything in a settlement or allows you to scrap everything anywhere. They break precombines and will break your save games. Unless the trustworthy author says otherwise actually mentioning precombines.

Adjusting your ini file for modding was when Fallout 4 was released. It isn't required anymore after a patch long time ago before they had an in game mod section.

[Bored Peon]

If you are interested in using mods you should use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2.

Managers keep better track of installing files, sorting conflicts, and updates.

[Bozwai]

But aren't perfect.

[Iron Knights]

Some mods are broken, some come with instructions but not all.
Still, rather not use anything else like Nexus & loaders.
I worked hard just to de-steam FO4.

[IvryRen]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

If you are interested in using mods you should use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2.

Managers keep better track of installing files, sorting conflicts, and updates.

I know about modding in general, especially bethesda games such as skyrim, been using NMM but moved on to vortex, still not familiar with MO2 but that's not really an issue.

This is the one that i had an issue with

Originally posted by Bozwai:

The in game mod section does not look at your load order and just puts the latest downloaded at the bottom. This, except for mods like the unofficial patch and AWKCR. Nexus tries its best for a working load order but isn't perfect.

You'll have to adjust your load order for mods to work without crashes and conflicts. Framework can be found at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aknl_ze1hHUCiTBgz55dSzBBsfvG7iGXlRNIGWObyME/edit#

I just wanted to download the modern weapons tactical edition mod, the only place i could find to download such mod is in the game, so i wanted to know is download the mod from the game itself breaks the game or not?

[Iron Knights]

Break never, CTD perhaps, never be too afraid to try. I found disabling and deleting mods from the menu safe & clean.

[IvryRen]

Alright, i guess i could try, it's my first time downloading a mod directly from the game so i don't know if it's good or not

[Bozwai]

Vortex finds mods or creation club downloads from in game. It just doesn't know where to put it (apart from creation club). It is safe.

The mod you want to download adds weapons and a vending machine. It should be far down the load order but above anything adding modifications to weapons/armor (barrels/scopes) and any mod that demands being last. The author mentions something about this.