Mods going to Mod Organizer 2 instead of Nexus Mod Manager

[Troy]

Currently have both MO2 and NMM and downloading using "Mod Manager Download", but it downloads the mod to MO2 instead of NMM. Is there an option to choose where the download goes?

[Chef]

Trying to change back and forth would be a pain. Your easiest option is to just download them manually and then install the archives.

[Mephitic]

You can check your browser for the current (and perhaps previously used) nxm file association. For instance, in Firefox it is in Options->Applications.

That may be slightly different for other browsers. MO2's nxm handler is nxmhandler.exe.

I don't recall the name of the NMM handler but you should be able to re-associate NMM with nxm files by opening Settings then the General tab and check "Associate with NXM URLs".

[★Kelvy★]

MO2 is set to received the mods through nexus. Need to uncheck nexus link in MO2 settings.
But as Chef states download manually and you can choose which manager you want to use.
Both manager have an icon to that.

[Mephitic]

引用自 ★Kelvy★：

MO2 is set to received the mods through nexus. Need to uncheck nexus link in MO2 settings.
But as Chef states download manually and you can choose which manager you want to use.
Both manager have an icon to that.

Manual does work but doesn't retrieve the meta data from nexus -- so the version and update status won't appear in the mod manager and have to be manually edited. That isn't all that difficult, but it is tedious. I haven't used NMM in a really long time but it had a "fetch missing meta data" feature that did mostly work, if I recall correctly, but is not present in MO2.

[Ilja]

Seeing how badly messed up NMM is these days, I don't think it is a bad problem. The NMM's feture to fetch data never really worked correctly either.

I prefer downloading all my content manually. It is a less of a pain to work with organized folders and add ID and version number to mods after downloads, compared to working with download folders and constantly changing file names in them. That is 100% just my personal preference though. It will feel other way around for some players for sure.

But instructions given are quite correct one. The nxmhandler.exe in MO installation folder should allow to select the application used for NXM-links. Firefox setting will indeed do the same.

[★Kelvy★]

@ Mephitic same here use MO2 basically ditched NMM, I use both in MO2 download direct from nexus but have some that are also manually downloaded (older ported mods I did for myself). In F4, I DL manually a few mods that are not on nexus or LL(by the way I never have use).
OP choice on mod manager is theirs, soon OP will realise the mistakes he/she is making.

[SpeedFreak1972]

me too used MO 1 in the past used NMM for a while gave MO 2 a chance and now I'm thinking how the hell could I live without this much control over my mods

[Mephitic]

引用自 ★Kelvy★：

@ Mephitic same here use MO2 basically ditched NMM, I use both in MO2 download direct from nexus but have some that are also manually downloaded (older ported mods I did for myself). In F4, I DL manually a few mods that are not on nexus or LL(by the way I never have use).
OP choice on mod manager is theirs, soon OP will realise the mistakes he/she is making.

I do the same and I agree with every word.