best mod manager?

[Gungnir]

Whats the best mod manager everyones using these days? Not a huge fan of the Vortex MM but not sure what others are out there these days.

[AllergicToBrainRot]

Only two of them, vortex and my personal favorite- mo2

[Lady Aeleanor]

A search would have shown you literally dozens of posts about mod managers. However, my vote is for Vortex. I've been using it for over 2 years. Easy to understand and use. Has LOOT built into the interface for sorting mods. MO2 does a great job as well, but I prefer Vortex.

[HazakTheMad]

I have used both, I vote for Vortex.

[mikk011]

I haven't tried Vortex. A couple years ago I replaced the deprecated and now community-supported Nexus Mod Manager with MO2 and haven't looked back. If I were a new user, the things that give people trouble is understanding how MO2 differentiates between plugins and the rest of your mods, the purpose and use of the overwrite folder, and the absolute necessity for correctly configuring your tools (LOOT, xedit, BodySlide, etc.) to correctly run in MO2's virtual environment. Fortunately, the instructional materials are a lot better now than they used to be.

Edit: I wouldn't recommend any other manager besides the two discussed above because these two don't muck up your main game folder and have powerful tools for conflict detection and resolution.

[Vlad 254]

Vortex and MO2 are both great mod managers. One can do some things the other can't. I've been using Vortex for years now and have never once had a problem with it. Matter of fact it's been absolutely fantastic. Both of course were made by the same guy, Tannin.

My vote is also for Vortex but in the end you have to use what works for you. You can't go wrong either way.

Gopher has put together a great video series on installing, setting up, and using Vortex. I include it in all my Load order modding guides.

[Lady Aeleanor]

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

Gopher has put together a great video series on installing, setting up, and using Vortex. I include it in all my Load order modding guides.

Gopher's videos are simply the BEST. Love his stuff. I've said it before .... I'd marry him if he wasn't already.

[Von Faustien]

I jumped to MO2 from NMM and have no real complaints. never tried vortex and if i wasnt already into MO2 i might have gone that route. from what i gather Vortex is more easy to pick up

[SkipSandwichDX]

i just started playing with mods for the first time one or two months ago. i googled mod managers and did some reading, but ultimately just went with vortex as it's the one that nexus mods has hyperlinked on the front page. 0 complaints so far.

i don't have an insane amount of mods mind you. mostly just ussep, some qol upgrades and citizens reworked. even with the few mods i put on there so far, the difference is like night/day compared to vanilla

[SpeedFreak1972]

I tried both I like MO2 more ... they are booth good they only take a very different approach in modding. Personally I find that MO2 gives me more control.

[jss1138]

Vortex is the only one I've ever used. Works great, no complaints.

[jatyin]

Mod Organizer 2

[Hari Seldon]

I use Vortex, complete it with LOOT and SSedit for mod cleanup

[Lady Aeleanor]

Originally posted by Hari Seldon:

I use Vortex, complete it with LOOT and SSedit for mod cleanup

While I have the stand-alone LOOT, I rarely ever use it, since the same software is built-in to Vortex. Any time I have run it, it lists the same load order as Vortex has already.

[Cosmic Cat]

I went from NMM to Vortex and I've been liking it so far!

[Lady Aeleanor]

Originally posted by Starlet:

I went from NMM to Vortex and I've been liking it so far!

Before Vortex, I used NMM. What a nightmare. It almost made me give up on using mods. When Vortex came out it was like night and day for me ..... a breath of fresh air. Been using it for over 2 years now, and never had a single issue. I tried MO2 about a year ago, just to see what it was like, since I was doing a new install. After using it for a few days, I gave up. I'm sure it's a great manager as well, but I couldn't make sense of it. Just my personal experience.