Vortex Profiles and FOMODs

[Fear2288]

I’ve used Vortex for a long time but never really bothered with the Profiles feature until now.

I think I understand the basic idea: profiles allow you to run different LOs for the game - meaning you can have Character A with Profile/LO 1 and Character B with Profile/LO 2, and switch between them at any given time (outside of when you’re running the game obviously).

But my question is: how do profiles treat selections in a mod that uses an FOMOD installation?

For example, I have JK’s Interior Patch Collection FOMOD. In it, I can select all kinds of compatibility patches for various other mods.

So in Profile 1 I need to select a patch for Mod X, but in Profile 2 I don’t have Mod X.

Will my selections in the FOMOD in Profile 1 ONLY affect Profile 1? And then can I run the FOMOD again in Profile 2 and make different selections that only affect Profile 2?

Or are FOMOD selections shared across all profiles?

I WANT to say that your selections are restricted to the profile you’re running the FOMOD in, but I’m not 100% sure and if anyone knows I’d appreciate a reply.

[Grumpy Old Dude]

<---watching this one closely. I'm thinking I may want to tweak a LO for a stealth archer, another for Breton Mage, another for an Orc head basher....

[76561198140601386]

Well yes, but you can install a mod in multiple folders:

When you install the mod, this mod will go to its respective folder.
When reinstalling a mod, Vortex should ask you if you want to "replace" (default) or install a "new variant" - this is the critical point.

When choosing "new variant", you will be installing it in a new folder/name, completely independent of the first installation.

So you can have variant 1 in profile 1, variant 2 for profile 2, etc.

It's important to note that it's not just a setting, you are actually duplicating the mod, so it will use 2x storage space. I mean, this shouldn't be a problem on small FOMODS, but there are large FOMODS such as "SMIM" (1gb+), so you can run out of disk space quickly.

[Fear2288]

^thanks

Thus far I’ve been playing around with my profiles and have only been enabling and disabling mods between them.

The issue with the FOMODs emerged recently when I realized I had things like JK’s Interiors Patch Collection set up for Profile 1 and the relevant mods I have enabled on Profile 1, but then Profile 2 has mods that P1 doesn’t that require patches through that FOMOD…leaving me to wonder the question as asked in the OP.