I personally think that most issues people have with Vortex are probably PEBKAC errors. (Don't use it if your just gonna do basic modding though).
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If you wanna do a lot more advanced modding as in a huge mod pack guide, then go with Mod Organizer. For Fallout 4 with basic modding I'd say definitely use this. Some can even be updated from within Vortex itself. It's Nexus' new mod manager, NMM is being deprecated.
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It also makes it super easy to update mods. I just delete the old files, extract the new files to the same place and re-deploy all my mods. I haven't had any issues with DFU updates breaking Vortex either. That said, Ralzar is right that the preferred way of modding DFU means that there naturally isn't much management that needs to be done. I know that the author of the mod "Sneaking Detection Recalibrated" once mentioned that he learned this the hard way. To download using Vortex, click on the Vortex button to be redirected to a separate page. First, you need Vortex downloaded on your PC. Now open up Vortex and go to the mod section, here you should be able to see your mods however the mod you have just downloaded won’t appear just yet. Depending on if you’re installing manually or with Vortex, click on Vortex or Manual.
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While manually managing mods is possible if you have a small number of files to manage, a manger becomes pretty much essential after installing a lot of mod files, especially if mods overwrite each other. However, for instance if you were downloading a mod from a website, make sure you download the mod manually to your very own desktop rather than mod manager. Morrowind onwards and their Fallout games) but only because Mod Organiser 2 does a better job for those particular games. The only exceptions are the later Bethesda Game Studios games (i.e.
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I also use it for almost all the games I mod that it supports. On the side of the program should be several tabs. If done correctly, the mod should now be in Vortex’s mod list.
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In fact, I use it to install DFU itself because it's the only mod manager I've used that can install files in a game's root directory. Click it and allow Vortex to download the mod.