Where are my vortex mods stored?

You will want to go to the top left of the mods tab and find install from a file, this is where you will find the mod that you saved. Once you have navigated through all your files to find where you have saved your mod, then double click it or open it and it will be saved onto Vortex.

How do I disable vortex mods?

On the MOD section of Vortex, click on any mod, then press CTRL+A – you’ll now see a menu below the mod you clicked on and from there you can enable/disable all mods, reinstall them or remove them.

What happens when you purge mods on Vortex?

If you want to take your game back to a default, unmodded state, you can use Vortex’s Purge feature. Click the Purge Mods button from the Mods list and Vortex will undeploy all your enabled mods, leaving your game directory essentially unmodded.

How many mods can vortex handle?

Note that there is a hard limit of 255 plugins (esp and esm files) dictated by the game engine, but there is technically no limit to the number of mods you can install. It is perfectly possible to have ~ 500 mods installed and enabled, while it is not possible to have more than 255 plugins in your plugin list.

How do you transfer vortex mods?

Moving your Vortex Mod Setup to a new Computer

1. Go to Settings > Downloads > click the hyperlink to open your Vortex downloads folder.
2. Grab your archives from the downloaded mods.
3. On the new computer, install Vortex (download the latest version from Nexus Mods)
4. Drag and drop your mod archives into the Mods landing zone.

How do I backup my vortex mods?

Go to your mods tab and you should see a “Modlist” button in the top menu. If you click on that, you’ll see three options: “Modlist Backup: Restore”, “Modlist Backup All Games” and “Modlist Backup Only This Game”. To back up your mods, click either the “Modlist Backup All Games” or “Modlist backup Only This Game”.

Does uninstalling vortex delete mods?

Yes. Vortex uses a virtual Data directory, so all “disabled” means is that the mod isn’t being inserted into that virtual directory. It’s still there on the drive and taking up the same amount of space that it was before. Uninstalled, on the other hand, means that it has been removed.

What does purge mods mean?

After enabling advanced settings (Settings > Advanced > Enable advanced mode) you also get the option to “Purge Mods”. Purging is the opposite of deployment: it removes all the links Vortex previously installed.

Can you use Vortex and Bethesda mods?

Are there some mods on Bethesda.net you wish you could manage using Vortex? Well now you can! Install any mod downloaded from Bethesda.net into Vortex. Create an archive backup of the mod so you can reinstall it without going back into the game.