wabbajack VS vivanewvegas-wabbajack

As far as I know, downloading and installing each mod is the main method for the modding-openmw lists.

There is a tool to try to automate game modlist installs called Wabbajack [1]. It was briefly discussed on the openmw forums [2]. I'm not sure if anyone has tried further to get the modding-openmw lists working with it. I have never used Wabbajack, so I don't know too much other than it exists. It still seems to have extra requirements according to the post, including a premium NexusMods account if you don't want to manually download everything.

Just as I typed all the above I saw a mention of portmod [3] in the modding-openmw guide about mod managers. Seems it's like Gentoo's portage, but for game mods. I see it has some meta packages for modding-openmw in their ebuild-like repository [4], but I don't think any of the big lists have been updated in awhile. Also, there again seems to be issues with it auto downloading from NexusMods mentioned in the issue tracker. Nevertheless, it looks to be an interesting project.

[1] https://github.com/wabbajack-tools/wabbajack

[2] https://forum.openmw.org/viewtopic.php?t=7581

[3] https://gitlab.com/portmod/portmod

[4] https://portmod.gitlab.io/openmw-mods/meta-momw/

There haven't been a need to mess around with mod load order since at least 2019.

https://github.com/wabbajack-tools/wabbajack/releases/tag/3.0.5.0 download for 3.0.5.0

Wabbajack is the name of an installer to simplify installing mods, in these days of a modded skyrim install having potentially hundreds of mods totalling more gigs than the entire primary game install.

All previous releases are readily available on the Wabbajack Github Releases page: https://github.com/wabbajack-tools/wabbajack/releases

To do that: download https://github.com/wabbajack-tools/wabbajack/releases/download/2.5.3.28/2.5.3.28.zip. Unzip to a folder called 2.5.3.28 inside your directory where wabbjack.exe is located. Run 2.5.3.28\wabbajack.exe

You can also check out Wabbajack which is used with this modding guide. This should hopefully set you on the right path. Pre-Skyrim modding typically uses 3rd party modding software that is more in-depth and configurable than MCM to the detriment of being accessible to those less inclined to spend time setting up mods.

Fallout: New Vegas is great, but I'd strongly advise doing even your first playthrough with a decent Vanilla+ Modlist, it will take an hour or so to set up, but it's so worth it. I could never get past the first 2-3 hours, before I played it with this Modlist. The game already started feeling old when it came out (technology-wise) and this fixes it almost completely.

That’s the thing with Vortex, you can’t manually manage your plugin load order. Some people find it easier for new modders, but I think it’s detrimental to creating a good modlist. I’d recommend looking through Viva New Vegas and possibly consider switching form Vortex to Mod Organizer 2.

I recommend following Viva New Vegas This will tell you how to use MO2, along with making your game be stable and work properly.

Follow Viva New Vegas up until the User Interface Section, then skip to the final steps for the load order.

Grab MO2, install mod with it, learn how to use it here

Follow Viva New Vegas, you need a bunch of prerequisites to make them work correctly and you may as well make your game more stable for 5% more work on the way. Stop after the Gameplay section unless you want the rest of the mods.

For best results ensure you follow a GOOD modding guide as a starting point. For FNV, you absolutely need to follow Viva New Vegas (https://vivanewvegas.github.io/). FO3 and TTW have guides by the same author.

However I do recommend following Viva New Vegas for general bug fixes, if you want a purely vanilla playthrough, stop at the User Interface section of the guide.

If it can run Witcher 3 I doubt it can't also run FNV. If you do get the game make sure to get the performance mods + bugfixes from Viva New Vegas.