in regards to the above: It's less about Mod Mangers being good for installing mods, and more about *uninstalling* them. The real problem with mod-managers and Oblivion is that a lot of older Oblivion mods predate them, and are not set up with proper file paths, and there's nothing that can really be done about that besides reorganizing and repacking the mod yourself.Īlso.
I still use the (Community) Nexus Mod manager, and it works fine for every Nexus game I play. If I want a clean Data folder to start a new character I can just move the appropriate files and folders to a backup drive, but then again I guess to know what you're doing there would require understanding, and that does not fall from heaven like mana.Įdited by Striker879, 06 June 2020 - 05:19 PM. To me installing with a mod manager equals choosing the path of not understanding.
The "benefits" it brings to the table are outweighed by the price it demands. This whole "clean Data folder" syndrome that seems to sweeping the modding world has no brook in my book.
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The manual install path does, because of what it requires of me before I install a mod. The mod manager path leaves me with absolutely no knowledge of how mods work and interact with one another, or what to do when things don't go as planned. You could argue that the end result is the same (a modded game) but I counter with the argument that they aren't the same.
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Had I continued only using mod managers it would have started me on a path of learning how to use mod managers. That started me on a path of learning how to install mods.
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keep in mind that had I blindly followed those instructions I would have succeeded but you will still have no luck getting me to extract an archive directly into my game folders). Once I saw how OBMM accomplished what I had failed to do on numerous attempts vs what passed as install instructions for that class of mod, I was able to see a little of how the mod worked (yup, body replacers. I had to use OBMM to get my first mod installed. All I'm required to do is spend some time looking into their foibles and try to help sort out their messes. Fortunately I don't need to as there are legions of people more than willing to do the dirty work for me. Now I'm no different that the next guy and I really don't go out of my way to make mistakes. My own method is reading mod descriptions, readmes and mod comments of course, but there is one other very important component. So how does one acquire a serviceable brain (at least serviceable from a mod installing perspective)? Mod managers are not an effective replacement for a serviceable brain. Proof of that is easily found in any forum here.
To effectively use any mod manager you need to know what you are doing. but then again I'm not widely known for wanting to be like "most poeople"). Yes mod descriptions, readmes and mod comments are all valid sources for information, but I also came equipped from the factory with two serviceable Mark I eyeballs connected to an equally serviceable brain (which could also serve perfectly well as a big grey lump that is only used to hold my shoulders down. My reasoning is that to properly install mods you need to know something about those mods. Yes I use Wrye Bash (only way to get a bashed patch) and I have used WB to install some mods. I'm a manual installer, and will forever be a manual installer. Keep in mind this is just an opinion, and same as that other thing that is part of a part of you that you sit on, everybody has one.
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