Question about FOMODs

[Violence6884]

Hey there. I was wondering if there's a reliable, quick way to tell which mod has a FOMOD.

 

To give an example of what I'm trying to address; Let's say I've installed X amount of mods- Some of them have a FOMOD offering fixes or patches for compatibility between them and other mods which I may not have installed at the time. If later I decide I want one of those mods, and have forgotten which of my installed mods have a FOMOD, it'd be a pain to just uninstall and install every single one, one I'd rather avoid. I hope that made sense.

 

Tags was my first thought, but that's unreliable- Not all mod authors use them. I know I can also browse my files and look into each mod for a FOMOD folder or something like that, but at that point I might as well just uninstall and install again.

 

So here we are, with this niche question ^_^

[Grey Cloud]

Look at the archive.

[nmagod]

the only reliable way is to look at each of your mods, and in the future separate your backups into two folders - [with fomod] and [without fomod]

[Violence6884]

Yeaaah I gave up and went through 1/3 of my mods manually, one by one. At least I narrowed it down a little, using a more in depth search than the default Windows function. Lesson learned... :'D

[belegost]

If you double click a mod in Vortex it'll bring up a side panel with all the information about a given file. If you scroll down to "Installer" and there is anything in there, that means it is a FOMOD. If it's completely empty and the next thing you see is "Collection", it is not a FOMOD. The information in "Installer" section contains all the choices you made during installation, so you can review it, in case you want to install a variant with different options.

 

Obviously, you need to use Vortex in the first place. I don't know if MO2 has such convenience option.

Edited October 29, 2025 by belegost
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[Just Don't]

In MO2 you can either manually add a Note or use plugins to remember FOMOD choices and such. FOMOD Plus adds a FOMOD filters which would automate the process.