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Welcome to Mod Organizer 2
MO2 was initially started by Tannin, the creator of the original Mod Organizer, to take care of 64-bit games such as Fallout 4. It is now actively maintained by a team of developers, from all backgrounds, and is now able to do much more than Tannin ever envisioned.
Getting Started
MO2 can be downloaded from GitHub or Nexus Mods. The installer version is usually preferred for ease of installation. The installer can still be used to create a portable installation of MO2.
Select the Clobber merge method. Under the Plugins tab, select the plugins to include in the merge (not their masters). Under the Load Order tab make sure Use game load order is checked. Press the Build button to create your merge. When the message 'Merge successfully created' appears, you can close zMerge by clicking the X in the top right corner. This guide recommends only extracting BSA files if they are distributed with a dummy plugin or as part of a merge. To extract a BSA, you will use the BSA Extractor plugin included with Mod Organizer 2. Enable the plugin by following these steps: Click the 'spanner and screwdriver' icon in the top left corner of MO2. Click the Plugins tab.
Video Tutorials
Starting out with MO2 can be a bit intimidating. Several things about the tool may be unintuitive. There are some hidden features that affect how you mod your games. It is strongly recommended to do a little bit of research before jumping feet first into modding.
GamerPoets has made a tutorial video series that you can watch by clicking the image below. This goes over most of the features that users will need to know. Note that these videos were created based on v2.1.1 and there may be some differences here and there.
Outdated TV is the author of the TUCOGUIDE (see below) and produces tutorial videos on some of the more in-depth uses of MO2. Clicking the images below will take you to videos on how to use FNIS, Dual Sheath Redux, and xLODGEN with MO2.
Modding Guides
The basic, and not-so-basic, uses of MO2 are covered above with the video tutorials above. That will definitely get you going but might not help much with figuring out the whole picture. What do you name mods? Which mods do you merge and not merge in MO2? Some people also prefer text to video and these guides provide a lot of text!
Lexy’s: Legacy of The Dragonborn Special Edition [Nexus Mods, STEP] is a modding guide by DarkladyLexy for Skyrim SE. It is centered around the very large mod, Legacy of the Dragonborn and features MO2 as a mod manager. It’s a very large guide that walks you through the entire process: installing and configuring MO2, installing mods, merging mods, running DynDOLOD and other tools.
TUCOGUIDE [Nexus Mods] is a modding guide by Outdated TV for Skyrim SE. It focuses on creating a good foundation for future modding by fixing bugs, improving base gameplay, and increasing graphics fidelity. It’s a moderately sized guide that walks you through the entire process: installing and configuring MO2, installing mods, running DynDOLOD and other tools.
Documentation
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The documentation for MO2 is a little sparse at this time. There is a wiki article for Mod Organizer 1.3.11 available on the STEP website. Many of the primary features of MO2 remain the same as MO1 but there can be some differences. MO2 also contains a number of new features that aren’t documented in this wiki article. Given that, the wiki article can be good for general information but use it with care.
Need Help?
Discord is a text and voice chat program. This is the preferred means of contacting someone on the team when you run into problems or have questions about MO2. The Mod Organizer 2 Dev server can be accessed through this invite link: https://discord.gg/vD2ZbfX. Here’s a description of the more common channels:
- #info-faq: Check this first for server rules, common issues, common solutions, etc.
- #general: General questions and discussion about MO2. Usually not suitable for general questions about mods.
- #issue-reports: Where to go if you’re having problems using MO2. Crashes, freezes, mods not showing up in programs, and other such things.
- #modding: The place to go if you want to discuss which mods to get, how to do certain things with mods, and other general topics not directly related to MO2.
GitHub is used as our issue tracker. This is used to document and discuss serious issues with MO2 and possible feature requests for the future. While the GitHub issue tracker is open to the public, we ask that you refrain from creating issues unless asked to. You can usually be helped much quicker by jumping on Discord and asking us directly.
Want to Contribute?
MO2 is a free, open-source project and relies on people contributing their free time for bug fixes and improvements. We’re always open to getting some more help with development, documentation, translations, and other such things. The best way to get started is to join us on Discord. Programmers, or anyone interested in building the source code for MO2, should check out the modorganizer-umbrella repo.
Installing Mod Organizer 2
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Installation Instructions:
- Download the Mod Organizer 2 (Archive) main file
- Right-click on the downloaded archive and select Properties
- In the General tab, check the box adjacent to Unblock
- Select Apply then OK
- If the option does not show up for you, ignore that step
- Extract the archive to your Modding Folder
- If you do not know what your Modding Folder is, read the Setting up your Modding Folder section from the Installation page
- Once the everything has been extracted, right-click on ModOrganizer.exe and select Properties
- Navigate to the Compatibility tab and check the box adjacent to Run this program as an administrator
- Select Apply then OK
- By far the best mod manager for all Bethesda games, takes advantage of a Virtual File System to keep your Data folder completely clean
Configuring Mod Organizer 2
- Run ModOrganizer.exe
- From the pop-up called Choose Instance, select Portable
- From the pop-up called Please select the game to manage, select TTW
- If there is a pop-up called INI file is read-only, select Remember my choice from the drop-down box at the bottom then select Clear the read-only flag
- From the pop-up called Show Tutorial?, select No
- From the pop-up called Register?, select Yes
- This pop-up will not show up if you have already registered a different instance of MO2
- If there is a plugin called FalloutNV_lang.esp in the right pane, navigate to the Data folder and delete it
- If you do not know what the Root folder is, read the Common Terminology section from the Installation page
- The translation plugin edits 1000s records and will break mods
- Click the button on the toolbar of MO2
- In the General tab, you can select what style you want for MO2 in the drop-down right below the language selector
- I use vs15 Dark
- Navigate to the Paths tab
- If you are on an SSD or an HDD with little space, you can set the Downloads path to a location on a drive with plenty of space
- In the Nexus tab, click the box that says Connect to Nexus Nexus -> 'Connect to Nexus'>
- If you have already linked your Nexus account on a different instance of MO2 you won't need to again
- MO2 should open a Nexus page in your browser
- Select Authorise
- Exit out of your browser and out of the settings menu in MO2
- MO2 may prompt you to restart, to which you should say yes
Creating New Profiles in Mod Organizer 2
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Mod Organizer 2's 'Profiles' feature allows for easy switching between different mod configurations. In this step, we will setup a vanilla profile, a testing profile, and a main profile. The vanilla profile will stay completely untouched and act as a backup. The testing profile will be configured the same as the main profile for the guide, but will have all mods unchecked, allowing you to only activate certain mods for easy testing/troubleshooting. And finally, the main profile is where we will install and enable all of our mods. Profiles can be selected via the drop-down menu above the left pane
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- Click the button on the toolbar of MO2
- Select the Default profile then, click Copy
- Input Testing for the name and click OK Testing'>
- Select the Testing folder and make sure both Use profile-specific Game INI Files and Automatic Archive Invalidation are checked
- You may want to also check the Use profile-specific Save Games if you also have a modded installation of regular FNV and want to keep your saves separate
- With the Testing profile selected, select Copy
- Input Tale of Two Wastelands for the name, click OK then Close
- You may get a pop-up about a missing modlist.txt. If that is the case, restart MO2 and select the Tale of Two Wastelands profile again
- Select the Tale of Two Wastelands profile from the drop-down menu above the left pane
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IMPORTANT: Mod Installation Advice in Mod Organizer 2
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This is general advice to follow when installing mods in Mod Organizer 2:
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- If the guide says Install normally, go to the Files tab on the Nexus page and install just the main file of the mod by using the Mod Manager Download button to download it through MO2
- When downloading multiple files from the same page, you will be prompted with a box in Mod Organizer 2 with the options Merge, Replace, and Rename:
- For files on Nexus labeled Main Files and Updates, select Merge. This will merge the mod files together into one mod in MO2
- For files on Nexus labeled Optional Files and Miscellaneous Files, select Rename
- When updating from a previous version of a mod, select Replace. This will delete all the files from the old version of the mod and just install the ones from the new version
- If there is no Mod Manager Download button for a file, or if a file isn't hosted on Nexus, do the following:
- Click the Manual Download button (or whatever the download button is for the respective site)
- Click the button on the toolbar of MO2
- From the pop-up, navigate to where the file installed and double-click it
- Finish the install as you would any other mod