Setting up Mod Organizer 2 for manual mod installs?

[DreamBliss]

So this is a question about Mod Organizer 2... I have a TON of mods for Morrowind I wish to explore and test. Lots of things to install and uninstall. What I think I want to do is point MO2 to the directory where the folders and archives are stored, and then have a list from which I can install/uninstall. But it looks as though you have to install mods from archives one at a time?

I do not want to alter the Morrowind install directory if at all possible. But do I have to extract everything into my main install directory, or load from an archive one at a time? I was hoping I could have a mods directory with sub-directories of each type of mod, and point MO2 to that. Is that possible, and if so, how do I do it?

Any tutorials for non-download ways of installing mods through MO2 and setting it up?

Appreciate the help!

[Drakkmore]

Not knowing anything about MO2, since I don't use it. I just install my mods manually.
You might take a look at Nexus' Vortex. It can install mods, and uninstall them rather easily. Though if you've got a limit on drive space it can be a bit of a space hog seeing as it requires a download of the mod, plus a folder where it stores the mod data, and then the mod installed to the game, resulting in three instances of the mod on your machine. This space usage though is a small price (if you've got the room) to pay for the convenience of rapidly installing/uninstalling mods. You can even just enable, and disable the mods instead of installing/uninstalling them.
(I'm sure you already know about Vortex, and instead prefer Mod Organizer 2, but...)


Just a thought.

[DreamBliss]

Well I tried Votex, and it doesn't work with OpenMW. I understand MO2 so I am just sticking with that for now. I can export some mods for use in OpenMW if I want. I THINK I have a sort of testing install working. We shall see...

[Leonardo]

So this is a question about Mod Organizer 2... I have a TON of mods for Morrowind I wish to explore and test. Lots of things to install and uninstall. What I think I want to do is point MO2 to the directory where the folders and archives are stored, and then have a list from which I can install/uninstall. But it looks as though you have to install mods from archives one at a time?

I do not want to alter the Morrowind install directory if at all possible. But do I have to extract everything into my main install directory, or load from an archive one at a time? I was hoping I could have a mods directory with sub-directories of each type of mod, and point MO2 to that. Is that possible, and if so, how do I do it?

Any tutorials for non-download ways of installing mods through MO2 and setting it up?

Appreciate the help!

What you described is possible to do in WMSA (Wrye Mash Stand Alone) since you can create a separator in BAIN, shown in the picture.  I know that's Wrye Bash for Oblivion, but it is the same feature for Wrye Mash.

If I were you I wouldn't use MO2 for Morrowind when Wrye Mash has everything you need to have.

[dietbob196045]

I would have to agree with LEO I have always used Wrye Mash and at least for me it does everything I need it to do when it comes to organizing my mods list

Enjoy
Dietbob

[Leonardo]

I forgot to add a few pictures, just to show what features the latest WMSA (Sharlikran's fork) has.

green disk icon (Melchor's WMSA) - http://www.theassimilationlab.com/forum ... disk-icon/
green disk icon (Sharlikran's WMSA, which I now use) - https://www.afkmods.com/index.php?/topi ... ent=169475

I can compile Sharlikran's WMSA into two versions if you wish and I know both versions can be used at the same time without interferring with the other.

EXE version - can be installed anywhere, even outside of the Morrowind\Mopy folder (where the original Wrye Mash must be installed)
Python version - must be installed in the Morrowind\Mopy folder, otherwise it won't work properly

What I mean by saying installed is to extract the Wrye Mash archive into the Morrowind\Mopy folder then right click on Wrye Mash.exe and send it as a shortcut to desktop in Windows.  I always do what and it works for me.