Do BOSS and FOMM do the same thing?

I use both, they each serve an important purpose!

Miax

FOMM load order sorting utilises BOSS' masterlist, not sure whether it also tags your ESMs/ESPs with the right bash tags.

So they work together?


" right bash tags " - um what do you mean by this? (sry for the newb questiion)

BOSS and FOMM work together. Not sure if FOMM will keep itself up to date with the BOSS master list, so it's best to run BOSS separately.

FOMM can be used to order the mods not listed in BOSS yet (mention those in the BOSS thread). More importantly, you need FOMM to use FOMOD files, which many mods (such as Project Nevada, Arwen's Realism Tweaks, most things by Gopher, Vurt's WFO, and quite a few more mods very shortly...) use to make installation easier.

Bash tags are used in a third program, called http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35003. If you've made a merged patch in FNVEdit, Wrye Flash does a similar thing but is more powerful. Essentially, it sorts out mod conflicts. To work, you need to tag your mods correctly with bash tags. BOSS will add some bash tags when it sorts your mods.

The full modding procedure goes roughly like this:

• Unpack your FOMODs in FOMM
  
• Sort your mods using BOSS
  
• Put any mods that Wrye Flash didn't know about where you want them to go, using FOMM
  
• Create bashed patch using Wrye Flash
  
• Fix any remaining problems in FNVEdit

[*]Unpack your FOMODs in FOMM
[*]Sort your mods using BOSS


I used FOMMs auto sorter playing F3 and never had a problem. Does it not work in F:NV?

It might do, I had heard that FOMM used an out of date master list or possibly had some other bug. If FOMM does sort correctly in NV, certainly use that!

Hmm..

So if I don't have FOMODs, I can just use BOSS? I did notice that the FOMM file on Nexus hasn't been updated in a long time.