i was using LOOT but im not liking the one i was using...so was wondering what everyone else is using?

Notepad to edit the plugins.txt file.

how ya know what order to put in correctly?

im using xedit to manually look at all of the records, see where there are conflicts, and choose my load order accordingly. this is the best way, if you have the know-how to do so.

I have been modding these games since Morrowind came out in 2003. I have a good understanding of what should load before what. Same as the teams that make the load order tools.

I also do not install a boatload of mods, I keep it respectable. A little intuition on mods to avoid helps as well.

same here.

btw, I think i remember reading/using some scripting tutorials of yours a few years back.. thx (im pretty sure that you were the author.. but i could be wrong)

I wrote some scripting tutorials over at TESAlliance.org, so its possible you might have seen mine. Your welcome.

yep, that was it

I use Mod Organizer 2 to manage my load order.

In Users\\AppData\Local\Fallout4, I deleted DLCList.txt, loadorder.txt, and plugins.txt.

I then created symbolic links that point to those same files in \ModOrganizer2\profiles\Default.

Mod Organizer 2 crashes when trying to do anything else for me, but as a tool for de/activating mods and reordering them, it works pretty well.

Normally, I'd use LOOT, but LOOT doesn't seem to reorder plugins at all, currently, so I use xEdit to manually decide whether and how to reorder plugins.

Yet Another Fallout 4 Mod Manager edits it's own plugin.txt iirc so I would use that until data files are implemented into the launcher

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/641/?

I miss LOOT. I can't get it to detect FO4 but I haven't messed with it much since I don't have many plugins yet.

EditPad and plugins.txt

Theresa version of LOOT out there that workd but every time i turn on NMM and go into the game...all my plugins get deactivated and i have to reactivate them all again.

That's not LOOT's problem. It's the problem with the latest patch. You have to either skip the launcher (I suggest using F4SE), or you would need to keep NMM open, and once you launch the game retick the mods every time.

yeah i knew that just aint writting my words to great this morning.

Making the file read-only works too.

Ive had to do that repeatedly mainly i believe when i add in new mods