Vortex is capable of managing mods for dozens of different games.

Search for, discover, and manage a game (required) Once you hit “Save” you should have successfully linked your account with Vortex and your Nexus Mods profile should display your avatar. To do so, click on the hyperlink that reads “Not working? Try manual login.”įollow the instructions on screen to copy and paste your API key from your API access page ( ): Note: if authorising via the website fails, you can try to log in manually. If no new page is loaded in your browser, copy and paste the link displayed by Vortex into your browser’s address bar:Ĭlick the 'Authorise' button to allow Vortex to sign in.Ĭongratulations! You have now successfully linked your Nexus Mods account to Vortex. In the next dialogue window that comes up, click “Log In On Website” to open a new page in your browser: Open Vortex and click the red icon in the top right corner. Link your Nexus Mods account to Vortex (required) This is necessary so Vortex can be used to download mods straight from Nexus Mods via the corresponding “Download: Vortex” button on a given mod page.Īs Vortex does this automatically upon startup, no action on your end is required. Upon initialising, Vortex will automatically associate itself with Nexus Mods download links and inform you of that via a notification in the top right corner: Once installed, start up Vortex via the shortcut on your Desktop. There are also some things that you might (optionally) want to customise to your liking. Once Vortex is installed, there are a few steps to be taken in order to set it up to manage and download mods for Skyrim Special Edition. You may choose within Vortex later on where you want to download your mods to.

Vortex will install on C: (note that this is just Vortex and the files it requires to function which amount to around 70 MB).

Note: some misconfigured anti virus programs might rename the *.exe to something else, in that case, rename the downloaded file to *.exe and open it to run the installation.

Once the download is finished, open the *.exe file to run the installation.

This is the preferred and recommended way of installing Vortex.

In the file section, download the file at the top described as “One-click installer” for Vortex (Manual Download).

Click “Download the latest version now”.

Go to and click Mods > Get Vortex in the top navigation.

Installing our Mod Manager Vortex from the website

2.5.4 Immersive Armors and Immersive Weapons.

2.5.3 Downloading and installing SKSE64.

2.5.1 Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.

2.5 Downloading and installing mods via Vortex.

2.4 Change your Download Folder and/or Mod Staging Folder (optional).

2.3 Search for, discover, and manage a game (required).

2.2 Link your Nexus Mods account to Vortex (required).

1 Installing our Mod Manager Vortex from the website.

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