TTW: best with FOMM or NMM? an NMM issue, too

[WizardOfAtlantis]

@tizerist: I think you're not supposed to have both installed for the same game. I have both right now, FOMM intsalled after I  had installed NMM, and they seem to be working so far but I haven't tested it much. I'm using FOMM for FNV, which I have set NMM to not recognize. Anyway, Gopher made a vid on the subject and I think I'll check it out later.

@Risewild: yeah, I've set NMM to not check for both of those things and it gets blocked forever still with FNV for some reason. It never did in the past, TTW included, so I don't know what's going on.

FOMM has never ever given me the headaches that NMM does on a regular basis. Is there no way to get it to work for Skyrim?!? >:)

edit: so yeah, it (the problem with having both) boils  down to opening a Fallout game with NMM after you have FOMM installed, as NMM overwrites an xml file that FOMM depends on and then won't work without it. You can fix it by deleting the install log xml, and then rename one of the bak logs by taking off the bak and basically replacing the log that way, and restarting then FOMM (was that confused enough or what, how  I wrote that...sheesh) and it should work. 

[chucksteel]

I use both and, always have and, I've had no issues. Maybe I'm just lucky but, I rarely start the games with FOMM I just use it for BSA browser and, TESnip. Also I only set my load order with NMM now. 

Maybe I'm just lucky but, I didn't even know you weren't supposed to use both at the same time. 

[Risewild]

I didn't know about not using both either and like I said never had any problems, they seem to keep the loading order between them so I don't know what could go bad by using both at the same time Also I use FNV4GB so I start the game with it and not with FOMM or NMM (only use them to enable and disable mods).

[WizardOfAtlantis]

yes, I start with the nvse 4gb loader. I have switched to using FOMM for mod installing/ordering this time around and it's given me far fewer hassles.

[Trm8r]

FNV4GB can be used with FOMM. Go into settings then Fallout New Vegas. Add a "Custom Launch Command", mine looks like this "C:\GAMES\Steam\SteamApps\common\fallout new vegas\fnv4gb.exe"

[WizardOfAtlantis]

I'll have to give that a try, thanks. :)

[Thasic]

I had been playing Skyrim and used NMM exclusively. I did have the occasional problem but nothing huge. It did take a while to load whether it updated or not. I am using FOMM for my new TTW/Fallout playthrough. I always used FOMM in the past with FO3 and NV and I have never had an issue. I like the extra programs that can be used from the FOMM directories.

[KennyMcCormick]

I've staunchly refused to use NMM since the day it came out for many reasons. I find it a bloated, buggy, overcomplicated mess and entirely unnecessary. FOMM is the only way as far as I'm concerned.