Mod Managers
Overview
Mod managers, or mod enablers, give you a GUI and organized way to manage your mods and easy install and uninstall with just a click.
OMM - Open Mod Manager
- The most modern and advanced mod manager out of the popular ones
- Advanced mod management, new features, increased stability, and ongoing development
- Recommended
- Download: https://github.com/iquercorb/OpenModMan
Backup and Restore OMM Data
Backup:
- You want to backup the Hubs: You can find the folder location by opening the Hub and then clicking Hub > Properties, it will be the Home Directory location
- Backup by copying or zipping the Home Directory folder
Restore:
- Restore by copying or extracting your backup and then using File > Open, navigating to your restored folder, and selecting the Hub's OMX file
Backup and Restore Individual Channels
Backup:
- Find your Hub folder in Hub > Properties: it will be the Home Directory location
- Open the Home Directory folder
- Copy or zip the Channel folder
Restore:
- Close OMM if it is running
- Copy or extract your backup into the Hub's Home Directory
- Start OMM, open your Hub if not already open, and your Channel should come back automatically
This allows you to archive old, unused game folders/drops, backup and remove OMM Channels so they're not cluttering your Channel list, and still have a recovery path if you want to go back.
OVGME - Open Generic Mod Enabler
- Takes JSGME and adds great new features
- One excellent feature is the ability to store mods compressed in zips
- Download: https://github.com/jweisner/ovgme - Download link under "Releases"
How To Backup or Recover OVGME Configs
- Backup C:\ProgramData\OvGME by copying or zipping the folder. This is the location on Windows 7, other Windows versions may have a different location.
- Restore your backup to the same folder
- Start a new OvGME (for example, after installing a new windows) and all your Configs should be back
After upgrading to Windows 10 I thought I had lost all my OVGME Configs and that meant I didn't know which mods were installed anymore and reinstalling them would lose the ability to uninstall back to a clean slate.
After reading the source code over at Github I got the hint that Configs are stored here as just a bunch of files that you can copy:
C:\ProgramData\OvGME
At least on Win7, the folder location might be different on Vista, XP, etc.
Anyway, all I had to do was copy that from my backup to my Windows 10, start OVGME, and all my Configs were back and it still knew which mods I had enabled or not!
I'm so happy I found that it was a major annoyance and I was almost going to go back to JSGME (which stores all config in the same directory as the exe) but now I don't mind this as long as I know I can simply copy the ProgramData\OvGME folder and I'll still have all my configs!
JSGME - JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler
- The original mod manager that inspired the others
- Great features for the time but others do it better now
- Download: https://www.moddb.com/downloads/5-jsgme-modenabler