This repository was aborted. Node.js is not suitable for client usage.

If necessary, I'll develop those features as CPP or Python plugins of Mod Organizer 2.

As for now, It's a temporary solution to sort plugins by mod names.

WARNING:

1. Now this repository has the following problems:

• Bad code style.
• Bad API.

2. Mod Organizer 2 2.3.x does not display the real load order or Form index, use SSEEdit to view.

These problems will be fixed, WIP.

mods-and-plugins-sortor

"mods-and-plugins-sortor" is a synonym for "Mods and Plugins Sortor for Mod Organizer 2".

This README.md is for 1.1.0

Note: This README.md(User Guide) is written for version 1.1.0.

What's this project?

Sort the plugins in a profile of Mod Organizer 2, let the mod's priority determine it's plugins' priorities. Also support sort mods by name.

"Mods and Plugins Sortor for Mod Organizer 2" is an utility for those person which prefer to sort mods and plugins manually.

Sort the plugins

Optional, enabled by default.

Sort the plugins of the profiles of Mod Organizer 2, let the mod's priority determine it's plugins' priorities.

Sort the mods

Optional, disabled by default.

Sort the mods of the profiles of Mod Organizer 2, let the mod's name determine it's priority.

If added order marks as prefixes of the mod name, it's suitable. Like the five mods' names following.

0_0731_[fix]_Unofficial Chinese Translation for SkyrimSpecialEdition Special Edition (CHS)-1333-8-19_Standard_Textures
2_[UI]_Favorite Things - Extended Favorites Menu for SkyUI - Superior Favorites-27177-1-0
3_#LE2SE#_Smile To Camera-92337-0-4 by lyne408
4_1101_[architecture]_#LE2SE#_06_AIT Architectures - Windhelm
9_1451_[brow]_SG Female Eyebrows SE-25890-2-0

If not, you may be not need this.

I thought most person not need this, so disabled by default.

Is this meant to replace LOOT?

No, LOOT sorts plugins automatically by it's database no Github repository, so it's database determine the plugins' load orders. This project is used to sort plugins by mods' priority, developed for those person which prefer sorting plugins manually.

Requirements

• Node.js

  I use write the project by TypeScrpit, which can be compiled to JavaScript.

  Node.js is a JavaScript runtime, download and install it.

  I'm sorry for that. I am a JavaScript developer, not C++.

• Mod Organizer 2 v2.3.0 +

  Only support MO2, not Mod Organizer 1 Legacy.

  I use Mod Organizer 2 v2.3.0, work well.

  I did not test old versions of Mod Organizer 2.

• MO2 Portable instance

  I just used MO2 Portable instance, not support non portable instance.

• No unmanaged plugins or masters, except five Vallina master.

• The name of mod not start with "-" or "+".

• The name of plugin not start with "*".

Features

Sort plugins

This feature is optional, enabled by default.

The mod's priority determine it's plugins priorities.

Before sorting:

After sorting:

Sort mods

This feature is optional, disabled by default.

Let the mod's name determine it's priorities, just use String.prototype.localeCompare(), like the Windows Explorer lists files by name.

Why add this feature?

This feature is based on INDEPENDENT CONCEPTS.

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The mods' priority should not depend on a mod manager.

If switch Mod Manager to Vortex or other mod managers, there may be a problem how to recover original priorities.

If install many mods one hour, manually drag them to set their priorities may be a large work.

The mods themselves should determine their priorities.

Vortex don't support Portable instance.

Because it was developed with DEPENDENT concepts, means system dependent, if reinstalled Windows, all your User Data losted.

Also Vortex is an service of someone website, even open source, the most important is to provide service, not features.

So Vortex does not need to support portable instance.

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Above all:

• So why use Mod Manager instead of Vortex or NMM ?

  Because it's user INDEPENDENT, system INDEPENDENT.

• So why add this feature?

  Let mods' priorities is profile INDEPENDENT, mod manager INDEPENDENT.

  let the mods themselves determine their priorities.

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Category Marks and Order Marks

There five mods, each name has at least one prefix.

0_0731_[fix]_Unofficial Chinese Translation for SkyrimSpecialEdition Special Edition (CHS)-1333-8-19_Standard_Textures
2_[UI]_Favorite Things - Extended Favorites Menu for SkyUI - Superior Favorites-27177-1-0
3_#LE2SE#_Smile To Camera-92337-0-4 by lyne408
4_1101_[architecture]_#LE2SE#_06_AIT Architectures - Windhelm
9_1451_[brow]_SG Female Eyebrows SE-25890-2-0

Like the above mods' names, I personally use at least one category mark or at least one order mark as the prefix of a mod. I let the category marks and sort marks determine a mod's priority.

Such as "2_[UI]_", "2" is the order mark, means it's a user interface mod, "[UI]" is a category mark, it's better for filter.

Such as "9_1451_[brow]_", "9" is the order mark of female's meshes and textures, "1451" means female's eyebrows, "[brow]" is better for filter.

If sort by name, [fix] mods > [UI] mods > [architecture] mods > [brow] mods.

After using category marks and order marks, the mods themselves determine their priorities.

Before sorting:

After sorting:

The Ways to Manage Resources

Everyone has his ways to manage resources, those prefixes and this feature are my personal ways to manage the mods' priorities.

If DISAGREE with INDEPENDENT CONCEPTS, you don't need this feature.

Backup before sorting

This feature is optional, enabled by default.

Before sorting, this program will backup the modlist.txt, plugins.txt and loadorder.txt files.

The name of backup file is like modlist.txt_backup_2020-05-29_17-53-12_955.

Usage

1. Instanll Node.js.

   If downloaded the Node.js Windows Installer, used default options to install it, Node will automatically add it's installation directory to PATH environment.

   Ensure the parent directory of node.exe is in your PATH environment.

   If added, open cmd.exe, execute node, you'll get message like:

   Welcome to Node.js v14.15.1.
   Type ".help" for more information.
   >
   

   If not, add it your self.

2. Instanll Mod Organizer 2, when first running, choose Portable mode.

   I just use MO2 Portable instance. Open files tab of the webpage of Mod Organizer 2, recommend download the file "Mod Organizer 2 (Archive)". Ensure choose Portable mode, because the project just support MO2 Portable instance.

3. Download the latest release and extract it.

4. Config the installation path of your MO2 portable instance

   Open dist/SortModsAndPlugins.js of your extracted directory, which contains the following JavaScript code:

   const moTwoInstallationDirectory = 'D:\\TES\\SE_Program\\Mod Organizer 2 (Archive)-6194-2-3-0';

   Change "D:\TES\SE_Program\Mod Organizer 2 (Archive)-6194-2-3-0" to yours.

   Note:

   • Use "\\" as path separator.
   • Ensure it was quoted by '.

   Then save.

5. Execute scripts/SortModsAndPlugins.bat of your extracted directory, then will sort the selected profile.

   Afater sorting done, like this window.

   

6. After sorting, reload selected profile.

   For example, switch to another profile then switch back.

Configuration

Open dist/SortModsAndPlugins.js of your extracted directory, which contains the following JavaScript code:

const moTwoInstallationDirectory = 'D:\\TES\\SE_Program\\Mod Organizer 2 (Archive)-6194-2-3-0';
const config = {
    moTwoInstallationDirectory,
    isSortAllProfiles: false,
    isOnlySortSelectedProfile: true,
    isBackup: true,
    isSortModsByName: false,
    isSortPlugins: true
};

If you don't need backup, set isBackup to false, then you will get the line like this:

isBackup: false,

If you want to sort all profiles, set isSortAllProfiles to true, then you get the line like this, and isOnlySortSelectedProfile will be ignored:

isSortAllProfiles: true,

If you want to sort mods by name, set isSortModsByName to true:

 isSortModsByName: true,

Changelog

I write changelog in a separate document.

See docs/Changelog.md.

Changelog

Plan

GUI Support

I finally found that before you publish some tools for every one to use, you must consider:

• all the people need
• easy to use

For example, I personally sort mods and plugins by the name priority of those mods, it's base on INDEPENDENT CONCEPTS. So in 1.0.x, force to sort mods.

But for most users, they did not sort mods by name, they dragged mods in mod list controls of Mod Organizer 2 to set a mod's priority. So in 1.1.0, sort mods by name is optional, and disabled by default.

Plugin's header

一些 esp, esl 拥有 master 的 header. SkyrimSE 载入插件的顺序时, lyne 估计是 优先载入 master header 的插件. 所以 MO2 plugin list 显示的可能与实际载入顺序有差别, 可能导致用命令获取不到物品. 可以参考 MO2, NO2 是以粗体显示 master header 的 plugins.

上不确定 SkyrimSE 载入机制, 还见过 ESM 是 FE 载入顺序的.