Hi this is madduma!
These are instructions on how to download
and install Vortex for Fallout 76.
First, you're going to want to go to NexusMods.com.
Click the "Install Vortex" link at the top.
Click to "Download the Latest Version Now".
Select the Vortex download you want.
The instructions in this video cover the default
Vortex download.
That will install the program in the C:\ drive.
 
Run the program... it will install Vortex.
Up at the top right, you'll see error messages
from Vortex.
Always pay attention to those, they're very
helpful.
This one says that Vortex will now handle
Nexus links, which means that when you hit
"Download with Mod Manager", it will download
to Vortex by default.
First thing you'll want to do, is sign into
NexusMods.
And now I'm signed into NexusMods in Vortex.
This is the main dashboard.
It should also give you some important prompts.
Gopher released a series of videos that go
through Vortex and its various features.
I'll link those below.
There's also a link within Vortex in the "Tutorials"
button.
But for this, the first thing we're going
to do is "Enable Advanced Mode" in "Settings".
That will give us the "Extensions" button
on the left.
Then you're going to download "Fallout 76
Support" from the Nexus main page.
The link 
is below.
And, just a reminder, always endorse files
that you use and that work as expected.
I also track them on the Nexus page for my
own reference because the tracking within
Vortex isn't always 100% correct.
So you're going to drag and drop the download
into the "Extensions">"Drop File(s)" at the bottom.
So you're going to drag and drop the download
into the "Extensions">"Drop File(s)" at the bottom.
Find Fallout 76 on the list.
I'm sorting by mod author to pull it up to
the top.
And, just make sure it's enabled.
And then restart Vortex following the prompt at the top.
Now you have installed Fallout 76 Support
so the next thing you're going to want to
do is add Fallout 76 through the "Games" button
on the left.
Check in "Discovered" to see if it's already
there.
If it's not, go to "Supported".
Click "Manually Set Location".
Navigate to your Fallout 76 install.
Select the folder.
Now it will be in "Discovered".
Click "Manage" and then it will now show up
in the "Supported" menu.
If you have more than one game you may need to click "Activate" here.
You'll see on the left that "Mods" appear.
What I like to do is track any files that
I've downloaded from Nexus for a specific
game in the mods, so I am drag and dropping
the Fallout 76 Support into the Mods section.
Then, I'm clicking "Never Installed" to install
the archive into Vortex.
This is how you would install any kind of
mod in Vortex.
If you want to see the metadata for the mod,
you'll double-click the mod.
And it'll come up on the right.
Then you can edit that metadata.
What I'm showing you here is how you can link
the Nexus page for the mod to your mod.
Notice that for this particular mod, because
it's on the NexusMods section of the website,
you have to change the drop-down to say Nexus
Mods instead of Fallout 76.
Then when you click the link at the bottom,
it should pull up the page for that specific mod.
I'm also adding the version here.
In the archive, it's always to the right of
the Nexus Mod ID.
Now I'll show you what happens when you enable
a mod.
First, I'm going to pull up the Data folder
for Fallout 76 from the "Open" button at the top.
And, I will show you in a side-by-side,
that when you enable it,
first you are going to get a request to elevate
if you have the game installed in a UAC directory.
In this case, it's installed in "Program Files (x86)".
Once you elevate it, you will see that the
files appear in the Data folder.
Obviously, Fallout 76 Support, we don't want
it to be installed.
So I go to the drop-down to the right, click
on "Open in File Manager", delete the contents
of the folder, just so that there is a dummy
folder, so that I can watch for updates.
So that's an overview on how to install Vortex
for Fallout 76.
Thank you so much for watching!
Also, thank you to Tannin and the Vortex team
for developing a great mod manager.
And wxMichael for uploading the extension.
And also the modders out there that have put
up some excellent mods.
Happy nuking!!!
