Profile Groups
Profile groups can be used to merge profiles together. Below I will show how to do this and a few use cases.
To start, press the profile dropdown and select profile groups
This will open an interface where you can select 2 or more profiles to group together.
In the example above I want to merge one of my profiles that contains the Fallout New Vegas ESM fixes and BSA decompressor files with the Viva New Vegas profile
Why would I want to do this? The BSA decompressor and ESM Fixes files are useful in multiple profiles and modlists, however they take up around 8gb of space. Instead of needing to add them to each profile every time, I can keep a copy of them in 1 profile and group them into the profiles I want to use them in.
Another use case might be If you have a large modlist and want to test some new mods, you can create a profile with the new mods and then create a profile group with your main modlist. Then if the mods don't work or you change your mind, you can remove the profile containing the new mods without affecting your main profile
The profile group will show up as its own entry in the profile dropdown
This profile will behave like any other will a few differences
- You can change the load order of this profile without affecting the source profiles
- What you do to a mod in a grouped profile can affect the one in the source profile. Eg. cleaning/editing plugins , Changing its meta.ini , renaming it
- Installing a mod in this grouped profile will prompt you which source profile to install it to
- Collections can not be appended to a profile group, Create a new profile with the collection and add it to the group instead
- Grouped profiles use their own overwrite folder. This will be deleted if you remove the profile group
Removing a mod from a grouped profile will also delete it from the source profile. This is because the mod in the grouped profile is symlinked with the source profile. If you need to "remove" a mod you should disable it instead
There is a way to prevent accidentality removing mods from a grouped profile
Select profile settings in the profile dropdown
Here I have locked the Viva New Vegas profile. When I try to delete a mod in the grouped profile that belongs to the locked profile, it will not allow me to delete it
