However, Mod Organizer 2 is quite out of date from an automation perspective, as you still have to browse through a website like Nexus and download mods individually. Mod Organizer 2 also automatically detects conflicting files while Steam Workshop and ModDB don’t do this, but more on this later. It also does not need to be used with Nexus Mods, but doing so is convenient since there’s an integration for it. The tool needs to support the game in question, and for supported games you can have the tool install/uninstall mods for you, and update mods as well. Another tool is needed to automatically install and remove mods there are several options out there, but Mod Organizer 2 is generally agreed upon as being the best. It should not be necessary to manually download and install mods in 2022, for any game with serious mod support that is.Īutomation is a bit more limited with Nexus Mods, but still present. r2modman is the same way, which connects to Thunderstore.io. Workshop mods are updated automatically on their own through Steam. Select unsubscribe and it automatically uninstalls.

Select subscribe and the mod automatically installs.

Downloading workshop mods without steam