Mods Settings Template

Scope and objective

The offered file is only suggested for the use as template and does not claim to be another mod list guide. The objective was only to offer a mods.settings that handles prioritization as well as possible. Download mods, merge if necessary, and then get started and play right away without having to struggle with priorities for hours. For this reason, all relevant patches and fixes and a variety of popular mods have been included in the template. Of course, the list is still missing a lot of popular mods, but I will continue to maintain and expand it.

Pros and cons

It is true that normally you must not prioritize every mod that was considered in my template. Many of them would run without prioritization. There is no need to discuss this. But every critic should take into account that all available mod managers for Witcher 3 prioritize each installed mod in one or another way. It simply doesn't matter how many mods are considered in this template. The game can't load any mod which isn't installed and skips the entry in the mods.settings file. There will be no loading errors at the start of the game just because a mod that was considered in the template is not present in the mod directory.

It is also often objected that outdated mods and thus an outdated template led to problems. This accusation is only half the truth. As already noted above, the game cannot load anything that is not present in the mod directory. If users know what they are doing and are aware that outdated mods can be critical and often lead to unexpected errors, it won't affect their mod installation either. If a user thinks he must download and install every mod that was considered by this template, it's his own fault. It should be obvious that the template is not intended for this purpose.

I must reject all arguments in the direction that I cannot consider all conceivable mod combinations. It was neither my intention nor my goal to create a template for this purpose. However, I would like to note that it must be a very extensive mod setup with exceptional mods for the template not to work right off the bat. This is the biggest advantage of the template for users besides that all those who do not want to deal with this topic or do not have the time to do so, can simply get started without having to worry about it in most cases.

How to use

First, you should keep in mind that it doesn't make any sense to live in two worlds. You should either using a mod manager or installing mods by hand. If you try to use this template in conjunction with a mod manager, you may run into problems. It is not designed to be used with a mod manager.

Download the file, unzip it, and copy the mod.settings to your users\<your account name>\My Documents&