X4 Foundations Nexus Mods

This guide is designed to help you set up Vortex to install and manage mods for X4: Foundations.

• 4Troubleshooting

The addition of these mods marked the launch of our new XCOM 2 Nexus Site which includes file, image, and video shares as well as a forum for anyone looking to talk about XCOM 2 modding. One of the great things about modding is the wide variety of additions that authors create and these mods are.

Requirements

Before we get started, this guide assumes that you have installed X4: Foundations and Vortex at their default locations. You will also need to be logged in to your Nexus Mods account in Vortex.

At the time of writing, this guide only applies to X4: Foundations on Windows.

If you haven’t already, please run X4: Foundations at least once before modding it.

Getting Set Up

To begin, open up Vortex and navigate to the games section. If you don’t already see X4: Foundations under the “Managed” tab, check the “Discovered” section. Use the “Manage” button on the game tile to add it to your managed games.

If you can’t see X4: Foundations, you can scan for it or define it manually.

Installing Mods

For X4: Foundations, there are two different types of mod installation.

To download any of these mods click either the 'Vortex' button in the top right of the mod page or the 'Mod Manager Download' button on the files tab.

Once all the files are in Vortex, install them and ensure the mods are deployed. You can then start the game using the play button in the top-left of Vortex.

Troubleshooting

Some of my mods don't seem to work, why is this happening?

Vortex will, by default, install mods to the game folder, however in some cases a mod will only work correctly when installed to the documents folder. To change the install location, double click on a mod entry and change to the 'ModType' option to 'x4-documents-modtype' then deploy your mods and test again.

Can I stop the admin prompts when deploying mods?

The admin prompts are caused by Vortex's Symlink deployment. This is often selected as the default, however, you can switch to Hardlink deployment under 'Settings', then 'Mods'. You can learn more about the different deployment options here.

This guide is designed to help you set up Vortex to install and manage mods for X4: Foundations.

• 4Troubleshooting

Requirements

Before we get started, this guide assumes that you have installed X4: Foundations and Vortex at their default locations. You will also need to be logged in to your Nexus Mods account in Vortex.

At the time of writing, this guide only applies to X4: Foundations on Windows.

If you haven’t already, please run X4: Foundations at least once before modding it.

Getting Set Up

To begin, open up Vortex and navigate to the games section. If you don’t already see X4: Foundations under the “Managed” tab, check the “Discovered” section. Use the “Manage” button on the game tile to add it to your managed games.

If you can’t see X4: Foundations, you can scan for it or define it manually.

Installing Mods

For X4: Foundations, there are two different types of mod installation.

To download any of these mods click either the 'Vortex' button in the top right of the mod page or the 'Mod Manager Download' button on the files tab.

Once all the files are in Vortex, install them and ensure the mods are deployed. You can then start the game using the play button in the top-left of Vortex.

Troubleshooting

Some of my mods don't seem to work, why is this happening?

Vortex will, by default, install mods to the game folder, however in some cases a mod will only work correctly when installed to the documents folder. To change the install location, double click on a mod entry and change to the 'ModType' option to 'x4-documents-modtype' then deploy your mods and test again.

Can I stop the admin prompts when deploying mods?

The admin prompts are caused by Vortex's Symlink deployment. This is often selected as the default, however, you can switch to Hardlink deployment under 'Settings', then 'Mods'. You can learn more about the different deployment options here.