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How-To Upgrade FallUI Item Sorter Pre-Built To Custom-Built

You have a working installation with FallUI series mods and use one of the pre-built Old FallUI Item Sorter (FIS1) packages or have FIS - The NEW FallUI Item Sorter in light/basic mode. All is working super, but now you have downloaded a new mod and it has no tags. So you like to tag that new mod too.

You're lucky, because with Complex Sorter you can simply extend your FallUI Item Sorting to the next level.
The pre-built ESP of FallUI Item Sorter are also made with Complex Sorter, but only with the most basic mods. You can do the same with all your mods and get a whole item sorting for your whole mod list.

This guide explains how to do this in simple steps.

Step by Step

  • Install FO4Edit (in case you haven't already)
  • Install Complex Sorter in your Mod Organizer
    • Create a target(Vortex)/executable(Mod Organizer 2) pointing to the "Complex Sorter.bat" in the mod.
    • Set the "Start in" directory in the target/executable to your FO4Edit folder (where fo4edit.exe is located)
  • Install FIS - The NEW FallUI Item Sorter - Select mode Pro in the installer
  • Disable or delete all pre-built FallUI Item Sorter (which ESPs are named like M8r_Item_Tags_Vanilla.esp, M8r_Radio_Tags.esp, FIS-Naming-Weap-Armo.esp, etc.) - You will build your own custom one!
  • Start Complex Sorter by starting the new target/executable. Confirm your mod list and let it load.
  • You now see the Complex Sorter main GUI. Check the plugins on the rights for things you like, like quest/radio tags, weightless etc.
  • Click on "Generate Patch" and watch the magic.
  • After generation finished, close FO4Edit and save the new file.

Your new sorting patch is now ready!

Activate it and sort it to the end of your mod list.

Tips
  • Always make sure the item sorting patch ESP is at the end of your mod list. (It contains all winning records of your mods, so no mod will be overwritten)
  • You can start Complex Sorter again any time if you have new mods or removed mods to update your item sorting patch.

Problems?
See Complex Sorter FAQ and FAQ for FallUI Inventory for most common questions.

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16 comments

  1. FO4lover
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    Application name must contain Edit, View, LODGen,
    OnamUpdate, MasterUpdate, MasterRestore, setESM,
    clearESM, sortAndCleanMasters, CheckForITM,
    CheckForDR or CheckForErrors to select mode.

    HELP,What,s going on
  2. ifoxie
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    Hi! Thanks for excellent mod. But i have a question. I have mods for which I don't want to apply the patch and i dont mark it in "Input ESPs", but it still applies. how can i fix it or how can i change tags added by complex sorter for certain mod?
    1. m8r98a4f2
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      See the Complex Sorter mod page. There are many detailed articles about how to add your custom rules.
  3. Rex7Dragon95
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    i don't think there's even a R88_SimpleSorter in ECO as it says the Ruddy88's plugin is not found
    all these instructions are contradicting with this
    "If you use the ECO mod, which already include the R88-INNRs, you can skip this (CS 1.10 will show a warning but you can ignore it)."
    but then the M8r98a4f2's Complex Item Sorter still needs the R88_SimpleSorter.esp

    i know there's this

    ECO Instance Naming Rules (INNR)
     
    and this

    ECO (Equipment and Crafting Overhaul) - FIS (FallUI Item Sorter) patch

    so what in the world do i do if i shouldn't use the R88_SimpleSorter.esp from the Ruddy88's Simple Sorter page

    top of that theres the FallUI Item Sorter - Tag Configuration files on the M8r98a4f2's Complex Item Sorter page

    i know it say to ignore that warning but why have that warning there

    maybe I'm overthinking it
    1. m8r98a4f2
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      The ECO mod doesn't include R88 innrs as a file, but those are built in into the ECO esp.
      The warning is already removed (when ECO is found) in the latest CS beta (not yet on nexus). If the warning keeps you uncomfortable, you can install the latest beta version from the development discord.
  4. Rigell
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    Thank you for that! This worked like a charm for me with the full FROST build with all modern addons and numerous additional mods on english version of the game! And even on a second machine where the same game build was installed over the non-english version of the game so that some of the text labels are non-english, but they still have proper icons and got sorted in a correct order.
  5. G121534917
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    Edit: Fixed
  6. THELONEHUNTER101
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    I'm not sure if I'm just dumb but for each mod i want to add to the sorter do i need to to create a new esp as it constantly makes me delete the old version when adding a new mod also for what ever reason it says the Ruddy88's plugin is not found despite it being in the mod list 
    1. m8r98a4f2
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      Make sure you enable the esp while generating, so CS can find the existing patch file. But it's also no problem to create the while fresh each time. It will contain the same things, just taking slightly more time.
      Check that you are using the correct ruddy88 innr esp and it is enabled while generating. It must be named "R88_SimpleSorter.esp"
  7. Risenhardt
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    at first it had the return icon indicated as an arrow to the left. After following the guide to create my own sorting plugging, every time I enter a section for example Notes to be able to see the objects in that list, it appears like this: <<Notes>> and the return appears but without the icon that appeared before
    1. m8r98a4f2
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      Make sure your xml have the correct syntax. Especially you must escape characters like "<" and ">" as "<" and ">".
  8. 810230919
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    After I have created an .esp file using this GUI, vortex will say that .esp is not a valid plugin. And if I enabled it at the bottom of list. Names of all items in my inventory becomes like []????[]???, but their categories look right....super strange
    1. m8r98a4f2
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      You probably using a special character set. Try starting fo4edit with utf8 parameters.
      Also make sure thatyour Fallout4.ini contains your correct language code.
  9. madpaddy
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    Im getting a hard crash whenever i run the complex sorter script, no menu appears it just crashes back to desktop and also crashes xedit too...
    1. m8r98a4f2
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      I have never heard about such problems. It may be a problem with the fo4edit version you are using or the way you have installed it. Maybe you are using an older fo4edit version. You should try a full reinstall of Complex Sorter, and if that doesn't work, also reinstall (the newest) FO4Edit.
    2. madpaddy
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      Using Xedit 403 it works perfectly with the 1.10 beta so not sure what is going on. But it's all working fine now and generated perfectly. May I suggest putting the 1.10 beta on maybe GitHub etc its not easy to dig through all the menus and working out what to do with the discord channel, just a suggestion? Thanks for the mod though its a great resource and makes the tagging of all mods accessible to everyone, thank you...