https://www.nexusmods.com/news/15433 As we move into 2026, Vortex is shifting back to the centre of our development roadmap. While we have spent the last couple of years exploring new territory with the Nexus Mods App, we have decided to consolidate our efforts and bring all that innovation directly into Vortex. Over 1.4 million modders use Vortex every month to mod their games, and we’re committed to improving their modding experience.
Our plans for the year include a steady, iterative modernisation of the Vortex user experience. We’ll be investing in the developer experience, which will allow us to focus on quality-of-life improvements, specifically streamlining navigation, simplifying game management, and introducing more intuitive controls for load orders. You can expect the interface to become cleaner and more responsive as we integrate the design lessons learned from our recent projects. Our goal is to make modding more accessible and reliable without disrupting the workflows that long-time Vortex users have come to rely on.
We’re also committing to supporting Vortex on SteamOS. We’ll be targeting vanilla Steam hardware like the Steam Deck and Steam Machine. We won’t be officially supporting any other configurations, but as Vortex is an open source project community developers will be free to extend support for their preferred Linux distros as they please.
Here’s an early proof of concept (subject to change) of the updated Vortex navigation:
Hey if you’re interested I’m playing modded New Vegas check out a Tale of Two Wastelands. It’s a total conversion collaborative mod project that combines 3 and New Vegas into a single streamlined experience, and so much more.
Oh, my friend! You are preaching to the choir here!
Tale of Two Wastelands was the first time I was fully immersed in a video game. I played for over 200 hours through that game. All the DLC, any encounters or places I could find on the map, the whole works.
I also got some mods for either Fallout 3 or NV that made static models like cargo flaps or old electric wires animated to seem like they have wind going across them. I can try to find them again if you’d like!
I thought I was smart and zipped the game (TTW) so that I could always have it ready to go, but alas, I think I was stupid and didn’t back it up or deleted it for some reason. ;(