Load order explanation - what overwrites what?

[Bogdanov89]

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I apologize for this very amateur question but i do not understand which mod will take priority (overwrite the others) - the mod that is at # 0 or the one that is at # 3 (considering i have 4 mods in total)?

I am trying to troubleshoot a mod not loading and i can not find a clear answer. (i am using the Full release mod fixer with message remover) Thank you for helping me out.

[LaughingLeader]

Mods lower in the order overwrite ones above them, if there's a conflict. Usually though a mod not loading isn't due to a load order issue, but the mod itself not being updated for the latest game version and encountering some error when the game loads it.

[Bogdanov89]

Thank you very much for replying (and creating the mod manager)! So i suppose the biggest number (# 3 in my case) is the one overwriting everything before it.

[tim-elmer]

Having this explicitly explained in the readme would alleviate this confusion. Even in the response:

Mods lower in the order overwrite ones above them, if there's a conflict

It isn't clear (even as a native English speaker) what "lower" is referring to. I assume that - in this statement - by "lower" you mean "vertical position in the UI", but this could be especially misleading if someone has changed their sort field.

I assume, as did Bogdanov, that how this actually works is similar to BGS games; where priority 0 would be the lowest priority mod and thus overwritten by priority 42?