Release Notes

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New Features

• Nexus Mods Collections Support: Added support for Nexus Mods Collections, bringing Collections management to NMM Community Edition.
• Nexus Mods API Overhaul: Completely redesigned the Nexus Mods API integration with dedicated REST and GraphQL clients, improved authentication, API quota tracking, and error handling.
• Full Mod Update Checks: Added a new "Full" update-check mode to detect mod updates beyond the standard monthly window. Warning: Depending on the size of your mod library, this mode may consume a significant number of your hourly Nexus Mods API requests.
• Direct Install Method: Restored the classic NMM installation workflow with the new Direct Install method. Direct Install and Virtual Install can coexist within the same NMM installation, with no migration required for existing mods.
• Scripted Installer Overhaul: Completely redesigned the Scripted Installer system, improving its architecture and integration with both installation methods.
• Custom Mod Sorting: Added a new Sort column, allowing you to assign custom numeric values to mods and arrange them in any order you prefer.
• .NET Framework 4.8: Upgraded NMM Community Edition and its installer to require .NET Framework 4.8.
• Local Collections: Added the ability to save and restore managed mod setups as Local Collections, including retained mod archives and supported file, plugin, and configuration state.
• SQLite Installation Log: Migrated installation-log persistence to SQLite while retaining compatibility with legacy migration, backups, and profiles.
• Uninstall Date Column: Added a persistent Uninstall Date column to the Mods views.
• File Manager Loading Progress: Added a progress counter to the File Manager loading screen.
• The Witcher 3 Remastered Support: Added support for The Witcher 3 Remastered.
• New Game Discovery Window: Added a redesigned Game Discovery window embedded directly into the main NMM interface.

Bugfixes & Improvements

• Category View Stability: Fixed Category View jumping around when selecting a mod.
• Install Date Sorting: Fixed "Focus top row on Install Date changes" so it only activates when the view is sorted by "Install Date".
• Game Mode Cleanup: Removed unused game mode DLLs.
• Long Path Support: Improved File Manager handling of long file and directory paths.
• API Request Optimization: Reduced unnecessary Nexus Mods API requests to improve efficiency and minimize quota consumption.
• Virtual Install Performance: Optimized Virtual Install persistence with incremental database updates, significantly reducing unnecessary full-store rewrites.
• Archive Extraction: Improved archive extraction and large-file streaming, including support for solid archives containing deeply nested directory structures.
• Metadata Refresh Performance: Reduced metadata-refresh overhead by eliminating unnecessary screenshot loading and archive reads.
• Download Performance: Improved download throughput and reduced disk I/O overhead when saving resumable download progress.
• Download Reliability: Improved retry handling, cancellation, pausing, and download-list cleanup.
• Steam Game Detection: Improved detection across multiple Steam libraries, renamed game installation directories, and outdated registry entries.
• Game Detection Responsiveness: Improved responsiveness during game detection and download monitoring, particularly when cancelling operations, shutting down NMM, or switching games.
• Mod Installation and Removal: Improved reinstall, upgrade, and uninstall handling for obsolete files, broken links, locked files, and restoration of original files.
• Transaction Rollback: Improved recovery behavior so that failure to restore one file does not prevent other files from being recovered.
• Game Storage Management: Improved validation and recovery when adopting new Game Storage folder locations.
• File Manager Cleanup: Added a "Remove all untracked files" action for supported games, including confirmation prompts and file-ownership rechecks for safer cleanup.
• Mod Endorsements: Added clearer endorsement icons and fixed endorsement-state management.
• Mod Deletion Confirmation: Improved deletion confirmation dialogs with explicit actions and themed warning graphics.
• ENB and Script Extender Detection: Improved ENB archive-root detection and added automatic recognition of Fallout 4 xSE PluginPreloader packages.
• Skyrim and Fallout 4 Compatibility: Updated Skyrim Special Edition executable detection and bundled official-content definitions for Skyrim and Fallout 4.
• Mod Metadata Reliability: Improved metadata persistence, including endorsement states, and recognition of newer Nexus Mods archive filename formats.
• Localization: Updated English UI text coverage and synchronized French, German, Spanish, Turkish, and Simplified Chinese translations.
• Plugin Dependency Handling: Fixed plugin activation for mods containing multiple plugins with interdependent master/dependency relationships.