Editing Settings

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LOOT’s settings may be accessed through the File menu.

General Settings

Default Game

If set to something other than Autodetect, this overrides game autodetection. If the game specified is not detected, LOOT falls back to autodetection.

Language

Controls the language LOOT uses. Any plugin messages that do not have translations in the selected language will be displayed in English, if available, or in their available language otherwise.

Theme

Controls the theme LOOT loads. If the specified theme is not found, LOOT falls back to the default theme.

Update masterlist before sorting

If checked, LOOT will update its masterlist, should an update be available, before sorting plugins.

Check for LOOT updates on startup

If checked, LOOT will check for updates on startup and display a general message if an update is available.

Enable Debug Logging

If enabled, writes debug output to %LOCALAPPDATA%\LOOT\LOOTDebugLog.txt. Debug logging can have a noticeable impact on performance, so it is off by default.

Masterlist prelude source

The URL of a masterlist prelude file that LOOT uses to update its local copy of the masterlist prelude.

Game Settings

LOOT’s game-specific settings can be customised by selecting a game in the sidebar. New game profiles can be added, making it easy to use LOOT across multiple copies of a game, including total conversion mods. LOOT ships with settings for the “Nehrim - At Fate’s Edge” total conversion mod as an example. Game profiles can also be deleted, though the active game cannot have its profile deleted, and LOOT will recreate the profiles for the base games it supports (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition, Skyrim VR, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4 and Fallout 4 VR) when it is next run.

Name

The name of the game, or another identifying text, that is displayed in menus and the LOOT’s title bar.

Base Game

Every game LOOT runs for must use the plugin file format and load order system of one of the following games:

  • TES III: Morrowind

  • TES IV: Oblivion

  • TES V: Skyrim

  • TES V: Skyrim Special Edition

  • TES V: Skyrim VR

  • Fallout 3

  • Fallout: New Vegas

  • Fallout 4

  • Fallout 4 VR

Is instance of base game

This is used to distinguish between instances of a base game and instances of total conversions that build off of that base game.

LOOT Folder

The sub-folder which LOOT uses to store the game’s files in. Each game must be given a unique sub-folder.

Main Master Plugin

The game’s main master plugin. This is checked for when detecting if the game is installed.

Minimum Header Version

LOOT will display a warning message for any plugin that has a header version less than this value. Note that this version is different from any version that LOOT may be able to read from the plugin’s description field.

Masterlist Source

The URL of a masterlist file that LOOT uses to update its local copy of the masterlist.

Install Path

The path to the game’s folder, in which the Data folder lies. Either this or a registry key must be supplied.

Install Path Registry Keys

The registry keys that may contain the install path of the game. These are used to obtain the install path if LOOT has no previous record of the game’s install path, or LOOT’s stored install path is invalid. If a key does not specify its root, it is assumed to be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The other recognised roots are HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG, HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS.

Multiple keys can be provided, one per line, and are checked in the order they are given, stopping at the first key that exists and stores a valid install path.

Local AppData Path

The path to the game’s local application data directory, which is usually in %LOCALAPPDATA% and for most games contains plugins.txt. If left empty, LOOT will derive the path to use from the base game type.