BOSS Userlist Manager

Download from http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=39215, http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=311, http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=17026 and http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=44745. The files are the same for all sites.

What does it do?

The BOSS Userlist Manager (BUM) helps you manage your mod load order for Skyrim, Oblivion, Nehrim, Fallout3 and FalloutNV. It uses BOSS Userlist rules to customise the order in which mods should be loaded and allows you to specify the load order for unknown mods without editing the BOSS Masterlist. BUM is designed to work with the brilliant BOSS utility. These are the key features...

• Provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing your Userlist
  
• Automatically adds entries for any unknown mods
  
• Tells you when unknown mods defined in your Userlist have been added to the Masterlist and asks whether you want to remove the definition or change it to override the one that has been added to the Masterlist
  
• Allows you to define load order placement for mods that are not installed without generating BOSS error messages
  
• Allows you to define Userlist categories that help organise your definitions into logical groupings
  
• Tells you when your Userlist rule contains any omissions or errors – saves waiting until you run BOSS to find out
  
• Automatically generates the Rules with placement and Bash Tags for any unrecognised Sensual Walks mods
  
• Provides an easy way to capture Dirty mod information for reporting on the BOSS forum
  
• Provides an easy way to post your unrecognised mods on the BOSS forum.

Required

Microsoft . NET Framework 4 (automatically installed by the setup if not already on your system)

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6
- BUM is of no use unless you are using BOSS to help with your Load Order
- For Skyrim you need BOSS v1.9
- For Oblivion, Nehrim, Fallout3 and FalloutNV you need BOSS v1.6 or higher


Credits and Thanks

A special thanks to WrinklyNinja for his help and encouragement and making me do something as quickly as possible before he does it

My thanks to the BOSS project team for creating and maintaining this invaluable tool...

Google Code Administrators:

• Arthmoor
  
• Random007
  
• WrinklyNinja

Developers:

• Arthmoor
  
• PacificMorrowind
  
• Random007
  
• Vacuity
  
• WrinklyNinja
  
• ZiggyX

Licensing and Legal

• You may NOT use this content for commercial purposes.
  
• You may not upload the BOSS Userlist Manager without the express permission of Surazal.
  
• You may change and publish something based on the BOSS Userlist Manager providing it does not contravene #1. Giving me credit would be nice.

http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=339693

BOSS Userlist Manager Version 2.3.1 Released

Apologies for another update, but I introduced a bug in the last release that needed correction as quickly as possible.

Features and Fixes

• Fixed a bug introduced in v2.3 that stopped unknown mods being added to the Userlist automatically.

OH MY GOOD MY EYES. Sorry but I can't read your thread at all using the IP Board theme.

Never noticed that the theme could be changed

When I get some time I will see what works for multiple themes.

Thanks for letting me know

Changed the OP and release notice that so that it will be readable when using other themes

BOSS Userlist Manager Version 6.0 Released

Features and Fixes

• Complete re-design and re-write
  
• New user interface
  
• Ready for BOSS v2.0
  
• Masterlist plugins defined using IF and IFNOT statements now processed correctly
  
• Find Rules and Plugins treat what you type as a mask so that all occurrences are located
  
• Use of colours to highlight certain Rules and Masterlist entries (configurable through Settings)
  
• Posting information about mods has been simplified and the layout for the Forum post extensively revised
  
• Help documentation extensively revised and updated
  
• Many other things that I can no longer remember.

BOSS Userlist Manager Version 6.0.1 Released

Features and Fixes

• Fixed Settings bug that prevented paths from being defined manually.

BOSS Userlist Manager Version 6.0.2 Released

Features and Fixes

• Answering No to Settings Reset returns to the Settings dialogue rather than the main BUM window
  
• Corrected start-up directory for BOSS v2.0 (prevented the Userlist being processed by BOSS).

Call for BOSS Userlist Manager Version 6.1 Beta 1 testers

I have uploaded a Beta version under Miscellaneous and would very much appreciate your help in ensuring that it is working as intended. In addition, anyone who has been experiencing hangs, should download this version and enable Debug mode which will help provide additional information to help track down the cause.

Changes introduced...

• Debug mode introduced to help track down hang problem (see ReadMe for instructions on usage)
  
• Evaluation of Masterlist REGEX commands changed to return the same results as BOSS
  
• The list of Masterlist entries now includes items that have been matched to REGEX statements.
  This allows OVERRIDE and FOR rules to be created for Plugins specified by the REGEX statements.
  
• You can use conditional Plugin definitions (IF/IFNOT MOD:) as the Sort Object and create OVERRIDE or FOR rules

BOSS Userlist Manager Version 6.1 Released

Features and Fixes

• Debug mode introduced to help track down hang problem (see ReadMe for details on how to enable)
  
• Evaluation of Masterlist REGEX commands changed to return the same results as BOSS
  
• The list of Masterlist entries now includes items that have been matched to REGEX statements. This allows rules to be created for Plugins specified by REGEX statements.
  
• You can use conditional Plugin definitions (IF/IFNOT MOD:) as the Sort Object and create OVERRIDE or FOR rules
  
• Find Next now scrolls correctly to the found item at the bottom of a displayed list
  
• Redundant Rule and Unrecognised Mod counts are now reset after your Userlist has been saved..

BOSS Userlist Manager Version 6.1.1 Released

Features and Fixes

• Target platform changed to x86 for Mod Organizer compatibility
  
• Corrected Masterlist REGEX statement syntax processing, which could cause BUM to error
  
• Ensure that all Masterlist IF statements are correctly recognised as Message Lines.

BOSS Userlist Manager Version 6.1.2 Released

Features and Fixes

• BUM selects the first Invalid Rule after loading the Userlist
  
• The BOSS processing window is displayed when you run BOSS so that any BOSS prompts can be answered (was causing BUM to hang when BOSS is waiting for a response)
  
• Problem usually caused by running BUM under MO is now trapped and an error message displayed.

BOSS Userlist Manager Version 6.1.3 Released

Features and Fixes

• Corrected a bug which stopped BUM working when it was installed in the same folder as BOSS. This fix MAY resolve problems when running BUM through MO.
  
• Removed case sensitive checks.
  
• Conditional REGEX statements are now supported..

Was checking this out and had one question. Is it possible to override the masterlist setting with BUM? For example, I have 90 unrecognized plug-ins, and for the life of me, I cannot figure out which one keeps reverting Better Sorting back to normal spell casts. I've moved all the spell mods above BS, but the spells are still reverted back to their original name (e.g., Frostbite instead of Freezing Hands). So as such, I've just been loading BS last; however, every time I run Boss when changing mods and such, it keeps increasing BS load above everything else.

What I'm looking for is a way to "override" BS so that it loads last regardless of what the masterlist says. Is this possible with BUM? If so, how?

Hope that made sense, LOL!

Nevermind, figured out BOSS allows this through the User rules list, my bad...

Also this topic is for the BOSS Userlist Manager (BUM) and not BOSS. YOu may want to try it out - makes managing your Userlist easier

My original question was about BUM, not BOSS, but realized it actually was something BOSS did, not BUM...hence why I struck it out...

Apologies for misunderstanding, but why would you use BUM if you were not using it create your own Rules (which BOSS processes) - BUM of course gives you the option of creating the Overide rule which is designed to achieve what you are after.

I am probably being stupid and missing something obvious

LOL, no, you're not missing anything probably, just my noobness....still learning...

BOSS Userlist Manager Version 6.1.4 Released
I was going to say that this is the last of the frequent updates to correct various problems, but then thought I had better not tempt fate

Features and Fixes

• Fixed problem with only one game installed in conjunction with a manual installation of BOSS
  
• Included check to detect an empty or corrupted Masterlist.txt file
  
• Additional check added to auto-detection to avoid empty entries in your Game definition settings
  
• Mods Directory error message updated to provide additional information and no longer references MO.
  
• Settings performs additional checks to ensure that Game definition information is complete.
  
• Settings restores Game definition information when the Cancel is pressed.
  
• More comprehensive Game definition checks performed when starting BUM.
  
• Help updated to include information on Conditional and REGEX Masterlist entries
  
• Technical Information section added to Help, which includes descriptions of command line parameters.

BOSS Userlist Manager Version 6.1.5 Released
Main purpose of this release is to allow people to use BOSS v2 with Wrye Bash v295 by introducing a Compatibility Mode setting.

Features and Fixes

• New compatibility Setting that allows you to use Wrye Bash v295 with BOSS 2.x. Refer to the Help Settings section for details on how this works.
  
• Now defaults to the system font and size to accommodate Windows XP
  
• Only display the "new version available" link on the Menu when there is a later version (rather than a different one)
  
• The Rule Edit Area selection box text is not highlighted when you make changes to font preferences
  
• Help menu revised to include menu options for Help, Version History and About BOSS Userlist Manager
  
• Help: Converted to a Compiled HTML Help File (CHM)
  
• Help: Updated to correct minor typos
  
• Installer: Provides pre-installation information as part of the installation process
  
• Installer: Removes earlier versions of the BOSS Userlist Manager as part of the install process
  
• Installer: Provides additional options to be performed (such as starting the BOSS Userlist Manager).

BOSS Userlist Manager Version 6.1.6 Released
This is a bug fix release - hopefully the last one.

Features and Fixes

• Corrected REGEX evaluation that caused some mods in the Masterlist to be shown as undefined
  
• Compatibility Mode ON will be displayed in the Status Bar when a Userlist is loaded or reloaded
  
• Added What's New option to the Help menu
  
• Help: A few minor updates.

I just downloaded it and installed it. It is looking for BOSS in my skyrim folder instead of my C drive. Steam is on my D drive, so why is it looking in the wrong place for the current BOSS install? BOSS is on my C drive.

And since installing this BOSS 2.1 no longer recognizes my Skyrim install. And I even uninstalled this.

After re-reading the BOSS readme, I found the answer and it now works properly again.

Glad to hear you got it resolved.

Probably needed to launch Skyrim so that the registry entry gets repaired. This then allows BOSS and BUM to detect the location.

Of course, BUM allows you to specify locations through the Settings dialogue - as you probably discovered.