ATTENTION!!! New update!
1.0.13:
The “tweaks” category has moved to first place in the category sorting order.

Please let me know if this breaks anything.
And remember: updating the mod load order in a midsave can result in lost saves. Do this at your own risk.

New update!
1.0.12:
1) fixed missing sorting rules info if reopen editing mode
2) Circular dependency exception handling: now the exception does not block sorting
3) Fixed incorrect highlighting of incompatible mods under certain conditions. (When an incompatible mod was cached, but after disabling it, the highlighting did not disappear.)

hey, thanks for replying
the maps i'm using are "[B42]Fort Preston" and "Fort Benning B42" only. but i said as an exemple, the other mods are out of order aswell
and with "[B42]Project Cook (New)V1.0" mod i'm having the same issue that @Cyrisa pointed out. because it's no longer ordering, the mod appear in red. this is because it's being loaded before "[B42]NeatUI Framework" that needs to be loaded first, wich would be easy to adjust if it was the only one, but all other mods are a mess too :(
could be another mod interfering? i use lots of mods, so i'm sorry for the trouble if it's not your mod that's causing this

@lucas
Please provide the name of the map mod you're referring to in the example, which loads last.

Please make sure you haven't added any custom sorting rules for mods that load in the wrong order.
P.S. I've checked locally, and the load order is as expected.

perhaps a sorting rule broke. placed the error in bug reports.

seems 42.12 may have broken this mod? it no longer sorts when I press the button and presents a red letter after pressing sort.

very good mod, but after last patch stoped ordering mods in the order at the description for me. it's loading map mods for last, for exemple. can you tell why?

@Luciphim
Yes, updating the mod load order in a mid-save can result in losing that save (in the worst case). In any case, I recommend backing up the save and mod load order (using presets in the mod menu) before changing the order. Or try doing it on a new save and see what changes.

I have a lot of mods installed, most of which are for QoL, UI, and items. What happens if I change the load order mid save? does it wreck the save file?

Yes

does this work with mod manager?

@Rachel L
this feature is redundant. Please use loadFirst sorting rules or drag and drop with autoscroll (just drag and hold above the borders of the mod load order window.)

One small request, can we get functioning options to send selected mod (in the mod order) to the top? To make it easier that having to drag it alll the way there

omg great update tysm!

New update!
Added new parameters to the sorting rules editor: LoadFirst, LoadLast and Category.

awesome, thank you (accidentally deleted original comment, new set up xd)

@chuckleberrypi
now there is no way to change the category manually, but this is a great idea for improvement! maybe I will implement it)

@Liarzax
You are absolutely right, mod authors should initially set up the dependencies for their mods correctly.
At the moment there is no other way to save and load the order of mods other than sorting rules.

unfortunately this relies on the correct dependencies being configured, what about options to export/save and import/load mod order for those of us that tweak it manually?

@Proximitive
all mods that are specified as required for another mod will be placed above this mod.
perhaps in terms of tiles and maps this may not play any role (I have not personally checked), but for scripts it is important.

should tiles really be above map mods? I saw somewhere that tiles should be below like this

Tikitown
Drazion's Tilepack
Erika's TIles

@Toto
Your pleasure)
Read the "Sorting Rules" discussion:
Zomboid\Lua\sorting_rules.txt

where i can change manually the mod order , wath location and name of the file to change Manually , thanks for the mod

@SuperSeba
I checked, on version 42.11 the mod works correctly. Try to leave only this one mod enabled and check if anything has changed (the most obvious change is the mod search field at the top of the mod sorting order window). If this does not work, then try to check the integrity of the game files via Steam

You are a saint. You have saved me so much time.

@Paulownia
All you need to do is enable this mod, go to the mod loading order and click the "Sort" button at the bottom of the screen.
Done!
If necessary, you can manually change the mod loading order or set your own sorting rules using the sorting rules editor

사용 방법좀 알려주실 수 있나요? 모드는 150개인데 어떻게 해야할지 모르겠습니다

You are awesome! o7

Ty! <3

Thanks!

@ezeepeezee
you are right! Fixed!

Is it just me, or did the automatic scrolling stop working with this update?

I know it was a few updates ago but "added automatic scrolling of the mods list when dragging outside the mods window" or similar was a much needed feature for my QoL, thanks so much for this option! Is there any way in-game or via a mod like this to see the total number of enabled mods? Maybe I've just blindly missed it somewhere.

I have a small request — could you please provide the text for the right-side extended settings, specifically the options under "Apply"? It would really help with localization.

As far as I remember (if I’m not mistaken from when I checked in April), the mod doesn’t include those texts for translation.

It would be great if you could provide them so we can properly localize that part too.

@SJZ-BB-LONG
please share the error message in the "bug reports" discussion

点击加载顺序就报错了 什么也不显示

Thank you so much for the auto scroll when dragging update! My tendons are in debt

@Joewlpc
I didn't quite understand your request. Do you want the mod's description to be displayed in the tooltip?

can I request a translation of the in-game description to be added below the slavic text

New update:
added automatic scrolling of the mods list when dragging outside the mods window

При создании новой игры автоматически должны подтягиваться уже активированные моды. Убедитесь, что вы применяете изменения, которые вы делаете в меню модов.
Так же в меню модов уже есть возможность создания пресетов (рядом с кнопкой "назад"). Просто включите нужные вам моды и нажмите кнопку сохранить, дайте любое имя и в выпадающем списке вы сможете выбирать ваш список модов

Спасибо! это очень важный мод) Наверное лучший! но меня каждый раз УБИВАЕТ отсутствие сохраненного СПИСКА - я настраиваю моды в разделе Моды - на главной странице игры, потом я настраиваю моды в разделе НОВОЙ игры и они (ругаюсь!) часто не совпадают, так как я ошибаюсь! можно сделать сохранение списков с несколькими вариантами чтобы их быстро выбрать ?)))

no problem :)

Wow. First off, thanks for the lighting fast reply. second thanks for making me remember to check if I am even playing b42 or not.

Turns out from default the game is on b41 stable. Little did I know the recent update is b42 unstable, not b42 stable. I having been downloading b42 mods and wondering why some don't work. Now I feel stupid. lol

@TDiggityDogg
please make sure you are subscribing to the correct version of the mod.
in the main menu of the game at the bottom is written the version of the game.
This version of the mod is only for version b42
for version 41 of the game use the mod of the corresponding version https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3180893708

New to the game, not sure if i am missing something here but I dont see it in my mod list.

maybe its because Steam workshop does not download directly to my games 'real mod folder'. So I need to copy the 'ModLoadOrderSorter_b42' from the steam workshop folder into my Project Zomboid mod folder found in my 'Users' folder.

Every other mod I did this with finally showed up besides this one

I asked because some modes didn't work when I pressed "auto" like before. I rearranged them myself and it worked.

for testing purposes yes, but in general no. so if you wanted to ask for my sorting rules, then I have nothing to share with you

Have you changed your sorting rules recently?

The sorting_rules file stores only custom rules and will be empty if you have not added your own rules.