I know this comes with a lot of mods already but when I go on Nexus even if it is just to update the exiting mods I get a incompatible message. I generally stick with Vortex but even if I manually try download I get the message when I try to unzip the file to install the mods into the mods folder I made. Is it hard coded in somehow that you can't manipulate the GOG version?

Thank you for the reply. It agrees with what I was afraid of. It isn't a bad game as the GOG cut but definitely outdated as far as the modding scene.

General recommendation for DFU:
- Download and install Daggerfall (not the GOG Cut).
- Download, install and configure DFU.
- Select, download and install the mods you want (latest version), if you want to play mods. You may have to acivate and configure them in DFU.
- Play.

You could try to find out if your GOG Cut savegames work in your new installation. It will probably work, if you install the same mods which are contained in the GOG Cut (the store page has a list of the mods in the GOG Cut). Otherwise it depends on which GOG Cut mods yuo didn't install for the new game.
It may be better to start a new game than to install all the GOG Cut mods.

A general rule of thumb for using mods:
- Install only the mods you want. Inform yourself about (if there are any) mod bugs and conflicts between the mods you want to install.
- The fewer the better (reduces the risk of mod bugs and conflicts between mods).
Personally, I'd add another rule (for me it's rule #1, but I know that many players have a different opinion):
- At first play the game without mods (starting with classic DF without DFU). Only use mods to try to resolve issues you have (YOUR issues, not those of other people) with the unmodded game.