I can do that for new vegas, but no matter how many times i try i can't for the life of me make it work. every single time i boot the game from galaxy is like mods don't even exist, does anyone know of a solution? (i know i can just put a shortcut but i'm so used to booting games from the launcher that i forget every time)

Guess that did it, thank you a lot for teaching me a new trick

You sir are a legend, I was also looking for this answer.