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Some times an update will break mods, and the user gets the "Error loading mods" option.
At this point their only real option is to select "Disable Listed Mods" which will restart the game to load.
If there are dependency mods, then the user may receive the error again, and Disable listed again, and restart the game.

After this, they then Check for updates, and Download (if there is one) and restart the game again.

This can lead to 2-4 restarts before the required mods are disabled and they can load to update.

I propose an option to Check for updates for the mods to be disabled and to allow them to install at this time.
This will allow 1 restart, and the mods are up to date.

With large mod lists (or large mods) these load times can be up to 5 minutes depending on hardware.
Saving up to 20 minutes for more play time for the user.

This would be very convenient.

+1

I came here to post this very suggestion, because it would be more convenient than:
* Disable mod(s)
* Wait for factorio to load again
* Download updates
* Wait for factorio to load again
* Reenable mods
* Wait for factorio to load again.

I think an option to go into the Mod selection dialog would work well for this. We definately could use another option.

+1
The mod update cycle can be really annoying.