How To Install Mods On Skyrim Pc
PSA: Vortex now supports Skyrim VR directly so this guide is obsolete. I wrote a guide for using Vortex if you're interested:.Original Post for those of you who want to keep NMM:EDIT: Thanks for the gold, stranger!!! I do swear my blood and honour to the service of Ulfric Stormcloak.No idea how you got this uploaded so fast, well done!
This will hold me over until Vortex patches.For anyone who's wants a TLDR:Enabling Mods:. Be sure you've launched the game for the first time, and it runs (then quit).
Navigate to: DocumentsMy GamesSkyrim VR and open SkyrimPrefs.ini. Add the heading Launcher. Right under it add the line: bEnableFileSelection=1 then save.Looks like this:LauncherbEnableFileSelection=1Nexus Mod Manager. If you haven't already, Download and install Nexus Mod Manager:. Run NMM (administration mode may be required).
Cancel the auto search ('Stop Searching' button) at the bottom right of the screen. Click the. Button right below where it says Skyrim Special Edition. Select the folder:.(steam installation path).SteamsteamappscommonSkyrimVR. Click the little checkmark above, and ignore the warning that it couldn't find the.exe.
Install mods. Navigate to. AppdatalocalSkyrim Special Editiona copy the plugins.txt. Paste the plugins into. AppdatalocalSkyrim VR. Close NMM, and get started!All DoneYou can also install them manually by creating a plugins.txt file in the appdatalocalSkyrimVR.
Put your list of mods with an asterisk in front of them. You'll still need the steps under Enabling Mods.
He says there has to be a 'Skyrim.esm' at the top of the plugins.txt, but I don't have one on mine and it works fine. I got this error to go away by putting a blank file called Skyrim.ini inside the '.My DocumentsMy GamesSkyrim VR' folder.However, I still cannot get any mods to be loaded into the game. NMM has been configured well enough that I have some mods installed and activated according to NMM, but they don't actually show up in game.Edit: Fixed it! There are two places apparently that you need to enable things - the Mods tab and the Plugins tab. No one has mentioned the Plugins tab yet, I had to enable the newly added mods here.
Next is the most complicated part, unpacking the mod from it's downloaded state. There are several ways to do this, and it often depends on where you get your mod from and how the mod author packaged the mod. Usually it comes down to two different types of packaging assuming you get your mods from the nexus (why wouldn't you?), the.zip filetype and the.pdf filetype. Both work about the same way, but if it's in a.zip file, then you can just open the contents and take them where they need to go (we'll get into where they need to go later). If you downloaded the mod and you were greeted with a.pdf file, then you'll need some software to open your mod, if you don't already have it. What you'll need is some archival software that can zip, unzip, compress files, and all sorts of other jazz. Personaly, I use the free software 7zip, as it is free and reliable (unlike the sites you download it from).
Once you have that find the file and right click it to open up the menu. After you've done that you need to select 'Open Archive' and a menu will pop up showing all of the mods files that you can then use to put into your game. Oh and if your mod is on Steam just click subscribe, you're all good.
Now we're on to the last step, and believe it or not, it's actually pretty easy. All you have to do now that you have your mod files is SURRENDER YOUR SOUL TO THE DAEDREA- I mean uh, take the mod files and put them in your Skyrim data folder. Sorry I get those two mixed up a lot.
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So the tricky part in this is finding out just where your Skyrim data folder is. If you're on steam (which if you aren't, why are you reading this?) then your data files should be located on this pathway, assuming your data installed like mine: C:UsersOwnerDocumentsSteamsteamappscommonSkyrimDataOther users have had their data files located here:C:Program Files (X86)SteamSteamappsCommonSkyrimDataOr if you can't seem to find your data folder at either of those places (nice job genius) you can easily find the data for Skyrim, and any of your other games for that matter, by going to your games library, right clicking Skyrim and clicking on the option 'Properties'. After opening the properties menu, go to the tab labeled 'Local Files' and click 'Browse Local Files'. And then boom like magic DAEDRIC MAGIC- you have your mod installed! Most mods do have one extra small step however, and that's activating the mod which can be done simply by launching the game and then clicking data files on the startup menu and clicking the box located next to the mod's name to activate it. Some mods may conflict with each other, so you may want to modify your mod load order if you plan on having a lot of mods activated at the same time.
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