Vortex mistakes Skyrim Mods for oblivion

[Steffenbta]

Hi, since a few days (or vortex versions) Vortex thinks some of my skyrim Mods are designed only for oblivion. This never happend befor. Why does it happens now? I use those mods for years and never had problems.

Edited March 24, 2021 by Steffenbta

[HadToRegister]

Might want to use the bug report feature in Vortex, this isn't the first time I've seen someone mention this

[Tannin42]

This is not a bug, the BSAs in question were apparently built with tools for Oblivion.

As the error message says: mismatched version BSAs may cause the game to crash.

 

The key word here is *may*. If you've been using the mod successfully and there is no alternative/upgrade and you want to keep it you can just ignore the report.

[Pickysaurus]

You may also want to report this as an issue to the those mod authors (if they are still active). I'm not sure Skyrim can load Oblivion BSAs so those mods may not work properly anyway.

[Steffenbta]

This is not a bug, the BSAs in question were apparently built with tools for Oblivion.

As the error message says: mismatched version BSAs may cause the game to crash.

 

The key word here is *may*. If you've been using the mod successfully and there is no alternative/upgrade and you want to keep it you can just ignore the report.

Do you know why it only shows up recently? Was there some big changes in Vortex?

[Beechams]

This is not a bug, the BSAs in question were apparently built with tools for Oblivion.

As the error message says: mismatched version BSAs may cause the game to crash.

 

The key word here is *may*. If you've been using the mod successfully and there is no alternative/upgrade and you want to keep it you can just ignore the report.

 

The problem lies with Vortex though. Like everyone else I didn't get this message until this latest update.

[Guest deleted34304850]

that's because the latest update makes this check, which you are free to ignore?

[Beechams]

that's because the latest update makes this check, which you are free to ignore?

I don't want to ignore it, I want it to go away.

It is difficult to ignore a red warning box.

My Skyrim has run perfectly well for years without anything having to check the bsa files.

It is not even consistent (i), e.g. one of the other guys mentioned SMIM being flagged. I run SMIM but it is not flagged by my Vortex.

It is not even consistent (ii), last night was the first time I had used Vortex in a couple of weeks. After updating I didn't get the warning message about bsas. Today I do.

It is not even consistent (iii), I've just closed Vortex and re-opened it and the warning message did not appear even though the 'suspect' mods are still installed.

[Guest deleted34304850]

don't ignore it then.

[Pickysaurus]

 

that's because the latest update makes this check, which you are free to ignore?

I don't want to ignore it, I want it to go away.

It is difficult to ignore a red warning box.

My Skyrim has run perfectly well for years without anything having to check the bsa files.

It is not even consistent (i), e.g. one of the other guys mentioned SMIM being flagged. I run SMIM but it is not flagged by my Vortex.

It is not even consistent (ii), last night was the first time I had used Vortex in a couple of weeks. After updating I didn't get the warning message about bsas. Today I do.

It is not even consistent (iii), I've just closed Vortex and re-opened it and the warning message did not appear even though the 'suspect' mods are still installed.

 

 

The check is only run when you either make changes to your load order or run a LOOT sort. You will see the message consistent in those cases.

 

I would recommend using a program like BAE (Bethesda Archive Extractor) to unpack those bad BSAs in the staging folders for each mod. I'm still high sceptical that Skyrim will load Oblivion BSAs properly.