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Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate the information. I'd pretty much given up getting any help here so we was just going to try getting a big usb on the first. But good point about breaking it up in pieces and keeping it uncompressed, shouldnt need to get a new one if space isnt a big issue. I'd actually considered that I just worried about them putting it in the wrong place. I guess I could just do it for them, it'd just be simpler to give it to em and say "here, put this in your Skyrim directory" and I guess I was focused too much on KISS. I guess I understand the point between 3 and 4. Its probably not an issue since they've never modded before and I was just going to give them a copy of my modded game but I'll keep that in mind. My main worry tho is if their skyrim is a slightly newer version which might screw up all the mods again~ which means I'll have to transfer the skyrim files too instead of having them download it from steam and thats more to send. Ill have to check their skyrim version to see if its the same or if its been updated again since I did last time... I had to disable skyrim updates on my steam and I don't think they know how to do it. But yea, again, Im not sure of 3 since they have less drives than me (C and D) while my games are on G >.> But thanks again, kupo <3

Simply put, I don't think so. Like I said, its not about "saving time" so that argument itself is a waste of time, as is me trying to explain that 3+ times now, so I won't. But when you hint/accuse/speculate the intentions behind what someone is doing trying to liken it to piracy, don't be surprised when you offend a legitimate gamer, else what was the point in bringing up such speculation? If it matters, sorry for the "attitude" but considering the lack of even a half-hearted apology after explicitly stating that it was offensive, when I came here with only the best intentions, well, what do you expect? Especially when instead it was followed with an overwhelming unhelpful attitude of "this is a waste of time". Regardless, since it seems further discussion is a waste of time and either people are unable or unwilling to help I'll just figure it out on my own then, which has been less eloquently suggested multiple times now. If anyone is actually willing to look into it other than remind me what a waste of time their "assistance" has been, feel free to share your own results. As I said, I-don't-currently-have-a-usb-big-enough-to-try-it-myself... so the only time I've apparently wasted is coming here to ask for help as it currently is out of the realm of my hardware limitations to do so myself. I wanted only to do some research on the subject before spending the money necessary, and yes the time to go get one, on a usb to try it with. If the shoe were on the other foot, before I gave someone some advice I'd of course have tried it myself at some point first, but that's just me I guess. I don't see why any of thats so difficult to understand honestly, but instead of any help I just got a lot of rudeness it seems. So thanks I guess, but nevermind then since this seems to be the limit of anyone's experience and givafux. If I find out anything on my own I might leave some information afterwards, tho I'm not sure why I would otherwise bother considering people's reaction to the question since obviously only a pirate hacker would even consider such a thing. Kupo yall~

From what I know of the older NMM, it had an actual download folder where you keep the unpacked mods. Then it has like, a folder where it keeps essentially the brains like, where it remembers what a file was before you changed it via mod. And then theres the file in the actual skyrim folder which the games loads up. I only know this because I had before deleted one of the NMM folders since it was huuuge and I was trying to save room. It ended up deleting all the mods etc, meaning changing my game from that point would probably f*#@ things up, tho Skyrim itself still worked normally. Im guessing Vortex is a bit more complicated tho since it was rebuilt from scratch. To play it safe, don't delete anything. But maybe someone here knows what you can safely remove~

Actually I gave a very good reason why that suggestion isn't very good. It might take awhile, but I could do it in my sleep. Like I said, downloading mods and such might not even be possible, look back up to my in depth reply to this already for why that is. Also in case you didn't know, data transfer is much faster than download speeds, aka, look into why the DNC couldn't have been 'hacked'. Regardless, your wrong. Also, there was fourth of July the other day ya know~ Like I said, I don't have a usb big enough for it, not sure if my idea would even work, and I was asking for an 'easier' way to do it other than moving over the entire skyrim folder and was asking where the Vortex mods are kept if I could just use that instead. I know theres more than one place it keeps information, and I'm not super keen on how exactly Vortex works when compared to the older NMM. Since I dont know the intricacies I figured the best thing I could do is ask here, on the vortex help forum, if anyone knew. Im guessing from the replies so far, the answer is nope. As far as the specific question asking if anyones transferred their skyrim to another computer, I'm also guessing nope. If I'm wrong, great. But so far it seems most people here are more interested in calling me a pirate and arguing with me for no reason instead of helping.

That was the plan, duh, but I don't see why you'd care. After all its just my problem like you said. If you paid attention tho, you'd remember I was asking if anyone else had a thumb drive big enough to give it attempt before I have to go out and physically get one. Tho you added the shining wisdom of, it could have been done by now. So I'm surprised you havent already, very strange you are. It's a good thing this isn't time sensitive, and I'm just doing some research about it before making an attempt. Anyway, for reference, my Skyrim folder is about 33gb. Anyone know what the best compression type is to get it smaller? I've never had to look into it before, guessing ZIP or RAR wouldn't be good enough. Someone also mentioned a vortex specific file, not sure where that would be at. If someone has a file address I can try transferring that instead of the whole Skyrim folder. Not my whole vortex folder right?

Yea thats not what you said before. You've been entirely unhelpful so I don't really care what you think or not~ the issue isn't time sensitive regardless. Its sanity sensitive. In fact, from most of your other posts that seems par for the course, which makes me think you just hang around these forums to troll people. Modding is all about community after all, and maybe someone else will come across this post later wanting to do the same thing I do and it could help them. I'd hope you would understand the importance of that.

Yea, they have their own skyrim. Though what you said isn't exactly true since steam has an option for sharing your library. 1= Its not a few minutes, I have a bunch of mods. It'd take a long time to download and set up for them and since SE has issues with mods when you update it may or may not even be possible currently, and not all mods are even on Nexus. SE is much more complicated than LE, I'd hope you knew about this if you were offering advice. 2= Look at number one, and the earlier mention that they've never modded before. 3= That's what I've been looking into. Though I dont currently have a thumb drive big enough for it all so I'd have to go out and get one. Id just like to know if its possible before I go out and waste money if it might not work, and if so, some more detailed instructions than what's been given so far. Money doesn't grow on trees ya know? And lastly, I'm not here to prove myself to you. It's offensive you'd even think that, but if I wanted to pirate the game I wouldn't have bought it myself to begin with. I have almost 300 hours on skyrim SE, and almost 1400 on LE. Plus it doesnt even make logical sense if you took a moment to even think about it. I'm asking about a way to bypass needing to download over a hundred mods and spend ALL DAY, possibly more than one even considering how long and arduous it was to mod my own skyrim. It has nothing to do with pirating a game, frankly pirating the game would be easier, and most mods I use require an up to date version of Skyrim to begin with. The reason Im asking has more to do with me being new to SE since it seems more problematic to modding than the original, which is why I'm trying to bypass all the headaches Id have to go through, "again". Heck, I had to disable updates to my own game just to keep Bethesda from breaking my game, found out that the hard way a couple weeks ago. To make things worse, some mods like the Unofficial Skyrim Patch don't keep backups of different versions even tho Bethesda seems to be updating the game quite often. So its entirely normal for some mods to be broken, like the Immersive First Person mod currently is. I could b-tch all day about how complicated, if im/possible, it would be to get my current set up of mods on a brand new downloaded copy of Skyrim for a friend, but that's not why I'm here. So if you plan to help, then maybe you could actually use a thumb drive like your suggesting and tell me how it goes. If all you got is a vague "maybe it will work" idea tho what I'm asking for is actual experience transferring a mod folder in vortex on Skyrim SE and getting it to work on a, yes, second completely legit copy of SE through steam on a different computer. And why? Because it'd be a giant pain in the ass otherwise and I'm trying to make my life easier, plain and simple. Heck I'm not even sure I could do it again, from scratch, and get exactly again to where I am now. I'd most definitely forget something and the game could crash on the title screen, or find out some of the mods Im currently using are out of date and dont work anymore after an update. Simply put, I'd figure vortex would have a feature to let a friend try out their game with your mod library if they wanted. But I'd also figure Bethesda would care about their modders enough to avoid breaking everything anytime they add something to their own paid mods. Ya know, those modders who made their games as popular as it is to begin with? But this is the world we live in, and everyone sucks.

Well, I sorta did, I said they saw my skyrim and wanted to try it. But my question was mostly, if I did do what you just suggested, would it work or would I need to do something else in addition to make it work? Anyone ever tried to move their skyrim to another computer? My main worry is I have more drives than them, so my steam games are on drive G while theirs is on drive D.

Cuz it'd be way easier to just transfer it. Cuz they don't know the first thing about modding. And cuz it'd take a long time for me to do it for them. We're both in the same house btw.

Tell me more about this savegame restore thing~? Also, yea I've been able to "Transplant" games from old computers to new ones without having to reinstall. Granted most of them older or smaller games, and nothing as complicated as a modded skyrim. Thats why I figured I'd ask in case anyone else has before, or if no one's tried, to theory craft a way~~~ <3 Nah, the savegame thing won't work, Vortex would need all the info for the savegame in order to restore the mods. Couldnt I just transfer over my vortex then if thats all it needed?

Tell me more about this savegame restore thing~? Also, yea I've been able to "Transplant" games from old computers to new ones without having to reinstall. Granted most of them older or smaller games, and nothing as complicated as a modded skyrim. Thats why I figured I'd ask in case anyone else has before, or if no one's tried, to theory craft a way~~~ <3

Got an address link to the downloads directory? Also, like I was saying, I don't exactly wanna have to reinstall everything since its a lot of mods and Im not sure I can remember which ones need to go after which other ones. So if I just wanted to send them "My Skyrim" so they can just click play and jump in the game would the download directory achieve that? Cuz theres some utilities and things I had to install in my skyrim folder that I couldnt download/install via vortex.

So I know we log into Vortex using our Nexus ID. So Im wondering, is there anyway I can send all of my Skyrim SE mods, edits I've made, etc from my computer to another without needing to install it all again manually? Whether that involves just making a copy of everything in my skyrim SE folder and putting that on another computer, or just logging in and having it save a copy from my account to another? Essentially, my mate only played Vanilla Skyrim some years back, and they were interested in my mods and wanted to try it for themself. What is the easiest/fastest/bestest way to do this? Is it possible at all? Appreciate any help, kupo

Thanks, I guess it was a non issue then on my part, Sorry for the inconvenience, OCD can be a b&amp;@*&#036;...

Sorry if this is a stupid question, Im new to vortex, been using it less than a month now. Where is Dependencies Filter? This is what I see. Anyway, I dont see a red lightning bolt anywhere for any of my mods. Otherwise, yea I already added a rule in the plugin tab since I was able to figure that out. I'm just unsure if loading the plugin after actually applies the revert or not since it popped up a file conflict. Unlike red or green armor, this is a bit harder to test in game for me at the moment to see if its working or not. Would uninstalling them and reinstalling them not work? Edit; I found the dependencies, its apparently a hidden menu I need to enable from the cog. Anyway, there is no listed dependancy or conflicts for USSEP... whats going on? Also, only green lightning bolts for everything else. I would like to make sure this is installed right, but Im not sure why a file conflict popped up the first time I installed it, but not the following times... :/