BigDaddyRat

When using mods such as More Sliders for Feet or texture replacers, do I need to un-check all vanilla hand and feet textures before batch building?

I definitely think it's in the file structure. There are several blades not packed in a separate folder which load fine. Anything packed in the separate folders will not show up or show up as a grey outline, like with a missing texture. If it were just an unsupported texture problem, I don't believe the other outside folder blades would have shown up properly.

I noticed that most of the textures and meshes (there are several different weapons in the mod) are in several different folders within the file. Does that have an effect on proper installation? I looked thru the Rivendell Bow file and noticed that there is only one texture file and one mesh file, not divided. I have the mod in a separate working folder and the file path is : P:\ES5 Skyrim AE files\Weapon Mods\New folder\meshes\Weapons\adonnay, with each separate file after ardonnay. This is after opening the mod file in my working folder. The texture files are set up the same way. An example of one weapon would be P:\ES5 Skyrim AE files\Weapon Mods\New folder\meshes\Weapons\adonnay\courtblades with courtblades being in a separate folder. That's why I'm wondering if the file packing may have something to do with the problem.

I recently installed the Elven Weaponry mod from Skyrim (Oldrim) and ran it thru ther Creation Kit and changed it to form 44 from 43. I haver done this recently with the Rivendell Bow, LoTR Elven Hunting Knife and Viking Weaponry mods with no problems, and they work perfectly. However, when I did the same with the Elven mod, all I got was a grey outline of the Ebony Courtsword. I went thru the mod files and looked at the way they were packed, and I believe that is the problem, but no matter how I tried to re-pack them, nothing worked. Anyone have an idea of what I can do? I really want the swords because they look so much better than any other elven weapon mod. Thanks in advance.

When using a hands and feet replacer mod (I'm using Fem Feet Redesigned and CBBE Feet and Hands Textures) do I need to un-check all the vanilla hand and feet boxes in the Group Filter (i.e. CBBE-Vanilla-Hands-Elven)? This is very confusing especially when batch building with all the different choices. Thanks for any help.

Well, that doesn't really help me. I know that if you have say, mod A, then it has an update, mod B, it would overwrite mod A which I think, means it goes AFTER mod A in Vortex. Vortex usually recommends it's placement. What I need to know is if Vortex DOESN'T recommend whether if goes before or after, and in a mod description it says to load above a mod or below a mod in load order, does loading it ABOVE the mod mean BEFORE the mod or AFTER? That is where I'm confused. LO number doesn't mean much to me since I use Vortex and can't manually change the LO number. It's not like the old Nexus Mod Manager where you could drag a mod above another mod or below it to change LO.

This has always confused me about load order. When a mod says place below or above , does it mean going up load order or down ? Vortex gives you the options "before and after". How does that equate to above or below?

I recently purchased HZD from Steam, but Vortex doesn't recognize it and can't find it to manage. Nexus has mods for the game but what does it take to add it for management? It's located in my Steam folder along with my other games, but Vortex can't find it.

Thanks for the advice. It's a little late for me here (2 am) so I'll get into it soon as I wake up later today. I seer it has a printable version so I'll probably do that ( don't have multiple monitors) so that should make it easier for me to use. I've been using Vortex ever since it came out and I've been using the LOOT messages like you've shown. I've had no pop up messages so I clicked on the error bell for each plugin and found the missing master messages. I've done every step you've mentioned and found a lot of missing patches that way, as well as updates the normal pop-ups didn't show. As I've said, it's a little late at night for me, so I'll dig back into it with a little fresher mind later. Thanks again for the help!!

Thanks for the reply. I've read over the STEP guide, and it recommends MO, which I've tried in the past and never could get the hang of. Being a little older than your typical gamer (I'm 65) I prefer Vortex because it automatically uses LOOT during installation of mods and is easier for me to use. The only thing tripping me up[ is that the last time I installed mods I had LOOT messages that I was missing 5 or 6 mod Master files, but never told me which ones I was missing. Every mod I installed, I took great care to load every required mod, even following each one's required mods as well until I had all the requirements installed and still got a missing master error. Would be no problem if the error told me which master I was missing. I'm no beginner at modding as I've been modding Fallout 4 for years with very little problem, but Skyrim is a whole new set of headaches and I actually quit playing the game for years because of it, but I would really like to get back into it but not if it continues to be such a pain.

Hats off to anyone who can mod Skyrim SE and not have any problems and can keep all their hair. I quit playing the game years ago over mod problems, and just recently thought I'd give it another go. BIG mistake. I took my time, made sure I had all requirements and patches, and still had missing Master files...and no way to figure out which ones. I use Vortex to install my mods and check FNIS after each install, as well as checking LOOT for any messages (have found out I needed a few patches that way). Now, I can mod Fallout 4 all day long with no problems. In fact, I'm running close to 500 mods with no problem whatsoever. But Skyrim? Nooooo! Half a dozen mods in and I'm pulling my hair out!!!! I gtfu!!!!

Sorry...didn't realize this was the LE forum, as I haven't used the Skyrim forums before. I use Vortex to install my mods, so it automatically uses LOOT to install mods in the right order, and gives error messages when needed. Thanks for the advice and now I'll try to find the SE forum.

Hats off to anyone who can mod Skyrim SE and not have any problems and can keep all their hair. I quit playing the game years ago over mod problems, and just recently thought I'd give it another go. BIG mistake. I took my time, made sure I had all requirements and patches, and still had missing Master files...and no way to figure out which ones. Now, I can mod Fallout 4 all day long with no problems. In fact, I'm running close to 500 mods with no problem whatsoever. But Skyrim? Nooooo! Half a dozen mods in and I'm pulling my hair out!!!! I gtfu!!!!

Don't know what I did, but it's working now.

I've done all that. I have to manually set the game choice as the mod doesn't recognize it. The Slider Preset has a body mod listed but when I open BS no body is listed in the drop down and the body/outfit dropdown doesn't list any body either, cbbe or other wise. I've uninstalled every outfit and body mod I have as well as uninstalling bodyslide and nothing seems to help.

I just installed Skyrim SE and have downloaded Bodyslide. When I go to activate bodyslide it doesn't recognize the game. I've started the game, tried to set the path manually, but can't get the mod to point to the game. When I start bodyslide it doesn't have a skin mesh and shows the "no image" on the body in preview. Help...Please!!!

I just installed a new SSD for my os, and have had to re-instaall Steam as well as having to re-install all my games. After re-installing FO4, I noticed there was a second install of FO4edit and Quick edit in the Data folder. Also, in the Scripts folder there were scripts for FO3, NV, Oblivion and Skyrim as well. Is this normal? To havve to cleaar out and uninstall the game to fresh re-install would take several hours as we are having a very hard time with our router at the moment. This is becoming an unbelievable headache. Clarification: In the Data folder is a scripts edit folder identical top the folder in the FOEdit folder. should that be there??? Never mind...just emptied out my game folder and re-installing the game from scratch. Just have to wait 6 hours for it to re-install.

I've been thinking about duplicating Listening Post Brave and turning it into a player "bugout bunker." How can I add a workbench to the cell? I followed Fellout's video, but that's for a settlement, and I know there are some differences to scripts between settlement and home. Any help will be sorely appreciated!!!

I've tried several times to load FO4.esm and it stops at less than 10%, and I get the warning "Chunk size 530 too big in chunk SNAM_ID in form TES4_ID (FF000000). Max size is 512, data truncated." What does this mean and how can I solve the problem? I've never had trouble loading until now.

Does anyone know of any mod that has windmill water pumps? That seems like a mod that would be very immersive to a realistic playthru. I have searched and seems I heard about one at one time or another, but can't remember where it was or who made it. If not, would anyone be interested in taking it on as a mod?

Ok. this is getting ridiculous. If I clear out my Vortex files and delete all my mods, I can start the vanilla game. With mods installed, can't start it. What am I doing wrong?

Could having Vortex installed on one drive and all the game folders on another cause it?

Got it to work.

GAme opens fine, but when I try to access the options to set the gameplay or highlight anything, the game crashes to the desktop. I have gone into my windows defender and made sure the F4SE was allowed, and even tried a vanilla game but same thing. I've re-installed the game twice, double checked my loads in Vortex, but same issue. I did notice that when I opened FO4Edit, the game and dlc files weren't activated (no x in the box). Could this be part of the problem, and why doesn't Vortex show the game and dlc files as enabled like NMM did?

I just recently re-installed Vortex after several CTD's, and now cannot get Bodyslide to open. I have tried to manually install by adding in tools, but cannot get it to work. Any suggestions? Vortex is really trying my nerves....