GorskyNinja

I downloaded Vortex and its just way more simple for noobs like me. It still took me a while to get everything to work because I had problems with the game crashing due to a single mod called 'simply knock.' Had to download my mods all over again and figure it out. One thing for sure is my Skyland texture works even though it doesn't pop up in the in game mod list. I could tell cuz of the graphics now. Don't know about noble skyrim though but whatever. I'm just glad that this 'setting up process' is over and I can finally enjoy playing modded skyrim. Im sure NMM would've worked well for me too. I should've started with one of those two in the first place. Only reason I chose MO2 was because of people. They made it seem like the superior option. But I'd rather use something more simple than complicated. THANKS

So basically I followed a guide to play skyrim (special edition) with mods using Mod Organizer 2. I cleaned my mods using SSE Edit and organized them using LOOT. Most of the mods I installed work such as oridinator, alternate start, Forgotten City, Etc. However, when I log into my world and look off into the distance everything looks like s#*!. I'm pretty sure regular skyrim without mods wouldnt look like this. I downloaded texture mods like Parallax, A Noble Skyrim, skyland but I doubt that any of them are activated. They simply don't show up in the in game mods list. The only ones that show up are Realistic Waters and Relighting Skyrim. I think the problem has something to do with SMIM because when I click it in the mod list in MO2, they all get highlighted red. What does this mean? I downloaded the SMIM patch for A Noble Skyrim but that didnt do anything. The other mods don't have these patches, I checked. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm new to this stuff so I hope its a very obvious fix. Ill send a screen shot of my list.