Mod Organizer Questions

[guessingo]

1. I created a profile. I am setting up STEP. My profile is called 'STEP'. I am seeing all of my existing saves show up in the saves tab. Per the MO tutorial video (link below), only the saves for this profile should show up. I have not played this yet. Could I have done something wrong? Is this a bug in v99?

2. upon launch I get the error 'cannot initialize pycg.py. This file does exist. When I see the error I see '/' both ways in the error message. I checked the .ini file and did not see an entry for this. I do not get this error in 12.9. I choce v99 beta because the NCC download says it works with 11.5 only. Please advice on best approach with MO.

3. Just to make sure I understand install order. If I am waiting for files to download, can I 'install' them while others are download and then re-order the priority. Or do I have to make absolutely sure I click the 'install' in the exact order? Some files are 500mb so I can download several others and keep going. I am not concerned about setting up the priority for the right order, but I am not sure if this matters.

4. I am lost on ESP and BSA. I have read the STEP Guides on Wrye Bash, MO, Extracting BSA, and DDSOPT and I dont get it.

WHen I install a mod with MO, how do i know when i want to check an ESP box or a BSA box or not? This is very confusing. I dont even understand the difference between these files.

[myztikrice]

1. I think it just lists all your saves. You should just go ingame and check. As long as only those saves are shown I don't see the problem.

 

2. Dunno. Try reinstalling, and then replace the NCC folder entirely with the optional download.

 

3. You can change the order of mods by clicking and dragging them around.

 

4. BSAs are the treasure, ESPs are the directions. Custom files the mod uses are referenced by the BSA file. You should always check the BSA and the ESP. If there are multiple ESP files that usually means some are optional, it depends on what the mod documentation says.