Turx Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I have read the Mod Downloading guide... I followed it, and even saw some other help which was easier... and I downloading the mods into my Data folder, and I went to check the mods in the Data section or whatever, and it doesn't show any of the mods I put in, could any of you please help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 There are several 'mod downloading and installing' instructions available. Some are in the form of tutorials and some are more in the form of advice. I don't know if you have seen my help files or not. They are geared for the beginning mod user and I have tried to keep them as free of computer jargon as I can. Where I can't I have included a geek to English dictionary to help. They are located here: http://s1.zetaboards.com/TheStormRavenLibrary/forum/256092/ Usually when I see your problem it is because the mods you download are not ready to be used in their downloaded form. They must be uncompressed first (unzipped). Instructions for this are included in my help files. If you don't find what you are looking for there, please come back and let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turx Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Question: Everytime I download the mod and place it in the data folder... does every mod have to be in the Data Files menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 The only mods that will show up in the data menu are those with an esp or esm. Some mods only change textures or meshes and will automatically be there - whether you want them or not. Much better than the game data menu is OBMM (Oblivion Mod Manager) it has much better tools for managing your mods than the default game data menu. It also allows you to see and change the load order among other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turx Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 I'm getting the .omod files in play, but I can't figure out how to get the .esp... or .esm, forgot what it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 When you make a mod into a OMOD, and enable the OMOD, it will create an esp as needed in your data folder. If you disable the OMOD, it removes the esp - and all related textures and meshes. When you do not use the OMOD conversion, the mod needs to be unzipped directly into the data folder. Usually it will place the texture and Mesh files in the proper subfolders, but not always. If it doesn't you may have to place them manually. The esp will appear in the left frame of the OBMM screen and they must be activated by clicking on the box beside them. If you disable an esp, it does not remove the texture and mes files, they are still there and might be used by the game even if their esp is no longer in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turx Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Omg.. thank you so much, I finally figured out how to do it, much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turx Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Hmm, this seems to be helping me more then the tutorials... I got the .esp files together, but the Mesh's and Texture files are giving me a hard time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezdimona Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 meshes go in the mesh folder under either armor or clothing or whatever catagory they fit in,same with the textures.If your useing obmm then they install in the proper place automatically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turx Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 I have the mesh folder and texture folder, and they seem to be in the right ones... but I went to get the armor and it isn't showing when I equip it, what did I do wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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