Skyrim VR mods

[rmm200]

OK - I feel like this is something I should know.

 

Why is Vortex moving all my Skyrim VR mods to Skyrim Special Edition - and how do I stop it?

 

For example:

"Download moved to game Skyrim Special Edition"

"EngineFixesVR_part2.zip"

 

Note: my Skyrim SE game is on a different drive, so hardlinks between would not even work.

These mods are all downloaded manually and dragged to the Vortex window.

[Pickysaurus]

If the file came from the SSE game site it will be moved to that folder. It's not doing any harm, it's just correctly filing it against the game ID used on the website.

[rmm200]

Thanks Picky.

 

So you are saying - I think - it affects the archive location, but has nothing to do with the mod staging directory. That works.

 

Actually - if I am right - I like it. My example was a VR only mod, but a good 80% of the mods I will download are SE. Most SE mods just work in VR.

This saves me from having duplicate zip files.

 

And a related question:

Nexusmods says I already downloaded ApachiiSkyHair - and won't let me download it again.

So it sits in my Skyrim SE Downloads directory.

How do I tell Vortex to install a file on VR that lives in SE?

Edited May 11, 2022 by rmm200

[Pickysaurus]

Find it in your SSE downloads (in Vortex) and double click it. You can then change the "Game" assignment to both SSE and Skyrim VR. This happens automatically in 1.5 but I would guess that mod was downloaded prior to this update.

[rmm200]

Ah! I totally missed that feature.

 

Thanks!

 

OK - this was significantly harder than I expected.

To find; actually doing it was easy.

 

1) Switch to Skyrim SE profile

2) Click on Downloads

3) Very important - click Show all downloads

4) Sort by name

5 Double click mod that is common between Skyrim SE and Skyrim VR

6) Click the + to indicate add a game

7) Select Skyrim VR. Voila - done.

 

Just as Picky said - but I never used the Downloads page to view all downloads before - and do something with them.

Really nice feature.

Edited May 12, 2022 by rmm200