Physics mods requires a PhD in software engineering

[GlytchMeister]

ok cool, so i don't need to mess with FSMPV.

 

But FSMP says I need to modify a config file?

 

But that article literally only says that it must be done and where the file is, not what to modify in it.

 

Is this only if I mess with the mod code itself or something, and I don't need to worry about this either and can just download and install according to recommended load order, or do i need to screw with the config to make it work?

 

It's just that I see a lot of mod authors get really annoyed by people not reading their descriptions, so I'm trying to not be that guy, but now it seems I'm swinging way too far in the other direction...?

 

(The other reason is because I have a limited data cap on my internet, and I'd rather not break my install and have to re-install skyrim and mods because I'm stumbling around in the dark)

 

Thanks for yall's help

[GlytchMeister]

Also, should I have CBBE overwrite FNIS?

 

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[GlytchMeister]

I think i figured that fnis thing out - fnis generates fnis data, and a lot of mods overwrite that, so i just run fnis again whenever that happens, and I've got physics going.

 

I've gotten everything working as far as i can tell, will come back if something happens. So I guess I didn't have to screw with notepad++ at all, even for FSMP. I found a config file packaged as a mod, and just used that instead of trying to muck about with code.

 

btw SOS is totally outdated and the post AE updated dll file causes a CTD. I don't want to screw around with trying to use an old SSE build with old SKSE builds to get a mod working that i probably won't care about anyway, but i figured id mention it because it seems plenty of people do care.

 

I even fixed the prisoner clothes clipping into the body with bodyslide (increase mesh volume brush). Basically by accident.

 

Thanks for the help, i will come back with questions if i need to.

 

Mod authors, please make a differentiation between instructions for basic mod installers, mod customizers, and mod developers. I have spent proably a full 40 hours total trying to slog through a bunch of stuff meant for people who want to customize the nitty gritty details or make their own mods when all i wanted was to install your mod.

 

I get that the tools you make for those folks are needed and useful and powerful, but good grief, please put something like "If you just want to install the mod and don't want to fiddle with it, do this, ignore everything else" or something, because good grief. Not only was that a massive red herring, it was incredibly discouraging.

[Algabar]

First of all: Glad you got physics running now!

 

Regarding SOS:

 

: btw SOS is totally outdated and the post AE updated dll file causes a CTD. I don't want to screw around with trying to use an old SSE build with old SKSE builds to get a mod working that i probably won't care about anyway, but i figured id mention it because it seems plenty of people do care.

Im using HIMBO (which requires SoS), because I'm mainly playing male characters and want to customize their bodies a bit (after all a warrior's body should look different than a mage's one...). I'm on AE, SoS with its .dll update installed, and everything works fine. So, maybe there's something else going on.

 

I agree with you though: I wouldn't recommend downgrading to SE either.