greyday01 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 When installing SKSE I followed the wrong YouTube and copied the skse Data folder into skyyrim where it overwote some of the scrips there instead of leaving it out and zipping it back into a sepate mod. I removed the entire scripts folder from skyrims data folder and tried verify integrity of game files. It didn't replace the scripts folder. I tried removing the Data folder to the desktop and tried verifying again. It did not recreate the scripts folder. How can I get the vanilla scripts folder back? I could install skyrim se on my laptop and email the scripts folder to my desktop I suppose but is there a better way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showler Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 If verifying didn't return it, it's because there was nothing in there. Vanilla scripts are in the BSA files. Usually, the only reason for having vanilla scripts outside of the BSA is for editing them in the Creation Kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyday01 Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 Thank you. For working with the creation kit is there any reason to put the pex files extracted from the BSAs into scripts or just the psc files in Scripts - source?Should I for SKSE drag the Data folder into skyrim like 2 youtubes show or make the skse data folder into a mod in MO2 like another youtube shows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjenthedog Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 The pex files are the compiled, active scripts used by the game. The psc files are optional source code (conveniently enough, located in the "source" subdirectory(s) off /data/scripts/). If you have the space, personally I believe it's nice to have them in case you want to do debugging (sometimes) and/or recompile for some specific use, but afaik, they're not required. The pex files *are required And yes, some scripts are contained in BSAs, but I mean the ones that end up "exposed" in the scripts folder. Can't answer the MO2 specific portion of your question, since I don't use it. 2 cents of unasked for advise. When it comes time to update SKSE downstream, make sure to make a backup of the scripts folder prior to doing the task. That way you have a fallback (that includes both skse related scripts and any others at time of update). Once you've verified everything's up to snuff, you can delete it to recover the space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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