Incompatible Mod Archive error... a different question.

[RaveyThirteen]

Please forgive me if this question has been answered elsewhere, but I have been combing through the forums and while I've seen many posts about this error, I can't find an answer that solves my particular issue with it. I know what the error means, and why it's come up, but now I can't get rid of it.

TL;DR version:

- I accidentally installed a Skyrim LE mod on my Skyrim SSE/AE game version. (1.6.640.0)

(Please don't judge... it was late, I was tired, and I'm stupid when I'm tired.) :confused:

 

- I played for a while with it, made a save, exited the game.

 

- Opened Vortex the next day, saw the error, realized what I'd done. :pinch:

- Uninstalled the LE version & removed it, then downloaded and installed the SSE version of the same mod.

 

- "Incompatible Archive(s)" error still pops up.

- My game works fine, the mod seems to be functioning as intended, but this stupid error... I'm baffled, and it's driving me crazy!

Please help me! How do I get rid of this error? Is there still some residual file somewhere that I can, or should have deleted? If so, where is it?

I've searched the <filename>.bsa on my entire hard drive and it doesn't find it. The plugin is NOWHERE in my plugins list in Vortex.

This mod adds two notes to my inventory in order to toggle the mod on and off, once I had it the way I wanted it, I stashed the notes in a bookcase. The 2 notes that the LE mod added are still in there, alongside the two from the SSE mod.


Detailed Version:

I was watching YouTube mod videos, and saw one about a mod that would solve an issue I was having. I followed the link in the video description and downloaded and installed the mod. I didn't see any error messages at the time and I ran and played the game for a while, created a save and exited.

The next time I opened Vortex, the "Incompatible Mod Archive(s)" error popped up, and I realized that I'd followed a link from an OLD video and followed a link to the Skyrim LE version of the mod.

(Please don't judge me... The hours were wee and I was tired, and I'm stupid when I'm tired.)

I uninstalled, then removed old mod, then found the Skyrim SSE version of the same mod, and installed that one. I thought that would be the end of that, but the error STILL comes up.

[jaydawg55]

The archive formats of Skyrim LE and SE are different. Mods with archives made for LE have to be converted for use in SE. Your saved file seems to be remembering that you had an LE format archive installed and is recognizing that the SE archive version you currently have installed does not match.

 

You might be able to get rid of the error message if you:

 

1. Launch the game with the SE mod installed and then immediately save it in a separate file.

 

2. Be sure to delete the saved game file with the LE mod so you don't open it again by mistake.

 

3. Exit the game back to Windows.

 

4. Re-launch the game and open your new save.

 

If this does not work, then your only option I know of is to delete the LE save and re-start your playthrough from an earlier save file that does not have any LE mod data in it.

[RaveyThirteen]

Wow... I'm so sorry it took me so long to see your reply. Thanks so much for the response.

I have done all the above, and then some. After having uninstalled and removed the accidentally installed LE mod, I logged in, created a new save and quit back to desktop. I then backed up my saves in a completely unrelated folder, and then deleted all of my previous saves from my game, and from the steam cloud. I then reinstalled the proper SSE/AE mod and logged back in. It installed fine, and no errors yet. But then I saw that the first two note that the LE mod added to my inventory were STILL in that bookcase. So it couldn't have fully uninstalled. Going back to Vortex to see if I could figure out the issue, the error started coming up. It still comes up... but it comes and goes. I really don't get it.

I think I'm just learning to live with it now. Everything seems to work as it's meant to. It's kist the error message that I can't fix that makes me nuts. lol.