Vortex Downloading mods to "My Name" Folder(?)

[Lhyssa]

Starfield on Vortex is downloading to a folder in something called "insertyournamehere" as per the following:

 

<yournamehere> -> AppData -> Roaming -> Vortex -> Starfield -> Mods -> "mod name"

 

(in my case, rather than <yournamehere> it is literally my name) - For additional explanation, I don't have a "User" named as me. It is another name.

 

Problem is, you can't direct Vortex to find those mods in the <yournamehere> folder because it apparently DOES NOT EXIST or I cannot find it anywhere. I have three drives (C:, D:, E:). I have installed the game on D:

 

I can navigate to D:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\Common\Starfield, but there is no Starfield.exe to click on. I have downloaded SFSE and THAT EXE is there, but where is the base Starfield.exe???

 

I've been modding Skyrim forever and never had this issue, so I'm completely at a loss.

Edited October 3, 2023 by Lhyssa

[Pickysaurus]

By default Vortex asks Windows for the active user's App Data folder. This should result in something like C:\Users\mikew\AppData\Roaming - this is where the mods will be staged (i.e. unpacked) before they are linked to your game folder. You can change this location in Settings -> Mods but it should always be on the same HDD as the game itself.

 

To me, it sounds like you just haven't deployed your mods properly.

 

If the Starfield.exe file is missing you may have damaged your game install and need to verify the files on Steam.