skse64_Loader doesn't work properly

[XymXymy]

Hi,

today I initialized a new SSD Drive, especially for games'n'stuff. I completely reinstaled steam and Skyrim SE to a new drive. 
I only instaled MO2 and Skse from silverlock (Current Anniversary Edition build 2.2.6 (game version 1.6.1170)). I did normal configuration of both, and while I run "skse64_loader" through MO2 (option "start without steam") it runs. But. It runs skyrim.exe, then steam starts to load. And finaly I got normal Skyrim SE launcher on my screen.

I'was modding skyrim before, never ever had this issue. What's wrong? Why does the MO2 starts steam and skyrim like normal?

[7531Leonidas]

IDK, but if you click directly on the SKSE64_loader w/o starting Steam, then it runs the standard Steam initialization, as if SKSE were not running, which allowed auto updates to occur.  I understand that the same thing happens if the SKSE loader is set up as a tool in Vortex, and started w/o Steam already running.

TL;DR - try starting Steam 1st, then run the SKSE loader through MO2?

[XymXymy]

Yeah, was trying this one. While Steam was running in the background I started the game throug skse64_loader. Then It was working.

What I want to achieve is to run skyrim through MO2 with skse64_loader without starting steam. It was working like 3 days ago. Idk what happened (ok, 1.6.1170 but still. Didnt had a similar problem after december update)

[XymXymy]

Ok, so I'm still looking for the answer. Anyway I can play with mods enabled if steam is running in the background. Skse64 loads normally a few mods that I got. 
A small problem I see for now is that steam recognizes modded skyrim which probably will be troublesome in the future as bugthesda updates the game from time to time.

Question is: Why skse64_loader is starting steam? (even if I choose "Continue without steam")

Edited February 8, 2024 by RamyunEater