Please, I'm not able to get Skyrim to run properly

[JulianaMaia]

Please help me. I'm trying to play Skyrim for the first time and started installing mods using Vortex, but even though I'm trying to do everything right, I'm getting various error messages. My Skyrim is the SE version 1.5.97.0. I'm sending various screenshots of the errors.

The check indicates that some mods depend on certain files, but it doesn't specify which mods are missing those files. Even when searching on Google, the information is confusing, and even when I manage to find the respective mod, the error still persists

[ChemBoy1]

The Script Extender is the thing crashing. Show us the crash log indicated in the error message. 

[7531Leonidas]

Running 1.5.97.0 (commonly known as Skyrim SE), your game should not have any of those Creation Club Anniversary Edition mods listed to the right on the 'Check Failed' image.  There are a basic four CC mods that were added for free with Skyrim AE (v. 1.6.xxxx) - Fishing, Survival Mode, Curios, and Saints and Seducers.  Most of the rest of those in your image are only found in the bonus AE content, which must be purchased and d/l.  I don't know if they will work when a user has v. 1.6.11xx and then downgrades to 1.5.97.

You might need to post this on the Skyrim SE forum (use Game Communities at the top of the page, scroll down/search for Skyrim, join any individual forum to post there).  More knowledgeable people would see this faster there.

[scorrp10]

Why on earth are you trying to run 1.5.97?   Unless there is some very specific mod that only works with that, just go with the latest.  (1.6.1170)  Especially considering the mods you got installed.

There is a subset of folks here who rather adamantly (and vocally) stick with 1.5.97, as if anything after that is a coming of Antichrist or something.   The fact is, it only makes sense to use it if one wants to run some DLL-based mods that have been abandoned for years.   In most cases, there are better replacements for those mods.    Also, any further mod development, improvement, new features and such, are written for the latest version of the game.   There are a some new useful SKSE functions that are only available for 1.6.*.  A fair few new mods now make use of the assets added by the four CC addons that became part of core Skyrim with versions 1.6.*  A newcomer to Skyrim these days literally stands nothing to gain from downgrading to 1.5.97, and only locks themselves into essentially a dead product.

Now, anyone who  already has a good, stable Skyrim setup, especially if there are some playthroughs they got in progress, it is a very good idea to disable game updates.    Because, yes, if Bethesda updates to a new version, it will generally cause havoc and render the game unplayable until SKSE team and other plugin authors release new versions of their mods.   I.e. I am still sitting pretty on release 1.6.1130, and will only update if some mod I use gets an update that needs a later game version.   As of today, going to 1.6.1170 means I need to go through updating a couple dozen mods for no benefit whatsoever.   But, if I were creating a fresh install of the game, I would definitely get the latest.    

[JulianaMaia]

On 9/26/2024 at 10:31 AM, scorrp10 said:

Why on earth are you trying to run 1.5.97?   Unless there is some very specific mod that only works with that, just go with the latest.  (1.6.1170)  Especially considering the mods you got installed.

There is a subset of folks here who rather adamantly (and vocally) stick with 1.5.97, as if anything after that is a coming of Antichrist or something.   The fact is, it only makes sense to use it if one wants to run some DLL-based mods that have been abandoned for years.   In most cases, there are better replacements for those mods.    Also, any further mod development, improvement, new features and such, are written for the latest version of the game.   There are a some new useful SKSE functions that are only available for 1.6.*.  A fair few new mods now make use of the assets added by the four CC addons that became part of core Skyrim with versions 1.6.*  A newcomer to Skyrim these days literally stands nothing to gain from downgrading to 1.5.97, and only locks themselves into essentially a dead product.

Now, anyone who  already has a good, stable Skyrim setup, especially if there are some playthroughs they got in progress, it is a very good idea to disable game updates.    Because, yes, if Bethesda updates to a new version, it will generally cause havoc and render the game unplayable until SKSE team and other plugin authors release new versions of their mods.   I.e. I am still sitting pretty on release 1.6.1130, and will only update if some mod I use gets an update that needs a later game version.   As of today, going to 1.6.1170 means I need to go through updating a couple dozen mods for no benefit whatsoever.   But, if I were creating a fresh install of the game, I would definitely get the latest.    

The problem is that I would like to play co-op, and most of the tutorials on YouTube are over a year old and most say that you have to use this version of the game. If you can guide me or make a good video that will help me to actually play properly without these thousands of errors and with good mods like. But as I said, I'm a beginner in mods, although Skyrim is my favorite game, it's the first time I'm venturing into mods.

Edited October 2 by JulianaMaia

[JulianaMaia]

On 9/26/2024 at 10:31 AM, scorrp10 said:

Why on earth are you trying to run 1.5.97?   Unless there is some very specific mod that only works with that, just go with the latest.  (1.6.1170)  Especially considering the mods you got installed.

There is a subset of folks here who rather adamantly (and vocally) stick with 1.5.97, as if anything after that is a coming of Antichrist or something.   The fact is, it only makes sense to use it if one wants to run some DLL-based mods that have been abandoned for years.   In most cases, there are better replacements for those mods.    Also, any further mod development, improvement, new features and such, are written for the latest version of the game.   There are a some new useful SKSE functions that are only available for 1.6.*.  A fair few new mods now make use of the assets added by the four CC addons that became part of core Skyrim with versions 1.6.*  A newcomer to Skyrim these days literally stands nothing to gain from downgrading to 1.5.97, and only locks themselves into essentially a dead product.

Now, anyone who  already has a good, stable Skyrim setup, especially if there are some playthroughs they got in progress, it is a very good idea to disable game updates.    Because, yes, if Bethesda updates to a new version, it will generally cause havoc and render the game unplayable until SKSE team and other plugin authors release new versions of their mods.   I.e. I am still sitting pretty on release 1.6.1130, and will only update if some mod I use gets an update that needs a later game version.   As of today, going to 1.6.1170 means I need to go through updating a couple dozen mods for no benefit whatsoever.   But, if I were creating a fresh install of the game, I would definitely get the latest.    

Although I consider myself a gamer woman, unfortunately, I'm not very experienced with it. I'm using Nexus, but every time I download a mod, it requires another mod. I install it, then it conflicts with something else, and I get completely lost. I'm trying to watch videos on YouTube, but each one says something different, and sometimes mods that interest me don't work or, as mentioned, always require another mod, and then everything conflicts.

[scorrp10]

Goigling "Skyrim co-op" brings me to this page:

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/69993

And according to their guide, they require a 1.6.* version, and provide detailed info about setting things up.