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Find earliest compatible Skyrim version in Vortex


mormegil27

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I set Steam to never update Skyrim unless I tell it to.  Well, it updated it anyway, because of course it did.   My game is now broken, crashes immediately to desktop.

I would like to find out the latest version of Skyrim that any of my mods can handle so I can find the correct version to role it back to.  How would I go about this?  Is there a setting in Vortex that can be turned on to show the compatible game version for each mod?

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This is strange.  So I think I found my old game version, but now SKSE is saying its the wrong version.  There must be a way to make all your mods, SKSE, and game file all the same version.  This is clearly a problem, why not just list the compatible game versions with everything in Vortex?

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I'm still chasing this and considering it's a mod patch.  Some mods don't seem to have old versions, but clearly my mod manager had an older version before.  For example, it appears that I somehow patched the Unofficial Skyrim patch from 4.3.0a to 4.3.2.  But If I go to versions in Vortex, it shows earlier versions before 4.3.2, but not 4.3.0a.  Well clearly I had 4.3.0a installed or it wouldn't say in the history "Revert to 4.3.0a".  So are all versions in the Vortex folder? 

I note that if you simply click "Revert to 4.3.0a" this appears to just change the label in the mod list, it doesn't actually do anything like reapplying/deploying the mod.  Which is not useful.

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I think it is too complex for me to sort this.  Looks like I've lost months of game time, and it's not great.  Can anyone suggest a place / forum where maybe I can attempt to either:

(1) Learn how to read the skse64.log files and determine the crash reason.

(2) Extract my character data / all the quest advancement from a save file and port it into a repaired version of skyrim?

Thanks!

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There is a nexus.wiki that has a spreadsheet-style compatibility display here ( https://modding.wiki/en/skyrim/users/skse-plugins ).  As to reverting your Skyrim installation, search for 'downgrade', or 'downgrader' on the Skyrim SE mods section.  For SKSE, the compatibility for each Skyrim version is displayed at silverlock.org.  WRT the Unofficial patch, you can only get the latest version from official channels, but there are more than a few who could help you find older versions (sadly, I am not one of them).

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After going through my mods, and updating them, it appears the game is running smoothly with the latest Skyrim SE version.  This has allowed me to recover my saved game - so far so good.  Thank you again for your recommendations.

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On 10/14/2024 at 9:37 AM, mormegil27 said:

or somehow get the older Unofficial patch version.

Well, old versions are only "hidden" (not publicly listed on the downloads page), but can still be downloaded if you can find the file's URL.*  I'd share any if I had them, but I haven't had much reason to track them down.** 

 

* Nexus Mods lets you hide older downloads on your mods.  But it doesn't have an easy way to actually delete them, so as not to break mod collections that need that specific file.  (I think you have to contact site staff to have them delete your file, if you absolutely need it.)

** I didn't have Skyrim SE set up until the latest version anyway, for reasons I've documented here.

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