First time Moding a steam game. Help moving steam from x86?

[LaSabita]

So It says it does not have write permission. I looked to see where steam was. It is in x86 for some reason. Well, not wanting to mess up and lose game saves or something some how, I go to this page https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?p_faqid=231 and run into a problem. Or I think at least. I have the "Steamapps" file that it says not to delete. But I do not have "steam.axe" I have a Steam.Dll though. I must tell the truth. I know a lot more about hardware than I do about software. I am pretty sure that the fact I have it in an SSD rather than an HDD does not effect anything?((Because FK those load times. I have like 2 second load times on the SSD.))

 

If anyone can help me here I would love that. I just want to have a lez wedding with my vampire bride. Is that so much to ask steam? Also, some files will not uninstall. They say that they are running, but I have steam closed.

 

 

I just reinstalled. I did not want to wait. Thanks for taking the time to read though! I hope the file I put it in is better. I just threw it in my userfile. I am lazy

Edited December 13, 2015 by LaSabita

[LaSabita]

So after putting it in another place. The game file still went to x86. Gerrrrr

Edited December 13, 2015 by LaSabita

[obobski]

A) SSD vs HDD makes zero difference

B) Having Steam installed to "Program Files (x86)" is correct, and there's nothing wrong there. However you may need to perform read/write operations as an administrator and/or "take ownership" of the folder (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/ - this will be especially pertinent if you've recently re-loaded Windows and retained Steam and other file trees, or copied a folder from one Windows machine to another), depending on your account privileges and system settings.

 

You will also need to be significantly more detailed when describing the errors or messages you are receiving, specifying:

1) Where the message is originating from. Is it a Skyrim message? A Steam message? A Windows message?

2) Specifically what you did (SPECIFICALLY) to generate the message ("I tried to run a mod and it doesn't work" is way too vague -> "I tried to install the thomas the tank engine mod to my Skyrim\Data folder and the game is now refusing to start" is more useful).

 

There is no ".axe" filetype but you must have "steam.exe" for Steam to work (if Steam isn't installed properly you may not have steam.exe; this may be the case if you copied an existing installation (e.g. due to a re-load of Windows)). Steam putting the game in Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim is default behavior (and Steam supports being installed in a different directory than where games are installed), and there's nothing wrong with that (the "x86" folder is not magically endowed with super-special powers or anything) - if you want the game installed elsewhere you have to specify that when you download and install the game. I've had some luck in the past moving complete Fallout New Vegas installs (pick up the entire "Fallout new vegas folder" - not just \Data) around on different partitions and re-pointing Steam at it, and I would assume Skyrim could do the same, but OTOH I've also experienced this generate texture/mesh issues with some mods (never had problems with vanilla resources).

 

Just because Steam is "closed" doesn't mean its not running - it will, by default, minimize to tray, as opposed to completely exiting. Actually go into Steam -> Exit Steam (via menu bar) or right click on the tray icon -> Exit Steam and shut it down that way, and then confirm via task manager that the steam exe is not running (it takes it a few seconds after the exit command to fully close out in some cases). If you have Cloud enabled it can cause problems when trying to add/remove mods because it will try to back things up via the Cloud (you can disable this -> rt click on the game in Library, go to Updates, and then disable Steam Cloud Synchronization for Skyrim (bottom option)).

 

Savegames are stored separately, in My Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves (it properly follows Windows convention and will dynamically read My Documents from wherever its assigned per Folder Options, instead of a static path to C:\My Documents\). Those can be backed-up and transfered quite easily, BUT if you have a lot of mods running you need to ensure whatever Skyrim install you're going to load them up on matches their dependencies.

 

Finally, as far as marriage goes, there's no need for a mod - you can just add an NPC via console command. http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Marriage#Forcing_marriage_.C2.A0PC.C2.A0.C2.A0

There are mods that do things more cleanly (e.g. allow managed multiple marriages, divorce, etc and don't require use of the console) but for a one-off task I'd be inclined to use the console than create another dependency on the savegame. The game, out of the box, makes no discrimination towards heterosexual or homosexual marriages, and offers a huge list of potential marriage partners (all in the marriageable faction) of both genders, although there are some racial/gender combinations that don't have dialog (e.g. male altmer) so you should look for a mod that remedies that, if that's what you're after (it's been a while since I've tried forcing a non-dialog NPC, iirc it freezes).

 

 

Finally ensure you're properly trying to install the mod to your Skyrim\Data folder per its directions, and not trying to put it into the Steam folder or any other location. Readmes can be invaluable for more complex mods, especially those that have dependencies.

[LaSabita]

I did not think an SSD vs a hard drive would matter.

 

But, anyway.. OMG. I finally got it all worked out. And it says that I do not have skyrim.esm. I checked, many times. I have it. And it is right where it should be. It seems that this is rather common. The common thing is for people to not have it. I do have it, it just says I do not. I have removed it, added it back. I have spent the past 5 hours messing with this.

 

It is an error with the Mod Manager.

 

I did not have it, and steam was working fine. Other than games crashing if I leave them idle for a long time. The steam.axe that is. I do not know if I do now or not, as I have removed and reinstalled it 2 times.

[LaSabita]

And I now have it all worked out. Omg that was a pain. But I feel like it will bre worth.