gutsandcasca Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I downloaded a couple of mods I want to try for Skyrim; but I can't find the main file on my computer. I've looked all over the place. This is agonizing. Can someone tell me how to mod this game? Thanks. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianide Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 (edited) Skyrim is in your Steam directory, which is probably either C:/Program Files/Valve/Steam/ or C:/Program Files/Steam/. From there, Skyrim is in steamapps/common/skyrim/. There should be a Data folder there. That's where you want to put your mods. Edited November 13, 2011 by Brianide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacetoyaall Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 after you have put all the files in the directory how do you activate them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy97 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Click on Data Files in the launcher, and if it has a esp it should be in there, double click it to activate. Then start your game to experience whatever you did to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unseen22 Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 i downloaded the mod into the correct folder but it does not show in the data files for activation. please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freemanhl2 Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 i downloaded the mod into the correct folder but it does not show in the data files for activation. please help You only need to switch on .esp modifications. If you downloaded a texture mod, or any modification designed to override the original Skyrim files then no activation is required, the game will automatically use whatever is in the data folder, assuming the directory structure is correct.. You have to make sure you include all subfolders if applicable, for example "Data\textures\actors\character". Hope this helps :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolamon Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I downloaded a couple of mods I want to try for Skyrim; but I can't find the main file on my computer. I've looked all over the place. This is agonizing. Can someone tell me how to mod this game? Thanks. ;) Just Open SkyrimPrefs.ini. File in:...\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Find [Launcher] and add this line below it: bEnableFileSelection=1 It should help :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskarioth Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) Hi everyone, It appears I have the same problem.Maybe I'm dumb but I'm quite sure to have done everything right (at least everything that have been explained in this thread). For example : 1) I downloaded the add-on "Beauty Faces".2) I extracted the file in the Data directory ( ...\Steam\SteamApps\common\skyrim\Data\ )3) According to the Add-on, I have now the following subdirectories (with data files in it) :- ...\Steam\SteamApps\common\skyrim\Data\textures\actors\character\female\- ...\Steam\SteamApps\common\skyrim\Data\textures\actors\character\character assets\tintmasks\4) I have checked in the file "...\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\SkyrimPrefs.ini" and the command line "bEnableFileSelection=1" is present, just under [Launcher].5) Then I launch the game, and load a saved game : The add-on has no effect at all. Do I miss anything ? or is there something weird ?Do I need to be on a specific texture level (By default I'm on Medium) Thanks in advance for your answers. Edited December 2, 2011 by Eskarioth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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