How do you install the SIMIM mod manually?

[teiscodelray]

Title says it all.

[Jeir]

Slowly. 'twas a shame the Bash support got dropped, as it's the only mod manager I like/will use, and SMIM is one of the few mods that probably does need an installer because it's so huge. Thankfully I still have version 1.97, which has Bash support, so I'll be sticking with that.

 

Anyway.

Step 1: Go to the SMIM mod page and download the full archive.

Step 2: After making sure you have the latest version of 7zip, open the archive with it. Do not, ever, ever, ever, use FailRAR.

Step 3: Lookit all dem folders! Whee!

Note: From now on you will install the contents of the folders into Skyrim Special Edition/Data. Do not just install the folders as they are.

Step 4: Open up '00 Core' by double-clicking it.

Step 5: Either drag and drop the meshes/textures folders and the two plugins you find inside into SSE/Data, or select both folders and plugins (CTRL+Click all/click and drag to select) and use the Extract button at the top - then you'll have to locate SSE/Data on your HDD. It does tend to be easier to drag+drop into the data folder.

Step 6: Click the little folder with the green arrow coming out of it next to the directory bar to go back to All Dem Folders.

Step 7: Go through the folders one at a time and install as with Step 5. If there are several folders with the same number (e.g. there are seven '02' folders) only install the contents from one of those. The '95' folders say whether they are for Old Skyrim (OS) or SSE (SE).

Step 8: Make sure the plugins are sorted and active, then test in-game.

[Tarshana]

Wrye Bash is still around :) https://github.com/wrye-bash/wrye-bash

[Jeir]

Wrye Bash is still around :smile: https://github.com/wrye-bash/wrye-bash

Yes, I know, obviously, but SMIM dropped support. There is no Wizard.txt to use with it.