How I made an oldrim armor work in Skyrim SE

[Jimmyjojo]

In this case, I was trying to port over the Katarina armor mod by NewerMind43.

 

1. I downloaded Nifscan and SSE Nif Optimizer from Nexus

2. I made a folder on my C: drive that I called NIFs

3. I extracted the Nifscan.exe and the SSE Nif Optimizer.exe into the folder that I made

4. I extracted the meshes and textures from the Katarina mod into this same folder.

5. I dragged and dropped the mesh folder on top of the SSE Nif Optimizer.exe

6. I dragged and dropped the texture folder on top of the Nifscan.exe

7. I copied and pasted the mesh folder, texture folder, and the .esp into my data folder

8. I fired up Creation Kit and chose Skyrim, Update, Dawnguard, Hearthfires, Dragonborn, and the Katarina .esp. (There's a multiple masters ini file on Nexus if CK won't let you choose more than one master).

9. I made the Katarina .esp the active file, then clicked ok and started Creation Kit, then clicked yes to all on all the annoying and pointless warning popups

10. I did a search for "Katarina"

11. Once the Katarina armor file came up, I double-clicked on the file.

12. I changed the name to something random (doesn't matter what), then saved the .esp

13. I changed the name back to what it should be, then saved the .esp again

14. I took the re-saved .esp, the meshes and textures I changed, and put them all in a zip file

15. I installed it and IT WORKED!

 

It's possible that some of these steps aren't necessary. I'm not an expert at Skyrim mods; my experience is mostly with the Sims. Anyway, I thought this might help some of you. :)

Edited November 24, 2016 by Jimmyjojo

[Deleted3897072User]

Tip: in the object window in the CK, you can click on the column headers to sort up or down. If you sort by descending FormId, the ones from your mod will be at the top and easy to find. It's quicker than using the search.

[Colinpark]

Thank you for the detailed description, useful for noobs like me to understand.

[Jimmyjojo]

Thanks again, OldMansBeard. You've been helping me a lot lately! And Colinpark, don't feel bad, I'm a total noob too.