The Microwave Dinner Method of Putting Old Skyrim Mods Into Skyrim Special Edition

[Namelessnobody]

For those of you who prefer to not deal with the hours of fuss in porting old skyrim mods into SSE (mostly because the authors have since deserted their mod), this thread is designed for that quickie you'd prefer rather than getting programs that if you don't already own them then there is the unpleasant business involved in buy or (though preferably no) pirate and more fuss on that end, I'd know this since I dealt with it for a good while before I found this new method I'm about to share. Bear in mind that this doesn't work with scripted mods so I can't help you there.

 

1. Get BSA Opt (if your dealing with bsa files) and read the instructions (like you should everything else if you don't know what to do with it), this just unpacks the files you will need to mess with. Also get Ordenador's texture optimiser (this will insta translate the dds to MDX1 or MDX5 in a jiffy for you since SSE can only read that version) and get Nifskope 2.0 (very important since if you don't render the nif files to readable you'll end up with some funky string discoloration in-game since they need the nif to be solid)

 

2. Since I already explained the idea about how to make DDS readable to SSE standards, here is for Nifskope; first add tangents and update from the Spell menu and hitting the Batch tab from there, from that option just go down the list of Batch options and hitting ok on every pop up (the triangulate all strips and the make partitions), if you are given the window with the '18' on it, highlight it and put in '60 and hit ok on that and whatever message it gives you, it is still updated to SSE standards unless it gives an error.

 

Update: Since the author updated Nifskope, all that runaround is no longer necessary. Just find the folder and let the convert button do the rest, then BINGO! Ready for play unless you get an error.

 

3. Whoa, hold your horses still there... You still need SSE Nif optimizer to get SSE to recognize these mods, just don't check heads only option and hit optimize after you picked the folder for your nifs that you want translated and 'BOOM' now they are ready to rock out in Skyrim SE :thumbsup:. Unfortunately I'm not much of an expert on packing a bsa, you'll have to find a guide on that but there you have it and you should now be shifting these to the appropriate folders and enjoying your mod.

 

By this guide I hope I just saved you a day's or hours worth of grief as it did save me grief being it took me a near week to get this figured out. Keep in mind I've got about a peasant's knowledge on modding in general so don't ask me about that, I just hope this guide helps you.

Edited May 25, 2018 by Namelessnobody