Mods not showing up in plugins and armor mods are invisible

[Kristin9]

I'm pretty new to modding and I honestly have no idea what I'm really doing. All I know is that some of my mods won't show up in pluggins and that some of the armor mods I download like the tribunal armor, male cleric armor and contractor armor is appearing invisible in the game and body texture and skeleton mods don't work. I don't know how to fix this :/ I provided some screenshots of my pluggins and mods hoping that this clears it up. And I also don't know why most my mods are showing up in plugins and not in my mods section but it isn't a problem to me since they all seem to work totally fine.

[Kroekr]

Is NMM installed on the same hard drive as steam? If not, it needs to be so NMM can find the files.

 

Is NMM installed in your Program Files folder? Neither NMM or Steam should be installed there if you plan on modding due to UAC issues caused by windows.

[Kristin9]

Is NMM installed on the same hard drive as steam? If not, it needs to be so NMM can find the files.

 

Is NMM installed in your Program Files folder? Neither NMM or Steam should be installed there if you plan on modding due to UAC issues caused by windows.

Steam and NMM are on the same hard drive and they are not installed in the program files folder or any other folder. They're just inside my second hard drive that's all.

[Zyaph]

Are you downloading via NMM or manually downloading the mods and then adding then to NMM? The latter is a more stable option, lots of users experience problems when using the "download via NMM" option. Otherwise, make sure you're using LOOT to sort your plugins. Also two of the mods mentioned are male only-make sure you're equipping them on a male character.

If you google S.T.E.P or "skyrim modding Guide" you'll also get a list of essential mods to increase stability and fix bugs, most importantly the unofficial skyrim patches. Also double check to make sure you have all of the requirements for any mods you download. They'll usually be in the description section of the mod page. Last point is that not every mod has a "plugin", or .Esp file, especially if it only changes texture or updates an existing mod.

[Kristin9]

Are you downloading via NMM or manually downloading the mods and then adding then to NMM? The latter is a more stable option, lots of users experience problems when using the "download via NMM" option. Otherwise, make sure you're using LOOT to sort your plugins. Also two of the mods mentioned are male only-make sure you're equipping them on a male character.

If you google S.T.E.P or "skyrim modding Guide" you'll also get a list of essential mods to increase stability and fix bugs, most importantly the unofficial skyrim patches. Also double check to make sure you have all of the requirements for any mods you download. They'll usually be in the description section of the mod page. Last point is that not every mod has a "plugin", or .Esp file, especially if it only changes texture or updates an existing mod.

Yes, I'm downloading it through NMM only. What is LOOT by the way? And also thank to you for the info, I'll check out those modding guides :)

[Zyaph]

 

Are you downloading via NMM or manually downloading the mods and then adding then to NMM? The latter is a more stable option, lots of users experience problems when using the "download via NMM" option. Otherwise, make sure you're using LOOT to sort your plugins. Also two of the mods mentioned are male only-make sure you're equipping them on a male character.

If you google S.T.E.P or "skyrim modding Guide" you'll also get a list of essential mods to increase stability and fix bugs, most importantly the unofficial skyrim patches. Also double check to make sure you have all of the requirements for any mods you download. They'll usually be in the description section of the mod page. Last point is that not every mod has a "plugin", or .Esp file, especially if it only changes texture or updates an existing mod.

Yes, I'm downloading it through NMM only. What is LOOT by the way? And also thank to you for the info, I'll check out those modding guides :)

LOOT is a mod sorting program, it basically puts all of your mods in the right order so they play nice with each other. Any mod guide will tell you to either get LOOT or BOSS(quite outdated, don't use this one). Also try downloading your mods manually and putting the zip files into NMM itself, just drag and drop. And no problem (: Everyone has to start somewhere. I've been modding off and on for 5 years now and I still get stuck! Good luck! Edited March 16, 2017 by Zyaph

[Kristin9]

 

 

Are you downloading via NMM or manually downloading the mods and then adding then to NMM? The latter is a more stable option, lots of users experience problems when using the "download via NMM" option. Otherwise, make sure you're using LOOT to sort your plugins. Also two of the mods mentioned are male only-make sure you're equipping them on a male character.

If you google S.T.E.P or "skyrim modding Guide" you'll also get a list of essential mods to increase stability and fix bugs, most importantly the unofficial skyrim patches. Also double check to make sure you have all of the requirements for any mods you download. They'll usually be in the description section of the mod page. Last point is that not every mod has a "plugin", or .Esp file, especially if it only changes texture or updates an existing mod.

Yes, I'm downloading it through NMM only. What is LOOT by the way? And also thank to you for the info, I'll check out those modding guides :smile:

LOOT is a mod sorting program, it basically puts all of your mods in the right order so they play nice with each other. Any mod guide will tell you to either get LOOT or BOSS(quite outdated, don't use this one). Also try downloading your mods manually and putting the zip files into NMM itself, just drag and drop. And no problem (: Everyone has to start somewhere. I've been modding off and on for 5 years now and I still get stuck! Good luck!

 

So as I've said there are some mods that are not in my plugins in the NMM program. They are listed as mods there but not as plugins. I went to check steamapps>common>skyrim>data aka where all the mods are located and there are many mods that I have in the NMM program that are not listed here (these are all the mods that don't have any plugins). I also installed LOOT and they are not there either. I only see these mods in the mods section in the NMM program

and in the NMM mods folder. I don't know why this is happening to some mods or how to fix it. I'm guessing all I can do is just uninstall those mods and then install them manually instead?

I installed LOOT and clicked sort plugins but my armor mods still don't work (whenever I equip an armor piece my character's body goes invisible) and other mods still don't work and still don't have any plugins which I'm fairly certain they should have since they don't work. Sorry If I'm bad at explaining things.

[Zyaph]

 

So as I've said there are some mods that are not in my plugins in the NMM program. They are listed as mods there but not as plugins. I went to check steamapps>common>skyrim>data aka where all the mods are located and there are many mods that I have in the NMM program that are not listed here (these are all the mods that don't have any plugins). I also installed LOOT and they are not there either. I only see these mods in the mods section in the NMM program

 

and in the NMM mods folder. I don't know why this is happening to some mods or how to fix it. I'm guessing all I can do is just uninstall those mods and then install them manually instead?

I installed LOOT and clicked sort plugins but my armor mods still don't work (whenever I equip an armor piece my character's body goes invisible) and other mods still don't work and still don't have any plugins which I'm fairly certain they should have since they don't work. Sorry If I'm bad at explaining things.

 

 

No, it's fine. So, are the mods that are missing from your plugins supposed to contain an .esp or .esm file? For example;

You have the INIGO mod, which contains a "plugin", or .esp file in order to make it work. eg; INIGO.esp in your plugins list.

On the other hand, you have Covereyes4, a mod which has no plugin as it is a simple texture replacer mod.

If you were to extract the Covereyes4 archive to a temporary location, it would have a set of folders which look like this: Data>Textures>...ect. Mods like this don't have an attached plugin file, which means you won't see it in your plugin list or in your data folder.

In short, not all of your mods will show in your plugins list. For example I have ~300 total mods, but only 233 plugin files.

As for the armour mods, try redownloading them manually. Some files may have been lost from downloading through NMM, especially if the mod is bigger in size. This has happened to me a few times in the past.

Also make sure you're downloading the right files too! Looking at Tribunal robes, there's two main files, but one seems to be a bugfix, so you'll need to download both in this case.

 

edit; Also if it seems like your mods which have no esps are also not working correctly, try downloading them manually as well.Once your archives are downloaded, you can just drag the archive from your downloads folder (or wherever you downloaded it to) on your HDD, and then dragging them to the "Mods" section in NMM, and wait for it to transfer.

Edited March 16, 2017 by Zyaph

[Kristin9]

 

 

So as I've said there are some mods that are not in my plugins in the NMM program. They are listed as mods there but not as plugins. I went to check steamapps>common>skyrim>data aka where all the mods are located and there are many mods that I have in the NMM program that are not listed here (these are all the mods that don't have any plugins). I also installed LOOT and they are not there either. I only see these mods in the mods section in the NMM program

 

and in the NMM mods folder. I don't know why this is happening to some mods or how to fix it. I'm guessing all I can do is just uninstall those mods and then install them manually instead?

I installed LOOT and clicked sort plugins but my armor mods still don't work (whenever I equip an armor piece my character's body goes invisible) and other mods still don't work and still don't have any plugins which I'm fairly certain they should have since they don't work. Sorry If I'm bad at explaining things.

 

 

No, it's fine. So, are the mods that are missing from your plugins supposed to contain an .esp or .esm file? For example;

You have the INIGO mod, which contains a "plugin", or .esp file in order to make it work. eg; INIGO.esp in your plugins list.

On the other hand, you have Covereyes4, a mod which has no plugin as it is a simple texture replacer mod.

If you were to extract the Covereyes4 archive to a temporary location, it would have a set of folders which look like this: Data>Textures>...ect. Mods like this don't have an attached plugin file, which means you won't see it in your plugin list or in your data folder.

In short, not all of your mods will show in your plugins list. For example I have ~300 total mods, but only 233 plugin files.

As for the armour mods, try redownloading them manually. Some files may have been lost from downloading through NMM, especially if the mod is bigger in size. This has happened to me a few times in the past.

Also make sure you're downloading the right files too! Looking at Tribunal robes, there's two main files, but one seems to be a bugfix, so you'll need to download both in this case.

 

edit; Also if it seems like your mods which have no esps are also not working correctly, try downloading them manually as well.Once your archives are downloaded, you can just drag the archive from your downloads folder (or wherever you downloaded it to) on your HDD, and then dragging them to the "Mods" section in NMM, and wait for it to transfer.

 

Oh I see. I tried to download a bunch of mods manually though and they still don't work. Armor mods like contractor armor, tribunal armor, male cleric armor don't work properly. The armor shows up in-game but makes my body go invisible when I equip the armor. I watched Gopher's video "Beginner's guide to Modding Skyrim: The basics" and he showed how to download a mod manually so I don't think I did something wrong yet the mods still don't work.

[Zyaph]

Last option I can think of was a fix used a long while back. I thought it was fixed through a patch but who know, it might help.

Open your Skyrim.ini file (usually in Documents>My Games>Skyrim, you'll have to right-click and edit it that way), and look for the [ARCHIVE] section. Add the line bInvalidateOlderFiles =1 to that section.

It'll look like this:

 

http://puu.sh/uNexu/963d20273c.png

 

^Add it right to the bottom of the [ARCHIVE] section. Mine doesn't have that line since I don't need it, but it might help you.

 

The only other thing I can say is I hope you have a legit Skyrim version, as pirated versions will not work with almost all mods, and it can get you banned.