SuperAxilla Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 So, I'm running on a brand new PC. My two mods directly from steam run fine. Beautifully, in fact. But, using the NMM, I'm running into some problems. I've tried several tutorials and maybe I'm missing something. Anyway, the two mods I tried to implement are "adult" First I tried the "Nude Female" and it didn't work. Then I tried the "Obligatory Chain Mail Bikini" mod. Same thing happened. Sorry ladies. I know :facepalm: So, it showed under mods and both had errors in the download at the very bottom that said incomplete. I tried the manual download and it did the same. At one point a pop up flashed that said "successfully activated", yet it was not reflected in the game. I assume these to be simple mods, so I must be missing something. The author of one said to extract the file into "steam-apps-common-data" file under Computer x86 files (something like that). I found that folder, but I do not see where it is possible to extract it into the folder. Would appreciate any advice. Maybe someone has encountered this before and there is something vital I'm missing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit1251 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Well, as it says the mod would be extracted to the folder marked as 'data'. If the mod contains something like an esp or esm file they would go into data. If the mod contains additional folder marked sometime as meshes or textures then they would go into data also. If you do not have those folder that would add them If you do already have those folder then you would be asked to over right them. Say 'Yes'. The folders will not actually over right one another, but will merge. Some mods like texture replaces (like nude mods) will not have an esp or esm file, but the texture (or meshes) would merely be placed in the data folder as I mentioned. The Nexus Mod Manager will do this all for you automatically, but there seems to be some trouble with it recently. Hopefully that will get straightened out here shortly. If you have the Mod Manager running you can have it open and install the zipped mod after you've already downloaded it manually. Rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperAxilla Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Well, as it says the mod would be extracted to the folder marked as 'data'. If the mod contains something like an esp or esm file they would go into data. If the mod contains additional folder marked sometime as meshes or textures then they would go into data also. If you do not have those folder that would add them If you do already have those folder then you would be asked to over right them. Say 'Yes'. The folders will not actually over right one another, but will merge. Some mods like texture replaces (like nude mods) will not have an esp or esm file, but the texture (or meshes) would merely be placed in the data folder as I mentioned. The Nexus Mod Manager will do this all for you automatically, but there seems to be some trouble with it recently. Hopefully that will get straightened out here shortly. If you have the Mod Manager running you can have it open and install the zipped mod after you've already downloaded it manually. Rabbit Thanks, I think it was an esp or esm, and I did see the textures folder under the apps-data. What I did notice in the tutorial vids were showing zip files, while this didn't come out as a zip. I'll play around with it and see if I can overwrite. I'm guessing I couldn't extract anything because the download wasn't in a zip format. (strange). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperAxilla Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Eh, it crashed. There must must be some serious bugs or something. Uninstalled and re-installed several times. Uninstalled TESV and Steam & re-installed. The NMM re-install now comes up with an error message about a "Boss" file being before the master game file. Getting a headache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit1251 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 BOSS is the name of a mod load order utility that is used by the Mod Manager. It may be telling you to sort your mods through that, although my impression is that you are not running a sizable list of mods (or am I wrong?). Admittedly my knowledge of the latest version of the Mod Manager which uses BOSS is almost nonexistent as I'm using an older version that came before a lot of the problems started. You might try running your mods through BOSS to see what it recommends for a proper load order for you. BOSS can be found here:BOSS. Rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperAxilla Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Thanks, that makes sense. I was using only two mods straight from steam. Then after I uninstalled everything (unsubscribed to the Steam mods) and then re-installed NMM, there were no mods at all from steam or NMM (which I couldn't get any to run through NMM even though it said "activated"). Sounds like the older version is a bit more sound. I now don't have a "Data" file under steam-apps, I'm guessing because I cleared all the mods. I'll try this link. And maybe if I add more mods through steam, maybe it'll activate something in the NMM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperAxilla Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Well, I downloaded Boss. It recognized the game apparently. I ran the NMM as admin. Added the two steam mods. Install directly of the Nexus mod went to 70% and then said Unable to install at the download screen at bottom. So, I manually downloaded the mod to my desktop, opened NMM and loaded the file. That seemed to somewhat work. It flashed the prompt "Mod successfully activated". But, it still does not show up under plug-ins and on the TES V menu, it the Data file contains only the two steam mods. The NMM shows the two steam mods under pug-ins. I tried downloading a few other Nexus mods to see if they would work and basically the same thing happens. Most are unable to be downloaded straight through NMM, but some do get activated with the same result. Prompt shows "Mod successfully activated", yet does not appear under plug-ins or the menu Data file. When I go into the Data file under Steam-apps on my computer it shows these mods there, but somehow it isn't transferring completely to the game. It is the latest version of NMM 0.16.4 ( I think that's it). I have the 7zip program, but none of the Nexus mods downloaded are coming in plain compressed zip format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit1251 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I have the 7zip program, but none of the Nexus mods downloaded are coming in plain compressed zip format.What file type are they being downloaded as? Rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperAxilla Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Seem to be coming in different folders. Other mods are "activatining" and showing in the plug-ins & data folder. I haven't had a chance to check the game yet to see. But one where "Lidia's" image changed worked, albeit it didn't look anything like the pictures shown from the author. Perhaps a texture problem. The successful mods are coming in compressed zip files. I manually downloaded the one "nude females" :facepalm: by Thepal and it comes as a blank doc, saying 7zip. Now I tried another one "Flawless" by another author, and this came as a compressed zip. But oddly enough, when trying to activate, it will say successfully activated but will not show in the plug-ins or data field. So, I'm trying two of the same basic concept of mods that I really wanted, and they came in two different folder types. Think god's trying to tell me something? :unsure: It must be something about textures, meshes, etc.. I'm running as admin, I've enabled "adult", and I'm thinking that maybe I might have to manually insert each part of the file into its correct path. Somehow. @daxxad, I tried it. "I had the same problem. I think i found a workaround:- I Removed all mods in the Download manager- CloseD NMM- Deleted all files under folder /downloads in the NMM Mods directory- Opened NMM again- And started downlading mods 1 by 1." Was able to uninstall and re-install, but cannot find a "older with downloads in the NMM directory". Bit stumped on that one. Where should I look for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit1251 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Manually installing mods is easy and I can walk you through that, but the issue of downloading the compressed files properly will definitely be a problem. Try this, on the download page click the file name. That will take you to a download page (you might be asked for permission to download this file. Approve that). You will get the standard download pop-ups. After the download is complete open the file and check to see if it came through intact. Once we get a complete file we can work with that. Rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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