Invisible Weapons in NMM but not Steam Workshop

[quindraco]

Recently I began experimenting with downloading mods that introduce new weapons to the game. I tried multiple different mods, and all of them had the same bug: downloaded weapons worked, but the weapon itself was invisible.

 

Searching online revealed two popular theories:

 

*This was an issue with mod load order/mod compatibility.

*This was an issue with my Skyrim.ini file.

 

But I proved the former false by turning off every mod except the weapon one, and for the second, I tried the recommended changes to my .ini file. Nothing worked, so I embarked upon some science: I downloaded a weapons mod in the Steam Workshop. Lo and behold, it worked fine - the weapons were clearly visible!

 

Does anyone know what can cause NMM weapon mods to have invisible weapons, but Steam Workshop mods to have visible weapons?

 

Here is the NMM link to the mod I did the final test on, which works in Steam Workshop but not in NMM, but I need to stress that this issue is affecting every weapons mod I download:

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/21120

[WastelandAssassin]

if the mod comes with BSA archives , it's most likely due to you not using ArchiveInvalidation properly

if not , invisible weapons means missing meshes , so you are probably just not installing the mods correctly somehow

I wonder how your search hasn't brought this up , as this is a very common issue.......

 

how are you installing the mods? via NMM?

are you certain you are using all the requirements for the mods you wish to use? (in case they have any , that is)