Trickysocks Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I've read a lot on forums and I've watched videos posted on NMM. Gopher is awesome and very knowledgable, yet I don't think his videos cover my issues. I can install mods through NMM and the way I've seen Gopher's manual mod install is very easy. However, I can't seem to get manual installs to work. I've seen some videos working with manual installs and somehow overwriting existing files like meshes and textures, it's very confusing to me and I'm afraid I'll ruin something. Yes, I am an idiot. I need to be taught how to do something step by step safely. The most description I usually see in mod posts are "drop info into skyrim data folder". I've tried this in so many ways it's not funny. With Gopher's manual installation, you don't have to unzip a file, you just download it and then use NMM to get the file and then activate it. Check to see if your plug ins are checked and you should be good to go. Not quite. I have had zero success with face mods, I can get my character's face to look better, but not completely different. I can't do any hair mods, after successful installation (supposably) no new hairstyles exist. Of course, I do make sure no other mods exist that would conflict with each other. Animations, probably not a good idea for someone like me. I have tried though, but you know how that probably went. It's difficult because you don't know who to ask, the post section of the mods seem to show mod creators not wanting any questions on the comments area. I don't want to get banned or upset anyone. I don't want to be that guy that doesn't make an honest effort to read or watch as many tutorials as should be expected before asking for help. I'm trying mostly to get my character to look like these types: CBBE skin texture V2 V3 plus Thepal and UNP compatible by navetsea. Navetsea's stuff looks amazing! This is adult content, yes, I am a scumbag. Only thing I can manage to do is the body and feet mods., some cosmetics to the face but overall it looks close to standard (vanilla?) Animations I'll worry about later maybe. There has to be a good manual install guide for skyrim mods somewhere, right? Anyone know where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodfellowGoodspring Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 You just put the files from the mod into your install dir then overwrite, create backups if you feel so anxious, unless the mod is meant to replace files it will just add them to the folder. I would never trust download managers, i would rather place files myself so i know where they are going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trickysocks Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 I finally after a couple weeks of struggling with reading forums and watching videos got my first manual install done. Nexus Mod Manager is what got me my very first mod. I'm not using NMM anymore since I could only get 25% of the mods I wanted installed. The main issue I was having was the fact that the downloads that are put into the Steam's Data folder is that you very specifically need to install the meshes and textures or even the .esm files, etc... I was just going from install to unzipping to tossing it into data folder, instead of going from unzipped folder to meshes, textures, etc and putting those specifically into the steam/skyrim/data folder. It's a really big deal to be specific, it's having the mod to having nothing. The work done in these mods is awesome and very much appreciated. I just wish people could be a little more specific with install directions, then they wouldn't be hounded by the tons of questions. Anyways, it's a great day for me. So happy I can enjoy Skyrim with a character I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodfellowGoodspring Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 (edited) What i do: 1. Download Mod / Read the readme2. Drag esp. from Winrar (or similar program) to data folder3. See which folders there are and what folders the mod will be using and inspect them briefly.4. Highlight all folders and drag them into the data folder, overwrite (adding unless it includes file replaces) i just put them all in theres no need to manually put the files into each folder thats what overwriting does. A readme comes with most 'good/well built' mods, if it doesnt all you are risking is adding files in the folders which you can easily delete, (re-download the mod to see which files it adds so you know which to delete.) Edited May 11, 2012 by GoodfellowGoodspring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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