Skyrim Won't Recognize ESM's

[kaam14]

Hey guys,

 

So a month or so ago I was playing Skyrim Special Edition (very modded) with no problem. I tried to run it today (using Mod Organizer) and for some reason no mods are being recognized. It seems that the ones that don't require ESM's are still running. But every mod that requires an ESM gives me an error on trying to load. The files are still in their correct position but I can't remember if the ESM's need to be in the data file or if Mod Organizer takes care of that. Either way in the Mod Organizer program I get no errors and the ESM's still say they are loaded. Any help is appreciated and I can send any additional information needed, thank you in advance!

[Ironman3596]

Having the same issue. I will do more research but hopefully this gets fixed soon..

[kaam14]

The only thing remotely related is that I updated and reinstalled Nexus Mod Manager but I dont think the two are linked

[LostDragonist]

See https://github.com/Modorganizer2/modorganizer/wiki/Troubleshooting.

 

That kind of behavior usually indicates some sort of anti-virus problem, some sort of Windows logging problem, or pending Windows updates.

[kaam14]

So I closed BitDefender for a bit, and tried restarting my computer, same result. So what I can't remember if while using Mod Organizer, do I still need to move ESM's into the data folder?

[kaam14]

See https://github.com/Modorganizer2/modorganizer/wiki/Troubleshooting.

 

That kind of behavior usually indicates some sort of anti-virus problem, some sort of Windows logging problem, or pending Windows updates.

So I closed BitDefender for a bit, and tried restarting my computer, same result. So what I can't remember if while using Mod Organizer, do I still need to move ESM's into the data folder?

 

I've also never had this problem before which is odd, and BitDefender isn't sending me any notifications that it's blocking anything.

Edited August 12, 2018 by kaam14

[Grospolina]

You're using Mod Organizer but you updated NMM? You're not using both of them, are you?

 

The ESMs can be treated the same way as ESPs. Normally, the vanilla ESMs (Skyrim.esm, Update.esm, Dawnguard.esm, HearthFires.esm, Dragonborn.esm) are in your Data folder. They can be put into Mod Organizer (for instance, if you have separate cleaned versions there), but they don't have to be. ESMs from mods can stay in MO. If you have mods managed by MO, then they will not load if you don't run Skyrim from MO itself (e.g. NMM or manual won't work).

 

If it's not an MO thing, then it might be permissions. Make sure Skyrim is not installed to the default Steam location C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim. If it is, then move it to another drive or folder.

[kaam14]

You're using Mod Organizer but you updated NMM? You're not using both of them, are you?

 

The ESMs can be treated the same way as ESPs. Normally, the vanilla ESMs (Skyrim.esm, Update.esm, Dawnguard.esm, HearthFires.esm, Dragonborn.esm) are in your Data folder. They can be put into Mod Organizer (for instance, if you have separate cleaned versions there), but they don't have to be. ESMs from mods can stay in MO. If you have mods managed by MO, then they will not load if you don't run Skyrim from MO itself (e.g. NMM or manual won't work).

 

If it's not an MO thing, then it might be permissions. Make sure Skyrim is not installed to the default Steam location C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim. If it is, then move it to another drive or folder.

No don't worry I wasn't using both haha, I was using NMM for fallout. But anyway I solved this problem! I noticed that I could update MO and I did once finding some odd login issues. In the end I think it was either the type of file extensions and their permissions inside MO got changed OR whatever was causing me to not be able to connect to the server also stopped my game from loading the esms. Thank you guys for all of your help!