Vortex and SKSE will start game, but steam will not........

[Chemjab]

Steam thinks Skyrim needs to be installed again. what?

I always start with SKSE so normally this would not bother me. However my graphics card driver wasn't installed and I'm playing on low graphics settings. The Nvidia drivers are installed now, but I am unable to change the game to a higher setting without starting from Steam. At least I am not aware of how to change it. Any ideas on why this is happening?

This is the second time Steam has lost track of my game install in the last month. Which happens to be how long I have been using Vortex.

 

Any insight is appreciated. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

James

[Chemjab]

Follow up question:

If I download and install Skyrim from Steam again, will I have to download and install all the mods again?

[rmm200]

Your question actually has nothing to do with Vortex.

Vortex has nothing to do with where your game files are.

It sounds like the drive letter for your game drive changed.

Leave Vortex stopped. You don't need it to solve this - unless you want to Purge from Vortex then stop it. That leaves your game directory pristine.

Open Steam library. Under Skyrim properties, see where Steam thinks the game is installed (local files).

Navigate to where Steam says Skyrim is. Is it there?

If it is, use the Steam Validate function.

Run Skyrim from Steam once. No need to go into game - you set your Video properties from the initial panel.

When all that is good - bring up Vortex and Deploy. All your mods are back.

[Chemjab]

Your question actually has nothing to do with Vortex.

Vortex has nothing to do with where your game files are.

It sounds like the drive letter for your game drive changed.

Leave Vortex stopped. You don't need it to solve this - unless you want to Purge from Vortex then stop it. That leaves your game directory pristine.

Open Steam library. Under Skyrim properties, see where Steam thinks the game is installed (local files).

Navigate to where Steam says Skyrim is. Is it there?

If it is, use the Steam Validate function.

Run Skyrim from Steam once. No need to go into game - you set your Video properties from the initial panel.

When all that is good - bring up Vortex and Deploy. All your mods are back.

 

Thanks for the help. Would that be under properties/ local files ? It says 0MB disk use. I don't see a path to the game file within Steam.

Sorry if this should be obvious.

[rmm200]

 

Your question actually has nothing to do with Vortex.

Vortex has nothing to do with where your game files are.

It sounds like the drive letter for your game drive changed.

Leave Vortex stopped. You don't need it to solve this - unless you want to Purge from Vortex then stop it. That leaves your game directory pristine.

Open Steam library. Under Skyrim properties, see where Steam thinks the game is installed (local files).

Navigate to where Steam says Skyrim is. Is it there?

If it is, use the Steam Validate function.

Run Skyrim from Steam once. No need to go into game - you set your Video properties from the initial panel.

When all that is good - bring up Vortex and Deploy. All your mods are back.

 

Thanks for the help. Would that be under properties/ local files ? It says 0MB disk use. I don't see a path to the game file within Steam.

Sorry if this should be obvious.

 

 

On my system, Steam has a tab called Local Files under Properties.

First line on that tab gives disk usage: Mine says 13275 MB on disk J:.

First selectable button on that panel is Browse Local Files.

That will open a browser to the install directory.

If all that is really gone for you, but you know where the install location is, you can try Move Install Folder to the correct location. Then do a Validate.

If none of that works - I am afraid you will have to install it from Steam again.

Maybe ask on a Skyrim SE forum.

[Chemjab]

 

 

Your question actually has nothing to do with Vortex.

Vortex has nothing to do with where your game files are.

It sounds like the drive letter for your game drive changed.

Leave Vortex stopped. You don't need it to solve this - unless you want to Purge from Vortex then stop it. That leaves your game directory pristine.

Open Steam library. Under Skyrim properties, see where Steam thinks the game is installed (local files).

Navigate to where Steam says Skyrim is. Is it there?

If it is, use the Steam Validate function.

Run Skyrim from Steam once. No need to go into game - you set your Video properties from the initial panel.

When all that is good - bring up Vortex and Deploy. All your mods are back.

 

Thanks for the help. Would that be under properties/ local files ? It says 0MB disk use. I don't see a path to the game file within Steam.

Sorry if this should be obvious.

 

 

On my system, Steam has a tab called Local Files under Properties.

First line on that tab gives disk usage: Mine says 13275 MB on disk J:.

First selectable button on that panel is Browse Local Files.

That will open a browser to the install directory.

If all that is really gone for you, but you know where the install location is, you can try Move Install Folder to the correct location. Then do a Validate.

If none of that works - I am afraid you will have to install it from Steam again.

Maybe ask on a Skyrim SE forum.

 

 

Thanks for the info mm200.

I did an install from Steam. It searched for local files and found them. The process took about 10 minutes, after which the game runs normally, all of the mods are intact, and I am able to access the video and graphics settings from the startup splash screen. So that problem is solved.

The question remains, what caused it to happen? You mentioned that it was not really a Vortex problem. It may well have been coincidental that it started at the time I installed Vortex, but I wasn't sure where to ask for help. I appreciate your willingness to help a stranger out. ( I am liking Vortex, although it would be better with scroll bars. )

Thanks again,.

[AugustaCalidia]

I am liking Vortex, although it would be better with scroll bars.

Vortex 0.17.1 does have scroll bars.

[rmm200]

For personal reasons - I am recommending 0.17.2 over 0.17.1.