Carida1210 Posted February 9, 2019 Posted February 9, 2019 So I recently returned to the nexus to return to Skyrim special edition. However I have no idea what to do with Vortex. I installed it by following this I tried placing it on the same drive as the game I followed a few more videos. I however keep getting problems with where vortex can't or won't be placed. "You can not put mods into the game directory. This directory is under the control of the game (and potentially steam or similar.) so your mods might be deleted or moved, or otherwise damaged by foreign software. Please choose a seperate folder for staging folder, one that no other application use." I don't get it. I don't know where else I should place it and everyone I have seen on videos it works fine for.
AugustaCalidia Posted February 9, 2019 Posted February 9, 2019 Put the mod staging folder on the same drive as Skyrim SE but not in the Skryim SE directory (folder). That's what the warning is telling you.
HadToRegister Posted February 9, 2019 Posted February 9, 2019 You CANNOT place the Mod Staging Folder INSIDE the Game Directory, people were doing that left and right, and messing up their games, so Tannin had to update Vortex so it wouldn't allow people to continue to make that mistake.If those videos are telling people to put the mod staging folder INSIDE the Game Directory, they are horribly mistaken, and spreading some really bad advice.Just put your Mod Staging Folder on the same DRIVE as your Games, it doesn't have to be INSIDE the game directory..Example, here's mine D:\Games\Mods\
Carida1210 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Posted February 9, 2019 On 2/9/2019 at 9:29 PM, HadToRegister said: You CANNOT place the Mod Staging Folder INSIDE the Game Directory, people were doing that left and right, and messing up their games, so Tannin had to update Vortex so it wouldn't allow people to continue to make that mistake. If those videos are telling people to put the mod staging folder INSIDE the Game Directory, they are horribly mistaken, and spreading some really bad advice. Just put your Mod Staging Folder on the same DRIVE as your Games, it doesn't have to be INSIDE the game directory.. Example, here's mine D:\Games\Mods\ I tried placing it outside the game but I just end up getting the error "You need to select directories that the current user account can write to".I'm sorry I'm probably super dumb, but I just can't make it work. I tried saving it to several areas. Also the videos aren't recent, so maybe that was before the update was made.
HadToRegister Posted February 9, 2019 Posted February 9, 2019 On 2/9/2019 at 9:54 PM, Carida1210 said: On 2/9/2019 at 9:29 PM, HadToRegister said: You CANNOT place the Mod Staging Folder INSIDE the Game Directory, people were doing that left and right, and messing up their games, so Tannin had to update Vortex so it wouldn't allow people to continue to make that mistake. If those videos are telling people to put the mod staging folder INSIDE the Game Directory, they are horribly mistaken, and spreading some really bad advice. Just put your Mod Staging Folder on the same DRIVE as your Games, it doesn't have to be INSIDE the game directory.. Example, here's mine D:\Games\Mods\ I tried placing it outside the game but I just end up getting the error "You need to select directories that the current user account can write to".I'm sorry I'm probably super dumb, but I just can't make it work. I tried saving it to several areas. Also the videos aren't recent, so maybe that was before the update was made. He shouldn't even had been telling people to put the Staging Folder inside the game folder even back then. Anyway are you running Vortex as an Admin? If so, don'tDoes the Vortex Icon have a Blue and Yellow shield on it? If so, right click on the icon pick PROPERTIES--------->COMPATIBILITY------- and Make sure the "Run this program as an Administrator is UNCHECKED.Are you an admin on your system?
Carida1210 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Posted February 9, 2019 On 2/9/2019 at 10:01 PM, HadToRegister said: On 2/9/2019 at 9:54 PM, Carida1210 said: On 2/9/2019 at 9:29 PM, HadToRegister said: You CANNOT place the Mod Staging Folder INSIDE the Game Directory, people were doing that left and right, and messing up their games, so Tannin had to update Vortex so it wouldn't allow people to continue to make that mistake. If those videos are telling people to put the mod staging folder INSIDE the Game Directory, they are horribly mistaken, and spreading some really bad advice. Just put your Mod Staging Folder on the same DRIVE as your Games, it doesn't have to be INSIDE the game directory.. Example, here's mine D:\Games\Mods\ I tried placing it outside the game but I just end up getting the error "You need to select directories that the current user account can write to".I'm sorry I'm probably super dumb, but I just can't make it work. I tried saving it to several areas. Also the videos aren't recent, so maybe that was before the update was made. He shouldn't even had been telling people to put the Staging Folder inside the game folder even back then. Anyway are you running Vortex as an Admin? If so, don'tDoes the Vortex Icon have a Blue and Yellow shield on it? If so, right click on the icon pick PROPERTIES--------->COMPATIBILITY------- and Make sure the "Run this program as an Administrator is UNCHECKED.Are you an admin on your system? Yes well. If no one knew better. He should however do an updated way so that people don't f*#@ it up. The administrator is unchecked on Vortex. Yeah, looks like I am an admin on my computer.
DPMR Posted February 9, 2019 Posted February 9, 2019 No I am afraid it is you that needs to pay more attention when you view a video. Gopher told you not to put the files there.
Carida1210 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Posted February 9, 2019 On 2/9/2019 at 10:22 PM, DPMR said: No I am afraid it is you that needs to pay more attention when you view a video. Gopher told you not to put the files there. Never said it was Gopher that f*#@ed it up. I followed his video first, but that still didn't work.
HadToRegister Posted February 9, 2019 Posted February 9, 2019 On 2/9/2019 at 10:22 PM, DPMR said: No I am afraid it is you that needs to pay more attention when you view a video. Gopher told you not to put the files there. The second video tells you to put the mod staging folder in the game folder.Gopher's video doesn't.
Lagrimas91 Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 What if I put mine in E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\F4MODS (new folder I placed there)?
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