Having trouble installing mods for mac ):

[fujiiiapples]

Well I'm using a Cider Wrapper skyrim for my mac and for this past like yr I just can't get things working mod wise :/

some mods activate , some dont activate at all and some like ... half way active

 

For example: Trying to download hairstyles

specifically Lightning Farron's from Final Fantasy 13-2 on here

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/6963

and When I go in and put my meshes and textures

then go into my game , the hairstyle shows not all the hair

 

Or even with Apaciiskyhair not all the hairstyles show up

they come up bald O.O

 

Also having trouble activating my Face mods , which really sucks because at one point I believe I had Bella's better females working and then one day trying to remove a mod , i must of deleted something I wasn't suppose to ? and now the mod doesnt want to work all together ...

 

Any ideas?

[Dart98Rock]

I run Windows 7 so I don't know a lot about Mac (mainly that it isn't Microsoft and that is good enough for me to want one).

Maybe these videos can help ya.

 

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRsSnWip2hI

 

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=juStu6-djaA

[fujiiiapples]

I run Windows 7 so I don't know a lot about Mac (mainly that it isn't Microsoft and that is good enough for me to want one).

Maybe these videos can help ya.

 

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRsSnWip2hI

 

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=juStu6-djaA

Well the problem with this is that I've seen those , and thats exactly what I'm doing yet some things just refuse to show up x.x

 

thanks though :/

[Dart98Rock]

How do you install the mods/activate. Manuel Installation, Nexus Mod Manager Installation. And do you manually activate them (Skyrim plugin list), or Nexus Mod Manager.

[fujiiiapples]

Well Macs cant run NMM because its exe

so I have to manually put them in

I go into data and depending if I the mod has meshes or textures

I put them in their appropriate folders within the data folder

and if there is a Esp or esm I need to activate, I go into local settings>skyrim> then put it in my Plugins.txt

 

I also have Skyrim.esm first and then so on , so I know thats not the problem

I can't figure out why the textures and meshes won't show up when I load the game :/

[Dart98Rock]

I read that Skyrim for Mac has problems loading files without an .esp file (loose files). There is a line in the Skyrim Pref.ini (located next to the save folder) that might help. It is located under Launcher in the ini file, bLoadLooseFiles=1. Also try and lock the file, heard that they tend to repair themselves.

[fujiiiapples]

lock the file ?

Sorry kind of a noob at this stuff >.<

[Dart98Rock]

I never heard of locking files till a couple minutes ago.

 

Right click on the file.

Go to Get Info

Check the lock box

 

To Unlock same thing.

 

Always best to back it up in a different folder to be safe. (I have three full backups of my skiyrim data)

[SpockST]

Glad I ran into this topic. I have a Mac and want to start using it more instead of my PCs, so am posting here mainly so I can find this again when I need it.

 

Please post back if/when you get things straightened out to let us know what the solution is.

[Dart98Rock]

O I just remmebered (my spelling sucks), there is a way to have Windows OS on your Mac computer. It's called Apples Boot Camp, it installs Windows on a seperate part of the computer. It allows Mac users to run Windows only programs, completely forgot about that.

 

(Personally I would use that as a last resort, not a fan of Microsoft anymore all they do is crash my computer with there constant updating)