ADragonCalledGeorge Posted May 21, 2013 Posted May 21, 2013 So I have a legal version of Skyrim from Amazon and it's registered and uploaded onto Steam since I didn't buy it from there. I only bought the expansion packs from there and the main game from Amazon. Anywho, I downloaded the Creation Kit from there and it installed just fine. I even uninstalled it and reinstalled it and I still had problems. Basically, whenever I open the Kit, the Steam box pops up to inform me that it's opening but then it dissapears and nothing happens. Like absolutely nothing. I don't get an error message. Nothing. This is really bothersome as I want to learn how to make mods and stuff but I can't. I know my computer can handle it since it did before but I uninstalled it then. Any thoughts on how to get it to work? I don't want to reinstall Skyrim but would I have to for the Creation Kit to work? Many thanks in advance!!
Georgiegril Posted May 21, 2013 Posted May 21, 2013 Have you registered the game with Steam?Have you tried logging out/logging back into your steam account?You can also try verifying the Creation Kit cache files on Steam--same procedure as you would with the game, but right click on the Creation Kit in your steam library instead.
ADragonCalledGeorge Posted June 7, 2013 Author Posted June 7, 2013 Yes, I have done all of that since I want to do things legally and don't like pirating. I tried veryifying the cache and all but it still doesn't work. A real bummer. Any advice?
dave1029 Posted June 7, 2013 Posted June 7, 2013 Try opening it manually from you Steam/Common/Skyrim folder. Sometimes Steam can be worthless and not open things.
CaseyTheVA Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 I just fixed the problem on my end. Turns out when I reinstalled Skyrim to another location, I had to re-install the Creation Kit into the same exact directory. Makes sense, just forgot I had reinstalled somewhere else. Hope this helps!
ghostlover15 Posted September 15, 2013 Posted September 15, 2013 I can't even get it to download! When I click on it to install, I go through the agreement and stuff. When it gets to the actual download it says preparing the files for download, then a steam error pops up and says "An error occurred while installing Creation Kit (unknown error)".
TMAN4G Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 same(kind of....)^^^^^^^^^I start install and mine wont update. So still not working. Anyone know how to fix this?
dinodin007 Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 I just fixed the problem on my end. Turns out when I reinstalled Skyrim to another location, I had to re-install the Creation Kit into the same exact directory. Makes sense, just forgot I had reinstalled somewhere else. Hope this helps! Thankyou so much, I had creation kit installed to my main steam directory and was wondering why it wasn't working. This post saved my bacon
CobaltActive Posted October 16, 2015 Posted October 16, 2015 Well, I am experiencing something similar...I want to make a mod for skyrim, but Skyrim won't open... I mean, I can download it and all, but I cannot seem to open it. I'm going to try and delete any mods that may/may not have corrupted files and see if that helps. I also reccomend that to any of you with problems opening the app.
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