I didn't know MO would go so far as using a virtual file system. There was a time when I had to use the then-buggy TESVGECKO to get something done, then Wrye Bash was ported to Skyrim and things were infinitely easier, I assumed that MO is a natural progression. I understand that plenty of progress have been made in Skyrim modding front while I wasn't active, and I thought this Mod Organizer thing would work better for me in the long run if I can understand how to use it, considering the plethora of features it has that are clearly made to make modding Skyrim easier, such as conveniently launching LOOT and TES5EDIT, NMM didn't have that (whatever version I last used). Hover the mouse over the 'read more' for more information.Ĭrystal Clarke Posts: 3410 Joined: Mon 5:55 amīecause I was following the STEP guide. Open it and check that the 'Have MO manage archives' is activated. In the right panel of MO there's a tab named Archives. Just right click it's name in the left window and select 'Open in explorer'.ĮDIT: About loose files and BSAs. You can also afterwards manually adjust the installed files.

Activate it and move it to desired position (e.g. The mod is now installed and is located at the bottom of the left list. NOTE: If the files are in sub-folders it will be necessary to select the correct data folder (MO asks this automatically) Double click the file in the Download tab and click OK. Add this package into the MO's downloads (copy it to the directory you have chosen in MO's setting or open the Downloads tab in MO and drag and drop the package there). Just make sure that the files are arranged as they are usually arranged in Skyrim's data folder (meshes, textures, etc) and pack them with e.g. Someone else will probably answer to the other technical questions better, but here's about your own loose files. I use my own mods and they need manual loose files overwrite, how do I do that with MO? It feels wrong, as if my entire Skyrim is in MO's iron grip. STEP warns that TES5EDIT will be unable to see anything if I don't run it from MO. What about the DLC masters? How do I clean them? LOOT asked me to clean them but the STEP guide provides no information about the DLC masters. That's not how it worked back when I manually use TES5EDIT without passing Mod Organizer, the cleaned master simply sits there chilling without any workaround. The guide does say that I could create a mod in MO that will overwrite the update.esm (or so it says) but I'm feeling mighty uncomfortable. I'm currently at 'clean your masters' phase and I'm incredibly confused at this step:Īnd sure enough, it disappeared. Since STEP recommends using Mod Organizer, I rolled with it. I'm currently starting fresh and look to STEP project because I've heard good things about them.

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