EDIT: I misread Rustic Clothing (not installed) as Rustic Clutter (installed). We’ll be using both anyway but I’ll address this in the next episode PERFORMANCE & ORGANIZATION is KEY to the running of a Smooth Skyrim Mod Build Here's a few ways to do so! & Let's Install some Animations too! Why Not?!
I spent 23 years as a System Support Tech, having to document installation, configuration and procedures for many software and hardware deployments over the years, I can appreciate all the time and effort it takes to research, test and create documentation for others to follow, that being said it would have been a blessing to have had someone with your level of detail to work with on the projects. I wish you the best of luck with your site, hope you get millions of subscribers and likes.
I’m honoured. Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words and motivation. It means the absolute world to me to hear from someone of your experience. I really appreciate you thank you
Take advantage of MO's left pane right click menu !!! On a mod you have just installed, and enabled (or even multiple selected ones) RIGHT click--->Send to --->Separator (where you select the separator's name) This just "teleports" the mod to the bottom of the selected category, so you don't have to drag it all the way, ESPECIALLY IN LONG MOD LISTS, which can be slow with that drag-scroll sensitivity. BUT! You will still have to fine tune priority inside that category !!! Also, there is the "Visit on Nexus", which opens a browser with a page opened at the selected mod's Nexus page. And YES, it will open as many mod's Nexus page as you have selected. NAISU!
Thank you so much for your tutorial. Watching your previous upload now! I'm completely new to Skyrim Modding and I have yet to find a better guide. So easy to follow. Your ability to transfer information and guide us in these videos is amazing.
Thank you I truly appreciate you. I’m not actually a teacher in real life, this stemmed from my own personal struggles in school where I didn’t have the support I needed. Now, I want to be that support for someone
what a great series. even using vortex and opting out of a few mods you installed, i still had absolutely 0 issues the entire way through. great great work man!
I've been modding for years, with long breaks in between, to the point that things are usually vastly different when I return. Your series has been absolutely vital to quickly get me up and running this time around. In this, I can see the shoulders of the giants you stand on, but this series takes things further. Thanks!
This series is fantastically detailed. Ive been debating on vortex or mo2. Deciding to do mo2 i think this very helpful and prepping to rewatch these videos as i begin my own journey. I dont plan to use all the same mods but you have a ton of fantastic base line requirements and general infomation and even a few clever suggestions id not considered.
before I finish this vid I just wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH! After finding an amazing guide like Viva New Vegas for Fallout NV, I was wanting to get back into skyrim and modding for this game specifically seemed so daunting at first. 10/10 guide, liked and subbed :) now to finish the series
I've been modding for years and this is by far one of the best guides ever, it's simple and straight to the point. Organization is key and this way of doing it it's perfect, you made me come back to the game again after this. And i just know the next videos are about combat mods, i'll be waiting!
This modding series begun at a perfect time. I had Skyrim sitting in my library and was wondering how long ive played the game and never modded. Time to try it out!
This guide helped me so much. I am really grateful to you. Only bad luck I have is my pc got stuck and after restarting it my mod manager un-ticked all the mods and they are not under the numbered subjects anymore. On top of that it mixed those all up. They don't go from 0ne to twentyone anymore but they are all mixed. I have to go through the videos again to see what you put where. Fingers crossed the game just works again after this😮
Your order is different to mine and I've followed your series from the start. I've since changed it to what I've seen in the video. Either that or I missed a few steps... but so far so good! This series has been so helpful it's unreal!
Want to say, I hugely appreciate each an every video you put out in this series!!! To note, I tried this out tonight with my extended load order. I got some nighttime light flickering nearby breezehome with lightened JKs Whiterun installed, but when disabled it went away. Something was going on between lightened Whiterun and elfx that was buggy
I just built a new PC and wanted to get back into Skyrim mods as this new PC is much stronger than my last. Thank you for making the return to modding so much easier! Now time to customize the hell out of this mod list!
While these videos are really well done, the biggest 2 things missing are "the why" and an emphasis on reading the mod pages. So far you're just giving a list of mods to download and install. You never give a reason why you download the ones you do, what the mod does, and how it impacts the game. There is also a skipping of reading the mod page, which I get for video sake, but should at least emphasize to viewers the most important thing to do when modding is read the mod page descriptions and understand what the mod does. One example I noticed in this video is you installed CCOR Settings Loader, but never tell people what it does and how it impacts CCOR itself. While advanced modders know these details, this series appears to target new modders. You also started this video by moving a ton of mods around, but never mention why again. Still, very good videos for someone who just wants to do something like Wabbajack list, but on their own without knowing what's going on.
Firstly, thank you. Thank you for taking the time to write the points above. Hearing feedback that is constructive, allowing me to improve and refine for future is something I am incredibly grateful for. Especially with my difficulties focusing on targets and goals, I can quite easily see myself slowly diverting away from my initial intentions with my work, and this extends to the content I create, the last two videos were a result of trying to correct said path and get back on track, sadly, in edit, I realized it became a bit all over the place if I'm honest. I began 'patching my patches' to my work if that makes sense. This week I have paid more attention to the subject matter in an attempt to revert back to a clear, structured path of progression and reading that this was needed has reassured me that it was needed. I am truly grateful to you for providing such constructive criticism as I strive to develop, improve and help as many as I can with my work. The most valuable feedback is that which may be hard to hear.
Bro, u gained a new subscriber for sure. I mean, im a beginner, never modded anything and manage to do it following your 10 videos guide. I'm really grateful. Can u answer me something? Like, some mods we have downloaded and installed through the series needed ENB support or some stuff like that. If i uninstall my ENB (for performance purposes), does it impact these other mods or im good to go just uninstall ENB and the mods will continue to work just fine? Btw, i already saw u have a video teaching how to uninstall ENB, u literally have the best channel for teaching ppl how to mod, thanks for what ur doing so much.
I really appreciate your kind words and support Mathias, thank you so much. It means the world to me. RE ENB. Anything that uses ENB files will need to be removed too and replaced with the non ENB version where needed :-)
Am I first? Huh, nice. Also, thanks for all of these tutorials! I've been modding for quite a while, but only recently got back into modding Skyrim. So this is almost a godsend. Super helpful, and I hope it continues. I'd like a subscribe again if I could.
Absolutely incredible work, wow I got it all backwards. After spending HOURS trying to figure this out on my own, my MO2 list is Fu****. I’ll have to delete app data, like in your 1st video, and start from scratch. That being said, with all your goodies in the lists and mods, is there any way I could accomplish something similar Without USSEP? Because frankly, some of the *fixes* aren’t really fixes IMO… anyways cheers and thanks a LOT for these videos !!
Really appreciate it thank you! means alot. USSEP is intertwined with far too many mods these days sadly but you could use SSEEdit to revert the changes you dont like
I wonder - should I start playing and simultaneously, in time, install the rest of the mods when the episodes comes out? Or I should just wait to install everything in your future videos before playing. Anyway, as always, keep up the amazing job you're doing, that specific episode was a bit fast I'd say, but still, I enjoyed watching it.
Thanks for all your videos, it's really easy and clear to understand. I was just wondering , you mentionned at 4:20 , that we have rustic clothing installed , but I thought it was only Rustic Clutter that we installed ?
It’s a mistake on my part as I misread it. I’m covering it in the next video as it’s not a massive issue in itself but feel free to install if you wish :-)
you should consider making a modlist for everything you've installed to date, updating every episode, I recently installed some extra mods that ended up screwing everything up so hard that i have to re-do EVERYTHING i've done so far since i cannot find the issue anywhere and MO2 and LOOT arent telling me anything, just a QTD every time i Boot, so having a modlist to go through to install everything again would be nice with my limited free time lol
One clarification, I could be wrong but when you mention Rustic Clothing you say that one is already installed, but I thought it was only Rustic Clutter that was mentioned? I'm very sorry if I'm mistaken.
I will look into this later when back at my desk :-) Update: you are correct. I’ve mistaken Rustic Clutter and Rustic Clothing. I will add it to the next video to install. Appreciate the note
Don't mind me, just making my game look as fabulous as yours. One little question, are the mods you download at the end of this guide mandatory for the guide or just personal prefference? Just making sure I don't pickle myself.
Watching the videos, but I can’t seem to find the explanation of why you are reordering the mods… We’re they in the wrong spots before? Were they going to conflict with the new mods if they weren’t moved first? I just don’t understand. On the same note, I can’t find the explanation why you downloaded a different night sky mod only to replace it here. Was it required for something previously, but now it’s fine to change? Did you just find this new one later and simply liked it better enough to include replacing it in the video? Your videos have helped me immensely with getting some kind of understanding about modding; it’s just these particular points I’m either repeatedly missing the explanation, or I’m just too dense to understand. You’ve probably moved on, but if you read this then any explanations would be incredibly appreciated!
Not to worry. It's all deliberately included as the aim for the series is to teach how to mod rather than just following me. All of the elements are areas you'll likely come across yourself when you mod your own build so by covering these aspects you know how it's done and what to look for. It's better to have a clear understanding overall than just being able to copy a build I make. So I am to make it so it's not a collection but a guide if that makes sense.
Loving your walk-through here ADHD! Thanks! Question - I'm giving Pandora a shot and so far, all is well... until now? I noticed that you have 392 animations while Pandora is only displaying 56. I have XPMSE Patch for Pandora, Pandora Base, Truce Directional Movement 0 360 Horse, Procedural, and Head tracking (5 separate lines if you inluce XPMSE and Pandora Base) checked. Any thoughts or are you not thinking about Pandora at all? Engine launched with configuration: Skyrim SE/AE. Do not exit before the launch is finished. Waiting for preload to finish. Preload finished. Pandora Mod 1 : XPMSE Patch For Pandora - v.1.0.0 Pandora Mod 2 : Pandora Base - v.1.0.0 Pandora Mod 3 : True Directional Movement - 360 Horse Archery - v.1.0.0 Pandora Mod 4 : True Directional Movement - Procedural Leaning - v.1.0.0 Pandora Mod 5 : True Directional Movement - Headtracking - v.1.0.0 FNIS Mod 1 : FNIS_IEA_List FNIS Mod 2 : FNIS_XPMSE_List 28 animations added to defaultfemale. 28 animations added to defaultmale. 56 total animations added. Launch finished in 2.9 seconds
when I download Ethereal Cosmos from Nexus it says it doesn't seem valid. When I press manual. I saw you didn't check when you installed it And when you download the Skyrim Optimizer which do you choose esl esm version?
Nice series, easy to follow even though I am somewhat experienced with modding this has been helpful to keep me organized. Also I do not know if this is left out but shouldn't sse display tweaks be installed too?
i am so waiting on a guide on the mod called precision i heard its so needed for combat and better hitboxes but it looks so complex to deal with ive been doing some mods on my own and fixing issues ive had but theres still alot i need to understand
it might be a bit before AD gets to mods for Combat overhauls like that, probably even a different series tbh, this series is about the basics for modding and standard mods to grab mostly so i'm anticipating a video on xEdits in the future since it's pretty important for optimization and a handful of really good mods like allGUD
Yesterday I was doing my modpack and in the end I didn't ever saw that you upload yesterday looool Now I'm sad because I keep having a fiss.dll problem....
Loved it as always! I started playing Skyrim a few month ago, and this is perfect timing. However I have a question : I tried to change my default language from French to English with all the English mods, and I managed to do it on the Vanilla version but not the modded one (so I got a mix between FR and EN in the texts). I looked up in the Skyrim .ini files to change it, but nothing changes for the modded version. Does anyone know what to do?
Why did you move them all? I am brand new to MO2 as Vortex has all but collapsed and I have been following your series from the start. One thing that WAS good was the ease of load order and highlighting conflicts (vortex). This video just says move this here and there with no explanation.... what about if I use different mods? What are the lightning bolts with +/-, do they mater? etc etc
If you want to learn more about MO2 in depth then I have a dedicated series for it going over all the information such as the overwriting (plus/minus bolts) which I do also touch upon in this series so I’m confused if maybe you missed parts
Hello. I know I'm late. I just got skyrim and been following this wonderful guide. I've done everything as you did. Just finished watching and following each step in this video. At this point every thing looks good so far but at night time my sky and environment goes completely dark. No start no moonlight or anything. I douple-tripple checked everything. And rewatched all the videos before this 1 from the beginning to check if i missed something but no every step is perfectly followed. Still I'm facing this problem. Can i get a little help/guidance on this please?
Hey brother! I jumped into the modding scene about a month ago now that I have something half way decent and have just kinda been feeling my way through. I'ma blast everything and start again after watching this series. Thank you for being so detailed! I am very curious for what you'll do with combat mods. I'm set on building around AMCO|DXP so I'm curious how/if DAR and OAR will run together. (Edited for spelling. Thank you mobile.)
@@ADHDecent According to the real quick Google I did, there's no issue switching. OAR seems to have been made with backwards compatibility in mind so it'll handle everything DAR did and then some! Gonna dive into that a bit more before taking it as gospel, but it looks promising!
Your version of dragonsreach also seems a lot darker than mine. Mine appears to be a bit too light when you compare it to what the lighting mod has done to the rest of the game...
Love your videos but when I got to this part for some reason Mo2 likes to constantly uncheck my plug-ins on the right while the mods are active and messes up the order of mods every time I run SKSE with no errors on LOOT and now not what to do. I wanted to get into the game but if I'm modding for a week just to face disappointment... :(
I'm having a problem regarding Open Animation Replacer. When I launch the game, a box appears saying that the OAR dll plugin needs to be updated, but when I go to the mod page on nexus, it's saying the mod is up to date and I have the latest version, yet the dll plugin for OAR couldn't load in. My game version is 1.6.1170. Am I supposed to run a previous version of OAR or something? I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this issue.
I cant see the ethereal cosmos in the sky? Tried reinstalling, putting it on the best possible priority, and even copying its data on the skyrim file directory 😢
Thanks for the guide and the time you put in. I noticed Lanterns of Skyrim II still in my mod list but I'm not seeing it here in your list. Also, I'm getting a red Overwrite message down at the bottom for SKSE and Nemesis_engine and I'll be frank I'm not sure what to do with these. If you get a spare chance to respond that be cool, if not I understand. Liked all videos and subscribed to your channel though. Thanks!
I appreciate the support thank you! RE LoS, it was removed from the video and mentioned in the description, comments and on the video as I had made a mistake when re-writing the script and left LoS in when it should have been removed because of it's compatibility with ELFX lighting. RE Overwrite, I will touch upon this in a video soon however if they are INI files for configuration they can be dropped onto the mod it refers to in the Mod Priority screen
I found a little problem and fixed it. So, if other people have the same issue: The problem was that my Nemesis stopped working every time after I did an 'update engine' and then clicked 'Launch Nemesis.' It said I had to update again, so I did, but it still did not work. What happened was that I had been lazy before and did not add the acronyms in front of the mod name until this video, where it was recommended. Apparently, if you change the name of Nemesis or 'Project New Reign - Nemesis Unlimited Behavior Engine,' it stops working. After adding the old name back in, made Nemesis worked again
Sorry to say, changing the names of the mods within the main Mod Pane of MO2 won’t have any impact on the results - the only exception to the rule would be for example Mod A and the Mod A Patch but you don’t add the word “patch” to the title resulting in the patch overwriting the main file as they have the same name.
I´ve been watching and learning from this series since the beginning and it has been so helpful and easy to follow you! But not everything has been beautiful... I have had some issues with the mods Alternate Start (Extension) and Ethereal Cosmos when I click on Manual before install it says "The content of does not look valid". Also some other mods that are installed have a newer version available, then when I visit the mod's web site I can't find that newer version or don't know what to do next. (sorry, sometimes I´m clueless) I hope someone could help me or give me some advise, please. Keep it with the excellent job, thank you!
Hey I’ve got a question, at 3:48 you said to install “Skyrim project optimization” however there are 2 main files, one is ESM and the other is ESL, which one do I install, if you could let me know that would be great, thanks in advance, you’re an amazing teacher
Appreciate the support. ESL is a light plugin for those reaching their plugin limits. If the descriptions say they are the same info it wont really matter which one you install
@@ADHDecent Yh Ty I ended up getting the top main one which I think is the ESL version, appreciate the guide, wouldn’t of been able to start modding without u!
you can download either, or both, AD just used the Male animations because the character he is using in the videos for reference is a male, but if you're making a female character, you'll need the Female animations, I myself downloaded Both, just in case i decide i want to make a different character thats the opposite gender
For anyone in doubt, this guide works with pirated version of skyrim 1.6.1130 :)))) (oh dont judge me, pay the game for me instead) just pay close attention to the versions of mods u will download, specially SKSE and the directory of the game (that will not be the same as the lawfully abiding citizens one) and you're good to go (I'm using 2.2.5 for skse for 1.6.1130).
Bro can you help, my animations mods (combat ) will just not work. Have nemesis, I have ran it but still to no,avail. I have mco adxp and all requirements , xp32 and all requirements. I have also doubled checked all versions. Every time I load the animations into nemesis, it loads 10 animations in total. When I go into Skyrim all animations stay the same.
@@TSProductions3170 hey bro, that's literally the first and only time i managed to run mods in skyrim, so im a newbie, idk how to help u with that, sorry. I just downloaded 1.6.1130 and followed meticulously slow and paying a lot of attention on all this series and it worked for me.
@@TSProductions3170 oh actually. Search for when the 1.6.1130 was released. check in nexus for the files that were uploaded a bit after that date. Bc when the mod was released, modders updated for this version. Bethesda released another patch after 1.6.1130, so if u download a file uploaded recently, it has a high chance that it is uploaded for 1.6.1170, and that may or may not be a problem for what i understood. So, i followed evrything in these series, but some of the mods i really needed to pay attention on their upload date and did this process. So, if u decide to do evrything from scratch with a pirate 1.6.1130 version of skyrim, do what i told u.
A good question for sure. It was written into the build but at the time we were working with v1130 and it wouldn't play ball. So it was removed and then sadly somewhat overlooked as I needed to work through the schedule. It may be worth including it in a 'wrapup' video to end the series though. To add: I can't remember exactly but I think it was a knock-on affect from SSEEF not working properly (later addressed with a TOML file) one of the hardest challenges creating a series with the latest build: one change can throw everything else off that's planned. Constantly trying to throw duct tape over holes as they pop up haha
@@ADHDecent I consider myself quite lucky to have been introduced to modding through your playlist. Whilst I'm sure it is frustrating to work with a moving goalpost I can't really relate because you've made the process so easy to understand, and straightforward to follow. The progress I've made in understanding the nuances of modding and MO2 in just over 2 weeks is astonishing. I think xEdit is probably the next incline I will need to climb but I haven't had to deal with mod conflicts enough to begin the ascent just yet. I look forward to your next video but wouldn't be surprised if I turn up in one of these playlists videos to ask another question beforehand. I hope you have a great day.
I'm truly honored. Thank you for your kind words it really means the world. It has certainly been a difficult one at times! I'm really glad to hear the progress you've made with mo2 as well. It's going to prove to be much better at handling the changes we want to make etc.
I was following the guide step by step but after that part my Skyrim stopped working properly. When I launch skse it just launches normal game instead and then crushes if I open the menu. Is there any solutions to this kind of problem ? (skse with admin)
I've done it all from the first video yet now I get a "CriticalLog" from nemesis with "Global reset all: TRUE" in my overwrite directory, any idea what that's about? (Everything went fine until this last video, not sure if it broke when replacing with Ethereal Cosmos, moving the mods to load at the bottom or with the animation mods. I think I got it pretty early though I thought it'd be fixed through later stages in the video and come together.) Kind of stuck now, not sure what to do. (Edit, disabled everything except for Nemesis and it still gives me the CriticalLog... So something broke on the base level of Nemesis? )
Better late than never, I suppose but all you have to do in most cases is right-click the file expansion arrow of the 2nd "data" folder within the 1st "data" folder and set it as the correct data path. I don't really know why some mods are packed this way but it's pretty common.
I know this may be coming in a future video, but does anyone know where Sacrosanct and Growl (vampire and werewolf mods) would go in mod priority? I assume in Gameplay or Overhaul?
Thanks for this! Really been itching to play skyrim modded again and to just get back into swinging a sword and games today don't feel just like skyrim. Instead of the Goetia animations could I opt out for Leviathan Animations II instead?
@@ADHDecent just checked the files for Leviathan II and there is an optional File for CATA addon and works with OAR, I love females in heavy armor so glad there is a work around
Absolutely stellar series!! I've run into an odd error though, maybe you can give some insight. I've followed this step by step but I've got an issue with my Nemesis where it gives me an exception bug where the system cannot find the path selected: "mod\" and fails to load up Nemesis. I've gone into my anti-virus and made everything related to MO2, Nemesis, Skyrim SE, exclusions to maybe circumvent this issue, but the issue persists. Any ideas?
Im not sure based on what youve said but a few things to consider: - You've checked the box on Nemesis for a mod you have not installed (checking doesnt install them for you) - A mod or extension you've installed is for Skyrim and not Skyrim SE so it cannot be read properly - The FNIS esp plugin has not been enabled in the plugins window - Nemesis has not been installed correctly resulting in broken directory paths
@@ADHDecent it's fixed now! I went back to your Nemesis video earlier in the series and redid the executable and it works once again. Appreciate all you're doing!
Hey, been following your tutorials, for some reason MO2 says that the data for PCEA is wrong, is there any reason this might be happening? Already tried re downloading the mod several times just to make sure.
I currently have Skyrim SE and I'm thinking of getting the Anniversary upgrade, will it mess with these mods? I've been diligently following this guide but I don't think I have the stamina do re-do it all 😂
Aha no don’t worry. AE is essentially DLC. The game itself is the same. SE minus the DLC. You will be fine across the 2 versions. I’m not sure if you’d have to reinstall Skyrim after purchase but I don’t think so.
yeah, everything done here can be done on Vortex as well, the process is very similar too, Vortex vs MO2 is just down to personal preference for casual modding. AD made a video a while back about the differences between Vortex and MO2 as well, definitely suggest watching.
I think this question is not needed but i still ask: i left a lot of mods out (sound overhaul, sse engine fix etc) bc i dont want to go toooo over the top. So i do minor changes (the mods you changed in the loadorder) like u did with my mods in the order it is not a problem is it?
I'm not able to go through individual mod lists but basically there is a difference between mods like Sound Overhaul and SSE Engine Fixes - Sound Overhaul is essentially a preference mod, SSE Engine Fixes is more of a requirement - both for other mods and for the game's stability. So take these sort of things into consideration when choosing mods.
I am encountering an issue with the Organic Player Animation mod. When using a shield my character keeps it in his left hand at all times instead of putting it on his back when unequipped. Apparently this is known since there is a patch specifically dedicated to this, but I cannot make it work however many ways I try. Load after, merge the mods' files, reinstall... I always keep it under OAR, but nothing seems to work. Any idea on how to fix it ?
