The ONLY Mod Organizer 2 Setup Guide You’ll Need for Starfield 

EDIT: FOR PEOPLE CONFUSED ABOUT STARFIELD SCRIPT EXTENDER Follow his video about getting SFSE working with Vortex, and in Mod Organizer 2, click the Starfield exe dropdown immediately to the left of the big orange Run button. Click Edit. Click the three dots to the right of the Binary field, and point this directly to "sfse_loader.exe". Apply, and it will change the Starfield exe icon to the left of the orange Run button to a blue diamond with grinding gears. This enabled the Baka Achievement Enabler mod once I did this, and while I'm not sure if there's a more elegant solution, I would have thought this would be covered in a video explicitly about installing and getting Mod Organizer 2 working.. seeing how important SFSE is, how lightweight it is, and how awkward it can be to apply if you're completely new to BGS modding. 😒 OLD: You don't have a video explaining how to get Starfield Script Extender working with Mod Organizer 2, and I'm not sure why. You reference that you have a modding guide for it, but that's to get it working with Vortex. Is that the same process?

Thank you for the detailed video, just what I was looking for! Was kinda intimidated by the prospect of using the Mod Manager but it's working great!

Outstanding and thank you for posting this very detailed video. I needed the hand-holding and I am thankful for it!

Super detailed video - thanks for including the extra information about HDD/SSD, really useful!

Great video, subbed. Literally the best video I found on youtube on how to install and configure everything. Would love future videos on mods you recommend and more beginner stuff for us newb modders to learn!

Thanks for this video! I've used MO2 extensively for wabbajack lists but those are always very easy to follow. This video helped me immensely! Thanks.

I've played around 100 hours without mods. Tried a couple of times but all the videos I've seen were too complicated for a dumdum like me so I just gave up every time. Finally I've found your video and you helped me so much, I can't thank you enough. This is the best video I've ever seen, thank you thank you thank you!!!

Your video was a real gem man. Thanks

thank you so much had given up on modding because i could not get it to work using vortex but this worked perfectly :)))))

Thanks, mate. This was super helpful.

Thanks for doing this! And I subscribed!

Great! very very informative and easy to understand when you explain every steps and what and why you do it in that certain way. that is very important for future use, to understand why. "This video is loosely inspired by GamerPoets & Gopher, so a big shoutout to them as their content is fantastic." i can see that and you are doing it very well. keep it up :)

Awesome video! Thanks for the help

THANKS MAN NOW I CAN GET STARTED

Great video!! Just subbed!!

So easy and perfectly broken down. GOAT status for sure.

Thank you for the video it makes it super easy to install. SFSE is only if you have the steam version of the game correct?

What’s the first mod you’re going to install? If you had any problems don’t be afraid to ask, ill do my best to help out!

Thank you that is wonderful

Good job👌 make another video with more diff mods

Damnit! I have been trying so hard to not mod up my game and playing it naturally but then .bat files kinda scare me. That said excellent guide and well done, thanks saved for when my power breaks before they release CK2. :)

Beta 5 is the latest version I've been able to install. Versions 6, 7, 8 all threw security issues and refused to install. Fortunately, Beta 5 has the feature I was looking for. I can now compare conflicting .dds files to see which one I prefer. (That feature crashed MO2, in Beta 1.)

I've been modding FO4 for 2 years at this point using MO2. And yet, here I am, looking for tutorials before I get started with Starfield. I just don't trust my instinct on this game, especially in this early stage of modding it.

Thanks bro 😆

Every time I download mod2 at the moment, it deletes my entire game files and with that, it deleted all my data files so I had to start from scratch. So until a full safe version is done, I'm going to stay away from this. Great video by the way

Life saver mate

Absolutely PHENOMENAL video. You've really heled me get all my mods set up for Starfield, helped me understand the process, and helped me organize everything perfectly. Thank you SO much :) One note I had (that you may have already addressed somewhere else) I would make a video on how to install the Starfield Script Extender into Mod Manager 2 specifically as opposed to Vortex

Great video! This helped me a bunch! Quick question though. I started a playthrough and then saw the StarUI mod. Got as far as installing it but I cannot load the playthrough? I am curious if this is a normal thing or something I can fix?

What if you already have MO2 installed and setup for Skyrim? Is there another way to simply update MO2 to the latest beta version and just add a new instance for Starfield?

Quick question, I already have mods installed before installing Mod Organiser 2. Will it find them or can I start installing new mods on MO2 from now on? Thanks

There are some new choices on the settings pages. For profile defaults, there are local ini, local saves(both default unchecked) and auto archive install (default checked). I am leaving it as default but should I?

Do you still needs the customini folder when using this?

Hi! :) Just installed mod manager and my first mod. I get a notification that my starfield directory is in program files(default steam). Will this affect the stability?

I already use MO2 for several games,can I just update it with this version without messing up the games I already have?

mine cannot find the game and when i got to the file location it says it isnt there what am i doing wrong i have this through gamepass at the moment? My wife has it the same way and worked fine for her. please help

Just downloaded and installed, but when I open MO2, and select Starfield and hit next, it asks to configure my profile settings, and gives me the following options: Use profile-specific game INI files, Use profile-specific save games, and Automatic archive invalidation (this one has a check by default). Do I need to change any of these, as I don't see them in your video.

you said not to install mod organizer 2 to my program files 86 folder but do i need to install starfield outside of my program files 86 folder as well ? since i have starield installed there and i followed your instructioms but mod organizer 2 is not putting mods in to my game

when i right click to instal mo2 tells me no categories found that this nexus category has not been mapped. did i mess something up?

If i followed the other install on the sfse it do not show up in the Mod Organizer as a activ mod?

What about the gamepass version of the game, it won't detect my game when I choose the folder where its installed

Where is the link in the description to your modding guide?

My Sfse mods don't work, I put the 2 files from sfse in the mainfolder and mo2 launches with it but when I install any mod or plugin like console command runner or Baka .. it doesn't work ☹ please can you make a video ? It will only work for me when I install everythink manuell

Great tutorial, thank you! But I wish you showed how to actually install a SFSE plugin mod. I can't get it to work because it puts the plugins in a staging mod, which just won't work. For example, I tried installing "Baka Disable My Games Folder" so mods don't install under Documents (stupidest thing I have ever seen done by a game developer) but each time I then launch via SFSE from MO2, it recreates the Data folder in My Documents. Infuriating! So I tried not using that mod and just tried to install another SFSE plugin mod, in this case the Address Library mod. It doesn't install to the game's data folder, so it does not work. Maybe I am missing something here and SFSE mods are not yet supported by Mo2?

If you uncheck the checkbox, does it uninstall the mod automatically? How does a Mod Manager work if there is a game update?

Ok, I hope it's just me, but I download the mod org 2.5.0, and then I run it from my downloads folder, and then it just disappears. and nothing happens, any ideals.

3:56 i do this and i am told : unrecoginzed gane. This folder does not seem to contain a game mod organizer can manage

nice video anyway.

im i missing it no link to visual studio in the description

thanks yo the mods wasnt working on vortex

does this work with pc gamepass or no?

@Loukeyo. I am having issues getting the clutter be gone mod to work I believe I'm doing what the discription says to do. I am a very new pc mod user anyway you could do a step by step video showing the folders. thank you

I'm guessing this won't work for the Xbox version of the game on pc, MO2 doesn't recognize my game pass copy.

Does this actually work for anyone else? Once I install a mod and check it I get nothing.

How would one fix mods that conflict with eachother?

im mostly having problems with audio and texture mods. ive done everything and none of them are working. ive put them in Every spot that works and still nothing. plez help a poor succulent bandit out.

Does this work with cracked starfield?

I can't even make an account on Nexus. the 'cloudflare' fails every time without even loading up.

completely skipped the game ini/profile ini step in install, have no idea what to choose

hi, i have a problem, not in starfield but in mo2. so when i lunch skyrim/fallout with mo2 it's locked at 60 fps but from steam i get +100 fps if anyone can help me i will be thankful (not bc the mods but. it's locked at 60)

Why no explanation on you installing MO2 on a different harddrive? Like wha? This would be easier to follow if you explained WHY you're doing things.

The discord Link provided is invalid.

mo2 not deteting starfield for me help plz

Mod2 refuses to acknowledge the game. I pick the Starfield folder as shown in the video and Mod2 says it's an unsupported game and takes me back to the "Pick a game" option.

You mention a previous post to install Script Extender, is it really needed? Cause when I downloaded from it Nexus Mods I get msg from windows defender that it has a trojan virus in it and blocks the download.

Discord link is expired, why not just share a direct download link?

StarUI does not work. Better to manually enable the mods or maybe use vortex

Well, that was a waste of my time.. Had to create two accounts on webpages and when i installed it it said something about a missing .dll. but i clicked yes and now the program starts anyway.

yeah, all the invites to discord are invalid again

Nexus refuses to download anything with mod manager even after following the steps.

invites don't work now

only guide that mentioned....TO MAKE SURE YOU DL 2.5 !!!!!! every other guide are still giving links to 2.4 and when you follow them it crashes...THANK ! FREAKING YOU !