ADHDecnt, I just stopped following your Modding Skyrim in 2024 guide, on part 7 to take the time to like each part and to say to you, your guide is hands down the best I have ever seen on RUclips. Amazing job on putting the tutorials together! Thank you so much for the time and effort! You have more than earned a subscriber, I will also be sending some coins your way. I wish I could shake your hand and buy you a cold one or two.
For anyone that doesn't have 74 files when transferring over all CC content, you need to launch skyrim from steam and then click the Creation option at the start menu. Then scroll down to the section that says "Creation" and start wheeling through all of the Creation Club content. You'll notice each option has a gray background to it, but the creation club items that you have NOT downloaded will have a black background instead. That will help you differentiate which ones you have downloaded and which have not.
This is absolutely blimmin' amazing, thank you so, so much for the tutorials! So helpful (after trying to get my mods from Vortex to MO2 and now everything is messed up and nothing works as it should, this is a blessing. Fingers crossed the mods work when I'm done)
Total modding noob, here. Your videos are the best. Essentially this is the "Modding Skyrim for Idiots Guide". They are helpful, educational, and easy to get into and understand. Thank you soooo much!
Glad you like it! I’ve found it’ll make it much easier to keep track of which mods you’ve installed if all the Creation Club content is under 1 row instead of however many! Aha
I just used MO2's separators and named one Base Game & CC and just put that above all the files then add another separator under all of those files so I could click the drop down icon on the first one. Figured no point for me to download the mod if I"m just going to click install all anyway. Now if only SSEEdit could clean a bunch of files at once or at least set up a queue. Then I could just let it do its thing rather than have to select a new file from CC to clean each time. Then I could just let it do its thing while I read a book for a half hour or so.
MO2 will tell you which files you are missing if you aren’t seeing the total 148 files. In my case, it was Armored Dwarven Mud Crab, Elven Hunter Armor, and the Dwarf/Elven Horse armors. You’ll need to download manually, move them, then re archive. Also note what someone else said: that there are 10 esm files that go with the esl for the correct total
Hello. I want to say Thank you, thanks a lot. You see, I LOVE playing with mods and have some time doing it BUT never found a comprehensive tutorial like this one and yet somehow it worked but with some flaws. Now following these videos I know I will have a better understanding and a solid base to build up from there. I already satup my new instance and I'm ready to learn. Once again thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goated for this tutorial. I learned a ton, such a great mod manager. I've modded so many games this has to have been one of the smoothest processes for me.
my MO2 install sequence was different to your video.. it asked if I wanted GLobal or Portable instances before anything else.. .as it had a warning that global instances are saved in appdata and that is a system folder I chose Portable.. but later in the video install sequence you show that choice and choose Global... how do I swap back to global as per your install sequence?
one of my dreams has always been to play skyrim in vr. Microsoft dashed that dream of a psvr2 update...but $2000 gaming pc and youre easy instructions later, i will be in my dream, thanks to you.
By the way, just wanted to say thank you for the new modding guide it's been a huge help it would be nice to have a community post or an update on when the next video is going to be uploaded anyhow have a great day or night can't wait to see more helpful guides and videos ADHDecent :)
Thank you I really appreciate your kind words. As for the series, I will be releasing them every Wednesday at the same time (providing nothing crazy happens!). Next episode is in a little over 27 hours time :-) the series will go into a number of different areas so there’s plenty of episodes to come
Yeah for some reason I couldn't drag and drop the Anniversary Edition Content Picker.7z file I made onto the Downloads folder in the Mod Organizer 2 program so instead just opened the MO2 Instances folder and copied it directly to the downloads folder which seemed to work.
Just an FYI I actually didn't notice the first time and did it correctly anyway but in the second step of copying the files to the content picker folder, you're also grabbing the cc esm files. There's actually only 64 esl files plus the 10 esm files for the total 74 needed. It shows it in the video but your narration doesn't mention the esm files.
Do you know if we’re only supposed to copy the files or move them? I copied them over to the CC Content file and I’m hesitant to delete them from the game data
Oldrim was easier. I'll agree. However; SE is far more stable. I was a hold out for years and years. Once I made the switch to SE and Vortex, it was pretty painless. Thing that was the hardest; some things are done differently, for example, the physics stuff. Plus, lots of mods we used in oldrim have replacements that are far superior and lighter. There's no escaping the learning the curve; im just saying when you do ; it's worth it.
@@knightmaremedia7795 and I'll agree to that, it's been a while since then, and it sure was confusing and frustrating back then but now it is fine since almost all essencial mods are up to date. I have a modlist of 300+ mods now and it runs very, very well. Especially after the Community Shaders got released, my game has became too good, similar visual quality with 30 more fps than ENB in my case.
@AbhayRajan I made the switch to mod organizer 2 and man.... I must say MO2 is superior to Vortex in just about every way. Far more versatile than Vortex, easier to manage etc. This was another thing I was a hold off on, finally took the plunge and yep... why on earth I frustrated myself with Vortex for so long I don't know but MO2 is definitely superior.
The only good guide of this year so far. Everyone else just tries to push wabbajack packs down watchers; throats, because they don't know the intricacies. Not like the GOAT here, hats off.
Same issue here; Essentially when I go to pick a destination folder the new "Mo2" Folder does not appear. Only the default option. Were you able to fix this?
My Mod organizer initial set up is nothing like what the video shows. its asking for global or local instances and then links me to games ? Any suggestions?
well when i install mo2 it does not launch and i can't launch it manually too, i've been installing and reinstalling for 40 min straight and it does not work for me, i saw there was a new version of mo2 maybe that's the reason ?
Does anyone know if the recent update consolidated the creation club data files? I'm looking at my file list, and there are significantly less (like 45 total) cc BSA and ESL files
I'm at 5:37 as my skyrim app data only has like a solid 7 or so cc files. i've loaded skyrim and downloaded the creation clubs stuff and it still hasn't fixed. i'm losing my mind..
This is a great guide. Thank you so much. One thing: About the "148" items to add to the archive, if you add ALL of the *CC* files (the BSA, ESL, and ESM files), you end up with 148.
i only have 8😅 i have followed the video step by step just dont have all the cc files. do you know if me having mod organizer previously would affect this?
Just got my gaming pc after playing Skyrim on a console since it came out. So this video series is amazing, great presentation clear instructions and takes most of the mystery out of modding. I came across a variation in my steam installation, seems like the creation club mods were bundled together or something. Just a heads up. Keep up the great work
To my fellow modders who are trying to install MO2 like I did but found the steps weren't matching the video: go ahead and watch the whole video and come back, potentially even watch the other MO2 installation video on this channel. What I found was that, for me, many of the steps in the middle were just in a different order to what ADHDecent showed. Not sure how that happened, but hey, the joys of modding, learn and adapt.
Appreciate it thanks bro! 🤣👌 well there may be a bit of speeding up on the download front but to be fair I'm lucky to have 1000/1000 here which certainly helps!
so i have never successfully got mods working because....drumroll......of my ADHD, i get distracted so easily and need things basically spelled out for me every time lol, im following alongh with your videos and maaaaaaan, no hate to other creators but you have done this in a really easy to digest format!, Appreciate you!
means the world to me thank you I really appreciate your kind words! that unique ADHD ability! a blessing and a curse for sure but I'd rather focus on the positives as much as I'm able to! XD
138 mods are BSA/ESL, 10 are ESM. I've double checked (as described in a previous post) and I do have all of the CC content. The 10 ESM files also begin with CC... What am I missing?
If anyone reading this has issues installing creation club content, you can download all owned content in the options menu. It didnt work perfectly at first, i had to manually install one dlc for it to recognize what i owned, but then it worked fine! The content picker will tell you whats missing if you choose install everything btw
@@noxisaslime693 So inside of the actual game in main menu theres the Creations tab click there, once you are inside creations at the bottom are the Options tab or just click O, then click install all my owned creations
@8:08 When I select the three folders and choose Add to Archive, it turns them into a Compressed Archive Folder and not a 7zip file and it won't allow me to drag and drop the folder into Mod Organizer
Just want to add a quick note that with the esl files some of them were esm files as well. Also what I consider a tip to save your eyes is go to settings and turn on 1809 dark mode.
Dark mode is a life saver for me. I stare at the MO2 more than anything else for writing and editing and it's harsh. I try to keep it as default for videos for clarity
urm, why did you wish not to download certain things from ZIP? I might want to do the same thing (armor mods being added, causing too much clutter? clashes with fully modded armor against originals?)
wait your installation of MO2 missed a lil bit, im just getting back into modding skyrim and MO2 changed slightly so this bit confused the heck outta me 'configure your profile settings' which one of these do i choose? ive got both skyrim and MO2 installed on the same portable harddrive so its giving me three options and selecting 'automatic archive invalidation' (which is the default) sounds like the wrong choice to make here
I have a series on MO2 on my channel going into depth on the different features of MO2 that may help. however, I have heard that many have had difficulties modding Skyrim when using an external drive for their Steam installation, I also am aware that many have made it work too which is why I try to avoid mentioning it as I am unsure what causes the issues with it and why. It may be something to investigate further but I cannot say if it is the root cause
@@ADHDecent thats fair, im just trying not to mess up the new features that im not used to, been a while since ive walked in these territories and for something that seems like it should be easy to solve its creating enough doubt to get me second guessing, ill just experiment with it and see what happens
Firstly would like to say I love your videos it’s been so nice to have someone do a step by step tutorial on mod manger it’s awesome however while following your tutorial on step 2 where I was asked to download anniversary edition content picker(which I do owned) it didn’t match what was in the video where you had a white file once downloaded and I had a compressed file instead it still had everything though to I continue the video and extracted to anniversary content picker on 7zip and it was still not matching it had a blue symbol next to the folder now however it wasn’t compressed so I continue again did all the steps and put all 148 files into the CC folder then did the 7zip into archive however now when I did the whole thing it turned into a compressed folder again and by clicking mod organizer nothing changed so I’m really confused I’m also extremely new to pc just got mine 5 months ago so if you may know anything would be much appreciated
When MO2 goes to start I get an error message that says "Edition not found, you must create a new instance" before even getting started, anyone know why?
So 10 months later, and MO2 upon first bootup acts VERY differently. It actually had me link up my NexusMod account to it, and not Steam. Either way, I finally got to Nexus categories by clicking "Settings / Configure Mod Categories" and the "Categories" window opened. I then clicked on the right side "Modded Resources and Tutorials " and then "Import Nexus Cats" and just left it alone. I HOPE this worked. Things change over time, but just incase anyone has this problem, this is what I did to get to this point at 3:13 More to follow in this comment reply section if MORE things come up that's different to this tutorial here 8 months later. Thanks again.
5:45 So I don't have the Anniversary Edition. Only the standard edition. When I search "content picker" nothing showed up. I guess I'll just continue forward as much as I can without the content picker. If I find an alternative to this, I'll update here later. EDIT: By the end of this, I realized what he did was effectively figure out how to take the base content, and make it in a nice and easy organized folder to modify. This would take and give certain aspects of it, and separate from there (shown in another video?), he will go over adding whole new mods later. It should be noted that I owned both Nexus Mod Manager, as well as SKSE and other mods, but I suspect as long as they're not selected when I later launch Skyrim through Nexus Mod Manager, it should be fine.
New modder here! Love the simplicity of this tutorial. Would you be able to answer a question for me? Any help would be appreciated lol In the tutorial, when you got to the "Select destination folder" portion of the M02 set-up, it looks like you changed the destination link from "C:\ Modding\ MO2" to the new folder you had created within the modding hub. I went ahead and tried to do the same thing and created a new folder called "MO2." I put this within another (new) folder called "Skyrim Modding" as the intended destination folder. When I get to the destination select, however, the new folder is not popping up. Only the default option "C:\ Modding \ MO2." Should I move on using that? Or did I miss something else?
I have the issue of MO2 not opening after installation. every time I click on the .exe, it adds a memory dump file to the MO2 folder and doesn't seem to actually open anything. I looked in task manager and couldn't find anything open for it. I tried disabling windows defender momentarily to see if that would do it, but still nothing. Any help would be appreciated.
@@sk8tann I figured it out, go to the MO2 on GitHub and click the; link that updates your windows stuff "Windows 10 1809+ or Windows 11 are now required due to the upgrade to Qt 6 and Python 3.11. Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 14.40.33810.0 required"
I have anniversary, but I only have 8 CC files instead of 74. I downloaded everything at the start like stated in the first video and even logged onto Bethesda and went into the creation hub or whatever it's called to confirm I had access to it. Is this fine/normal or did I do something wrong? Edit: Fixed it. Apparently, sometimes the content club stuff won't automatically download so you have to go into the creation club in the game, press "o", and hit download all content.
I just bought the anniversary edition upgrade. On steam it says it's installed (it shows up as such under Manage my DLCs), but when I open MO2 don't get any new files. Whenever I open Skyrim and try to select the creation club, the game gives me a generic error prompt (cannot connect to Bethesda's servers). Not sure if I'm doing this right, any advice?
Thank You for your time making video for Skyrim :) I will be posting your RUclips page on Skyrim Mods & Modders & Skyrim Xtudo's inn FB page. Keep up the good work, there always people looking how to mod games. :)
Thanks for this guide! Avidly waiting for the next one. I've discovered that due to the recent 1.6.1 SE update, a lot of mods including essentials and patch fixes no longer work. Would you consider making a video about this too or include it in the next part of this tutorial?
thank you for the tutorial! but i have a problem. whenever i open MO2 with SkyrimSE, the modlist and plugin list is entirely empty lunike yours. i tried running skse anyway but it just says plugin list empty
I followed everything by the book and I made the mod size simpler, but when I run Skyrim my anniversary edition remakes me download the files for CC. How can I work around this?
@marcus, Have you launched Skyrim through its own launcher after installation? You need to download all CC content within the game before you set it up for modding. Edit: are you using a genuine copy of the game from Steam too? (This is all covered in Part 1 of the series. Please refer to that video)
I hope someone can help me, so basically i did all the steps but the only thing is, there arent 148 files of anniversary skyrim, but the ones i have i cant drag them in my download section
Yeah, at 7:00 I don't even have that many BSA and ESL files... Better yet, It wont let me move the files from Data folder into the CC Content folder. I guess I'm not meant to mod this game. I've been struggling with it all day.
Hi there, thanks for doing this, I have bit of problem and may have done missed a step, on the part BSA and ESL files, I have only 5 BSA files and 2 ESL files in the skyrim folder for some reason, not sure what I did wrong.
Apparently, sometimes the content club stuff won't automatically download so you have to go into the creation club in the game, press "o", and hit download all content.
I know this video is kinda old but, on the content picket cc content folder portion, it wont let me transfer my files from the data folder to the cc content folder, like at all.
This video isn't old don't worry. It still applies as it would now. If you can't transfer it's likely because you've installed the game inside program files. See episode 1
So I'm trying to get back into Skyrim modding again and after I redownloaded Mo2 and installed it, It doesn't actually launch the program. My laptop says its open but its really not, tried running as admin and that didn't help. Any reason this is happening? EDIT: at this time 2.5.2 of MO2 isn't working so just use the previous version.
I went and somehow managed to just delete all the CC content. And now I need to probably restart the whole series. I have already been trying to mod Skyrim for 6 something hours, I don’t know I’m losing count, and I have to go through it again.
I’ve had to reinstall Skyrim over 10 times now in all my attempts. I’m going so crazy, I don’t even think I want it anymore. Like I feel if I go to play it now I’m never going to enjoy it. Why does it have to be so hard to mod, every other game I’ve modded ever is so easy, but these games are always so difficult
It’s so late now that I’m getting slower and worse. But I know I’ll never be able to even look at the game the same if I just stop now, I’ve got so many more hours. My PC isn’t very good each of these installs takes me so long. I haven’t even loaded into an actual game yet for Skyrim and I’ve got an hour of play time just from trying to install the anniversary content or to test if the mods work(which always just makes them crash after some minutes of loading)
This is my first time using Steam - I created an account just to try modding because I saw your video - it was randomly suggested to me (I normally play Switch and PS4/PS5). So far, everything is going smoothly. I think there was a 'warning' where I had to put in my birthday (over 18) and Nexis MOD2 looked a little differently for me (I concurrently watched Mod Organizer 2 || Installation, Setup & Preferences by Gamerpoets and between the two the prompts matched up). Also, my 7z file was 1 KB difference in size. And lastly, I had to close and restart MO2 in order to move the 7z file into Downloads (otherwise, it wouldn't accept the file type for some reason). I was curious about all the warnings "The value exists but was not matched" at the bottom of MO2 shown at the end of the video. What are those Logs referring to?
This is probably a silly question, but I thought I uninstalled and deleted my skse, yet when I open MO2 after I reinstalled it, it’s still there and I’m very confused as to why? I’m currently reaching this series as I made a mistake the last time I tried to mod my Skyrim and yeah so any advice would be very helpful
MO2 only shows SurvivalMode, Fish, Curious, AdvDSGS, ResourcePack for CC content, yet I do own everything that came with AE. Edit: It assumedly downloaded all the CC content after I started the game for the second time, but I only have 32 cc BSA/ESL files instead of 74 like you have. Am I missing something?
Sometimes the content club stuff won't automatically download so you have to go into the creation club in the game, press "o", and hit download all content.
when I created the 7 zip file for the content picker then copied it to downloads in mod organizer then downloaded it it has been flagged saying no valid game data. do you know of a way to fix this or am I able to just not use the content picker and everything work?
omg man the part one you were right about steam being installed on C/program Files cuz all that my past time i was suffering all my games colours and win sys causing problems fps and network and other issues its all cuz program files
Can WinRAR be used instead of 7zip? I've seen a few people say to use 7zip instead of the other alternatives and was wondering if there was a reason for this or if it's just preference
Just realized from this vid and the first I goofed and loaded Skyrim in program files, will I have to do everything from scratch? I haven’t run the game or loaded any mods, just used MO2 and nexus to download them and start the sorting process
1:12 "close your browser"
my dumb ass: closing this video as well
😂 whoops… never thought of that! My bad!
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ADHDecnt, I just stopped following your Modding Skyrim in 2024 guide, on part 7 to take the time to like each part and to say to you, your guide is hands down the best I have ever seen on RUclips. Amazing job on putting the tutorials together! Thank you so much for the time and effort! You have more than earned a subscriber, I will also be sending some coins your way. I wish I could shake your hand and buy you a cold one or two.
For anyone that doesn't have 74 files when transferring over all CC content, you need to launch skyrim from steam and then click the Creation option at the start menu. Then scroll down to the section that says "Creation" and start wheeling through all of the Creation Club content. You'll notice each option has a gray background to it, but the creation club items that you have NOT downloaded will have a black background instead. That will help you differentiate which ones you have downloaded and which have not.
thanks friend. hah i had this exact situation and your explanation. *chefs kiss* on point. thank you so much
I did that, and my folder still only shows 139 files total, even though the game says I have all CC content owned.
not only your editing made us easy to understand soothing voice make it even better, thank you. i vow not to skip ad whenver i watch your videos
I’m truly honoured. Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words and support. Really means the world to me.
I'm going back to modding SkyrimVR lately, so it's great that you're coming up with this update guides, thanks for the help!
You’re very welcome! Glad I can help! A VR headset is on my wish list for sure! Even got a copy of SkyrimVR ready :D
This is absolutely blimmin' amazing, thank you so, so much for the tutorials! So helpful (after trying to get my mods from Vortex to MO2 and now everything is messed up and nothing works as it should, this is a blessing. Fingers crossed the mods work when I'm done)
Amazing news. I’m so glad I’m able to help! Thank you so much for your kind words. Really means the world to me :-)
This is how all tutorials should be. Appreciate the effort, thank you
I appreciate you thank you. Means alot
As someone who's new to the modding scene of Bethesda's games, this was very informative and helpful. Thank you
You're very welcome. I appreciate your kind words thank you :)
Total modding noob, here. Your videos are the best. Essentially this is the "Modding Skyrim for Idiots Guide". They are helpful, educational, and easy to get into and understand. Thank you soooo much!
Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words and support. I really appreciate you and I'm so glad I'm able to help!
Quick tip: When dragging the CC files to the content picker directory, make sure you're moving the files, and not copying them.
Never seen this AE trick before. Very useful ! 👍🏻
Glad you like it! I’ve found it’ll make it much easier to keep track of which mods you’ve installed if all the Creation Club content is under 1 row instead of however many! Aha
I just used MO2's separators and named one Base Game & CC and just put that above all the files then add another separator under all of those files so I could click the drop down icon on the first one. Figured no point for me to download the mod if I"m just going to click install all anyway. Now if only SSEEdit could clean a bunch of files at once or at least set up a queue. Then I could just let it do its thing rather than have to select a new file from CC to clean each time. Then I could just let it do its thing while I read a book for a half hour or so.
Bro you're the best, Thank you so much for take the time for create this amazing tutorial.
I really appreciate it thank you so much! Really means the world to me
MO2 will tell you which files you are missing if you aren’t seeing the total 148 files. In my case, it was Armored Dwarven Mud Crab, Elven Hunter Armor, and the Dwarf/Elven Horse armors. You’ll need to download manually, move them, then re archive.
Also note what someone else said: that there are 10 esm files that go with the esl for the correct total
Hello. I want to say Thank you, thanks a lot. You see, I LOVE playing with mods and have some time doing it BUT never found a comprehensive tutorial like this one and yet somehow it worked but with some flaws. Now following these videos I know I will have a better understanding and a solid base to build up from there. I already satup my new instance and I'm ready to learn. Once again thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing news! I really appreciate your incredibly kind words thank you it means the world to me! Really glad I can help!
Goated for this tutorial. I learned a ton, such a great mod manager. I've modded so many games this has to have been one of the smoothest processes for me.
Amazing news! Appreciate your support thank you it means the world to me. Glad I can help!
my MO2 install sequence was different to your video.. it asked if I wanted GLobal or Portable instances before anything else.. .as it had a warning that global instances are saved in appdata and that is a system folder I chose Portable.. but later in the video install sequence you show that choice and choose Global... how do I swap back to global as per your install sequence?
if you follow the prompts you can fix it later
one of my dreams has always been to play skyrim in vr. Microsoft dashed that dream of a psvr2 update...but $2000 gaming pc and youre easy instructions later, i will be in my dream, thanks to you.
By the way, just wanted to say thank you for the new modding guide it's been a huge help it would be nice to have a community post or an update on when the next video is going to be uploaded anyhow have a great day or night can't wait to see more helpful guides and videos ADHDecent :)
Thank you I really appreciate your kind words. As for the series, I will be releasing them every Wednesday at the same time (providing nothing crazy happens!). Next episode is in a little over 27 hours time :-) the series will go into a number of different areas so there’s plenty of episodes to come
Yeah for some reason I couldn't drag and drop the Anniversary Edition Content Picker.7z file I made onto the Downloads folder in the Mod Organizer 2 program so instead just opened the MO2 Instances folder and copied it directly to the downloads folder which seemed to work.
Just an FYI I actually didn't notice the first time and did it correctly anyway but in the second step of copying the files to the content picker folder, you're also grabbing the cc esm files. There's actually only 64 esl files plus the 10 esm files for the total 74 needed. It shows it in the video but your narration doesn't mention the esm files.
Thank you I thought I was nuts
Do you know if we’re only supposed to copy the files or move them? I copied them over to the CC Content file and I’m hesitant to delete them from the game data
@@chaisewelsh1998 In the vid he says to move them, that's what I did and it all works fine for me, hope that helps
Hey, I know this is kinda old but on this, when I try to transfer the files from Data to CC Content, it doesnt allow me to do so, any ideas as to why?
New guide - new tricks! Amazing video) Keep it up. Can't wait for assembling a new PC to jump right in!
Appreciate it thank you so much! Means a lot to me! Ah the excitement of a new pc. Definitely a moment to enjoy!
god oldrim was way better, they just made so damn complicated now I running through all of the tutorials! thank you for this btw !
You’re welcome! :-)
Oldrim was easier. I'll agree.
However; SE is far more stable. I was a hold out for years and years.
Once I made the switch to SE and Vortex, it was pretty painless.
Thing that was the hardest; some things are done differently, for example, the physics stuff. Plus, lots of mods we used in oldrim have replacements that are far superior and lighter.
There's no escaping the learning the curve; im just saying when you do ; it's worth it.
@@knightmaremedia7795 and I'll
agree to that, it's been a while since then, and it sure was confusing and frustrating back then but now it is fine since almost all essencial mods are up to date.
I have a modlist of 300+ mods now and it runs very, very well.
Especially after the Community Shaders got released, my game has became too good, similar visual quality with 30 more fps than ENB in my case.
@AbhayRajan I made the switch to mod organizer 2 and man.... I must say MO2 is superior to Vortex in just about every way. Far more versatile than Vortex, easier to manage etc. This was another thing I was a hold off on, finally took the plunge and yep... why on earth I frustrated myself with Vortex for so long I don't know but MO2 is definitely superior.
The only good guide of this year so far. Everyone else just tries to push wabbajack packs down watchers; throats, because they don't know the intricacies. Not like the GOAT here, hats off.
I appreciate you thank you for your support! Means alot
So glad we can colapse the CC mods like that, it's soooo much neater!
You are the GOAT of tutorials 💙
Honored
1:56 It shows skyrim modding folder and not the MO2 like urs when I browse, I have everything on my D drive
Same issue here; Essentially when I go to pick a destination folder the new "Mo2" Folder does not appear. Only the default option. Were you able to fix this?
@shaktra1563 I did but I can't remember how, I think I jus made a new folder
@@shaktra1563sorry
My Mod organizer initial set up is nothing like what the video shows. its asking for global or local instances and then links me to games ? Any suggestions?
well when i install mo2 it does not launch and i can't launch it manually too, i've been installing and reinstalling for 40 min straight and it does not work for me, i saw there was a new version of mo2 maybe that's the reason ?
Does anyone know if the recent update consolidated the creation club data files? I'm looking at my file list, and there are significantly less (like 45 total) cc BSA and ESL files
Go ingame, creations, options and klick on something like "download all owned creations". Worked for me
Same issue I'm dealing with 3 months later lol this is going to be a long night for me
@@dillonwilliams4416 I had to uninstall, delete all aggregated files from my steam folder, and download the game again. That should fix it
I'm at 5:37 as my skyrim app data only has like a solid 7 or so cc files. i've loaded skyrim and downloaded the creation clubs stuff and it still hasn't fixed. i'm losing my mind..
MINE IS THE SAME TODAY, DID YOU FIGURE IT OUT?
@TheManOfGold7 I owned a laptop. You NEED another hard drive or storage space 3:
This is a great guide. Thank you so much.
One thing: About the "148" items to add to the archive, if you add ALL of the *CC* files (the BSA, ESL, and ESM files), you end up with 148.
i only have 8😅 i have followed the video step by step just dont have all the cc files. do you know if me having mod organizer previously would affect this?
Appreciate your kind words thank you! You are right, ESLs are Light Plugins or Light ESMs so to speak. These don't take a slot in your Plugin limits
@@ADHDecent i accidentally skipped the first video was my issue
@@ADHDecent i did run into a problem where when download the 7zip file to mod organizer it says it isn’t valid game files
Just got my gaming pc after playing Skyrim on a console since it came out. So this video series is amazing, great presentation clear instructions and takes most of the mystery out of modding. I came across a variation in my steam installation, seems like the creation club mods were bundled together or something. Just a heads up. Keep up the great work
Thank you so much for your kind words and amazing support. It is my motivation and I’m so grateful to you!
I didn't get steam as an option at the instances... Instead I got two other options global instance and portable instance, confused again
To my fellow modders who are trying to install MO2 like I did but found the steps weren't matching the video: go ahead and watch the whole video and come back, potentially even watch the other MO2 installation video on this channel. What I found was that, for me, many of the steps in the middle were just in a different order to what ADHDecent showed. Not sure how that happened, but hey, the joys of modding, learn and adapt.
Well said! It just so happened to be the order it appeared. I won’t jumble it all up for fun XD
cant wait for the next part to finally add some mods, also the list of yours fav and the order would be much appreciated
if you plan to install every cc content,you can just create a separator and put it there for better navigation, no need for the content picker
This video made me feel like i was completing a quest in a video game with those objective complete
I’m glad you liked it! That’s the best part, you did achieve the objectives. And that’s something to enjoy!
tysm for all your hard work and guides. it helps idiots like me :) also, where the devil do you live to have such fast download speeds? *is jealous* 😆
Appreciate it thanks bro! 🤣👌 well there may be a bit of speeding up on the download front but to be fair I'm lucky to have 1000/1000 here which certainly helps!
so i have never successfully got mods working because....drumroll......of my ADHD, i get distracted so easily and need things basically spelled out for me every time lol, im following alongh with your videos and maaaaaaan, no hate to other creators but you have done this in a really easy to digest format!, Appreciate you!
means the world to me thank you I really appreciate your kind words! that unique ADHD ability! a blessing and a curse for sure but I'd rather focus on the positives as much as I'm able to! XD
Awesome, didn't know you could do half of that stuff, cheers m8
You’re very welcome :-) glad I can help!
@@ADHDecent When MO2 launches, it asks for an instance, should i do global or portable instance?
138 mods are BSA/ESL, 10 are ESM. I've double checked (as described in a previous post) and I do have all of the CC content. The 10 ESM files also begin with CC... What am I missing?
great vid. As usual. Ive subbed and liked
Appreciate the support! Means a lot!
If anyone reading this has issues installing creation club content, you can download all owned content in the options menu. It didnt work perfectly at first, i had to manually install one dlc for it to recognize what i owned, but then it worked fine! The content picker will tell you whats missing if you choose install everything btw
what options menu? beacues im running into a problem where it says im missing cc content lol
@@noxisaslime693 So inside of the actual game in main menu theres the Creations tab click there, once you are inside creations at the bottom are the Options tab or just click O, then click install all my owned creations
@@karinamoon6175 i did this and it still didn't update my cc's as i have like 7
@@Little-MrE mmm that's weird, I had to erase it from the game folder and then installed then again in game
@8:08 When I select the three folders and choose Add to Archive, it turns them into a Compressed Archive Folder and not a 7zip file and it won't allow me to drag and drop the folder into Mod Organizer
Hello, do you need the Anniversary Edition for modding?
Just want to add a quick note that with the esl files some of them were esm files as well. Also what I consider a tip to save your eyes is go to settings and turn on 1809 dark mode.
Dark mode is a life saver for me. I stare at the MO2 more than anything else for writing and editing and it's harsh. I try to keep it as default for videos for clarity
Why does, after I archived the mods file it always becoming “compressed archived folder” any suggestions to fix this problem?
hi, I followed the guide, but when I try to log in with skese, once inside the game it asks me to re-download the contents. some idea?
hi everyone, is anyone else having problems running Mod organizer? i installed it in a folder like the video but it just won't start.
urm, why did you wish not to download certain things from ZIP? I might want to do the same thing (armor mods being added, causing too much clutter? clashes with fully modded armor against originals?)
wait your installation of MO2 missed a lil bit, im just getting back into modding skyrim and MO2 changed slightly so this bit confused the heck outta me
'configure your profile settings'
which one of these do i choose?
ive got both skyrim and MO2 installed on the same portable harddrive so its giving me three options and selecting 'automatic archive invalidation' (which is the default) sounds like the wrong choice to make here
I have a series on MO2 on my channel going into depth on the different features of MO2 that may help. however, I have heard that many have had difficulties modding Skyrim when using an external drive for their Steam installation, I also am aware that many have made it work too which is why I try to avoid mentioning it as I am unsure what causes the issues with it and why. It may be something to investigate further but I cannot say if it is the root cause
@@ADHDecent thats fair, im just trying not to mess up the new features that im not used to, been a while since ive walked in these territories and for something that seems like it should be easy to solve its creating enough doubt to get me second guessing, ill just experiment with it and see what happens
Firstly would like to say I love your videos it’s been so nice to have someone do a step by step tutorial on mod manger it’s awesome however while following your tutorial on step 2 where I was asked to download anniversary edition content picker(which I do owned) it didn’t match what was in the video where you had a white file once downloaded and I had a compressed file instead it still had everything though to I continue the video and extracted to anniversary content picker on 7zip and it was still not matching it had a blue symbol next to the folder now however it wasn’t compressed so I continue again did all the steps and put all 148 files into the CC folder then did the 7zip into archive however now when I did the whole thing it turned into a compressed folder again and by clicking mod organizer nothing changed so I’m really confused I’m also extremely new to pc just got mine 5 months ago so if you may know anything would be much appreciated
i don’t have anywhere near 74 CC items.
When MO2 goes to start I get an error message that says "Edition not found, you must create a new instance" before even getting started, anyone know why?
So 10 months later, and MO2 upon first bootup acts VERY differently. It actually had me link up my NexusMod account to it, and not Steam. Either way, I finally got to Nexus categories by clicking "Settings / Configure Mod Categories" and the "Categories" window opened. I then clicked on the right side "Modded Resources and Tutorials " and then "Import Nexus Cats" and just left it alone. I HOPE this worked.
Things change over time, but just incase anyone has this problem, this is what I did to get to this point at 3:13
More to follow in this comment reply section if MORE things come up that's different to this tutorial here 8 months later. Thanks again.
5:45
So I don't have the Anniversary Edition. Only the standard edition. When I search "content picker" nothing showed up. I guess I'll just continue forward as much as I can without the content picker. If I find an alternative to this, I'll update here later.
EDIT: By the end of this, I realized what he did was effectively figure out how to take the base content, and make it in a nice and easy organized folder to modify. This would take and give certain aspects of it, and separate from there (shown in another video?), he will go over adding whole new mods later.
It should be noted that I owned both Nexus Mod Manager, as well as SKSE and other mods, but I suspect as long as they're not selected when I later launch Skyrim through Nexus Mod Manager, it should be fine.
5:28 Is this voice line Sirius from Enderal?
7:26 I can’t move them, only copy
Same here. Find a solution?
@ yeah, just put the creation club at the top of the load order
New modder here! Love the simplicity of this tutorial. Would you be able to answer a question for me? Any help would be appreciated lol
In the tutorial, when you got to the "Select destination folder" portion of the M02 set-up, it looks like you changed the destination link from "C:\ Modding\ MO2" to the new folder you had created within the modding hub. I went ahead and tried to do the same thing and created a new folder called "MO2." I put this within another (new) folder called "Skyrim Modding" as the intended destination folder. When I get to the destination select, however, the new folder is not popping up. Only the default option "C:\ Modding \ MO2." Should I move on using that? Or did I miss something else?
I have the issue of MO2 not opening after installation. every time I click on the .exe, it adds a memory dump file to the MO2 folder and doesn't seem to actually open anything. I looked in task manager and couldn't find anything open for it. I tried disabling windows defender momentarily to see if that would do it, but still nothing. Any help would be appreciated.
I’m having the same issue :(
@@sk8tann I figured it out, go to the MO2 on GitHub and click the; link that updates your windows stuff "Windows 10 1809+ or Windows 11 are now required due to the upgrade to Qt 6 and Python 3.11.
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 14.40.33810.0 required"
@@sk8tann i fixed it by downloading an the previous version of MO2.. if that helps
@@johanrudmark9944 thank you I’ll try that
I have anniversary, but I only have 8 CC files instead of 74. I downloaded everything at the start like stated in the first video and even logged onto Bethesda and went into the creation hub or whatever it's called to confirm I had access to it. Is this fine/normal or did I do something wrong?
Edit: Fixed it. Apparently, sometimes the content club stuff won't automatically download so you have to go into the creation club in the game, press "o", and hit download all content.
I just bought the anniversary edition upgrade. On steam it says it's installed (it shows up as such under Manage my DLCs), but when I open MO2 don't get any new files. Whenever I open Skyrim and try to select the creation club, the game gives me a generic error prompt (cannot connect to Bethesda's servers). Not sure if I'm doing this right, any advice?
Thank You for your time making video for Skyrim :) I will be posting your RUclips page on Skyrim Mods & Modders & Skyrim Xtudo's inn FB page. Keep up the good work, there always people looking how to mod games. :)
I really appreciate the support thank you! Your kind words mean the world to me I’m honoured :-)
I only have like 4 BSA files that start with cc.
And only 3 ESL files.
I was hoping this would work for Skyrim VR as well, but I don't seem to have any BSA files w/ CC in them. Still learning how to mod...
Thanks for this guide! Avidly waiting for the next one. I've discovered that due to the recent 1.6.1 SE update, a lot of mods including essentials and patch fixes no longer work. Would you consider making a video about this too or include it in the next part of this tutorial?
Next episode focuses on SKSE for the latest version. Mods will be covered further into the series :-)
@@ADHDecent Thank you! I've also found that modding.wiki has added a compatibility table for the 1.6.1130 update for various mods
god i wish the full series was up, been trying to make things for for 6+ hours :( @@ADHDecent
impossible to drag and drop! crossed out round logo ! help plz
thank you for the tutorial! but i have a problem. whenever i open MO2 with SkyrimSE, the modlist and plugin list is entirely empty lunike yours. i tried running skse anyway but it just says plugin list empty
MO2 is not working for me. Installed in the correct directory and tried to start, nothing happend. Restarded my pc, also does nothing. Help?
Cant open with 7zip, literally thers no tab to open it with, simply my windows says you can only open it the normal way
I followed everything by the book and I made the mod size simpler, but when I run Skyrim my anniversary edition remakes me download the files for CC. How can I work around this?
Hi. I got anniversary edition but instead of 74 files I got only 31. What did I do wrong or where I can get the remaining ones ?
alot of the cc content got put into one file called update.esm for me moving that into the cc content folder made my MO2 look his .
@marcus, Have you launched Skyrim through its own launcher after installation? You need to download all CC content within the game before you set it up for modding.
Edit: are you using a genuine copy of the game from Steam too? (This is all covered in Part 1 of the series. Please refer to that video)
@@ADHDecent yup :/
I hope someone can help me, so basically i did all the steps but the only thing is, there arent 148 files of anniversary skyrim, but the ones i have i cant drag them in my download section
Yeah, at 7:00 I don't even have that many BSA and ESL files... Better yet, It wont let me move the files from Data folder into the CC Content folder. I guess I'm not meant to mod this game. I've been struggling with it all day.
That’s only if you have creation club content for the anniversary edition if it’s just the special edition you should still be good 👍
when I am moving the BSA files I see 70 files and not 74, am I missing something?
Nvm I just didn't download all the creation club stuff.
Hi there, thanks for doing this,
I have bit of problem and may have done missed a step,
on the part BSA and ESL files, I have only 5 BSA files and 2 ESL files in the skyrim folder for some reason, not sure what I did wrong.
same
Apparently, sometimes the content club stuff won't automatically download so you have to go into the creation club in the game, press "o", and hit download all content.
Can someone pls tell me why when i open the Game direcotory folder i dont have cc and esl files?
It won’t let me move the CC content data into the 7-zip CC content file
My Skyrim loads with no mods and crashes when I hit ESC…
Great video! Working through the rest of the videos!
Thank you! I Appreciate your kind words!
Not getting all 74 BSA/ESL files when I download all owned content for AE. Why is that? am I just fucked for mods?
I had a much lesser number of CC files. Hıweveri I still followed the steps; could that cause a problem?
After I do all the steps and move the new CC Archive to keep it safe, when I open MOD2 the CC content is still listed. What did I do wrong?
I know this video is kinda old but, on the content picket cc content folder portion, it wont let me transfer my files from the data folder to the cc content folder, like at all.
This video isn't old don't worry. It still applies as it would now. If you can't transfer it's likely because you've installed the game inside program files. See episode 1
I’ve got anniversary edition however I’ve only got 5 creation club (CC) on mod organiser 2, I’m assuming just leave it and continue?
When moving the files to the cc content folder!, I noticed I do not have a "script" folder in my data folder. . Is this bad?
So I'm trying to get back into Skyrim modding again and after I redownloaded Mo2 and installed it, It doesn't actually launch the program. My laptop says its open but its really not, tried running as admin and that didn't help. Any reason this is happening? EDIT: at this time 2.5.2 of MO2 isn't working so just use the previous version.
I went and somehow managed to just delete all the CC content. And now I need to probably restart the whole series. I have already been trying to mod Skyrim for 6 something hours, I don’t know I’m losing count, and I have to go through it again.
I’ve had to reinstall Skyrim over 10 times now in all my attempts. I’m going so crazy, I don’t even think I want it anymore. Like I feel if I go to play it now I’m never going to enjoy it. Why does it have to be so hard to mod, every other game I’ve modded ever is so easy, but these games are always so difficult
It’s so late now that I’m getting slower and worse. But I know I’ll never be able to even look at the game the same if I just stop now, I’ve got so many more hours. My PC isn’t very good each of these installs takes me so long. I haven’t even loaded into an actual game yet for Skyrim and I’ve got an hour of play time just from trying to install the anniversary content or to test if the mods work(which always just makes them crash after some minutes of loading)
I get white squares and can’t anything , any fixes ? it loads just the beggining then the text is white squares
SKSE64 launcher is launching a command prompt instead of the game - anyone else? Game 1.6.1170 + SKSE64 AE 2.2.6
What does it mean if you don't see all the creation item's within this area?
This is my first time using Steam - I created an account just to try modding because I saw your video - it was randomly suggested to me (I normally play Switch and PS4/PS5). So far, everything is going smoothly. I think there was a 'warning' where I had to put in my birthday (over 18) and Nexis MOD2 looked a little differently for me (I concurrently watched Mod Organizer 2 || Installation, Setup & Preferences by Gamerpoets and between the two the prompts matched up). Also, my 7z file was 1 KB difference in size. And lastly, I had to close and restart MO2 in order to move the 7z file into Downloads (otherwise, it wouldn't accept the file type for some reason). I was curious about all the warnings "The value exists but was not matched" at the bottom of MO2 shown at the end of the video. What are those Logs referring to?
This is probably a silly question, but I thought I uninstalled and deleted my skse, yet when I open MO2 after I reinstalled it, it’s still there and I’m very confused as to why? I’m currently reaching this series as I made a mistake the last time I tried to mod my Skyrim and yeah so any advice would be very helpful
MO2 only shows SurvivalMode, Fish, Curious, AdvDSGS, ResourcePack for CC content, yet I do own everything that came with AE.
Edit: It assumedly downloaded all the CC content after I started the game for the second time, but I only have 32 cc BSA/ESL files instead of 74 like you have. Am I missing something?
Sometimes the content club stuff won't automatically download so you have to go into the creation club in the game, press "o", and hit download all content.
@@Hadrian9707 i did this and it didnt work as i still have like 7 cc's
when I created the 7 zip file for the content picker then copied it to downloads in mod organizer then downloaded it it has been flagged saying no valid game data. do you know of a way to fix this or am I able to just not use the content picker and everything work?
Perfect ^^ Does anyone know how to change the auto download settings to download through nexus mods manager and ignore vortex?
after i place de aniversary edition inside my MO2, can I uninstall the archives i downloaded?
omg man the part one you were right about steam being installed on C/program Files cuz all that my past time i was suffering all my games colours and win sys causing problems fps and network and other issues its all cuz program files
Can WinRAR be used instead of 7zip? I've seen a few people say to use 7zip instead of the other alternatives and was wondering if there was a reason for this or if it's just preference
Just realized from this vid and the first I goofed and loaded Skyrim in program files, will I have to do everything from scratch? I haven’t run the game or loaded any mods, just used MO2 and nexus to download them and start the sorting process
Y que hago si ya tengo la anniversary edition 1.6.640?
bro I don't have esl and esm files in my data folder, help