#How to use nexus mods on steam skyrim how to#
#How to use nexus mods on steam skyrim install#

My opinion is if you don't plan to spend hundreds or thousands of hours with the game modded, just use a mod manager. Even though I have installed XP32 Skeliton literally HUNDREDS of times, I still stress every time it updates and keep backups of the last version. Even then you will likely screw up (I still do).

#How to use nexus mods on steam skyrim how to#

Learn how to read a mods FOMOD XML (because most mods have them). Until you have an intimate knowledge of where every thing is and how it affects everything else. To each their own though, I would never claim manual is better than managed, Its just what I know and stick to, I would expect anyone else to do the same. Or b: you are constantly trying or changing mods and the quicker management is obviously much easier to switch stuff out. Managers are better if either a: you dont know how to install, Or dont want to risk messing something up. You either clutter data, or you clutter your mods folder which links to data. To me personally, I see no difference in putting mods in data, Or virtual links that essentially extrapolate the data folder over multiple locations.

#How to use nexus mods on steam skyrim install#

Ive never bothered to learn any other way to install anything. Its also exactly how the 'official' workshop or bnet mods are installed. That was the only original way to install mods. Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:Both Managers use a Virtual Folder System that prevent corruption of the game's data folder. Manually Installing your mods Locks you to 1 Mod Load-Out and forces you to use the same Load Order for each character you make. Manual Modding your game always runs the risk of you having to totally reinstall the game to clean the data folder because the file system gets so buggered from installing and uninstalling mods that your game crashes every time you launch it.ДЄnother great thing about using Vortex or MO2 is that you can create Different Profiles and have a different Mod Load-out for Each Profile. Both Managers use a Virtual Folder System that prevent corruption of the game's data folder.

Many of us Modding Veterans used to manually install our mods and when Mod Organizer 1 came along, it was like a weight was lifted from our shoulders. Using Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 removes that step by remembering what is over-written by what. If you add one mod and then another mod wants to Over-Write files of another mod, you have to keep track of what files get over-written in case you want to reverse that and restore those files. It's best to use a Mod Manger program like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 for your mod installations.