Bethesda has re-released Skyrim for every electronic device in living history, including the trusty microwave. As for the Special Edition on PC, many wondered why the company even bothered since graphics are only marginally better, but what makes this latest version so good is the addition of 64-bit support. This unlocks the full potential of Skyrim and its modding community, enabling for a more stable experience. We'll show you how to install mods and completely change Skyrim.
Products used in this guide
- Buy Elder Scrolls for Steam: Skyrim Special Edition ($40 at GMG)
- Managing your favorite mods: Vortex (Free at Nexus Mods)
How to install mods for Skyrim Special Edition
In this guide, we'll be using Vortex (previously called Nexus Mod Manager), which is universally recommended to keep things organized and to make installing larger packages an absolute breeze. Nexus is a dedicated platform for modders to release and update their mods for various titles, including Skyrim Special Edition. As well as publishing their content, Nexus also enables for discussion, feedback, support, and more. The website is fairly easy to navigate with most mods correctly categorized for convenient filtering.
Installing Vortex
- Register an account on the Nexus website.
- Download Vortex (Nexus Mod Manager).
- Install and then run Vortex.
- Confirm the location of Skyrim Special Edition.
- Select Skyrim Special Edition.
- Hit OK.
- Choose where you wish to store downloaded mods (default drive is the one with Skyrim SE installed).
- Hit OK if an alert window shows.
We need to run Skyrim SE to the main menu before activating mods, so give the game a boot to initial menu and then quit. This will create the much-needed .ini file for editing and will ensure we don't run into issues with mods not working correctly at a later date.
Installing Mods
Now it's time to select and install some mods. We rounded up some of our favorite Skyrim mods to get you started.
- Search for mods on the Nexus website.
- Carefully read through the description of each mod.
- Choose the Files tab.
- Select 'Download with Manager' on the correct file(s) you need for the mod.
- Wait for the mods to download in Vortex.
- Select a mod you wish to install and choose 'Install'.
Once you have a few mods downloaded you may notice the load order start to populate. This list is important because some mods and files need to be loaded by the game in a specific order. Mod authors generally offer information in mod descriptions on the Nexus should their files require to be configured in a set order, and there are even tools available like LOOT that can check to see if there are any problems with your setup.
Modders create and release extra content for fun and for the love of scripting, but leaving an endorsement or even a donation can provide much-needed feedback, especially if you've enjoyed hours of entertainment because of said mod(s). Leaving a few dollars can really make their day, but do consider at least leaving a comment and endorsing their work. Skyrim wouldn't be the same without its excellent modding community.
What you'll need to mod Skyrim
You're going to need a copy of Skyrim Special Edition.
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Skyrim Special Edition
One of the best RPGs on the platform
Skyrim has been around for nearly a decade, which is hard to believe for some who have poured thousands of hours playing as a character in the Nord world. Playing on PC allows you to install numerous mods to further enhance the experience and allow you to continue playing way beyond completing the main questline.
Skyrim offers hundreds of hours worth of entertainment, which can be further expanded through the installation of mods. Whether you enjoy wielding massive axes, conjuring deadly spells or sneaking around and silencing your foes, there's a playstyle for everyone to enjoy, allowing anyone to craft their own adventure in this massive fantasy world.
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How to install mods for Skyrim Special Edition on PC
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Skyrim Special Edition
$40 at GMGOverview
This step-by-step tutorial will guide you through installing the Nexus Mod Manager (NMM) on your system.
Installation
The NMM download page
![Manager Manager](/uploads/1/2/3/7/123711171/437861292.png)
- Go to the NMM download page
NMM is now a community project, and its development /support has been moved to GitHub:
- Releases (Downloads)
- Issues
- Save the file to your hard-drive like you would any other file you download
- Run the installer program you just downloaded. If you get a warning about running the program from your operating system or anti-virus, you must allow the program to run. NMM is completely safe!
- Select the language you would like the installation process to use. Note: this does not affect NMM once it is installed.
- The installer wizard should pop up after you hit ok. Hit “next”.The installer wizard
- Read the license agreement and click accept if you agree to the standard GPL terms.
- Now you have the choice of where you want to install NMM. It is highly recommended that you use the default install path. Click “next” to continue.
- You now have the option to create a start menu folder. If you do not want to have one created, then click on the box that says “Don’t create a Start Menu folder”. Click “next” to continue.
- Now you have the choice to set file extension associations. It is highly recommended you keep the default settings selected else NMM might not work as intended.
- Now you have the chance to review what you are about to install. If you are happy with your selections, hit “install” and the program will begin installing.
- Your installation of NMM should now be complete. You have the choice to launch NMM when you click finish, simply uncheck the box if you do not want it to open after you exit the installer. Click “finish” to exit the installer.File associations
A new 'Nexus mod manager' button should be visible on your desktop, as long as you did not turn off the option during the installation process. You can run NMM from any time using this button.
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I have problems with getting mods to work with Skyrim. I have done the following:
- Installed Steam at
C:My docsAppsGmzSteam
(that is to say, not Program Files) - Got Skyrim Special Edition as a gift on Steam. Installed it.
- Installed Skyrim Script Extender for Skyrim SE
- Installed Nexus Mod Manager
- Installed mod/plugin SkyUI (and also others) and activated it/them
- Starting the game through
skse64_loader.exe
My problem is that the game does not load. When I click
skse64_loader.exe
to run it, it does not run. When I disable the mods/plugins in NMM, the game launches as usual. I really don't get what's wrong. I have tried re-installing everything 100 times now. No difference. Thanks!
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This is an extremely common issue. It means that one or more of your mods is malfunctioning, usually because of a conflict between two mods. This is why the order of how your mods load in Skyrim is important, as well.
Example:
Mod A adds NPCs, and homes them at Pinewatch. It mods Pinewatch in a way that makes sense for the mod.
Mod B replaces Pinewatch with a 12 story wizard tower. It appears lower in the load order.
Skyrim then loads A, and B, and when the assets for mod A are replaced by those from B during startup, the game crashes.
That's a really rudimentary explanation and a situation that doesn't always cause a crash, but you get the idea. Other things that can cause this include trying to load an Oldrim mod into Skyrim Special Edition, major game overhaul mods conflicting, or even a patch to Skyrim that breaks certain things.
To prevent this, I follow the following steps:
- Keep track of which mods do what and avoid situations where two mods accomplish the same basic task
- ALWAYS READ THE MOD DESCRIPTION FOR A CONFLICTS SECTION
- Use a mod manager like NMM
- Use LOOT to sort the mods for you. It will not only sort your load order, but it will notify you of detected conflicts before you try to run anything.
- Install your mods only 4 or 5 at a time, then see if you can load the game. that way, if you get a crash, you know which group of 4-5 mods to investigate.
- Make sure the mods you have also have any compatibility patches made for them to interface with other mods installed.
When it's already happened and I'm crashing on boot or on entry to an area, I do the following.
- Ensure all mods installed are using their newest versions
- Untick all of my mods in my mod manager and boot Skyrim. if it works, I tick 5 mods at a time and keep booting that way until I find the one that is causing the issue
- Look for new compatibility patches on the affected mod
- If all else fails, uninstall the mod completely instead of just disabling it.
Welcome to modding Bethesda games.
CDoveCDove
This sounds like SKSE is causing the crash. That is not surprising tho: The current version of SKSE for SkyrimSE is an alpha version that contains quite a lot of bugs. It's still in development.
Current SE build 2.0.6 (runtime 1.5.23): 7z archive - ALPHA BUILD. MODDERS ONLY. DO NOT ASK FOR SUPPORT.
Source: http://skse.silverlock.org/
I'd refrain from using SKSE for Skyrim:SE because it's very likely to result in crashes and/or will only work under certain circumstances. Modding skyrim is frustrating enough, there is no reason to make it even more frustrating.
If you want to make 100% certain that SKSE is not causing the crash, install skyrim, install skse for skyrim se and then start the game without any mods. If it still crashes, it's skse. If not, you might want to post your full modding list, but I'm fairly sure its skse.
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I found that Skyrim SE would not run through SKSE with SkyUI enabled, but it would run with SkyUI disabled. Got so frustrated until I redownloaded SkyUI, saw that the version for SE had not ever been downloaded from my Nexus account. I was trying to run the wrong version! Trying to run vanilla Skyrim mods with Special Edition can cause a failure to launch the game. I assumed something to do with my inexperience with modding PC games was to blame. (Upgraded my PC start of 2019, and have only just started playing Skyrim on PC vs PS4).
I am using Mod Organiser 2, and adjusting my load order according to the Master List document, and by adding and testing one mod at a time. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ouzi9f0dma00yhd/Skyrim%20Recommended%20Mod%20Load%20Order%20-%20Master.docx?dl=0
Why am I doing it manually? Because Loot causes an error everytime I try to use it! Ah well. At least I've been able to try out some new content already.
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I downloaded Skyrim from Steam, and I have a few mods from the Steam Workshop.
I decided to start using the Nexus Mod Manager (0.46.0) only to find that when it scanned my games it showed the error message:
Unable to get write permissions for: C:GamesNexus Mod ManagerSkyrimInstall Info
I believe that I moved the file to the appropriate folder, etc. I'm sorry for being somewhat vague, but I am not computer savvy.
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I ran into this problem today, and I've come up with a few solutions. The root cause is that the default folder that Nexus Mod Manager wants to install into is not typically writable by normal users. They want you to install into a subfolder of C:, and if you don't have administrator rights, chances are you can't create the 'Games' folder you need (C:Games).
You've got a few options:
Run the program as administrator. This way, it will have permissions to write to the root of C:, and then you can create the files/folders there. Just right click, and choose the 'Run as Administrator' option.
Get write permission on C:Games. You can do this if you have administrator rights by:
- Open your C: in Windows Explorer
- If the 'Games' folder does not exist, right click, choose 'New Folder' and name it 'Games'
- Right click on the 'Games' folder, and choose 'Properties'
- Click the 'Security' tab
- Click the 'Edit' button
- Click the 'Add' button
- Type your login name (if you log in as 'bobsmith' then you'd type 'bobsmith' here)
- Click 'Check Names' and if the name becomes underlined, you did it right! Click OK. If not, double check your login name from step 7.
- On the bottom half of the 'Permissions' dialog, click 'Full Control' for the user you just added.
- Click OK to dismiss this dialog, and then click OK on the properties dialog.
Now you can write to C:Games, which ought to make NMM happy.
Put your Nexus Mod Manager files somewhere else. If you install to some subdirectory of your home directory, you won't have to worry about permissions and so forth. When the Mod Manager asks you where you want to save the mod files, pick someplace under C:Users(your user name) or C:Documents and Settings(your user name), depending on the version of Windows you're using. You could potentially put this in your Documents folder, but I have 'projects' folder I created in my home directory, which works well for me.
You do not want to set these directories to something under C:Program Files or in the Steam folder, etc. This is a Bad Idea.
Telecharger free download manager 5 1 37 10. If you've already selected the default mod directories, you won't be asked if you want to change them when you get this error. If that's the case, you can edit or delete the config file so that you can pick a new directory.
Can t talk whatsapp only meaning. The config file for Nexus Mod Manager is stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%Black_Tree_Gaming - you can copy and paste this into the address bar of Windows Explorer to go there, or paste it into the 'Run' or 'Search' dialog on the Start menu. Alternatively, from your user's home directory, look for 'AppData' and then 'Local' and then 'Black_Tree_Gaming'
The name of the directories in this folder depend on your version of NMM, but the file you're looking for is user.config. You can delete this file, but you'll lose any other NMM settings (including the location of any games that were scanned previously). You can also edit it with a text editor.
![Nexus Nexus](/uploads/1/2/3/7/123711171/187556549.jpg)
Look for a block that looks like:
The directories here are the ones you'd want to change to some folder you can write to.
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Cannot Install Nexus Mod Manager
Check to see if your user account is listed and has full writing access and check if you are the owner.
There is a detailed explanation of how to do this located here.
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Run the NMM as an Administrator. This will fix your problem.
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I would never run any code/program as administrator (and I would disable UAC)
just to overcome a permissions error such as:
This would also be just like running code as root on linux/mac
The correct remedy for this would be to grant yourself write permissions to 'Games' and all sub-folders (including files) -- also you would want to take ownership of the folders.
The reason why it is a bad idea to run a program as an administrator is
because the program (and any dll/library that gets loaded) will have elevated privileges.
because the program (and any dll/library that gets loaded) will have elevated privileges.
While in most cases that won't be an issue, but if someone has modified a dll/library with malicious intent -- then what ever code the library contains will run with elevated privileges [on windows UAC is not adequate enough to prevent it, since it won't catch code loaded from a library].
PS: UAC is designed to make it convenient to execute code with elevated privileges (even if your are not an administrator).This is another attack vector that malicious entities can use to get code to execute on your system (without being an administrator).
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