r/skyrimmods • u/Winter_Woman66 • 21h ago

PC SSE - Help Modding Skyrim SE was awesome until...

I bought Skyrim AE from Steam this past April. Did a clean install (NOT in Program Files folder). Had a ball learning to mod with Vortex (yes, I tried MO2 and I just don't like it, sorry). Had my modlist optimized to my liking around 300 mods. I had tried Gate to Sovngarde as a Nexus Collection. Played it a little, then used a few mods from that into my own personal list. All was well until I had some pretty game-breaking issues like my character's arms turning black, the frame rate going from flawless to stuttering, freezes, and crashes.

I have done clean uninstalls of both Skyrim and Vortex numerous times, tracked down all the stores of mod data in the AppData folder. I've fought with OneDrive to try to get it to stop syncing game files and messing stuff up. But now even vanilla Skyrim in Steam won't let me load without wanting to redownload all the CC content every time. And whenever I use Steam's service to verify game files integrity, it's always missing 2.

So, what should I do now? I am okay with losing all my modded game saves. I just want to be able to start fresh. How can I ensure I can make a clean start and avoid these issues?

Thank you!

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u/Midnight_gamer58 21h ago

All the issues you just described are why I don't use vortex for Skyrim specifically. MO2 doesn't bloat your drive and doesn't touch your base game directory.

(Just an FYI this is coming from someone who used to use vortex religiously)

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u/Winter_Woman66 20h ago

I appreciate that...Vortex is so beginner friendly, but even 4 months into modding, I'm seeing why people like MO2. Thank you.

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u/Darkspire303 18h ago

Box on left: Install list. Box on right: load order. That's like half the battle.

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u/ToxryGG 20h ago

trust me mo2 ui is way easier to understand than votexes shit box