The Best Way To Mod Skyrim
Forgive me if this has been done before or is too broad a topic, but I think it's a very important question for many people out there, including myself.I've tried my hand at modding Skyrim several times. I always used the Skyrim Nexus Mod Manager to download from this site, and either my own input or BOSS to change the load orders. Every time I mod my Skyrim, I put in many mods (around 200) and run my game, testing to see if everything runs correctly.Even if everything runs fine, eventually I'll run into problems. I think you may have answered your own question. Skyrim just won't be very stable with 200 mods installed. I'm not say it's not possible - and I'm not the best one to give you advice on that front - but the chances that all of your mods are perfectly clean and well-made are slim.And it kind of depends on what combination of mods you are running. Lots and lots of plugins?
Plugins with scripts? Texture and/or mesh replacers? Your PC isn't the issue, it's the game and what it will take.My advice is - figure out what mods you can drop and still have a game you enjoy. Mainly plugins. Simple replacers shouldn't be a huge issue. Or just expect the occasional crash or infinite load screen. Vanilla Skyrim isn't totally stable to begin with, so even with just a couple mods there's bound to be issues.
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'(around 200)'That's your biggest problem.If you're using many scripted mods, it'll eventually cause problems due to the game trying to load scripts, lining 'em up and loading one at time, eventually leading in some kind of overload, scripts not loading properly and crash.Should I manually install all my mods?Never, it'll just ruin your game. You can't easily delete stuff you installed. I only install textures manually, but it's not too safe either. (My pc turned into toaster after a while, couldn't track what texture was the biggest powereater)Should I use another mod manager, or Steam Workshop?I prefer workshop ONLY with simple mods. Armors, weapons or so, or with mods which I know I can trust.I wouldn't download any scripted mod from 'unknown' modder, as he could accidentally ruin my whole game by altering his mod, and when steam automatically updates the mod and I load game, everything goes haywire.(A bit overreacting, yes. But I've seen it happen)Am I simply using too many mods?I'd say so.
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I am using around 80 mods and I've literally adjusted almost everything in-game.if I correctly remember, 250 is the maximum amount of mods you can run with NMM, I'm far from that myself, but you're quite close.Is there a problem with my computer?I barely know anything about hardware, so I'll leave it to pros.Is Skyrim just a very unstable game to begin with?I'd say no. It's the mods that make it unstable. Surely it might crash from time to time, but it's quite rare without mods.Should I be using another technique to ensure my mods don't conflict and run smoothly?Are you using wrye bash? Not really related to crashing, but it's really nice tool. I have a stable game with 164 (currently) esp's running at once - that's not even the total number of mods I have as I have a heap of replacers.The key is.
Installation order and knowing what you're doing for replacers.Get to know the mods, only install 1 new mod at a time and then test it. Don't ruin your saves because of a bad mod.BOSS.Wrye Bash.TESVEdit.These 3 are your friend get to know them.I am having 1 really weird issue to do with SkyTweaks, and it's really weird - but definitely not game breaking.SkyTweaks is also a fairly new mod and I'm working on the issue with the author.There's a screenshot of my NMM. Those categories come in really handy for dealing with load order - get to know the mods themselves, are they BSA or loose files?Should you unpack the BSA? Etc.Remember BSA's get loaded before Loose files, which means loose files will 'overwrite' anything that was loaded in BSA form.ometimes 2 authors modify the same item and pack it into a BSA. Knowing which one to overwrite and unpack can be useful.
130 mods installed with some merged esp's for vthe smallest of tweaks. I only wish how i could safely merge the standalone npc mods with eachother (they take up to 15-20 esp's in my load order). It is pretty stable so far but that's because i have started the new save with just a handful of mods (aka the most mportant ones). Then i saved and added some more mods to the list (10-15 more esp's, they are small fixes but you never know), then i closed it again and repeated the process. I do it like this because there won't be a large 'clump' of mods that the game has to start all at once in the beginning of the new save.
The Best Way To Mod Skyrim Special Edition
So by slowly adding mods you already have in your game you decrease the stress on the creation of a new save.Trust me this method has made HUGE difference for me. I know with 200 mods this must be very timeconsuming but just try it out and maybe you see the difference, just remember the bigger the mod, the less you have to add to the new save.