Mod install help please: I need some direct help, guides aren't helpful if something different happens as I have no understanding of modding or the experience to know what to do or why.

[Blunder Bro]

Trying to mod this game with Vortex and starting with CBBE, but the guides I have watched skip over a lot of stuff as if you are expected to already have a degree in quantum mod engineering and are fully versed in elvish mod language.

I get stuck if I don't see the same issues as they show. I follow the install guide, get unsolved file conflicts but can't fix it as it doesn't match what they get and I don't know what to do. A Dunmer preset I want uses an improved version of CBBE that requires CBBE that recommends having an additional plugin or whatever to work better, and they all conflict with each other. Despite the instructions saying I need them all. And there is no notes telling a layman modder what to do with this. Do I overwrite them? Replace them? Setup a load order? How to I figure out what order? Do I just ignore these conflicts? I don't know.

Mods say they don't have any dependencies but then say they are missing them after I install, and then I get more conflicts. The list of mods required for a mod doesn't seem to end, with this Dunmer preset requiring a mod that requires a mod that requires a mod that requires a mod that requires a mod that requires a mod that requires a mod. And by the end of the never ending install I have even more conflicts that I don't understand or know which to choose, or to do mod orders in.

I gave up trying to mod Oblivion as from what I was told by others you have to kinda already know how to mod and have the right mindset to make sense of everything, as there are even less straight-forward instructions there.

I could really use some help. I don't don't understand the modding lingo or anything. IDK if could do a screenshare or something, but any help with be appreciated. I got the baseline CBBE working, but I can't fix the neck skin line issue or add anything within or outside CBBE as I don't know what to do with load orders or conflicts.

2 main mods I want. I tried to make sure all required mods in this spiders web have been included, but am sorry if I missed any, there are a lot of mods linked to the Dunmer race preset alone and it's hard to stay on-top of it all:

no.1 CBBE- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/198?tab=description

no.2 Beauty Dunmer (Dark Elf) high poly preset - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/55559?tab=description


Requirements for CBBE (both of which cause redeudency issues and I don't know which to select):

- Main file CBBE v1.6.2 https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/198?tab=files
- Optional recommended Normal maps v.1.4

Requirements for Beauty Dunmer (Dark Elf) high poly preset (haven't tried yet, but I expect the 3BBB improved version of CBBE will cause more redeudency issues that I don't know which to select):
Many of these aren't directly required for the Dunmer presettt, but are requirements for requirements for the requirements of the Dunmer preset.
- Main file Dunmer V3 https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/55559?tab=files
- This one has 3 main files, that will probably all cause redundancy issues https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6817?tab=files
- ShowRaceMenu Precache Killer is a requirement of another requirement that had no link and I could not find on Nexus
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/24791?tab=description
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/21543
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/23174
- 2 seperately named ENB mods that are needed for something else, but they both have the same link for some reason http://enbdev.com
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/43158
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/22574
- http://enbseries.enbdev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1499
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/19080?tab=description
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/30174
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/21224
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/3038?tab=files
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/30379
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/30872
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1988
- https://vectorplexus.com/files/file/283-high-poly-head/
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/20078
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1699
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/29114?tab=description
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/29023
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/201
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/20024?tab=files
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/35575
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/35785
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/59589?tab=description
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/48705?tab=description
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/13630
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/50424?tab=description
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/19020?tab=files
- https://skse.silverlock.org
- https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/9467-wet-function-redux-se/
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/13048
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/32444
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/12604
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/57131?tab=description
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/31126
- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/37384?tab=description
- https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/6920-render-tattoos-v1/

[Danke]

BTW. Vortex doesn't detect conflicts inside BSA's.

Mod Organizer 2 is better.

Fight me.

[Blunder Bro]

İlk olarak Danke～ です！ tarafından gönderildi:

Don't copy anything manually. The registry will still have the original location, and everything will be ♥♥♥♥♥. You need to make Steam do it.

Click on STEAM, at the top left corner.
Then Settings.
Then Downloads.
Click on STEAM LIBRARY FOLDERS
Click on the + sign at the right of the window
Make a new folder in C:/ , name it Steam Games or something.
Click Select on the new folder you made.

Then go to your games library, right click Skyrim Special Edition, then click on Properties.
Then Local Files.
Then Move Install Folder.
Select the folder you made in the earlier steps.

I thought that was was you meant.

When I click + I have to select choose another drive as C doesn't show. It then brings me to C and wants to create the folder in C/Programs(x86)/Steam/

Do you mean here?

[Danke]

Oh. I thought you had a second drive. Since I saw D:/ in there. Crap.

♥♥♥♥.

Ok. Found this Official Steam Guide on this, follow it:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4BD4-4528-6B2E-8327

[Danke]

Follow the steps after "How do I move my existing Steam Installation?"

[Blunder Bro]

İlk olarak Danke～ です！ tarafından gönderildi:

Oh. I thought you had a second drive. Since I saw D:/ in there. Crap.

♥♥♥♥.

Ok. Found this Official Steam Guide on this, follow it:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4BD4-4528-6B2E-8327

I do have a second drive. I just installed Skyrim to my C drive as it is a very fast new M.2 SSD. And my D drive is a very old HDD that I am hoping to replace, and wouldn't trust with valuable files like family photos. It can still hold games, but it isn't as fast.

[Danke]

Oh. Yeah, don't install it there.

Follow the steps in the Steam page:

The steps below: "How do I move my existing Steam Installation?"

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4BD4-4528-6B2E-8327

[Blunder Bro]

İlk olarak Danke～ です！ tarafından gönderildi:

Oh. Yeah, don't install it there.

Follow the steps in the Steam page:

The steps below: "How do I move my existing Steam Installation?"

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4BD4-4528-6B2E-8327

Edit:

I have 2 steam game folders. One on my C drive under C/Programs(x86)/steam
and the other under /D:

If I try to make a new steam folder under C drive via your instructions, it would automatically place it where there already is one. Which is where the game already is.

[Danke]

Yeah I know.

Follow the instructions in the page I sent.


Important:
Please ensure that you have your Steam login name and password before following this procedure. Also ensure that your account is linked to your current email address, so that you can reset your password if necessary. It is not recommended that you install Steam to an external hard drive, due to potential performance issues.

Warning:
It is highly recommended that you create a backup of your steamapps folder before attempting this process. If there is a problem in this process and you do not have a backup of your games or the steamapps folder, it will be necessary to reinstall the games individually. Please see the Using the Steam Backup Feature topic.


The following instructions are a simple way to move your Steam installation along with your games:

Exit the Steam client application.
Navigate to the Steam installation folder. The default installation location is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam
Delete all of the files and folders except the steamapps
and userdata
folders and steam.exe
Cut and paste the whole Steam folder to the new location, for example:
D:\Games\Steam\
Launch Steam and log into your account.



Steam will briefly update and then you will be logged into your account. For installed games, verify integrity of game files and you will be ready to play. All future game content will be downloaded to the new folder (D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\ in this example)

If you encounter any errors during the move process or when Steam is launched from the new location, it may be necessary to perform a more thorough process:

Exit the Steam client application.
Navigate to the new Steam installation folder. Continuing from the last section's example, the new location would be:
D:\Games\Steam\
Move the steamapps
folder from the Steam installation folder to your desktop.
Review the Uninstalling Steam topic for instructions to uninstall Steam (this must be done to remove your old Steam installation settings from the Windows Registry).
Review the Installing Steam topic for instructions to re-install Steam to the desired location.
Move the steamapps
folder into the new Steam installation folder to copy downloaded game content, settings, and any saved games that might be stored there to the new location.
Important Note about Save Games
If you are moving your Steam installation to a new hard drive and want to keep game saves/profiles for third party games that are not saved on Steam Cloud most of these can be found in your Documents folder: C:\Users\[Windows user name]
\Documents\My Games\. Moving this folder to the same location on your new hard drive will maintain your saves/profiles. If you do not find them in that location for the game you may have to reach out to developer/publisher of the game to determine where the save file location is. Each game developer is able to decide how and where to store save files.
Start Steam and log in to your existing Steam account to confirm that the move was successful.
For installed games, verify integrity of game files and you will be ready to play.

^These ones.

[Danke]

It's easier to read on their webpage:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4BD4-4528-6B2E-8327

[Blunder Bro]

İlk olarak Danke～ です！ tarafından gönderildi:

It's easier to read on their webpage:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4BD4-4528-6B2E-8327

Sorry I got confused by their instructions. So where am I moving only SteamApps and Userdata to? The base C/:?

[Blunder Bro]

İlk olarak Demonic Cookie tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Danke～ です！ tarafından gönderildi:

It's easier to read on their webpage:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4BD4-4528-6B2E-8327

Sorry I got confused by their instructions. So where am I moving only SteamApps and Userdata to? The base C/:?

You know what. It is has several hours. I appreciate your help and patience immensely, but I think I should take a break for a bit. How about we come back to this in a few hours or next day? We probably both have other things to get on with.

[Danke]

1. Click on STEAM at the top left corner. Then EXIT. This WILL close Steam. Copy these instructions somewhere.
2. Go to C:\ and make a folder called "Steam Games".
3. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam
4. Delete everything except the "steamapps", "userdata" and "steam.exe"
5. Select these files.
5. Press CTRL+X
6. Go to the folder you made "Steam Games".
7. Inside it press CTRL+V
8. Launch steam.exe

[Danke]

Sure, no problem!