Getting FNIS to work with SSE + AE?

[robindude]

Okies, so I bought Skyrim, with the Anniversary Edition stuff, and after playing around a bit I, of course, became interested in mods. One of the largest out there that seems kinda awesome is FNIS... which I installed (I think correctly). After moving the Generator from where I downloaded the thing into the Data folder on my D drive (didn't want it on my C drive which has really limited space at this point, so had Steam install it there), I tried running it... only to be told it wasn't a legal copy. ??? What? It said I should try running it through Steam. Okay, did that, tried again... same result.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

[Fear2288]

I’m a little confused.

Where exactly did you download FNIS from and how did you install it?

Honestly, unless you know what you’re doing ahead of time, I would suggest you use a mod manager like Vortex and download mods through Nexus.

Vortex will handle things like putting the files in the correct places.

[robindude]

Originally posted by Fear2288:

I’m a little confused.

Where exactly did you download FNIS from and how did you install it?

Honestly, unless you know what you’re doing ahead of time, I would suggest you use a mod manager like Vortex and download mods through Nexus.

Vortex will handle things like putting the files in the correct places.

I went to NexusMods, downloaded manually "FNIS Behavior 7_6 XXL", "FNIS Creature Pack 7.6", and "FNIS Spells V5_0_1 -- ADD-ON for the spells", then went to ModOrganizer 2, used 'Install a new mod from an archive', installed all three (changing the names instead of merging or replacing), then tried going into the Skyrim/Data folder to find the tools and run the Generator program.

[Vlad 254]

Here you go.
https://youtu.be/sYEAnTdZb-s

in the mean time I'd suggest Nemesis[www.nexusmods.com] over FNIS but that's me.

[robindude]

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

in the mean time I'd suggest Nemesis[www.nexusmods.com] over FNIS but that's me.

I would, but I wanna do some creature animations (some look neat) and from what I can tell... Nemesis can't do those yet. Still, I'll try the video. Thanks!

[_Lou_]

So is there a version of Fnis whtch fits AE? I met the same problem,or I have to download the SE skyrim?

[s.turner3030]

Originally posted by robindude:

I went to NexusMods, downloaded manually "FNIS Behavior 7_6 XXL", "FNIS Creature Pack 7.6", and "FNIS Spells V5_0_1 -- ADD-ON for the spells", then went to ModOrganizer 2, used 'Install a new mod from an archive', installed all three (changing the names instead of merging or replacing), then tried going into the Skyrim/Data folder to find the tools and run the Generator program.

That is your issue then, fnis when installed under mo2, does not go in the data folder it should be a seperate mod in the left pane of mo2, which you the activate, and to run it you should add the executable through mo2 using the configure executables icon on the menu bar, and pick the fnis exe from the mo2 mods\ area, then run fnis through mo2 like you would any other executable running under mo2.

[smr1957]

Originally posted by _Lou_:

So is there a version of Fnis whtch fits AE? I met the same problem,or I have to download the SE skyrim?

FNIS works with the current version of the game (1.6.1170) - indeed, it will work with any version of the game, it is not version dependent.

[Altbert]

I will try to throw in Pandora Behavior Engine again! Beats me, that nobody seems to want to mention Pandora.

Last FNIS version 7.6 dated Feb. 18, 2020
Last Nemesis version 0.8b dated Apr. 13, 2020

Pandora Behavior Engine version 2.0.4-alpha, released about a week ago! Can be downloaded here: https://github.com/Monitor221hz/Pandora-Behaviour-Engine-Plus

Pandora is backwards compatible with both FNIS and Nemesis.

[s.turner3030]

Originally posted by Altbert:

I will try to throw in Pandora Behavior Engine again! Beats me, that nobody seems to want to mention Pandora.

Last FNIS version 7.6 dated Feb. 18, 2020
Last Nemesis version 0.8b dated Apr. 13, 2020

Pandora Behavior Engine version 2.0.4-alpha, released about a week ago! Can be downloaded here: https://github.com/Monitor221hz/Pandora-Behaviour-Engine-Plus

Pandora is backwards compatible with both FNIS and Nemesis.

It has been mentioned a couple of times in posts over on the lovers lab forums, pandora does not like either devious devices nor zaz animation pack, which may or may not be a problem, though it may have also been fixed in a newer builds as this was from posts last month from what I remember of them.

[Altbert]

Originally posted by s.turner3030:

It has been mentioned a couple of times in posts over on the lovers lab forums, pandora does not like either devious devices nor zaz animation pack, which may or may not be a problem, though it may have also been fixed in a newer builds as this was from posts last month from what I remember of them.

I don't use those mods. Therefore I have no experience with Pandora working with those or not. I am using Pandora since mid Dec. 2023. No problems and never had to use FNIS or Nemesis again.

[isomorphic_projection]

What's with the bloody necro's lately.