Installing AE content all at once?

[Sci Fi Samurai]

I've been looking for an install option and haven't found anything. So far as I can tell, you have to install each item individually from the store? Is that correct, or is there a way to do it all at once?

Thank you.

[Vlad 254]

The Anniversary DLC is 70 Creation Club items in one package for $20.00us retail or whatever the sale price might be at that time.

Once you purchase it the next time you launch Skyrim Special edition you'll be prompted at the Main menu to install the content. This will take about 10 minutes or so and you'll see a progress meter for each creation as it downloads.

[th]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2822134635

Set up this checkbox and run the game. The game will act as Vlad says:

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

the next time you launch Skyrim Special edition you'll be prompted at the Main menu to install the content.

But it may take much more time. It could easily take 1-2 hrs. Bethesda servers are not that quick as steam servers. The size is 4+ Gb for english version. More for other languages.

[alexander_dougherty]

There is a download all option.
But depending on your internet it might not be the best option.

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by th:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2822134635

Set up this checkbox and run the game. The game will act as Vlad says:

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

the next time you launch Skyrim Special edition you'll be prompted at the Main menu to install the content.

But it may take much more time. It could easily take 1-2 hrs. Bethesda servers are not that quick as steam servers. The size is 4+ Gb for english version. More for other languages.

Yeah I'd buy it from Steam for that very reason. Then as I said in my first reply the rest will take care of itself once you launch (and of course select when prompted).

[SpeedFreak1972]

Also if that doesn't work go ingame to the CC menu and click download all (it's somewhere on the bottom of the screen)

[FuchsMulder]

Can I uninstall the AE content and set my game back to Skyrim SE?

[th]

Originally posted by Heidespatz:

Can I uninstall the AE content and set my game back to Skyrim SE?

You can by reinstalling the game with this checkbox:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2822134635
turned off. And then just never install it afterwards.

It's the simplest way.

Also you can just manually delete all the files. Here is the full list:

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ccasvsse001-almsivi.bsa
ccbgssse002-exoticarrows.bsa
ccbgssse003-zombies.bsa
ccbgssse004-ruinsedge.bsa
ccbgssse005-goldbrand.bsa
ccbgssse006-stendarshammer.bsa
ccbgssse007-chrysamere.bsa
ccbgssse008-wraithguard.bsa
ccbgssse010-petdwarvenarmoredmudcrab.bsa
ccbgssse011-hrsarmrelvn.bsa
ccbgssse012-hrsarmrstl.bsa
ccbgssse013-dawnfang.bsa
ccbgssse014-spellpack01.bsa
ccbgssse016-umbra.bsa
ccbgssse018-shadowrend.bsa
ccbgssse019-staffofsheogorath.bsa
ccbgssse020-graycowl.bsa
ccbgssse021-lordsmail.bsa
ccbgssse031-advcyrus.bsa
ccbgssse034-mntuni.bsa
ccbgssse035-petnhound.bsa
ccbgssse036-petbwolf.bsa
ccbgssse038-bowofshadows.bsa
ccbgssse040-advobgobs.bsa
ccbgssse041-netchleather.bsa
ccbgssse043-crosselv.bsa
ccbgssse045-hasedoki.bsa
ccbgssse050-ba_daedric.bsa
ccbgssse051-ba_daedricmail.bsa
ccbgssse052-ba_iron.bsa
ccbgssse053-ba_leather.bsa
ccbgssse054-ba_orcish.bsa
ccbgssse055-ba_orcishscaled.bsa
ccbgssse056-ba_silver.bsa
ccbgssse057-ba_stalhrim.bsa
ccbgssse058-ba_steel.bsa
ccbgssse059-ba_dragonplate.bsa
ccbgssse060-ba_dragonscale.bsa
ccbgssse061-ba_dwarven.bsa
ccbgssse062-ba_dwarvenmail.bsa
ccbgssse063-ba_ebony.bsa
ccbgssse064-ba_elven.bsa
ccbgssse066-staves.bsa
ccbgssse067-daedinv.bsa
ccbgssse068-bloodfall.bsa
ccbgssse069-contest.bsa
cccbhsse001-gaunt.bsa
ccedhsse001-norjewel.bsa
ccedhsse002-splkntset.bsa
ccedhsse003-redguard.bsa
cceejsse001-hstead.bsa
cceejsse002-tower.bsa
cceejsse003-hollow.bsa
cceejsse004-hall.bsa
cceejsse005-cave.bsa
ccffbsse001-imperialdragon.bsa
ccffbsse002-crossbowpack.bsa
ccfsvsse001-backpacks.bsa
cckrtsse001_altar.bsa
ccmtysse001-knightsofthenine.bsa
ccmtysse002-ve.bsa
ccpewsse002-armsofchaos.bsa
ccqdrsse002-firewood.bsa
ccrmssse001-necrohouse.bsa
cctwbsse001-puzzledungeon.bsa
ccvsvsse001-winter.bsa
ccvsvsse002-pets.bsa
ccvsvsse003-necroarts.bsa
ccvsvsse004-beafarmer.bsa
ccbgssse002-exoticarrows.esl
ccbgssse003-zombies.esl
ccbgssse004-ruinsedge.esl
ccbgssse005-goldbrand.esl
ccbgssse006-stendarshammer.esl
ccbgssse007-chrysamere.esl
ccbgssse008-wraithguard.esl
ccbgssse010-petdwarvenarmoredmudcrab.esl
ccbgssse011-hrsarmrelvn.esl
ccbgssse012-hrsarmrstl.esl
ccbgssse013-dawnfang.esl
ccbgssse014-spellpack01.esl
ccbgssse018-shadowrend.esl
ccbgssse019-staffofsheogorath.esl
ccbgssse020-graycowl.esl
ccbgssse021-lordsmail.esl
ccbgssse034-mntuni.esl
ccbgssse035-petnhound.esl
ccbgssse036-petbwolf.esl
ccbgssse038-bowofshadows.esl
ccbgssse040-advobgobs.esl
ccbgssse041-netchleather.esl
ccbgssse043-crosselv.esl
ccbgssse045-hasedoki.esl
ccbgssse050-ba_daedric.esl
ccbgssse051-ba_daedricmail.esl
ccbgssse052-ba_iron.esl
ccbgssse053-ba_leather.esl
ccbgssse054-ba_orcish.esl
ccbgssse055-ba_orcishscaled.esl
ccbgssse056-ba_silver.esl
ccbgssse057-ba_stalhrim.esl
ccbgssse058-ba_steel.esl
ccbgssse059-ba_dragonplate.esl
ccbgssse060-ba_dragonscale.esl
ccbgssse061-ba_dwarven.esl
ccbgssse062-ba_dwarvenmail.esl
ccbgssse063-ba_ebony.esl
ccbgssse064-ba_elven.esl
ccbgssse066-staves.esl
ccbgssse068-bloodfall.esl
ccbgssse069-contest.esl
cccbhsse001-gaunt.esl
ccedhsse001-norjewel.esl
ccedhsse002-splkntset.esl
ccedhsse003-redguard.esl
cceejsse002-tower.esl
cceejsse003-hollow.esl
cceejsse004-hall.esl
ccffbsse001-imperialdragon.esl
ccffbsse002-crossbowpack.esl
ccfsvsse001-backpacks.esl
cckrtsse001_altar.esl
ccmtysse001-knightsofthenine.esl
ccmtysse002-ve.esl
ccpewsse002-armsofchaos.esl
ccqdrsse002-firewood.esl
ccrmssse001-necrohouse.esl
ccvsvsse001-winter.esl
ccvsvsse002-pets.esl
ccvsvsse003-necroarts.esl
ccvsvsse004-beafarmer.esl
ccafdsse001-dwesanctuary.esm
ccasvsse001-almsivi.esm
ccbgssse016-umbra.esm
ccbgssse031-advcyrus.esm
ccbgssse067-daedinv.esm
cceejsse001-hstead.esm
cceejsse005-cave.esm
cctwbsse001-puzzledungeon.esm
4036197-4.manifest
4036199-7.manifest
4036200-5.manifest
4036201-3.manifest
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4087487-6.manifest
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4233908-4.manifest
4233911-4.manifest
4233914-3.manifest

bsa, esl and esm files are in the "Data" folder. manifest files are in the "Creations" folder.

But be careful and never delete Fishing, Saints and Seducers, Rare Curios and Survival Mode files - it'll break your game. Those files are:

ccbgssse001-fish.bsa
ccbgssse025-advdsgs.bsa
ccbgssse037-curios.bsa
ccqdrsse001-survivalmode.bsa
ccbgssse037-curios.esl
ccqdrsse001-survivalmode.esl
ccbgssse001-fish.esm
ccbgssse025-advdsgs.esm
4036198-3.manifest
4078141-3.manifest
4135487-3.manifest
4233881-3.manifest

Also keep in mind that with or without CC content your game is still Skyrim SE no matter what. There is no such thing as "Skyrim AE". It's an incorrect naming. What you call "Skyrim AE" is actually Skyrim SE version 1.6+. And what you call "Skyrim SE" is actually Skyrime SE version 1.5-.

Anniversary Edition is not a separate version of Skyrim. It's a DLC for Skyrim SE. Whether you have this DLC or not - if you have fully updated game it will be Skyrim SE version 1.6+.

[Altbert]

There's no need, whatsoever, to delete all those files. Once you have downloaded the AE DLC (70 CC mods), you can move the DLC to a backup folder, until you want to use any of the CC content from the AE DLC. The four CC mods form the update seem mandatory (not completely sure about that as I have seen contradictory messages), but the additional CC content from the DLC can be "put aside" without further action, and moved back in as you see fit. At this moment I have only 3 CC mods from the DLC active.

[Sci Fi Samurai]

Originally posted by Heidespatz:

Can I uninstall the AE content and set my game back to Skyrim SE?

There is also the downgrade patcher. Not exactly what you asked for, but it will downgrade your game to the last version of SE while keeping all the nice AE mods you purchased.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/57618

If you mod your game, don't run it through modorganizer 2 or vortex, just run it as a program, direct it to your skyrim install, and run it. It'll basically make it SE with all your AE stuff kept intact

[smr1957]

Originally posted by Sci Fi Samurai:

Originally posted by Heidespatz:

Can I uninstall the AE content and set my game back to Skyrim SE?

There is also the downgrade patcher. Not exactly what you asked for, but it will downgrade your game to the last version of SE while keeping all the nice AE mods you purchased.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/57618

If you mod your game, don't run it through modorganizer 2 or vortex, just run it as a program, direct it to your skyrim install, and run it. It'll basically make it SE with all your AE stuff kept intact

Bad idea and strongly NOT recommended. People should stop recommending and endorsing the use of the downgrader - it was a thing a year ago, but not any longer, and while it had its use for those who had a working and stable 1.5.97 build or were in the middle of a playthrough on the older version, those people, for the most part, know about it or have taken steps to protect their game (which is the preferred course of action). Anyone just starting out or creating a new build should be on the current supported version of the game - no ifs, ands, or buts, about it.

As to using Best of Both Worlds which states that you can use current CC content with the old .exe, there is this
"anyone running the game with the current CC content and who has downgraded, is running the game in a broken state because the new content requires the updated executable."
https://www.afkmods.com/index.php?/topic/5954-skyrim-anniversary-edition-and-you/&do=findComment&comment=182911

"As to using the old EXE and the new content ... it's basically a broken game courting instability"
https://www.afkmods.com/index.php?/topic/5954-skyrim-anniversary-edition-and-you/&do=findComment&comment=182918