Uninstalled Creation Kit but REMOVED ALL OF SKYRIM

[Monamee]

All my hard work modding the game, almost 20 hours spent, gone in an instant after just trying to uninstall this. I have no words.... My save files will probably be broken even with a reinstall, how in the world did it remove everything....

Is there any way to undo what happened?

[Monamee]

Even Steam still sees it as installed.... It still shows "Play"....

[Vlad 254]

I've seen this before going way back in time in cases where the Creation Kit was hosted on Steam for Oldrim. Now the SSE version is hosted on Steam. Coincidence I'm not sure but I do not have a fix for you. Not sure why you uninstalled it but I have seen others reinstall the Creation Kit in an attempt to correct the issue and their load order was bugged out but load order issues may have been their original problem I don't remember. Maybe someone will pop in with a solution.

[Monamee]

Tried to look for a possible solution but it seems to be hopeless. I installed it because of curiosity only and was just trying to see what it was about. They have zero warning or any information for that matter about what happens when you uninstall it. Sadge life :(

[bLaCkShAd0w]

I think it is because there are files that are common to both the game and the CK. So uninstalling the CK removes game files. Typical bethesda...

You will probably have to verify files on steam to rebuild your directory. There is really no harm to your game leaving it installed either.

[Tao314zdin]

Well, if the files are gone - they are gone.

But what did you use to mod the game? The mods you used should be still somewhere outside the game-folder from where they were copied/linked. So what stops you from reinstalling the game and redropping those mods?

As for the save-files, simply check when they were modified last time. Deletion of CK should not have affected them, so if you redrop your game+mods exactly how it was they should work with no issues.

[Vlad 254]

Game files probably, mods not so much from what I've seen which is the only thing I'm basing it on since I have not experienced this issue. Then again I never uninstall the CK.

[Vlad 254]

Postat inițial de Monamee:

Tried to look for a possible solution but it seems to be hopeless. I installed it because of curiosity only and was just trying to see what it was about. They have zero warning or any information for that matter about what happens when you uninstall it. Sadge life :(

True but they do give a warning about using mods. I feel for you though. I know it's not a good feeling at all. One bit of advice, Sleep on it and see how you feel then before going forward.

[Monamee]

Postat inițial de Tao314zdin:

Well, if the files are gone - they are gone.

But what did you use to mod the game? The mods you used should be still somewhere outside the game-folder from where they were copied/linked. So what stops you from reinstalling the game and redropping those mods?

As for the save-files, simply check when they were modified last time. Deletion of CK should not have affected them, so if you redrop your game+mods exactly how it was they should work with no issues.

Didn't use the creation kit for any modding, was just curious about it and thought to explore it a bit. Yeah it seems my mods still have a copy on the mod manager I'm using, so at least it won't be as hard and time consuming to install them again compared to the first time I did. I'm just worried about those installations that would require some manual stuff and not just installing it from the mod manager.

With my saves, yes they are unaffected but with my research before delving into modding, it's not a good idea to alter/change/update your mods when you start playing in general because it might introduce instability. This is what I'm referring to about my saves being broken.

[Monamee]

Postat inițial de Vlad 254:

Postat inițial de Monamee:

Tried to look for a possible solution but it seems to be hopeless. I installed it because of curiosity only and was just trying to see what it was about. They have zero warning or any information for that matter about what happens when you uninstall it. Sadge life :(

True but they do give a warning about using mods. I feel for you though. I know it's not a good feeling at all. One bit of advice, Sleep on it and see how you feel then before going forward.

Yeah that's what I did, sleeping on it really calmed me down. With some work I think I can still try to replicate what I did before. I still have copies of my mods thanks to the mod manager, at least I don't need to download those again.

I know that modding has its risks but regardless of modding, I think it isn't very clear that the creation kit is super tied to the main game. Let's say you don't have any mods at all and just installed the creation kit for some reason, uninstalling it will still remove the main game and you'd be force to redownload the game/files.