Missing esm and esp plugins

[yaax0812]

Hello, I've recently changed my whole operation system from one drive to my ssd, and wanted to play skyrim. The problem was that the savegames themselves are there, but I used multiple mods through vortex, and now when I've used Vortex, I've got the message that some esm and esp plugins from mods were not there, even though they are in fact in the actual data folder of skyrim SE... I don't know what to do, I've searched threw the Internet and didn't find anything, now I'm using MO2 instead of Vortex but of course the problem itself continues to exist... Does someone know what I should do ?
Just to be clear, all these "missing" plugins are in the right folder (if it has to be in the data folder) and I've also reinstalled the game twice, nothing changed....
Thank you in advance ! :)

[mikk011]

It sounds as if MO2, skse, or both are not installed/configured properly. For a brief rundown of things to doublecheck,
If you are now using MO2
-You must always start MO2 from within the manager, not from the Steam library "Play" button.
-If you are using Skse, it must be correctly installed, and your manager must correctly point to the skse executable. When you run the game, skse must be the selected option in the right pane dropdown menu.
-Get those mods out of your data folder. Whether you are using Vortex or MO2, the best practice is to install mods with the manager for them to be managed properly, and neither of those managers put files into the game's data folder (that is one of the benefits to using either of those managers). For MO2, move those mod files that are in "Data" to your Desktop, put them in an archive with 7zip, then use the "Install a new mod from an archive" button on the MO2 toolbar to reinstall them (for informational purposes, a correctly installed MO2 will store unzipped mod files in MO2's own "Mods" folder, which is in the MO2 directory by default).
-It may seem like a basic matter, but any mod managed by Vortex or MO2 must be activated. It is actually fairly common that players install mods with a manager, and then forget to activate them in the appropriate checkboxes. A correctly installed mod with an esm, esp, or esl file should be visible in your MO2 right pane with a check mark showing activation next to it.

[bLaCkShAd0w]

The warning message in game does not actually check to see if plugins are in fact there, but rather that they are enabled in the plugins.txt in AppData. Of coarse if the plugins are actually missing its also a problem as they will be automatically disabled in the plugins.txt file and their data will be missing from the game.

So make sure your missing plugins are actually enabled from your mod manager.

If you are now using MO2, your data folder should actually be empty (of modded files) as MO2 doesn't place files in data. So maybe you messed up installing them.

[yaax0812]

Okay, thank you ! so you mean I should move out the plugins ? Before I've read that indeed the mods themselves are downloaded in MO2 own created folder (and in all of their folders themselves I can access to the esm files) but I thought that the idea was that the plugins have to be in the data folder... I'll try this now with moving on he desktop... All mods are enables though...

[yaax0812]

Ok so now I've found in the plugin window that I did indeed missed some plugins so there are no activated, but now another question appears: there is apparently a problem with missing masters- what can I do ?

[bLaCkShAd0w]

You either, A) install the missing files or B) remove the mods that require them.

But if you are trying to get an old save loaded then option A is the only solution.

You cannot remove plugin masters from a save file, the only alternative is to start a new save.

[yaax0812]

but do I install these missings files if I already have the mod itself in which I have the file inside?

[bLaCkShAd0w]

Missing files are not the same as missing masters. So if it is giving the warning the mods listed are not enabled and or installed.

You also shouldn't be placing anything in data folder manually if your using a mod manager. You are basically bypassing the management aspect and they will no longer associate with that mods files, essentially breaking the manager's function for that mod, and possibly the game as a whole.

If installing the mods through the manager does not fix the errors then it may be time to do a clean install and start over properly installing all mods through the manager.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2743619856

[yaax0812]

Ok, I understand, but as far as I know I already made a clean install of all the mods through MO2 when I've started with it (I went on nexus site, and downloaded one per one the mods)... I think that I could live with beginning a new savegame. The esm and esp files which were in the data folder where beeing put inside by vortex some years ago when at this time everything was inside the game's steam folder directory.
Well it seems that this error with the masters missing is connected to the wrong version/file downloaded for Bruma mod, I have to wait and see if anything changes... Thank you very much again, I will update here if something new happen.. we'll see...

[bLaCkShAd0w]

Just an FYI the leftover files from a previous manager could really cause some serious issues stability wise. If you are now using MO2 then the data folder should be purged 100% of any mod added files or else at some point Vortex will return to haunt you and your game. (Might be happening already in this instance)

I would wipe it clean to make sure, thats my advice.

Either way good luck

[yaax0812]

Ok so finally everything works fine again. I've installed xedit and used the quickautoclean function of this thing on every plugin which didn't work and now voilà everything is perfect !!
:)
Thank y'all for your help, I appreciate it a lot!