Issue: Mod Org. 2 will load most mods except a particular one.

[Desasunda]

I've been at this for hours. Here's the problem:
I'm trying to implement Skyland AIO from Nexus into Skyrim.

Other mods have worked. All except Skyland AIO...

I did it before last year, and I suffered the same way. Had to hard reset my PC, lost everything, so I started from square one. Wish I figured out how back then tho..

Here's what I did in order: I uninstalled Skyrim and MO2, reinstalled Skyrim, ran Skyrim at least once, used the unofficial patch downgrade from nexus, used the specific SKSE files (1.5.97.0) in the Skyrim folder, installed MO2, made sure every executable was in the right spot, installed Skyland AIO (May 25th 2022 version since it worked before), ran SKSE, and it hasn't worked.

I tried a face texture mod, worked flawlessly once I loaded into a new game.

There are barely any help guides or videos. Would love feedback and I am willing to provide any info I can to get an answer. Thank you.

[Ilja]

That's interesting. I do not use the mod, but it just few plugins and bunch of loose files. Did the FOMOD run correctly, when you installed mod to MO2?

[Desasunda]

It did. The FOMOD ran correctly and I made sure not to mess up the selection process (i.e. selecting a choice that pertains to a dependency that I don't use)

[Desasunda]

Figured it out.. I had to use xEdit to clean a few issues with the DLC.

For those with the same problem as mine, here is a link to the guide:
https://tes5edit.github.io/docs/7-mod-cleaning-and-error-checking.html#ThreeEasyStepstocleanMods

Scroll all the way down to 7.6 - Appendix B - Manually Cleaning Dawnguard.