Can't get Bodyslide to work with MO2?

[richieandjane]

Bodyslide is showing up completely blank. There are no sliders, no ability to choose anything. I have set Bodyslide to run as an .exe from within MO2. I have set the Game Data path to both the MO2 Overwrite folder and the Skyrim Data folder. I have moved CBBE to the bottom of my load order. CBBE and Bodyslide are up to date, and I have reinstalled them several times. None of my Skyrim stuff is in Program Files x86. I've had a look at the GitHub instructions and they say to "Add a shortcut to the "BodySlide x64.exe" file from the "Data" tab and set it to run from your game's real data folder, NOT the MO mods folder: "<game folder>/Data/CalienteTools/BodySlide" for Skyrim". I don't HAVE a CalienteTools folder in my game data folder. HELP!

[Ilja]

With MO2 or through MO2?

Let's just trace the steps here, so that everything is done correctly.
- Install BodySlide WITH MO2. Like any other mod.
- Go to right hand Data panel and browse to executable.
- Right click and select "Add as Executable..."

That is all it needs. Paths should be correct within MO2.

You can create a custom Output BodySlide folder in to MO2. When you BatchBuild, hold down left CTRL button and it will allow you to select the target folder.

Or, you can set the target folder from settings, but you might want to manage it manually, in case that you start using HIMBO as well, or other profile specific BodySlide folder.

[richieandjane]

Never mind, I fixed it by going into Bodyslide from the file explorer and setting the executable there as the one to run rather than the one under the Data tab. Problem's fixed now.

[Ilja]

Originally posted by richieandjane:

Never mind, I fixed it by going into Bodyslide from the file explorer and setting the executable there as the one to run rather than the one under the Data tab. Problem's fixed now.

In that case you likely installed BodySlide directly to game folder. Works as well, but MO2 can handle modlike tools installed directly through it. That way you also see updates to these tools directly through MO2 Ui and you can also just replace mod files directly through it, without any files getting in to Data folder.

Good thing that you got it solved though.

[richieandjane]

No, I installed it like a normal mod! I don't get it.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by richieandjane:

No, I installed it like a normal mod! I don't get it.

Ilja told you how to install it to work with MO2, what you did was to install it to work with that folder, and only that folder, because you did it via file explorer. Basically it's what you used to get it installed that's the issue. If you need it for other games that's when you will have problems.