Run MO games through steam library

[RickyMcMuffin]

This is my problem. I use MO to run games like Skyrim all the time. But the thing is my favorite way to run games is through the steam library but MO only lets you run games through MO. How do I run MO games through my steam library.

[ronr42]

First, Mod Organizer is not the best. NMM[nexus mod manager] is much better.

I assume you have SKSE installed for your Skyrim mods. You must launch the game with SKSE inorder for the mods that require it to work.

What you can do for any game that uses a script extender is to add the script loader as a non-Steam game to your library and launch it that way. For Skyrim, it is the skse_loader that is in your main Skyrim folder. The path is; C:/Program Files[86]/Steam/Steam Apps/common/Skyrim.

Edit 10/17/18; Ignore the part about NMM being better than MO2. Things have changed. I still use the No longer supported NMM but, Many players are switching to MO2 with very positive results.

[Ot.Sayger.//]

My apologies for reviving a 3 year old thread, but i was looking for an aswer for this myself.

I noticed that MO has the ability to create desktop/start menu shortcuts that launch the script extenders through MO before anything, so I think you could just copy the arguments from MOs SKSE shortcut into your steam SKSE shortcut or however you have it organized.

For me i have a non steam shortcut for SKSE and the properties look something like this;

Target:
"C:\Users\Greasy Gaijin\Desktop\Mod Organizer 2 (Archive)-6194-2-1-5\ModOrganizer.exe" "moshortcut://Skyrim:SKSE"

Start in:
"C:\Users\Greasy Gaijin\Desktop\Mod Organizer 2 (Archive)-6194-2-1-5"

Originally posted by ronr42:

First, Mod Organizer is not the best. NMM[nexus mod manager] is much better.

Ultimately it comes down to personal preference. I've used all 3 big mod managers for the more recent bethesda games and they all essentially do the same thing, but MO undoubtedly is the best option cause it has this neat feature of creating a virtual space for your mods so that your skyrim game folder itself remains untouched, really handy.

Also it has the ability to do what I just described.

Hopefully it works for you and anyone else who wants to fix the non issue of running MO/SKSE on steam.

Provided the problem hasn't already been solved

[ᴢ ɪ ɴ ɢ ᴇ ʀ]

ahahaha, I apologize, after 7 years to bring up this topic but it's still relevant! Mod organizer 2 won't start steam when skse is running

[Mike]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.