GrizzledTaco

update: first off, I messed up a bit. after installing Steam/Skyrim and MO to D: (in separate directories) the sound issue was fixed, but I soon realized the MO ini file still had the gamepath set to a backup install of skyrim on C: - I noticed this when LOOT wasn't showing any newly installed plugins. after changing the game path in the MO ini to D: LOOT (and TES5edit and Wrybash) began to detect everything correctly, but I again lost the weapon swing/sheathe sounds. As an aside, there may be other sounds not working correctly in this situation that I simply haven't tested for. So I moved MO and mods (somewhere around 2.D section of the STEP guide at this point) back to C:, updated the backup steam install to work with the backup skyrim install (on C:) and voila, the sounds have returned. I am more convinced than ever that Skyrim is, for some reason, requiring an OS drive install in order to work proper. of course I could still be wrong (computers are hard). so in a nutshell: The previous fix turned out not to work, and again only moving everything back to C: seems to do the trick. Fortunately this isn't the end of the world for me, I have plenty of room on C: but I figure this still seems an issue worth noting.

Well now - I gave it a try, with Steam and Skyrim on D: with MO installed outside of skyrim this time. and... it worked. yay! Now i'm still a bit flummoxed as to why I had this issue running skyrim through steam on D:, but all's well that end's well. Thank you GrantSP for the help!

In relation to the STEP version of Skyrim, I agree that my assumption may be incorrect. I'm actually basing my assumption off of a clean vanilla install of skyrim/steam to more easily test the issue - I tried a vanilla skyrim/steam install on drive D: and encountered the issue, but then did a simple move of skyrim/steam to drive C: and the issue was fixed. I'll have a STEP install up and running on drive C: here soon and could better answer your question then - although I'm expecting the sounds will work (although as you say it may be for reasons other than the simple move)... my previous setup was a little wierd: Steam on C: but with a separate steam library setup on D: (I was hoping that would circumvent any UAC issues) containing STEP Skyrim, with MO inside the skyrim base directory and the mods folder inside the MO directory. I did try moving Steam itself to D: and repackaging STEP skyrim (along with MO and the mods folder) into the newly moved Steam as well but that didn't fix the issue. to clarify my new STEP install on C: will essentially be identical to a previous STEP install on D: that had the swing/sheath sound issues. even then I may still be oversimplifying (I'm no expert) but it will be interesting to see if the new install works. I'll update when I get there.

So I suppose that the issue of silent weapon swinging/sheathing when skyrim is installed on a non OS drive is obviously not a universal or common problem? Is there any idea as to whether this is a fixable issue?

After finishing a STEP install I realized I had no weapon swing/sheathing sounds. After some googling I found that others had fixed this issue by moving Skyrim from an external to internal drive, which was odd to me as my install was already on an internal drive. After further searching it became apparent that the install needs to be not only internal, but specifically on the C: drive. After moving my own Skyrim and Steam install to C: this did indeed fix my problem (note the install was still outside of the program files or program files 86 folders). I also noticed that there was no mention of this issue on the STEP instruction page and couldn't find mention of it on the forums so I was wondering: -Is this not a universal issue on PC? If so why is there no mention of it on the STEP page despite the recommendations to install Steam/Skyrim on a separate drive? -Are there threads on this topic here on the STEP forums already that I just couldn't find, and if so would a helpful soul point me to them? :) -Is there a workaround to this problem? I'd rather have an extensively modded Skyrim/Steam on a different drive if possible. Thanks to any and all for any help on this issue, and I apologize in advance if I am rehashing some sort of already well discussed topic.

My issue turns out to have been entirely user error - I simply didn't see the error on the form id for crossbows when I looked for it the first time. removed the error and problem solved. many thanks! made a donation to step to show some gratitude for the great help and this great guide. I think I *finally* have a workable F and L setup now after almost two weeks of learning and modding.

Ok so I tried the edit where I remove the 06000AF2 placed object das container as per instructions - this results in the game infini loading right before the main menu pops up. any ideas why or possible fixes? I tried the game without that one particular edit as well and yes, I did get the framerate drop in Goodsprings, but the game did at least load that far. also checked for the could not be resolved error for the crossbow mod and didn't see any.... is it the crossbow weapons in particular that are related to this issue? could I work around for now by creating a version of the EssArrBee no cheats merged mod without the crossbows?

just wanted to bring attention to and ask a question about this step (8 - 9) from the creating the merged no cheat EssArrBee additional weapons plugin "Right click on 01000AF2 - Placed Object - DasContainer and select "Remove" the problem is that the id (at least the id I had, I assume it is changed globally but I am not sure) actually read 06000AF2... I skipped this step and everything seems to be working fine but I wanted to ask if it might cause problems. also will skipping this step affect the "no cheat" functionality of the plugin? thanks for any answers provided, I hope this is a worthwhile/non annoying thing to ask about :)

Why yes I did lol! I think I forgot to re enable it after disabling it for a previous step? anyway BOOM solved!! THANK YOU! also just want to gush a little thanks and praise for your excellent work on this guide EssArrBee - incredible stuff!

First off thanks in advance for any help, I'm a bit of a noob at this and so if this is a dumb problem to have I greatly apologize. That out of the way - I'm having issues installing the ADAM 4.1.3 all in one - what I've done is add the .7z file to the MO downloads folder, and after going through the installer window using the pre ticked options window a message pops up saying something along the lines of exception system unauthorized access exception access to the path ...\Fallout New Vegas\Mod organizer\mods\ADAM\Data is denied. there is more to it: anyone have any ideas as to what I could try? thanks again!