SSE 1.6.1170 or MO2 Now Making Skyrim.INI Folder?

[mooit]

Hi,

I just upgraded to SSE 1.6.1170, and I also installed the latest MO2 2.5.0. Since making these upgrades, I now noticed in \Documents\My Game path a Skyrim.INI folder being created, and I never had this before with SSE 1.6.640.0 and MO2 2.4.4, so I'm not sure where this is coming from.

I've attached a few screen shots showing this Skyrim.INI folder, if anyone knows what's happening? Because all the files use to go under this path; \Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE

Some file are still using \Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE but I'm still not sure why there is now this Skyrim.INI folder.

THANKS

[z929669]

I have this folder too and am not sure what creates it:

\Documents\My Games\Skyrim.INI\SKSE

It seems like an alternative location for logs of some SKSE-dependent mods. The traditional location is:

\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE

Notes:

• I deleted both of these folders from \Documents\My Games\ (Skyrim.INI and Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE).
• Both locations are created on launch of the game via MO but not via Steam.
• Only the traditional location (Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE) is created when launching via skse64_loader.exe directly from my game folder.

... so \Documents\My Games\Skyrim.INI\SKSE is created either by MO or one of the SKSE-dependent runtime mods.

Google tells me nothing.

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When run via MO ....

Content of \Documents\My Games\Skyrim.INI\SKSE:

Content of \Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE:

[DoubleYou]

This feels like a MO2 issue, but I am unsure. 

[z929669]

I created an MO issue to ask the MO team if this is them or something else.

[mooit]

I also made a post on Nexusmods for SKSE;

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/30379?tab=posts

[z929669]

On 4/1/2024 at 9:32 PM, z929669 said:

I have this folder too and am not sure what creates it:

\Documents\My Games\Skyrim.INI\SKSE

It seems like an alternative location for logs of some SKSE-dependent mods. The traditional location is:

\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE

Notes:

• I deleted both of these folders from \Documents\My Games\ (Skyrim.INI and Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE).
• Both locations are created on launch of the game via MO but not via Steam.
• Only the traditional location (Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE) is created when launching via skse64_loader.exe directly from my game folder.

... so \Documents\My Games\Skyrim.INI\SKSE is created either by MO or one of the SKSE-dependent runtime mods.

Google tells me nothing.

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When run via MO ....

Content of \Documents\My Games\Skyrim.INI\SKSE:

Content of \Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE:

Response from the MO team:

https://github.com/ModOrganizer2/modorganizer/issues/2006

[mooit]

4 hours ago, z929669 said:

Response from the MO team:

https://github.com/ModOrganizer2/modorganizer/issues/2006

 

I went back to 1.6.640.0 for now, some mods I'm using aren't updated.

Thanks for the reply/heads up...

Edited May 13, 2024 by mooit

[DoubleYou]

Ah. That makes sense that some SKSE mods are doing it.

[z929669]

52 minutes ago, DoubleYou said:

Ah. That makes sense that some SKSE mods are doing it.

Yeah, and that it's not some wacky anomaly with the game or MO

[Mercury71]

Should we move these created SKSE-files somewhere?

[DoubleYou]

Shouldn't really matter. It's just going to bother those of us with OCD over file organization.

[momoko]

One of the reason that occurs is that some old skse dll plugin is using function:

SKSE::log::log_directory()

to get log directory. It is currently return path of ~\My Games\Skyrim.INI\SKSE instead of My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE on latest skse with game version AE 1.6.1170

[z929669]

3 hours ago, momoko said:

One of the reason that occurs is that some old skse dll plugin is using function:

SKSE::log::log_directory()

to get log directory. It is currently return path of ~\My Games\Skyrim.INI\SKSE instead of My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE on latest skse with game version AE 1.6.1170

This makes sense. Thanks for idenbtifying the specific cause.

[imnotfamous]

On 7/31/2024 at 10:07 AM, momoko said:

One of the reason that occurs is that some old skse dll plugin is using function:

SKSE::log::log_directory()

to get log directory. It is currently return path of ~\My Games\Skyrim.INI\SKSE instead of My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE on latest skse with game version AE 1.6.1170

So what's should be the new method to get log_directory in latest 1.6.1170? 
Edit: I see, if we update to use latest SKSE it should go in the right directory I guess.

Edited September 6, 2024 by imnotfamous

[CorneliusC]

4 hours ago, imnotfamous said:

Edit: I see, if we update to use latest SKSE it should go in the right directory I guess.

Sadly no, at least for me, just re-installing everything after a windows re-install the occurrence persists, with the latest SKSE 2.2.6 and SE AE 1.6.1170. Here are both my INI folders just after the Game-Launch Smoke Test.

[mooit]

I came back to 1.6.1170 today, hoping it's been out long enough, and hopefully enough mods have been updated for it.

It brought me back to thinking about this...

So that is correct what was mentioned on GitHub, outdated mods needing to be updated, which are creating this?

THANKS

Edited Sunday at 09:10 PM by mooit