ChatGPT Nightmare Mo2 Mishap

[Darklustre]

ChatGPT is pretty awesome in a lot of ways but I made the mistake of taking its advice to manually delete a stuck download that wasn't installing. I think it was right after this that MO2 stopped being able to categorize new mods and it suddenly lost SEEEdit in the executables. Now, it won't initialize the game from SKSE. It also can't run the vanilla from Skyrim Launcher. A new profile will run from Skyrim Launcher, but it can't categorize mods too. ChatGPT is recommending uninstalling and reinstalling MO2. 

Do you agree or is there something else I can do to fix this?

[z929669]

5 hours ago, Darklustre said:

ChatGPT is pretty awesome in a lot of ways but I made the mistake of taking its advice to manually delete a stuck download that wasn't installing. I think it was right after this that MO2 stopped being able to categorize new mods and it suddenly lost SEEEdit in the executables. Now, it won't initialize the game from SKSE. It also can't run the vanilla from Skyrim Launcher. A new profile will run from Skyrim Launcher, but it can't categorize mods too. ChatGPT is recommending uninstalling and reinstalling MO2. 

Do you agree or is there something else I can do to fix this?

First, if a MO download is stuck, you should right click the broken download and select 'pause', then `resume`. If that doesn't kick it in, then it's correct to cancel then delete it. Then close and restart MO. You never got to the installation, which is right click > Install.

The rest of what you are seeing has nothing to do with cancelling or deleting the download. You must've made other changes. Uninstalling/reinstalling MO2 is not the solution. It sounds like you are either on the wrong MO instance or on the wrong profile than what you expect. Executables don't just delete themselves. You either must remove them via the GUI or via ModOrganizer.ini (inside the instance folder set). Because you also have SKSE problems and can't launch via the launcher, it all sounds like you are working in the wrong instance.

Try changing MO instances using the first menu icon at upper left of MO. Restart MO after changing. Instances are different than profiles, so when you say you can run the launcher in a different profile, it doesn't make sense. Maybe this is true from a different instance though. Have a look at our instances vs profiles article to see if that helps you sort it out.

[GSDFan]

6 hours ago, Darklustre said:

ChatGPT is pretty awesome in a lot of ways but I made the mistake of taking its advice to manually delete a stuck download that wasn't installing.

You would have to go into more detail on this. I can’t see any correlation between a bad download and MO2 not working.

 

6 hours ago, Darklustre said:

I think it was right after this that MO2 stopped being able to categorize new mods and it suddenly lost SEEEdit in the executables.

This looks like two separate problems, Nexus category mapping and the ability to run the script extender.

For the category mapping you can go into the configure settings app, Nexus tab, Options section section and make sure that the box "Use Nexus category mappings" is selected and click OK. Go back into the settings menu and now click on the General tab. At the bottom there will be two buttons. Click on the one on the right to open Configure mod categories. When that new window opens there will be some buttons on the bottom right. Click on the refresh from Nexus button, wait a sceond and then press the import Nexus Cats. You will be asked how you want to import them pick what is appropriate for you.

The executable will be hard fore me to trouble shoot not knowing how MO2 is set up, but go to settings, click on the Paths tab and make sure the Base directory points to this MO2 install. Make sure the five items below it start with %BASE_DIR%/ followed by the name on the left, assuming this is a typical setup. Also make sure the Managed game is pointing to the game.

Nuking the install is sort of overkill until all hope is lost. One thing you can try is to go shut down MO, go into the instance folder, find ModOrganizer.ini and rename it. When you start MO again it will be recreated. You will then have to go through some configuration of your tools and the game again. If that does not work you can restore the original file.