CORE and Extended all at once?

[Telessa]

Hi all, I'm new here so please forgive any mistakes, I promise I won't make them again :D

 

I've searched the forums and not found this particular question, but if it's been asked and answered, please forgive my missing it.

 

I've installed CORE and then went back and installed Extended after that.  I'm now doing it again as I somehow or another managed to miss a couple of mods that I now need.  Not sure how I missed them, hurrying through a section, being distracted and losing my place, pick one of those or many others I'm sure.

 

Since I'm starting over I wonder, is it okay to just start at the top and install all the mods in the order they are listed, Core or Extended? Meaning, I would install 3 Core mods, then immediately install the next 2 Extended mods, back to 1 Core mod, 1 Extended mod, etc. etc. Install right down the line regardless of classification of either Core or Extended.

 

Is it okay to do that then finish up by installing either the Extended or Core Patch?  And, for clarification, I do only install one patch not both, correct?

 

Thanks in advance and again my apologies if this has been asked and answered before. I truly did search, came up with one thread that seemed to ask the same question but the answer wasn't what I needed.

 

Ciao! 

[EssArrBee]

Yes, they are intended to be installed in the order we give you. If you are using Mod Organizer then in the left pane just drag and drop the mods to the order we listed. Install order matters a little less with Mod Organizer since you can move the mods around.

[Telessa]

Thanks for the quick reply! 

 

So it's ok to just go right down the line and install all of them with one of the patches at the end?  It will be so nice not to have to skip over the Extended then go back and add them in.  Makes more sense to me to just install them all at once.  So much easier than the brain strain I'm sure to get trying to make sure I don't miss any this time.

 

I don't use MO, I tried it, didn't like it one iota, so I only use WB and it does a right fine job and handles everything I need.  Of course that is just a by the way, nothing more and nothing less.  Just personal preference.

 

Thanks again!

Ciao!

Edited June 22, 2014 by Telessa

[EssArrBee]

Yes, you can go right down the line. Also, WB has drag and drop as well, but you need to anneal mods if you reorder them. Very simple just right click-> Anneal All.

[Telessa]

Thank you so much EssArrBee.  I appreciate the help and I really appreciate the entire STEP foundation.  I was quite hesitant to follow STEP. I wanted to add the mods I wanted and not have someone else "tell me" what to put in and how.  *laughs*  Little did I know that the very things I had been searching for, all the big fixes, basic repairs, and adding in those things that were missing, etc., everything I wanted and had been searching for were contained in STEP.  There were even things that I didn't know I wanted when I began this journey but once I saw them, I knew that was that "thing" I had been looking for.  Not only do you provide all the missing elements but I'm presented with a handbook telling me how, what and where to put everything.  It all flows so easily and simply and I'm very grateful for it and for all those that put it together.

 

All who worked on this, the testing, the discussions, more testing, comparisons, etc.etc.etc. giving their time and abilities, all of them are just amazing.  Not only did you all put in all that effort but you then give it to the Skyrim community instructions and all.  Amazing, that's the only word that keeps coming to mind.  Amazing.

 

So thank you, not only for the assistance here, but for the entire thing.  It has what everyone needs to finally have that solid, stable game with all the fixes, repairs and "lost" items.  Just amazing.

 

Goodnight (3:26am here for me) and have a great day tomorrow, or whenever your day starts!

 

Ciao!

[BUBISHI]

Sorry to pop-up in this thread, but my question is topic related and probably to stupid to waste a thread on.

To my defence I also have to say that I have searched a lot and have not found the answer… yet.

 

So I'm about to get STEP working and currently install the core mods. For me core mods are those marked green in the guide.

After this I will download the core patch, sort loadorder with BOSS, clean some files with Tes5Edit, create a Bashed File with Wrye and at this point I have STEPcore in ModOrganizer.

 

Then I could duplicate the STEPcore settings and for example use it for a Requiem setting (adding and substracting mods etc.).

 

What I don't understand is:

STEPcore is only reached when ALL green marked mods from the guide are installed and working?

Is it still STEPcore if I use one or tho additional mods from the list (like Footprints or Vibrant Auroras)?

Is it still STEPcore if I don't install one or two of the green marked mods?

 

And what is STEPExtended? Its an complete expansion pack, but I have not found a list with any guide or mod list?

 

And just one more:

The guide shows all mods in theme-groups, in this groups they are in alphabetic order.

I install them in this order and they get the priority in ModOrganizer as they are listed in the guide.

So they are not really in a logical load order in the left ModOrganizer window. Will this change if I run BOSS in the end?

 

I'm a noob when it comes to moding and installing, so please understand my confusion and be forgiving.

 

Thanks

Edited June 23, 2014 by BUBISHI

[EssArrBee]

The legend explains what core mods are. Basically the green bar next to a mod means its step core. We recommend installing all the core mods, but you can choose whatever extended mods you want.

 

The difference between using all the step extended and only using a few is that you use the extended patch for complete extended install and use the core patch for any other type of install.

[BUBISHI]

Basically the green bar next to a mod means its step core. We recommend installing all the core mods, but you can choose whatever extended mods you want.

So al least I got this one right. But thanks for clarification.

 

Still can't find a COREextended guide or something like this.

[EssArrBee]

It's the same guide. Core have a green bar next to them and extended dos not. Click the step wiki on the top left and it will take you to the main page.

[BUBISHI]

Thank You EssArrBee,

 

I never though that the installation part would take so long. But yeah, I got everything installed and running late in the night.

 

Diverse Priests mod is causing me some trouble with the STEP patch but I can fix it when I take a closer look at the additional .esp later.

 

After every game sessions I have some Overwrite .tri files from the race AND from SKS.

The .tri files should be deleted, but the SKS files? Should I create a mod file from them?

[EssArrBee]

Those are back up files from racemenu that you can use if you crash in the character creation menu. Otherwise delete them.

[DoubleYou]

SKSE ini and log files should be moved to their respective mods. This way they are not generated in overwrite every run.

[bern43]

So should we install the extended core and core mods all at once or just install core first? I'm about halfway through core. And for the extended patch you download but don't enable until the end?

[DoubleYou]

If you're going to install both, it is by far easiest to install extended first and then core.

[EssArrBee]

If you're going to install both, it is by far easiest to install extended first and then core.

What? If you're doing both then install the whole list of mods from top to bottom. Ignore what is core or extended and just install them all.

[DoubleYou]

Isn't that what I said?