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| <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="10" color="#0084FC">Prerequisites Page</font></div>
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| == Official Bethesda Content ==
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| {{Notice Small|text=This guide does not make use of nor recommends the use of the Offical High Resolution Texture Pack DLC}}
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| * [http://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/489830/ Skyrim Special Edition] v1.5.16
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| * [https://bethesda.net/en/dashboard Creation Kit] v2.0
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| * [http://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/489830/ Dawnguard DLC]
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| * [http://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/489830/ Hearthfire DLC]
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| * [http://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/489830/ Dragonborn DLC]
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| === Steam Overlay ===
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| The Steam Overlay is known to cause issues while playing Skyrim Special Edition it is advised to disable it; to do this perform the following:
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| # Load <span style="color:Gold">Steam.</span>
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| # In the '''Tool bar''' at the top of the left hand side '''Click''' <span style="color:Gold">Steam.</span>
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| # In the Dropdown menu '''Click''' <span style="color:Gold">Settings.</span>
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| # Then in the popup box find where it says <span style="color:Gold">In-Game.</span>
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| # Uncheck <span style="color:Gold">Enabled the Steam overlay while in-game</span> then click <span style="color:Gold">OK.</span>
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| Alternatively if you would just like to disable this for Skyrim Special Edition you may:
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| # Load <span style="color:Gold">Steam.</span>
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| # '''Click''' <span style="color:Gold">LIBRARY.</span>
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| # On your '''Games''' list look for <span style="color:Gold">The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Editon</span> and '''Right Click'''.
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| # In the Dropdown menu '''Click''' <span style="color:Gold">Properties</span>.
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| # Then in the popup box '''Uncheck''' <span style="color:Gold">Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game</span>.
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| == Configure Skyrim ==
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| Before we can actually start doing any modding, We need to setup Skyrim Special Edition first so we have a starting base to work from.
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| Start by opening Steam: then perform the following steps in order:
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| Start The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition through the Steam context menu to open the default Skyrim Special Edition launcher.
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| # Click <span style="color:Gold">"Options"</span>.
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| # Click the <span style="color:Gold">[Ultra]</span> push-button.
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| # Set <span style="color:Gold">"Aspect Ratio"</span> and <span style="color:Gold">"Resolution" </span>through the drop down box. Set these to the monitors optimal resolution.
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| # Set <span style="color:Gold">"Antialiasing"</span> to Off through the drop down box. This is in preparation for the ENB Install.
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| # Set <span style="color:Gold">"Windowed Mode"</span> make sure this is <span style="color:Gold">ticked</span>.
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| # Set <span style="color:Gold">"Borderless"</span> make sure this is <span style="color:Gold">ticked</span>.
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| # Click the <span style="color:Gold">[OK]</span> button to close and save.
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| We have just set Skyrim Special Edition up to a base to work on. We'll tweak this when we run the <span style="color:Gold">BethINI </span>tool later in the guide.
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| == Configure The Creation Kit ==
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Sea_pAxlo Creation Kit SE Tutorial (Installation) by Darkfox127]
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| The Creation Kit is a valuable tool for Skyrim Special Edition as it allows users to create and/or edit mods. It can be used to fix and change things not possible with the other 3rd party tools. Similar to Skyrim Special Edition, the Creation Kit does not have default ini files until it is started for the first time and requires some basic setup to work properly for the purpose of this guide.
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| For the puroses of this guide the Creation kit will be required for proper mod conversion.
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| # Download and install [http://download.cdp.bethesda.net/BethesdaNetLauncher_Setup.exe Bethesda.net Launcher].
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| # Run the Launcher and sign in (create an account if you don't have one).
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| # Users should see the grey "Creation" icon on the left. Click on it and install.
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| # Users should now <span style="color:Gold">launch</span> the CK, choosing <span style="color:Gold">NO</span> when asked to extract the scripts, and close the program.
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| # Navigate to the Skyrim Special Edition folder (where CreationKit.exe is located) and open <span style="color:Gold">CreationKit.ini</span>.
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| # At the top of the <span style="color:Gold">[General]</span> section, add the lines <span style="color:Gold">bAllowMultipleMasterFiles=1</span> and <span style="color:Gold">"bAllowMultipleMasterLoads=1"</span>.
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| # Locate the line starting with <span style="color:Gold">"SResourceArchiveList2="</span> and after Skyrim - Patch.bsa add <span style="color:Gold">",Dawnguard.bsa, Hearthfires.bsa, Dragonborn.bsa"</span>.
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| # Save and close the file.
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| These settings will remain set for each subsequent run. These settings have accomplished the following:
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| * Setup the ini files for multiple master loads and to properly load DLC content.
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| == Script Extenders ==
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| ====<span style="color:cyan">[Skyrim Script Extender]</span>====
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| <div style="border-left:medium solid #14ff17; padding-left:3px;">
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| <div style="cursor:default; border-radius:2px; width:42px; height:16px; background-color:#006666; background:-webkit-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-moz-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-o-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); text-align:center; display:inline-block; padding:1px;"><span style="font-size:12px; color:#A8C9A7; line-height:1em;"><i><b>CORE</b></i></span></div> [http://skse.silverlock.org/ Skyrim Script Extender] - 2.0.6 - by ianpatt, behippo, scruggsywuggsy the ferret, and purple lunchbox
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| <div style="margin-left: 10px;">
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| '''Files to download''' :
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| * <span style="color: #d0eb50">'''MAIN FILES'''</span> - ''Current SE build 2.0.6 (runtime 1.5.23): 7z archive''
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| Install only these files to the main ''Skyrim Special Edition'' folder at this time:
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| * skse64_1_5_23.dll
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| * skse64_loader.exe
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| * skse64_steam_loader.dll
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| {{Notice Small|text=Do NOT install the script files yet. These will be installed later as part of the [[#Create The Lexy's LOTD SE Profile|''Create The Lexy's LOTD SE Profile'']] section. Do not delete the downloaded archive.}}
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| SKSE is absolutely essential. It extends the scripting capacity of the game to allow mods to do things that would not normally be doable in the base Skyrim Engine. Many Mods depend upon it.
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| == Tools ==
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| ====<span style="color:cyan">[7-Zip]</span>====
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| <div style="border-left:medium solid #14ff17; padding-left:3px;">
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| <div style="cursor:default; border-radius:2px; width:42px; height:16px; background-color:#006666; background:-webkit-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-moz-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-o-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); text-align:center; display:inline-block; padding:1px;"><span style="font-size:12px; color:#A8C9A7; line-height:1em;"><i><b>CORE</b></i></span></div> [http://www.7-zip.org/download.html 7-Zip] - 17.01 beta
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| <div style="margin-left: 10px;">
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| '''Files to download''' :
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| * <span style="color: #d0eb50">'''MAIN FILES'''</span> - ''7-Zip for 64-bit Windows x64 (Intel 64 or AMD64)''
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| </div>
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| ====<span style="color:cyan">[Bethesda Archive Extractor (BSA and BA2)]</span>====
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| <div style="border-left:medium solid #14ff17; padding-left:3px;">
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| <div style="cursor:default; border-radius:2px; width:42px; height:16px; background-color:#006666; background:-webkit-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-moz-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-o-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); text-align:center; display:inline-block; padding:1px;"><span style="font-size:12px; color:#A8C9A7; line-height:1em;"><i><b>CORE</b></i></span></div> [https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/974/ Bethesda Archive Extractor (BSA and BA2)] - 0.10 beta - by jonwd7
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| <div style="margin-left: 10px;">
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| '''Files to download''' :
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| * <span style="color: #d0eb50">'''MAIN FILES'''</span> - ''BAE v0.10''
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| </div>
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| ====<span style="color:cyan">[Champollion a PEX to Papyrus decompiler]</span>====
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| <div style="border-left:medium solid #14ff17; padding-left:3px;">
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| <div style="cursor:default; border-radius:2px; width:42px; height:16px; background-color:#006666; background:-webkit-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-moz-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-o-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); text-align:center; display:inline-block; padding:1px;"><span style="font-size:12px; color:#A8C9A7; line-height:1em;"><i><b>CORE</b></i></span></div> [https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35307 Champollion a PEX to Papyrus decompiler] - 1.01 - by li1nx
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| '''Files to download''' :
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| * <span style="color: #d0eb50">'''MAIN FILES'''</span> - ''Champollion V1_0_1 64 bits''
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| </div>
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| Special Installation: <span style="color:Magenta">Manually install the contents of the main file to to Main Skyrim Special Edition Directory Folder</span>
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| Mod notes: The function of this tool is to decompile pex scripts to source code. This is a prerequisite for Merge Plugins Standalone.
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| ====<span style="color:cyan">[LOOT]</span>====
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| <div style="border-left:medium solid #14ff17; padding-left:3px;">
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| <div style="cursor:default; border-radius:2px; width:42px; height:16px; background-color:#006666; background:-webkit-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-moz-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-o-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); text-align:center; display:inline-block; padding:1px;"><span style="font-size:12px; color:#A8C9A7; line-height:1em;"><i><b>CORE</b></i></span></div> [https://github.com/loot/loot/releases/tag/0.12.1 LOOT] - 0.12.1 - by WrinklyNinja et al
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| '''Files to download''' :
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| * <span style="color: #d0eb50">'''MAIN FILES'''</span> - ''LOOT v0.12.1''
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| Mod notes: The programs allow you to sort and optimize your Load Order.
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| ====<span style="color:cyan">[Merge Plugins Standalone]</span>====
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| <div style="border-left:medium solid #14ff17; padding-left:3px;">
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| <div style="cursor:default; border-radius:2px; width:42px; height:16px; background-color:#006666; background:-webkit-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-moz-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-o-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); text-align:center; display:inline-block; padding:1px;"><span style="font-size:12px; color:#A8C9A7; line-height:1em;"><i><b>CORE</b></i></span></div> [https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/69905/? Merge Plugins Standalone] - 2.3.1 - by Mator
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| <div style="margin-left: 10px;">
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| '''Files to download''' :
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| * <span style="color: #d0eb50">'''MAIN FILES'''</span> - ''Merge Plugins''
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| </div>
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| Mod notes: The programs allows you to Combine plugin as so reduce overall esp count.
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| ====<span style="color:cyan">[SSEEDIT]</span>====
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| <div style="border-left:medium solid #14ff17; padding-left:3px;">
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| <div style="cursor:default; border-radius:2px; width:42px; height:16px; background-color:#006666; background:-webkit-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-moz-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-o-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); text-align:center; display:inline-block; padding:1px;"><span style="font-size:12px; color:#A8C9A7; line-height:1em;"><i><b>CORE</b></i></span></div> [https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/164/ SSEEDIT] - 3.2 - by ElminsterAU and SSEEdit team
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| <div style="margin-left: 10px;">
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| '''Files to download''' :
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| * <span style="color: #d0eb50">'''MAIN FILES'''</span> - ''SSEEdit 3.2''
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| Mod notes: This program is an essential Tool that will help with cleaning mods of dirty edit and enable to creation of patches required by this guide.
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| ====<span style="color:cyan">[Wrye Bash]</span>====
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| <div style="margin-left: 10px;">
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| '''Files to download''' :
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| * <span style="color: #d0eb50">'''OLDER FILES'''</span> - '' Wrye Bash 307 beta1 - Standalone Executable''
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| Special Installation: <span style="color:Magenta">Manually extract and install to the main Skyrim Special Edition directory</span>.
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| Mod notes: The function of this tool is to manage mods and create Bashed Patches. Bashed Patches merge the leveled lists from the installed mods and has some limited functionality to merge mods and tweak game values. For the purposes of this guide, only the Bashed Patch functionality will be used.
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| ==Mod Manger==
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| ====<span style="color:cyan">[Mod Organizer 2]</span>====
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| <div style="border-left:medium solid #14ff17; padding-left:3px;">
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| <div style="cursor:default; border-radius:2px; width:42px; height:16px; background-color:#006666; background:-webkit-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-moz-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:-o-linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); background:linear-gradient(#006666, #669999); text-align:center; display:inline-block; padding:1px;"><span style="font-size:12px; color:#A8C9A7; line-height:1em;"><i><b>CORE</b></i></span></div> [https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6194/ Mod Organizer 2] - 2.1.1 - by Tannin
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| <div style="margin-left: 10px;">
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| '''Files to download''' :
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| * <span style="color: #d0eb50">'''MAIN FILES'''</span> - ''Mod Organizer 2 (Standalone Version)''
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| Mod notes: This is the tool we'll actually be using to download, install and manage the mods. Don't worry if it looks daunting, we'll set you right shortly.
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| ===Installing Mod Organizer 2===
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| Once Mod Organizer 2 is downloaded some manual setup is required:
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| * Create a folder called Mod Organizer 2 in the Skyrim Special Edition Main Directory (so you have some like Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Mod Organizer 2).
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| * Once created, create 4 new folders inside the new Mod Organizer 2 folder called:
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| downloads - (so you have some like Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Mod Organizer 2\downloads)
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| mods - (so you have some like Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Mod Organizer 2\mods)
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| overwrite - (so you have some like Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Mod Organizer 2\overwrite)
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| profiles - (so you have some like Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Mod Organizer 2\profiles)
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| webcache - (so you have some like Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Mod Organizer 2\webcache)
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| * Extract the contents of the downloaded Zip file to Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Mod Organizer 2.
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| * Run ModOrganizer.exe
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| * A popup box should appear asking to "choose an Instance" pick '''New'''
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| * A 2nd popup should appear from the drop down menu pick '''SkyrimSE'''
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| * Click OK Read the 3rd popup box.
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| * A 4th popup should appear select '''Skyrim Special Edition'''
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| * A 5th popup should appear asking if you want see the tutorial. Those who are new to Mod Organizer 2 should select '''Yes''' those who are very familiar with it should Select '''No'''.
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| Congratulations Mod Orgainzer 2 is installed now we need to configure it properly.
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| === Configuring Mod Organizer 2 ===
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| Now that Mod Organizer 2 is installed to setup up correctly
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| * From the tool bar click the Spanner and screwdriver icon.
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| * From the popup box tab over to '''Path'''
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| * Under paths section change the following:
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| downloads - Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Mod Organizer 2\downloads
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| mods - Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Mod Organizer 2\mods
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| overwrite - Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Mod Organizer 2\overwrite
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| profiles - Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Mod Organizer 2\profiles
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| webcache - Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Mod Organizer 2\webcache
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| A Popup box should appear click '''Yes'''
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| * Under the Nexus tab make sure the '''Automatically login to Nexus''' is '''Ticked'''
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| * Input your Nexus User Name and Password.
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| * Click OK
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| Congratulations Mod Orgainzer 2 should be properly configured. Next we need to setup a base profile.
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| === Mod Organizer 2: Base Profile Creation ===
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| Now the Mod Organizer 2 is insatalled and configured correctly need to create a Base Profile to work from.
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| # Click the <span style="color:Gold">[Configure Profiles]</span> button at the top of the window. The icon looks like an id card.
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| # Click <span style="color:Gold">[Create] and type <span style="color:Gold">"Vanilla Skyrim SE" </span>in the text box.
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| # Verify that <span style="color:Gold">"Default Game Settings" </span>is unchecked then click [OK]. The <span style="color:Gold">"Vanilla Skyrim"</span> profile will appear in the list.
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| # Select the <span style="color:Gold">"Default" </span>profile and click <span style="color:Gold">[Remove]</span>. Select <span style="color:Gold">[Yes] </span>when prompted.
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| # Close the dialogue by clicking <span style="color:Gold">[Close]</span>.
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| # Verify that <span style="color:Gold">"Vanilla Skyrim SE" </span>is the currently selected profile in the "Profile" drop-down above the left-pane of the Mod Organizer window.
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| Congratulations Mod Orgainzer 2 Base Profle should be properly created. Next we need to setup a Modding Profile.
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