Skyrim Modding

Yea, I was awake until nearly 6am because I discovered the VR mods. Holy cow.

I'm using Vortex to manage things, but the .swf info here already helped with that, because vortex didn't even create or copy the interface folder (for SkyUI). Seems like voices for the mods aren't working though (or perhaps it's because I've just been working my mojo on random girls... like the first shop in the first town... totally smashed the shop dude's sister while he watched. lol...

But back on topic, none of the mods worked on Switch until I added them to Skyrim.ini. They are working right now, so I don't think I'll mess with them anymore. TBH I'm disappointed that using any mods at all turns off achievements, so I went ahead and installed cheatroom as well. Wasn't going to, but I guess there's no point in NOT using it.

 

I'll say it again. Don't use the Plugins file. The Switch is not a computer, so even if there is a way to (kinda) bypass the 10 EPS/ESM files limit, you shouldn't do it. Specially if you are new to this and don't have much idea of what you are doing.
Keep it nice and simple, that's the best way to go.

Mods are independent from each other, unless you are using two mods where one must be present necessarily in order to the other one to work. Deleting a mod should not affect others. If it does, it's mostly cause you really messed up something at some point.

Also, some mods will simply not work properly, or at all. Not evey mod is compatible with Switch, and even those that are may not work at a 100%, or cause glitches.

As a general advice, don't use Vortex or any mod administrator, specially those who are making their first steps into modding the Switch. And for the love of god, make a back-up of your save data.
Do everything manually, and try several things. You will block the game, you will make the console freeze, you may even corrupt you save file. But you will learn what works and why pretty quickly by doing that.

 

No, the plugins file is not safer, sadly. Keep in mind that the "it works fine for me" argument is never a valid one when it comes to this kind of stuff.
For example, when removing a mod, in-game items associated to that mod will mostly just disappear on the next reload. But yes, as you say, that may (and mostly will) cause a problem. Does that means you must delete the mods without deleting the items then? No, of course not. In the same way, just because you haven't experienced any issue doesn't mean you must recommend the use of the Plugins file. Same goes for the load order option (that's actually safer than the plain Plugins file).
It's a posibility, yes. But one that people should avoid as much as possible, and not use it if there's no real need. ESP/ESM can be merged (sometimes), and there are a ton of mods that are just BSA files that can also be merged.

 

Well, I realize why the plugins file doesn't work for me. It's because I'm using sxos. Not by choice, either. On Atmosphere, Skyrim won't even load. It just crashes (since I started trying these mods). I do own the cart , and must have it in to play, so I kind of doubt the crash is because of crypto crap from SX/tinfoil installations. I have duplicated my Data folder between sx and AMS, so the setup is the same. As far as I can tell, the mods I really care about playing with are working fine under SX, but AMS wont even let me play the game using both latest hekate and latest ams/fusee-primary. I did add the AMS patch (the only difference between the two setups).

 

Just got around to looking at the OP again. I had no idea that sxos can use exefs_patches. I overlooked that step entirely (but all was working since I didn't use too many mods, and added them to the top of skyrim.ini).

Anyways, thanks for setting me straight. Need sleep, and might play around with it tomorrow after work. Not for long though. MY switch is a deployment thing, and while I'm home, I've discovered that Skyrim with mods is totally badass on the rift! Time to get a new video card as the Vega64 isn't quite cutting the mustard. Just wish the bots would stop buying up all of the 6800xt and 6900xt boards...

 

hey so im trying to use the toolkit. i downloaded ffmpeg. where in the toolkit directory is ffmpeg supposed to go? i just get errors saying ffmpeg was not found. Thanks NEVERMIND!

 

ffmpeg goes in the utilities folder

 

I’m thinking that Tesla, or at least one of the overlays I had installed, is what was causing the mods to not work in AMS for me (game would crash before reaching the title screen). I removed the contents folder, then extracted it from the ams release, and added only the mods, and the latest cheat files. Everything works now, on ams and SX. This is great!

 

The contents folder have a folder for each title that uses external elements. Sysmodules, games, homebrew, patches. Everything is stored there.
If you straight deleted it, expect problems soon and errors everywhere.

Also, Tesla is not stored there, so it wasn't the problem.

 

nx-ovlloader IS stored there. That is what Tesla is. Without it (and the boot2.flag that tells ams to load it on startup), you aren't loading any overlays. Games do not go into /contents. patches, cheats, and anything that requires layered fs goes there.

 

Please, read carefully my posts before replying, specially if you are gonna act like an asshole when we are just trying to help people here.
You can go ahead and read it again. Do it slowly if you need time, so you can understand it better.

 

“Also, Tesla is not stored there, so it wasn't the problem.“

yup. Read it again. You’re still wrong, so you’re not helping anybody.

And I might add that when assisting others, making sure contents is clean should be one of the first steps. Removing patches doesn’t cause problems. The patches themselves cause the problems. Themes prevent booting even.

 

been trying to convert amazing follower tweaks with NX toolkit and cant seem to get it working, I've tryed to solely convert the mod and also converting and packing the mod but i cant seem to make it work yet, any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

The fact that is designed to be used on Switch doesn't mean it will work good. Keep in mind, the Switch is not a computer, you run on much limited hardware. And even when this version of the game is compatible with mods, it wasn't ported with that idea in mind.
So, by forcing more stuff than needed on a version of the game that shouldn't be modded in the first place and that is running on a much more limited hardware, you don't need to be a genius to see why the plugins file, even when it exists and works, shouldn't be used.
You can go out and check Nexus, Reddit, any other community that's not GBA. People has been having problems because of this for a long time now. And as I said, "it works for me" and "I don't know anybody with problems" doesn't apply in this kind of situation.
For example, I had a computer with Window ME back in the day, and it worked great for me, and the other two people I knew that were using it didn't have any issues either. Does that means it was a marvelous, spectacular OS? It was designed to works on cumputers like mine, and it worked great. People shouldn't be saying it was a bad OS then.

If you wanna go ahead and use the Plugins file, do it. Wanna load +100 mods? Feel free to. That doesn't mean you shouldn't, and sooner or later, by overloading everything, you are gonna run into problems.

Assuming you are talking about Amazing Follower Tweaks SE, try loading this version and let us know how you are loading it.
Since it uses advace scripting, don't expect it to work properly or even at all (depending on how was it coded).