
The Creation Kit is the official Bethesda tool for creating and editing mods. Rather than detail this procedure, we recommend reading this article for details on how to do so. In the event that it still updates, it is possible to roll back to an earlier version. Since we will be launching Skyrim via MO2 and the SKSE launcher, no trigger event will occur and your Skyrim install will remain in the same state as it currently is until you force the update yourself. In the selection box under "Automatic Updates", select "Only update this game when I launch it".ĭespite the wording, no update to the game will occur UNLESS you launch the game via STEAM.In the popup window, select the Updates tab.In the menu that appears, click on Properties.In STEAM, right click on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.

In order to prevent STEAM from updating these files, it is required that you make the following selections: This means that SKSE (and a bunch of mods that use it) will no longer function. As such, attention to detail is crucial if you want to end up with a properly-working game.īethesda regularly (roughly every three months) updates some of the base Skyrim files in support of their Creation Club content. These patches are necessary to make several hundred mods play together nicely.

You should expect these errors, at least until I tell you to run LOOT, as they are due to how drastically this guide changes the game. If you choose to disregard this warning, you will see many errors in LOOT. If you are not willing to teach yourself how to use all of the modding tools used in this guide.If you do not carefully read and follow every word of the guide.If you add or remove other mods before completing the guide.Your game MAY APPEAR BROKEN, and LOOT will not sort correctly: Before we get started, we need to have a quick but essential chat.
