This video will show you how to install mods on skyrim without using nexus mod installer skyrim mod website skyrim.nexusmods.com.
Ok, with NMM at the end of line and won't let me add some mods I want. And MO not wanting to install. I get a incompatible compression error message from my jzip program for the manual install of MO. And I get a can't unpack from the full install of MO. So I am left to trying to install some mods manually for Skyrim.
I would call myself an average modder. That is to say adding mods to Skyrim through NMM and Steam. I have added one or two by placing the files I found in the archives into corresponding folders in my Skyrim directory. Those were very small and simple mods that I was testing for a friend.
But now I am forced to try and install some more difficult mods with other parts and files. Lets see if I have the basics down though.
1. Every Mod needs a .esm and .bsa file in the Skyrim data directory.
2. Put corresponding files into their proper folders in the Skyrim data directory. (e.g. textures in textures, meshes in meshes, etc...)
That is all I know how to do. Then you activate the .esm in NMM or Steam loader. Using Loot to figure out the load order for you. Then start the game after backing up you save file and hope the new mods work.
So this one mode has multiple directories in the archive. For use with the different body extenders. I use CBBE. I should only copy the files in the CBBE folder as well as the ones in the folder named core?
If there is a FOMD, or is it FMOD, I get the shorthands confused some times. But you know what I am talking about. If there is one of these directories could I use it to help install these mods? I never looked in that directory but I know it's there.
Finally, I would like to say thanks to all who help me in advance. And if there is any other advice or help you can give me I would love to hear it.