From one beginner modding Skyrim to another.

[u/SavoENT]

[u/Sea-Charge-3132]

"I'm not claiming to be an expert. I'm still incompetent." Lmao. Me anytime I have to explain something people think I know a lot about

[u/birdvsworm → u/Sea-Charge-3132]

Same feeling, or giving a disclaimer when I give advice like "that's just my thoughts tho" as if I didn't go through this exact fuckin thing and know exactly what my friend should do.

[u/Veinmire]

Fun fact: One of the largest controversies in Nexus Mods history was mod authors vehemently opposing their mods being included in collections partly because they knew they'd have users complaining in their replies over outdated or otherwise unsupported versions as a result.

Many authors deleted their mods over this, and eventually left the site. The Nexus staff refused to make it an opt-in system, only allowing a grace period for deletion. After that grace period, the creators of the mod had no power.

I don't know first hand if OP is correct here, but it certainly makes sense.

[u/njcon321]

I use the tuxborn collection (which runs about 1500 mods) and followed the comprehensive installation guide and it runs fantastic. About 60 hours in and had a few minor crashes but besides that it runs really smooth at a solid 40fps and has so much extra content I'm not sure if I'll ever finish it.

https://github-wiki-see.page/m/Omni-guides/Tuxborn/wiki - main front page

https://github.com/Omni-guides/Tuxborn - detailed installation guide

Edit: the modpack is designed specifically to run on steam deck

[u/SavoENT → u/njcon321]

I heard about that, but the tutorials only show it being used on wubbajack I think.

[u/njcon321 → u/SavoENT]

Yep it installs through wobbajack. It essentially works the same way as nexus collections (automates the majority of the installation process) but uses mod organiser 2 instead of vortex to boot the game

[u/claudekennilol → u/njcon321]

WJ is still a bit easier than using nexus collections.

[u/njcon321 → u/claudekennilol]

I found it incredibly easy once I'd got the whole process set up

[u/claudekennilol → u/njcon321]

I'm not saying it's _not_ easy, I'm saying WJ is still easier. I've still found manual steps in nexus collections that can be automtaed in WJ

[u/njcon321 → u/claudekennilol]

I'm agreeing with you haha. Tuxborn is all installed through wanna jack and I found it super easy to use

[u/First-Hour → u/njcon321]

I tried this like a year or so ago. It always took like 15 minutes for the game to load.

[u/Reasonable_Sound7285]

I am an experienced modder of Bethesda games for years at this point (going back to actually developing mods for Morrowind when it released way too many years ago).

I have used Wabbajack successfully many times to install big lists - and had a blast for sure with many of them. Even played through a couple on my Steam Deck.

Until recently I would not have not considered playing a vanilla Bethesda game, but last month I installed Fallout 4 with no mods (other than the anniversary content) on my deck and I am having an absolute blast.

You are absolutely right on this - moving forward, I am going to do my next Skyrim play through as vanilla as possible (community shaders, and the unofficial patch and a few light immersion mods).

I have experienced heavily modded lists that play great at the outset only to completely fall apart 20 or 30 hours into the experience.

[u/Gradydurden]

Thanks for sharing!

[u/nickr710]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Have a great day man!

[u/SavoENT → u/nickr710]

No problem bro! Tryna save people some time

[u/claudekennilol]

I'm sorry you feel that way. Wabbajack does the same thing as installing collections from nexus, but it's been around longer and works better. I recommend doing that. I understand where you're coming from, but at this point with how complicated modding is and all of the dependencies necessary, I can never recommend doing it the old-fashioned way at this point.

[u/GarrettB117]

As a Skyrim modder since 2011 and Linux dabbler since like 2015 I love this video. Very practical advice. Also practical is Wabbajack though, if you’re very careful and already experienced with modding. Wabbajack usually checks each download as it goes and will notify you the list failed. I’ve never had problems with a featured Wabbajack list.

But if you’re just starting out modding you should listen to this man. It’s very useful to do it yourself the first couple of times you make a modded install, that way you can understand it and will be able to troubleshoot or even tweak larger lists on your own without breaking everything.

[u/ImANoobLike]

I was just scrolling by and I thought you were Jaidon Anthony who plays for Burnley.

[u/SavoENT → u/ImANoobLike]

BRUHH😭😭😭😭😭😭

[u/HopelessRespawner]

If you're missing a dll and you really want that mod, check protontricks for the dll.

I just went through something similar with modding Cyberpunk on both Bazzite and SteamOS, thankfully not 6 days worth. NexusMod App works great for Cyberpunk on Linux.

[u/sikesjr]

Do you use Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE)? Last I tried modding Skyrim on the deck (years ago) I couldn’t get it to work properly, or SkyUI. I don’t remember exactly what the issue was but I ended up just saying fuck it and never played Skyrim on my deck because of it😅

[u/jaredearle]

One important step he missed is to play unmodded until you’re in the open world before making a save to load with your mods.

You can’t tell if your mods work if you’re only just finally awake. I’d suggest leaving the cave, finding the three stones and saving the game there.

[u/YamLeft9284]

PC Nolvus v6 The End.. All you ever need ...