Beginner's Guide to Modding Skyrim - Part 2 : The User Interface

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+Jre Just built an X99 rig for $2,200 (i7-5820k, 16Gb DDR4, 980 ti, SM951 ssd, Windows 10) and i'm pretty sure it only only suggested High not Ultra High for me lol, but Nvidia optimized everything to max. Then again I didn't build this rig for gaming.

[@DovahBot]

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[@MechaShredZilla]

Just set up my new PC, finally switched from playing the console version of Skyrim for 2 years, now playing on the PC with maxed settings looks amazing now going through these tutorials with ease as before my old PC was shyt, lol great videos Gopher.

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[@ryladante]

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[@GCJACK83]

BOSS is now superseded by LOOT, and LOOT is built into NMM, for those that may be new to modding Skyrim. Just click on the wrench and screwdriver icon on NMM, scroll down to automatic plugin sorting, and boom. Done. Pretty convenient.

[@il2xbox]

+HerpyDerpyDoo!! good to know, thanks

[@GCJACK83]

+il2xbox Another good to know point is, LOOT is also built in for Mod Organizer, and both versions will sort your plug-ins automatically, for anyone curious about MO. Of course, that still means you'll at least need to be knowledgeable with TESVEdit for plug-in cleaning still, just in case something should happen.

[@singlegameing]

+HerpyDerpyDoo!! i didn't know that! thank you so much!

[@GCJACK83]

You're welcome. Hoping Gopher does a new video series detailing these changes to keep others in the loop. I would, but I don't have a camera or experience with programs like FRAPS/Bandicam, etc.

[@singlegameing]

Bandicam is free if im not mistaken, and you dont need that much experience for that, if you will have a channel you bet you'll have at least one sub (me)!

[@BraveLittlePyro]

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[@academylord]

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[@Jesspunk]

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[@AlanKero1]

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[@Aelethil]

On a side ntoe Gopher is one of the most fantastic teachers I've ever seen in this genre. I'm here from the SKSE Video and so far I'm successful, You are amazing!

[@somethingcoolgoeshere]

TIP/WARNING: you MUST set skse as your primary way of lauching the game for skyUI too function correctly simply go to your dashboard an scroll down if you have it installed you will see "Skyrim Script Extender" click the three dots and press "set as primary" this is for vortex users as used in the video i know this video is old but people still mod the game even at the time of commenting this and i thought i would help people out

[@Nikitacic]

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[@AdriBoiiiz]

SPECTACULAR TUTORIAL SERIES. I'm a few years late so I had to tweak a little bit of the steps (i.e. using vortex instead of nmm, not installing skse bc it's already installed on my steam; therefore, when I launch the game it's basically already there) FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THANKS. THIS GAME IS NOW FUN AGAIN.

[@nabtorg906]

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[@Counter-Chicken]

I'm 40 hours in and I don't know how I've survived without SkyUI so far.

[@garethlim8663]

I was in 181 hours b4 i used it.

[@Renacles]

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337 in PC, 300+ on console, and Im still re-watching this series for the 7th time since I keep forgetting crucial parts of modding skyrim.

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[@SwitchMaxFX]

I am. im working on the textures mods now. love this guy

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[@revelum1502]

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[@CappedIntelligence]

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[@mooncatt79]

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[@michaelhofby]

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[@ishikawaml]

I want to thank you so much for being extremely cool about teaching us noobs how to do this; you were not condescending in any way, and that is greatly appreciated in this culture of trolling!

[@GophersVids]

I will not be covering every mod, or even the 'best' mods in this series. Just the mods I feel will get beginners on the road to become competent modders.

[@StarDagger777]

Quality world map never worked, followed all the instructions, and I see it on the list of mods but not in the plugins. Wondering why. Adittionally, I just wanted to thank you for improving my Gaming life. Just started modding Skyrim, and the results are fantastic. Videos like this that are clear, concise and professionally done make our hobby better, big kudos to you!

[@LKBean]

I have the same issue :-/ NMM says its installed and I see the files in the data folder, but there aren't any changes in the game...

[@theking6701]

Hoan K. It may be causing problems with another mod. Look at the quality world map mod page and look for a section that says: "incompatible mods" or something. If it lists any mods you have installed, they will need to be uninstalled for a quality world map to work.

[@JamesNitrox]

Thanks so much for doing this guide. I've watched your Fallout 3 guide and my game is so much better and now I can do this to Skyrim. Both games I've only got recently

[@scotscovenanter]

Fantastic stuff as always, Gopher. Going through this whole series tonight and loading my machine up with mod goodness.

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[@smegheddd]

welcome back Gopher - hope you had a great break ... can't thank you enough for these videos - I have just about completed moving to NMM from SW (there are a couple I can't port 'cos they ain't on nexus and one I have a slight issue with atm - am working on it) but all in all so far so good thanks to your very informative tutorials. next up - climates of tamriel, pure waters and Falskaar! - oh and deadly dragons (gasp), your skyrim mod sanctuary vids are much appreciated as well. thanks dude :)

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[@BigfootTJ]

havnt even finished the video yet but the "SKSE detected" message made my week already everything else is just butter ontop

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This Guides Have Helped Me Out A lot! Thanks!

[@ed4pints]

where is the MCM Link

[@iVocaloidsIA]

ed4pints www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/42507/?

[@ed4pints]

thanks Ashlyn

[@LvZ90]

You don`t need to download MCM because its part of SkyUI.

[@cakemnstr42]

havent played skyrim in a while and when this series came out I thought "who the heck needs this". Now I'm watching it to get my basic mods together^^

[@johnbelt5204]

I would say I am not quite an expert at modding but I certainly know what I'm doing and I am still learning a few things with these videos. Thanks Gopher.

[@R.E.Transmitter]

I love your tutorial videos! They are so so clear and easy to understand. I am not a native speaker and my English is mediocre but I understand literally everything. And by the way: immersive hud is a great mod.

[@lilyamnell8285]

Very eagerly awaiting your part 3 of this series! :D Thank you very much for taking the time to make all of this

[@sumadahk6070]

After years of modding, I never noticed that SkyUI added the duration symbols. I didn't know that wasn't in the base game. The more you learn in slow tutorials. Thanks Gopher

[@MrAliquam]

You probably should release this playlist at Nexus. Framed permanently. And called something like "Gopher's Modding School". You're explaining are so careful and understandable, in my opinion, that you deserve some credit for your job. Though I figured all out about Skyrim modding, I'm still curious to watch these video series.

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[@GophersVids]

Working on one tomorrow hopefully, should be done for the weekend. With vacation and many other videos that need making I got behind on that series I am afraid. I need a ten day week.

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[@TheSteveSou]

major props gopher MAJOR PROPS before the series i litterally messed my skyrim sooo much that i went in houses without walls and starting shouting to 30-50 guards that were attacking me (tgm on) and between shout cd i would see the walls literally in bright red the guards in right green and little stuff in blue ... What an adventure that was reinstalling 2k tectures for about 10 times at the same directory until they might work....

[@Arkanazzt]

I'm not new to modding at all, but I still learned a couple things in this video. Thanks Gopher

[@GophersVids]

I would recommend installing it the way I show in the video. The installer works ok, but it has no uninstaller and wont provide any warnings if other mods attempt to overwrite the skse script files. It is worth taking the few minutes to install the data files with NMM (or another mod manager).

[@amhamid]

Gopher. You are the man. Thanks for your good humor and straightforwardness.

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Yeah his voice helps....but also that because he makes mods, he totally understands how to explain things in an easy to understand way. Some of the best tutorial videos on youtube for my money.

[@DA4KSHADOW]

First off thank you thank you for all the help u have given me i successfully installed my first mod and ur videos r great for beginners like me. I have learnt a lot about modding so thank you so very much Gopher :)

[@FapasaurusRexx]

I feel like I'm in a college course for modding. Very well done vids dude. Very informative for more than just Skyrim.

[@jimmydeal6719]

Thanks so much for the Skyrim UI, it's way more important than many other mods in fact it's essential considering how poor the standard inventory system is, being able to sort items by weight, value, again like Oblivion is great and it's much more than that with the excellent group option. Anyone that's not used the group option should try it you can group say your favourite armour and assign it to a function key and just press that key and your all armoured up, also put favourite weapons, potions, poisons, into separate groups and access them much quicker, I use a logitech G510 k/board with 54 programmable keys but even with that and macros I can't find a way to put on all my armour in one key press as with the group option, brilliant!

[@TheMymous]

You're awesome. This series is exactly what I was looking for.

[@Autumntwilightt27]

Thank you Gopher! I'm new to modding and have around 160 mods running smoothly! :) Oh there were some bumps and bruises along the way but the Skyrim community is amazing! :) Thank you again Sir Gopher! :) :) :)

[@Metalkatt]

Just another voice saying thank you for this information. I can rip my Sims folders apart and back again, but I was hesitant to touch Skyrim because I had no idea what guts are what. This is extremely helpful, and makes it so I'm not always arging over "Well, G can do it for Richard, but where's the freaking option in my game?"

[@llcoolkatgee211]

totally new to modding and these vids are a great resource for a beginner, thanks Gopher!

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Im only this happy on Christmas. Thank you so very much Gopher

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Thank you so much for these videos i am a complete novice when it comes to modding and your videos really helped :)

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you and your velvety voice are GOD to me for these tutorials =P

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Thank you for doing this my wife actually started to try modding because of this series.

[@shawnmencke8330]

your videos are amazing ive never done moding before yet you make it easy to understand you are amazing

[@tinyina]

Homework? I feel like back in school :D but I'll watch it! Awesome explanation, as always! Thank you

[@IGNSkillz]

I've been modding Skyrim for more than a year. So clustered, watching this from the beginning because I cleaned everything and I want to make it run smooth.

[@mcvortex1478]

Dude you're like fucking Yoda when it comes to teaching how to mod!! Very helpful and patient, thanks man best ever!!! :D

[@Uubier]

+MC Vortex like yoda cause hes wise but not like yoda because he doesnt speak weird or in riddles and he explains EVERYTHING

[@KryzzGaming]

Your tutorials are great! I´m German, so I can´t speak and understand Englisch that good, but I understand EVERYTHING you say in your tutorials! Thanks Gopher :)

[@RoofRug]

YOUR Videos are seriously Awesome! love the way you put everything... even though its a bit slow, but as a beginner I think that is good :p I'll keep watching now, thank you!

[@Drakijy]

Mr. Gopher, THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I'm enjoying these and finding them extremely helpful!

[@IH8COMERCIALRNB]

The term vanilla comes from ice cream. Vanilla is 'plain'.Vanilla is used to describe many things, not just in the modding world :P Love your video's , helping me alot as a new user.

[@TheChaostheinsane]

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[@GophersVids]

I will be covering performance issues in a few videos in the coming weeks I hope.

[@gunzblazin305]

I really love your tutorials Gopher, Looking forward to next episode. :)

[@davidporter9846]

Another great instructional video on a great mod. Thankfully I found SkyUI before starting to play Skyrim. I will never play with the vanilla menu again!

[@kaichusama]

Installing mods manually, if you do it correctly, is exactly the same. However, if two mods share the same files, NMM backs up the files of the first mod so that, if you uninstall the second, it can replace the first mod's files and have that one continue working. I think the benefits of the mod manager were explained in detail in the first or second video of the series. :)

[@SuperHoldenC]

Hey Gopher, I hope you're planning on installing Skyrim Redone. I can't imagine playing the game without it. Keep up the great work, Sir Gopher.

[@argumentativelysound2001]

You're a bit too modest about your mod and didn't give it a proper attention it deserves. Without any exaggeration, I cannot imagine my game without it. It can also link other mods to its functions like "Matter of Time" and keep the screen clean when needed. It really makes a great deal of difference, the impact on the entire gameplay cannot be overstated and to me, it's just as essential as SkyUI is. So, thank you for this gift & give your mods more credit, it was rather dry presentation.

[@victoriacaballero4883]

First of all I would like to thank you for the amazing videos you make and the effort you put on them :) They're incredibly precise and just as helpful! I'd like to mention a error I encountered while installing the SkyIU after the SKSE: whenever I started the game a pop-up appeared showing 'Error Code 7'. The solution for this lies in the file in Documents>MyGames>Skyrim>Skyrim.ini, the line that reads 'bInvalidateOlderFiles =0' under the '[Archive]' section must be changed to 1 for the pop-up to disapear and for the new inventory to work correctly. Hope this helps ^^

[@SandF3DPrinting]

I appreciate this video series so very much! Its helped me a TON!!!