Mod Organizer 2 - How to Install & Setup Guide (2021)

[@dreamiblu]

As somebody who is useless with computers and can't even print a piece of paper this was very easy to follow. Thank you

[@Solid-Matrix]

Tbf printing can be archaic sometimes

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

@@Solid-Matrix I swear to god they've made it more esoteric over the years just so they can eventually start charging for a service to have someone else do it for you. Mark my words

[@Solid-Matrix]

@@Ezekiel_Allium When that time comes, the world is truly screwed

[@SupperSoup]

Ctrl + P. click print

[@Darkly211]

Your tutorials are perfect, dude. Super easy to follow. No random clutter making the video 20+ minutes long. Thank you so much!

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

This tutorial is a godsend, not many tutorials are so easy to follow or to the point, especially for modding stuff. They either go on pointless long winded tangents or they blow through everything too quickly, you manage to keep a fast pace and while actually explaining the things. I actually think I watched this video last time I thought about switching back to MO2 but I must have been sleep deprived or something because I remember not really liking it. Past me was, suffice to say, and idiot

[@alenatucker12]

I know I’m late on this but this tutorial is amazing! I’m useless with downloading things so this is slow paced and easy to follow, I also love that you include tips and tricks you know! ❤

[@MoaisNotmyname]

Incredibly clear instructions, nicely edited, simply a perfect tutorial. Thank you!

[@beancomrade]

this is literally the best modding tutorial i've ever watched, thank you so much for being consice and easy to follow!

[@omegafoxxtrot7248]

I really appreciate the attention to detail and the tone this tutorial. I needed a refresher to install MO2 on my new pc and as someone who has to regularly explain computer and internet concepts to people 50 and older, I do want to commend your ability to explain decently complicated or intimidating processes in a straightforward way without being condescending to anyone who might not know what they're doing yet Also, your voice is dope and it was a pleasure to listen to while I worked

[@Apoqsi]

Thanks for the kind words! If there is anything specific you’d like to see a video on, please just let me know.

[@BackProgressed]

best tutorial - switched from vortex! perfect speech tempo (not too fast:) all important stuff compact and clear - thx!

[@jaredmartinez1597]

You uploaded this video as soon as I was deciding whether I should re-install Fallout 4. Thank you for the sign

[@lilrevive2392]

really good guide. other videos were really confusing and misleading and just got me all kinds of backwards yours was really straight forward and simple thank you very much now I can mod my game and have fun 10/10

[@lyricpoet9614]

Mannnnn! You made my night. I did not remember how to install a 2nd. game using MO2 and, your clear and concise guide helped me a lot. Just did it after watching your explanations. Thanks a LOT and continue your great work. I know that its an old tutorial but, perfect still today. Subed and Liked. 🤩👍

[@tonye9725]

Bro, you are the man LOL. I've searched countless videos and yours is the most direct and comprehensive of all that I've seen. Thanks. I like and subscribe

[@meestro884]

good guide man. I'm not computer savvy at all and still got everything up and running no problem. Definitely earned a life and I'll be checking out your other guides on MO2

[@DimmackFan]

Thanks man, this is very good guide. Its not too fast or slow. So many guide out there people don´t go in detail so us pc noob easily miss things🤣

[@TrystaneTheBlack]

Mate amazing tutorial, I honestly hate following tutorials and lose motivation half way through but yours was so straight to the point and easy to follow!

[@omarortega9759]

Your guide has just earned you a subscriber !!!

[@nekalsummerz1291]

Greatest tutorial I've seen. Thanks so much. Glad I follow.

[@LetsSeeYourKungFu]

Very nice presentation here. Im as clueless as it gets. Youve got a future in broadcasting. Great sports voice

[@jojobeanstudio1339]

A life saver lmao. You helped a lot and made me realize it's not difficult.

[@Apoqsi]

I'm happy to hear! If you need help with anything else, just let me know.

[@BruceLee-qc2lm]

Thanks for the guide, should've watched this one instead 2 months ago. In the video I watched he said to name the MO2 install folder after the game, so my folder was messed up, with install directory and instance in the same place. It was fine until I made a new instance and couldn't use BethINI or mods. The way you pathed MO2 is way more organized than other videos I've watched.

[@simonfrederiksen104]

Thanks, been a while since I've been messing with mods, nexus and whatnot

[@jackgross6718]

Thank you so so much man, this was extremely helpful!

[@KenneXS]

You doing great eternal stuff that will last forever TY 🌹👍😎

[@jbsquare3672]

Awesome job. One thing I do differently is to install Mod organizer on my slower storage drive to save space on my faster drive where I play and store my games and then in Mod organizer 2 under Settings - paths, point Mods and Overwrite to a directory on my drive that has my games. Those are the files your games will use while all the other files and downloads that the game isn't using sits on your slower storage drive saving you space.

[@darrenj6344]

Dude you made it so easy to follow, many thanks 🙏🏻

[@dillonwilliams4416]

I appreciate this info dude. Just got my first gaming pc so I'm VERY new to modding but this was super helpful

[@cjplays2256]

Love your tutorials!, This really helped me get setup and use mods in my game thank you so much god bless you!

[@HixxyDubz]

amazing straight forward tutorial, many thanks for this!

[@Not_Chen]

The explaination :') its perfect ty dude

[@EpicAlaskan]

Thank you. May your games never crash.

[@liammcintosh8570]

thank you so much u made it really easy to understand and i feel very relieved when it worked

[@jasonmb9465]

Fantastic setup guide. This is how you explain things in a KZbin video..

[@sauronssimp2893]

Thank you for this, I wanted to reinstall skyrim before the anniversary screwed it over but forgot how to install mo2

[@verminlordsoulberry8823]

Thank you very much for making this video, very helpful, short and straight to the point. Im not used to downloading mods from places that are different from the steam workshop

[@sang4192]

Step by step. Thanks man!

[@m5chk1]

thanx a lot, buddy! you've been very helpful!

[@proimsat]

This is a very good video, easy to understand and very easy to follow. Thanks !

[@iammrmenotu3997]

Thanks for the easy to follow tutorial im new to pc modding and you just got a new subscriber cheers mate

[@notyurri1605]

this helped alot man, ty for this keep up the great work mate! :)

[@maximus7521]

Perfect Video, Thank you 👌

[@TheKaweahCat]

Clear and time efficient. Great work.

[@sparker2426]

Great, helpful video... and I love your voice.

[@StrawberryOnC]

Thanks, big help!

[@vbellanova]

perfect tutorial, thanks man

[@kyudo58]

Very well explained, very helpful, thank you.

[@Oasis-nb9by]

Thank you very much, super helpful tutorial for newbies like me!

[@thealltrucker]

I got everything set up and mods installed, however, it won't allow me to run Skyrim SE. any suggestions?

[@lucenerax]

Great tutorial! Thanks a lot! :)

[@brady2010irish]

Outstanding tutorial.

[@drunkgamer5103]

Thanks for the tutorial🙂

[@Solefast]

great video man

[@lightningvolt3150]

Super helpful guide, thanks

[@RightHereWithUs]

thanks. good, quick, painless, and efficient

[@nova1565]

Awesome thank you !

[@jackcarney8519]

fuckin class tutorial lad. i knew how to add mods and stuff but never how to change instances for different games and also where to store them. thanks

[@detrimen]

very helpful video, thank you

[@Looshbih]

Whenever I opened my mod organizer it doesnt register elder scrolls SE for me. When I go to browse for it and go to the folder its located it I cant see it it doesnt recognize it

[@lz1088]

I needed this, contemplating changing mod manager

[@Apoqsi]

It's my mod manager of choice, so I highly recommend it (if it supports the games you're wanting to mod).

[@lz1088]

@@Apoqsi I’m currently using nexus mod manager it’s been good and bad, recently I had to delete my Skyrim because my game was freezing and I deleted my mods, I then go back onto nexus mod manager to then it saying that I have 80 mods installed but I deleted them all, it’s somehow kept a record of my mods somewhere on my computer but I’ve still been using it but I might just delete it all again and use mod organiser

[@lz1088]

@@Apoqsi Also I really enjoy your content you really helped me out with the script extender for both Skyrim’s :)

[@Apoqsi]

You can always transfer mods from NMM to Mod Organizer 2 if you want to save some time, but if you’re already having issues with the install… I’d suggest starting from scratch with MO2. Be sure to delete the mods through NMM and wipe your game folder clean when doing a fresh install, otherwise there will be mod files left over.

[@lz1088]

@@Apoqsi Alright I’m going to watch your video again and install MO2 do you know if I have to delete nexus mod manager or can I have mod organiser installed aswell and the mod manager

[@강태욱-e2j]

amzing! thanks a lot!

[@GT1GT]

Fantastic, thank you.

[@kcbondurant7959]

Man I am stupid and can't do it even with these simple instructions. It keeps showing my Mods from Mod Organizer the first one and I still can't play my Skyrim game.

[@tengi48]

very good tutorial thank you

[@totorina4835]

Thank you so much!

[@minusinfinity6974]

I can't complete the create new instance step. When I click finish I get an access denied error. Ok I had to run MO2 as administrator to create new instance even though it wasn't on c: drive.

[@generaldurandal3568]

6:43 Apoqsi: It will ask if you want to show the tutorial, I suggest clicking never aske again, and click, no. Also Apoqsi: *clicks Yes* I found this funnier then I probably should have.

[@Apoqsi]

Yeah, I was not impressed with myself as I had to go through the entire MO2 tutorial in order to continue with the video. 😅

[@generaldurandal3568]

@@Apoqsi Thanks for the help dude. o7

[@evalationx2649]

This may need updating, they added an extra step or two in the installation process. Had to pause where you went ahead of me and had to search the web for an answer. Didn't want to mess anything up lol.

[@Snekbeard]

Thank you, I am so out of touch with mods they get complicated quick!

[@brandonherdman1531]

dude thank you

[@Quaxl]

My MOD2 doesn't open. When I want to launch it, there's only hourglass for a moment, then nothing happens. I have it on my local drive and installed ndp and vc beforehand. Still nothing

[@scarfhero2073]

how do I download mods manually. i have done what the tutorial has recommended me and i can download mods, but i downloaded a mod, deleted it, and redownloaded it, the only option it giving me is to download manually.

[@Theunloved1738]

I accidentally picked dont show again for nxm, is there anyway I could go back and fix that?

[@arkstirke8396]

I’m in the same boat

[@Apoqsi]

Go into settings and there is a button called “associate with .nxm links.” It should be on a tab called Nexus. Not at my PC to check, so let me know if I’m remembering incorrectly.

[@richtygart6855]

I've never seen this problem before. I updated MO2 which removed my mods so I am reinstalling them but MO2 keeps saying about Marry Me Serana SSE "This mod is for a different game" when it's the exact same one I've always used for SSE. I even redownloaded it again straight from Nexus SSE.

[@DopamineOverload]

With Fallout 4 VR, and MO2.... do I install the FO4SE and FO4SEVR into the steamapps/common/Fallout 4 and Fallout 4 VR folders, respectively? Or are they inside the Mod Organizer 2 folder, in the Tools subfolder? I get so damn confused about what folder goes where. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Luckykohl_gaming]

But how do you add the mods to your game?

[@DjCauseDesign]

Thank You!!!!!!

[@josephrodriguez3706]

great tutorial

[@kituwahband]

I'm about to be trans-PC originally a consoler, and wanting to run a nice ENB on FO4. Just watched the video for installing an enb, and now this one. One question though, how do you do load order placement to prevent crashing? On XB you download then do load order placement, or does this do it for you?

[@zawiszaczarnyzgarbowa4168]

Thank you

[@garyspeed8961]

Even though following your instructions and installing carefully in the D:\ drive... on the first opening of MO2 it sucessfully installs Skyrim but gives me a list of warnings 1] no profile found in c;\users\username/appdata/local/// etc.. 2) the game is in documents: this may cause issues because it is a special system folder (Skyrim is in the steamapps folder) 3) Mod Organiser is in Documents;; same warning.. 4) the instance base directory is in documents..... how do I correct this?

[@bones0013]

thanks bro

[@RobidyBobidy1]

PLEASE HELP. I download everything exactly as you said, but when I boot up the game launcher (Oblivion), I click on Data files and it has NO CLUE that I've downloaded any mods. How do I tell oblivion's Data Files where the mods are????

[@exhile195]

Hey, great video! I'm using MO2 for Oblivion and my mods have isntalled fine but they don't seem to be running in the game. Do you know how to fix this?

[@mahdialawy7667]

I always used Vortex. Would you argue that Mod organizer is better than Vortex or are they both good? Should i have them both?

[@Apoqsi]

Mod Organizer 2 is far superior (right now) for BGS titles, but I wouldn't reccomend it for anything else.

[@mahdialawy7667]

@@Apoqsi thanks for the answer but what’s BGS titles?

[@Apoqsi]

Bethesda Game Studios. Fallout 3, New Vegas (technically Obsidian), Fallout 4, Skyrim, etc.

[@MeldamirielDraug]

I'm hoping I can get an answer cause I'm new to mo2 and recently wanted to download it for a few mods I've been wanting to try for Skyrim SE through steamapps. Shortly after installing mo2 it asks me what kind of configuration I want my profile settings to be (a step right after I name my custom instance); 1. profile-specific game INI files 2. profile-specific save games 3. automatic archive invalidation. Not sure which one to do, I can't find any info on it. Thanks!

[@madman1949]

I'm have a problem were the mods are working but here not deploying into the steam data folder i found this problem when trying to install bodyslide and the tool file was not showing up in the steam data folder do u a way to fix this thx

[@Apoqsi]

Mods don’t deploy with Mod Organizer 2. It’s all a virtual file system. It never touches your base game folders. You install BodySlide through MO2. Once it’s enabled, go to the files tab on the right panel of MO2 and find the Tools for BodySlide. Right click the executable for it and it will give you an option to add it as a launch option in Mod Organizer 2. If you need me to make a video on it, just let me know.

[@madman1949]

@@Apoqsi i tried that but when i open the exe it's just plank

[@madman1949]

@@Apoqsi i have another question if bodyslide is installed on another game would it conflict i have bodyslide installed on Skyrim SE and it's working fine

[@joenuts4473]

can you do a small tutorial on how to install SSE Engine fixes (part two) on mod organizer 2 ?

[@Apoqsi]

As it says on the mod page itself, Engine Fixes' skse64 Preloader and TBB Lib cannot be installed with a mod manager. It must be installed manually in the root Skyrim SE folder, just like SKSE64.

[@ThanosWasRight300]

Thank you

[@Nebula1146]

now this is epic

[@quinlanreed7162]

Thank you (:

[@somber985]

great video

[@tmcc2799]

legend!

[@connorericson]

Do you have to connect nexus account to the mod organizer? And does it have any negatives if you don’t?

[@skorpion3993]

I followed the tutorial and the mod organiser downloaded fine, but whenever I try to install a mod from Nexus as you said nothing happens and the mod doesn’t come up on my downloads tab. Any help or ideas?

[@mitchdevries6628]

Alright here is my question because I see it says the same thing on yours. And I had to do a fresh install just to correct the pathing because I had my game and stuff installed on my D drive, had the pathing for mods on C drive, I had gone through and got about 50GB of mods, I closed my MO2, reopened, and it had scrapped all of my load order changes and acted like it was the first time I opened it. So I reinstalled, everything as you go over on my D drive, made the folders ect, And then I see that god damn "Data path: C/Users/USERNAME/AppData/Local/ModOrganizer/Fallout 4" and sure enough it even created the new subfolder in my C drive and all that. Why is it doing that??

[@Rogue3522]

Is it require some further steps after this or is just start the game and the mod will be working?

[@Apoqsi]

This is for installing MO2. Once you download a mod, double click on it to install it and it will show up in the left panel. Just check it off and it’s enabled. From there, all you need to do is launch the game through Mod Organizer 2 (whether that be the game or a script extender if you’re using one).

[@Rogue3522]

@@Apoqsi Does the script extender is necessary?

[@Apoqsi]

If you’re using mods that require it.

[@Rogue3522]

@@Apoqsi Alright thanks for answering my question man.

[@Apoqsi]

Not a problem. If you have any further questions or anything, please just let me know!

[@faentrepreneurs3278]

Good guide, but I think that going through installing mods, changing mod order and selecting them to launch would have been appropriate as well, not sure why this was excluded from the vid!

[@Apoqsi]

That’s completely beyond the scope of this video. Mods are installed differently based on the game and the mod you’re installing. It would also then require me to explain things like load orders, .fomods, .ini configurations, etc. The more redundant information I include that doesn’t apply to everyone, the more people get confused. This is why I keep mod install instructions to a per mod basis. I prefer to avoid confusing people with things that won’t match up with what they’re doing, which is also why I try to regularly update my guide. 😊

[@Mattwest1985]

im doing everything right it seems but none of my mods work when i launch the game through the Mod organizer. frustrating!

[@todddominoes9862]

Your regular steam folder is on your os drive? If so move steam to a different drive entirely. Might help

[@spiritofthewolf1880]

Not all heroes wear capes~! ❤️

[@Lucky-ig8xp]

Hey great video man! However, i havent played in awhile and once I went to hop back on, the mods won't load in game. I have all of the mods downloaded with no conflicts. I even ran it through look to trouble shoot wha the problem is and it found no problems. Please help me and let me know a fix. Thank you!

[@brendahelvey5955]

I loved your tutorial, the only problem is I can't sync the plugins. There is no option. I select Tools>Tool Plugins> then that's it! There are no Sync plugins. My brain hurts! I feel like an idiot, but can you help? What am I doing wrong? Thanks, silkhorse