Canceling a skyrim mod download

There are two versions of Skyrim that exist today, The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim and The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Special Edition. For the purposes of this article, we will be focusing solely on the non-Special Edition as it has easier access to mods and is, in my opinion, the superior edition of the game.

There are two types of mods that will be on this list, those that are on the steam workshop, and those that are on Skyrim Nexus. Here are a few guidlines that will teach you how to install Skyrim Mods.

Installing Steam Workshop Mods

Steam mods are by far the easiest to download and install. Simply subscribe to the mod in question and wait for it to be installed. Nothing could be easier.

Installing Nexus Mods

This is slightly more intensive, but not by much. Simply create a Nexus account, which, if you have created a website account at any point in your life should be a breeze.

Download the mods in question, usually they will come in a .zip or .rar or .7zip file.

Simply extract them into a temporary folder and then copy the files into your skyrim Data folder (I should note that some mods are a little more intensive than this and so you should read the installation notes on the mod description page).

The other, and easier way, is to simply download the mod from Nexus, using the Nexus Mod Manager, which I will go over next.

Nexus Mod Manager – Download Link

Nexus Mod Manager does not seem like the most intuitive piece of software when you first install it, but it will aid you in your modding experience immensely. In fact I would consider it to be almost vital if you plan on downloading a lot of mods from Nexus, which a significant portion of these mods will be from.

Activating Mods

Okay so you have your mods in your data folder or you have subscribed to them on Steam (which puts them in your data folder) and you are ready to go. You click on the Mod menu in your launcher and there is a giant list of mods.

How can you possibly figure out which order they should load in? Well it is time to break out a handy program called LOOT. This program will organize your mods and to some extent detect incompatible mods to make your modding process a little easier (please get this it will save you so much time and frustration believe me.)

Skyrim Script Extender (SKEE)*** Mandatory ***

That’s right… a double-triple asterix. This program is so vital to modding that it is mandatory. No really, I mean that. Most of these mods will crash horribly if you do not have this script extender installed.

Get this program first. It is 100% crucial to any modding you plan on doing.