Vilja mod not working for me. (Some other mods too

[stros]

Well, I'm quite new to using mods, so it's probably my fault. The issue is that I can't get the vilja mod to work for me. I first downloaded it with the "Nexus Mod Manager" and it installed it, I started Skyrim and she's not in the tavern, the other mods I installed weren't there either. I tried installing the mod manually, pasting it into the data folder, started Skryim and the mods isn't working. I figured I probably had the wrong version or something so I tried using the mod for vanilla, it didn't work either. The only mod that I can get working ís the mod for changing the songs which the Barb sings.

[Emma]

I think you probably have the wrong version of Skyrim itself. Update to latest version (happens automatically when you access Steam) and the mods will run as they should.

[stros]

Let's say hypotheticaly I'd downloaded it from thepiratebay, what would need to be done?

[amgepo]

Non-hypothetically speaking, Emma simply couldn't afford to answer that question. When you start modding you tend to ensure you are easilly identified in different sites and as an example, asking this kind of questions in Nexus is an instaban. Not sure if answering in a different forum could cause something like that, but a modder would be seen with not much friendship in places like the Nexus and Bethsoft forums. Not to mention that I'm not entirelly sure probards (the company hosting this site) allowing it either.

I'm sure you wouldn't hypothetically have much problems asking in the place were you downloaded the file how to upgrade it.

No jugdgin here, but answering that kind of questions outside of specialised forums is just risky for people being fond of their accounts in differernt mod related places.

[blockhead]

Well-stated, amgepo. I don't think I need to add a thing.

[stros]

If I knew Skyrim would be this good I would probably have bought it. As a student living alone you don't really have a sack of gold laying around to spend on all the new games though. I'll buy it if it comes on sale or something.

[alt3rn1ty]

I think you just missed some steam sales, but they will come around again.

Out of all the games you could buy though Skyrim is imho probably the best bang for buck you can get in its potential longevity. The modding community for The Elder Scrolls series is very seasoned in their collective experience, advanced at creating tools, and mod content adding more to the world you engage in has been refined over many years. Personally I have been around the forums since early Morrowind ( about ten years ), and its still not old .. my eldest re-installed it a few days ago on her laptop.

The above is the main reason you really ought to invest for, all mods need to be created with the Creation Kit ( CK )

The CK updates along with each official update patch to the game, so the two for want of a better word become meshed.

And mods created with the CK then become dependant upon users having the correct patch to the game .. Otherwise the game breaks in subtle and very complicated ways.

And of course the whole update of the game patches and CK are intimately tied in to steams drm / encryption.

No matter what any cracking group will tell you, they will never 100% be able to guarantee a fully compatible up to date hack of the game which will work with all the mods out there. Slight changes to the game code can mess with 'records' for example, which are being used by the mod creators. If there are ID changes your whole setup is out of sync, TES5Edit which we use for cleaning official content 'mistakes', relies on record format structures which the more advanced coders of our community pooled together to reverse engineer to make the tool work.

And some of our more advanced mod creators are conducting huge efforts such as the Unofficial Skyrim Patch in their own time ( have a look at the list of fixes the USKP does.
USKP is the number one essential mod ( as is the UDGP for Dawnguard, and UHFP for Hearthfire ) .. But as you may have guessed by now, will only work with the latest game patch they are created for.


Glad you were 'hypothetically' honest anyway , people trying to make mods work with non-official games usually try to hide the fact, and have the objective of finding a way to make a mod work .. Which wastes an awful lot of mod creators time scratching their heads over what the problem could be when they could be getting on with developing / solving problems that they need to, and not concentrating on one users 'problem' which will never be resolved without the official game setup.

[wotan]

Jan 3, 2013 14:25:51 GMT alt3rn1ty said:

I think you just missed some steam sales, but they will come around again.

Skyrim Steam sale is still active. 33% off.

[stros]

Jan 3, 2013 14:25:51 GMT alt3rn1ty said:

I think you just missed some steam sales, but they will come around again.

Out of all the games you could buy though Skyrim is imho probably the best bang for buck you can get in its potential longevity. The modding community for The Elder Scrolls series is very seasoned in their collective experience, advanced at creating tools, and mod content adding more to the world you engage in has been refined over many years. Personally I have been around the forums since early Morrowind ( about ten years ), and its still not old .. my eldest re-installed it a few days ago on her laptop.

The above is the main reason you really ought to invest for, all mods need to be created with the Creation Kit ( CK )

The CK updates along with each official update patch to the game, so the two for want of a better word become meshed.

And mods created with the CK then become dependant upon users having the correct patch to the game .. Otherwise the game breaks in subtle and very complicated ways.

And of course the whole update of the game patches and CK are intimately tied in to steams drm / encryption.

No matter what any cracking group will tell you, they will never 100% be able to guarantee a fully compatible up to date hack of the game which will work with all the mods out there. Slight changes to the game code can mess with 'records' for example, which are being used by the mod creators. If there are ID changes your whole setup is out of sync, TES5Edit which we use for cleaning official content 'mistakes', relies on record format structures which the more advanced coders of our community pooled together to reverse engineer to make the tool work.

And some of our more advanced mod creators are conducting huge efforts such as the Unofficial Skyrim Patch in their own time ( have a look at the list of fixes the USKP does.
USKP is the number one essential mod ( as is the UDGP for Dawnguard, and UHFP for Hearthfire ) .. But as you may have guessed by now, will only work with the latest game patch they are created for.


Glad you were 'hypothetically' honest anyway , people trying to make mods work with non-official games usually try to hide the fact, and have the objective of finding a way to make a mod work .. Which wastes an awful lot of mod creators time scratching their heads over what the problem could be when they could be getting on with developing / solving problems that they need to, and not concentrating on one users 'problem' which will never be resolved without the official game setup.

That text made me buy skyrim.