In the Nexus Mod Manager folder so it shows up in NMM, in the virtual install folder so it remembers the installed files, and in your Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim data folder. When using NMM each mod is stored in 3 places. One big problem with NMM though, is that you waste 3x the storage space using NMM. One reason is that many mods come as a windows compressed file or in a RAR and I prefer using 7-Zip because you can view the DDS files in 7-zip and the compression is usually superior, which saves HDD space or allows you to store more mods on a flashdrive. You can restructure mods so that they are NMM compatible. It is better to just install mods manually. But otherwise using NMM is not necessary.

It allows you to try different textures without completely overwritting the previous textures by using a virtual install. NMM is nice if you plan on installing multiple texures. Make sure your options on the start up screen has your mods checked.Get to know how your mod manager works, maybe with the same files you know how to install by hand.Meshes and Textures and sometimes an esp file. Start with one or two very simple mods, so you see where the files go.Originally some games would launch from the mod manager, but because it is Steam, it does not. I'm not sure what NMM does, I think it creates it's own file, but you need to know the game takes inventory of these files in Data files whether it is Wry Mash, NMM, or some other mod manager.

Your file manager may inject these into the Data file with the extra folder (wrapper) and the game will pass over it without a second glance because once it is in Data Files it isn't going to respond to a second data files. Often the mod has been put in one folder too many and has to be repackaged. Mods Always Appear In Data Files, sometimes as an esp or bsa or both along with their textures and meshes if they have any. For simple mods it isn't a problem.ĭata files is for texture and mesh files, along with other files, like sound, usually the structure is self explanatory, like mesh and texture. Don't know if that's true, as I've always done it by hand or with Wry. Because the mods won't install correctly. I read in another forum not Steam, that one should not use NMM for either Morrowind or Oblivion.

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