The installation process for most mods is straightforward: click “Install” when prompted by Vortex and wait for the mod to be extracted. Once the download is finished, open the *.exe file to run the installation. Make sure to confirm your selection by clicking “Apply”.
This will ensure that Vortex downloads the right file for you. We have now successfully installed and enabled Sky UI. As it says on the screen, if you are using the UNP body mod, tick the box next to “Install UNP Support”. Navigate to the Skyrim Special Edition section on the website. In the next dialogue window that comes up, click “Log In On Website” to open a new page in your browser: If no new page is loaded in your browser, copy and paste the link displayed by Vortex into your browser’s address bar: Click the "Authorise" button to allow Vortex to sign in. I tried loading it from Vortex at first, believing I needed to do so. “skse64_2_00_12”.
Upon initialising, Vortex will automatically associate itself with Nexus Mods download links and inform you of that via a notification in the top right corner: This is necessary so Vortex can be used to download mods straight from Nexus Mods via the corresponding “Download: Vortex” button on a given mod page. Whether this is a good idea depends on the mod and whether the provided plugins are mutually exclusive (several options where you only want to pick one), optional add-ons for the main plugin (in that case it would be safe to enable all of them depending on your preferences), or patches for other mods (in which case you only want to enable them if you are actually using those other mods). But mods that add quests, items or characters should work in exactly the same way. Once confirmed, quit.
Discovered - Games Vortex has found on your hard drive. A “plugin” on the other hand is a particular file (esp, esm, or esl) that contains information and edits that the game can load (e.g. In your mod configuration menu, you should now see Immersive Armors where you will be able to e.g. In the top left, you should see a couple of messages in relation to Immersive Armors: image, Your newly added MCM (Mod Configuration Menu, thanks to Sky UI) will pick up on the menu that Immersive Armors is adding to the game and Immersive armors will start configuring. Skyrim VR Mod: Skyrim 2017 Textures. Once the download has been started, it will appear in your download list for Skyrim Special Edition inside Vortex (side bar / navigation area > DOWNLOADS).
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To do so, click on the hyperlink that reads “Not working? The default location for the Mod Staging Folder is “C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\skyrimse\mods”.
If you have accidentally dismissed the notification that asks whether you want to install the just downloaded mod, you can still do so via the “Downloads” section: side menu / navigation area > Downloads > Install. It will set the mod’s status to “Enabled”, If the setting “Deploy Mods when Enabled” is active (which is the case by default when Vortex is first installed) it will, Go to the Sky UI mod page on the website (, In the top right, click the button that reads “Download: Vortex”.
Once that is done, you can enable the mod by clicking “Enable”.
Installing the script extender (SKSE64) and Sky UI correctly, will add a Mod Configuration Menu (MCM) to the game. Simply click “Install” when prompted by Vortex, and “Enable” after the installation.
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If you followed the steps outlined above, your plugin list in Vortex (Sidemenu / navigation area > Plugins) should now look like this: Congratulations! Please refresh the page and try again. In the top right, you will see a download button labelled “Download: Vortex”. As Vortex cannot make the decision for you, it is best to consult the mod author’s description to get an idea of what the additional plugins are intended to do. Unlike the Unofficial Patch, Immersive Armors is a big mod (1 GB) so it might take a while to finish downloading. Go to the page for Immersive Armors (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/3479) and click the “Download: Vortex” button to trigger the download. Your plugin list should now look like this: Go to the page for A Quality World Map on the website: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/5804. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer, The Witcher's wrinkly testicle armor is being smoothed out for season two, Cyberpunk 2077 is now delaying other games, too. Sometimes mods come with several plugins and Vortex will ask you whether you want to enable all of them after installation.
image, Once Immersive Armors has finished configuring it will display one final message: image.
It's still in alpha, so that may put you off, but if you want to avoid fiddling around setting up NMM, this mod manager now supports Skyrim VR specifically.