Generally, you go into your mod manager and change the load order. If you're not using a third-party mod manager, uh, well, you kinda might want to start because it's super-handy and lets you do things like change the load order.
If you're just using the vanilla steam launcher, there's no easy way I know of to change the order - it's based on filename and modified time and stuff like that. ALMOST ALL mods will still work, but there's occasionally weird things that happen, and the bugfix patches aren't nearly as reliable at catching and fixing all the bugs because they're not always making the right change *before* something else changes it again.
I have basically decided I never want to play Skyrim without the bugfixes and UI improvements, which means I need to start Skyrim Script Extender instead of Skyrim-from-Steam *anyway*, so I might as well let Nexus Mod Manager handle the load order.
(Before Steamworks, "the Nexus" (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/?) was the main place to get mods for games like Skyrim. Even now, there's a bunch of really good ones that aren't available through Steamworks[1]. Also a bunch of really bad ones, and a bunch of really porn ones, but you don't have to use those.)
[1]:like the ones that fix your "e" key to actually be your default "do the thing" key in every interface, instead of it being E sometimes then A or R or whatever. And SkyUI, which makes the UI into something that works with mouse and keyboard on a high-res screen and not something that expects you to be waggling sticks at it from across the room.
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Date: 2014-05-14 05:06 pm (UTC)If you're just using the vanilla steam launcher, there's no easy way I know of to change the order - it's based on filename and modified time and stuff like that. ALMOST ALL mods will still work, but there's occasionally weird things that happen, and the bugfix patches aren't nearly as reliable at catching and fixing all the bugs because they're not always making the right change *before* something else changes it again.
I have basically decided I never want to play Skyrim without the bugfixes and UI improvements, which means I need to start Skyrim Script Extender instead of Skyrim-from-Steam *anyway*, so I might as well let Nexus Mod Manager handle the load order.
(Before Steamworks, "the Nexus" (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/?) was the main place to get mods for games like Skyrim. Even now, there's a bunch of really good ones that aren't available through Steamworks[1]. Also a bunch of really bad ones, and a bunch of really porn ones, but you don't have to use those.)
[1]:like the ones that fix your "e" key to actually be your default "do the thing" key in every interface, instead of it being E sometimes then A or R or whatever. And SkyUI, which makes the UI into something that works with mouse and keyboard on a high-res screen and not something that expects you to be waggling sticks at it from across the room.