Soliciting help with a huge mod list

[SteadyNeuros]

Hey, I'm looking to hire someone to be my modding assistant/consultant for Skyrim AE. The general vision I have for my next playthrough is way too ambitious for my meager knowledge, involving hundreds of concurrent, synergizing mods and plugins (some of which are pretty extensive) rather than the two or three I've dealt with in the past. To that end, I'll gladly pay an expert to help me incorporate as many of them as possible, as seamlessly as possible. (As far as payment goes, I'm open to negotiation.)

[travelmedic]

I don't think you understand the scope of what you're asking for.

 

Assembling a load order with "hundreds of concurrent, synergizing mods and plugins" can easily take weeks to do it properly.  And you want it done properly, or your game will be a constant crash-a-palooza.  It's not a matter of someone spending a couple of hours to slap some shitty load order together.

 

Better to invest the time to learn to do it yourself - there are some good tutorials here on LL, and videos by Gopher and GamerPoets on youtube on how to set up the tools.  Start small, test often, be prepared to make mistakes and then learn from those mistakes.

[travelmedic]

My point is that hiring someone to be your modding assistant would be cost prohibitive, or you get what you pay for.

[Andy14]

4 hours ago, SteadyNeuros said:

Hey, I'm looking to hire someone to be my modding assistant/consultant for Skyrim AE. The general vision I have for my next playthrough is way too ambitious for my meager knowledge, involving hundreds of concurrent, synergizing mods and plugins (some of which are pretty extensive) rather than the two or three I've dealt with in the past. To that end, I'll gladly pay an expert to help me incorporate as many of them as possible, as seamlessly as possible. (As far as payment goes, I'm open to negotiation.)

Post your request in the correct forum and not on Skyrim LE. Questions and Technical Support for Skyrim SE/AE can be found there.
There is the Skyrim SE forum with subforums.

[SteadyNeuros]

9 hours ago, travelmedic said:

I don't think you understand the scope of what you're asking for.

 

Assembling a load order with "hundreds of concurrent, synergizing mods and plugins" can easily take weeks to do it properly.  And you want it done properly, or your game will be a constant crash-a-palooza.  It's not a matter of someone spending a couple of hours to slap some shitty load order together.

 

Better to invest the time to learn to do it yourself - there are some good tutorials here on LL, and videos by Gopher and GamerPoets on youtube on how to set up the tools.  Start small, test often, be prepared to make mistakes and then learn from those mistakes.

I mean, if I tried to do it myself, I'd need to ask questions and get feedback so often that I might as well just start paying for a dedicated consultant. I've tried going it alone. Every mod I add (beyond the absolute basics) seems to fuck something up in some way that I can't fix. Bear in mind that I'm not looking for someone to spend eight hours a day slaving over my mod list; I'm looking for someone to be available to answer my questions and help me identify problems. I'm willing to pay hundreds of dollars for this.

[belegost]

3 hours ago, SteadyNeuros said:

I might as well just start paying for a dedicated consultan (...) I'm willing to pay hundreds of dollars for this

You can't afford it.

 

This is a 2-3 years consulting project in a very specialised and niche field. That's how long it takes to achieve a stable load order and iron out the kinks. I want a regular wage for the whole time, paid 3 weeks annual vacation, paid sick leave and overtime bonus.

I'm expecting to be able to afford a ferrari within 3 months, to go on holidays to Monaco in 6, move to Lichtenstein in 9 and buy a Maltese citizenship in 12.

Edited February 27, 2025 by belegost

[Raven 54]

18 hours ago, SteadyNeuros said:

Hey, I'm looking to hire someone to be my modding assistant/consultant for Skyrim AE. The general vision I have for my next playthrough is way too ambitious for my meager knowledge, involving hundreds of concurrent, synergizing mods and plugins (some of which are pretty extensive) rather than the two or three I've dealt with in the past. To that end, I'll gladly pay an expert to help me incorporate as many of them as possible, as seamlessly as possible. (As far as payment goes, I'm open to negotiation.)

 

6 hours ago, SteadyNeuros said:

I mean, if I tried to do it myself, I'd need to ask questions and get feedback so often that I might as well just start paying for a dedicated consultant. I've tried going it alone. Every mod I add (beyond the absolute basics) seems to fuck something up in some way that I can't fix. Bear in mind that I'm not looking for someone to spend eight hours a day slaving over my mod list; I'm looking for someone to be available to answer my questions and help me identify problems. I'm willing to pay hundreds of dollars for this.

And you would still be playing someone else's game, not your game, your style, your way.

You really don't understand what you are asking of another to do "for you".

My advice is to Read the whole mod page, read the support threads, read everything you can about a mod prior to downloading that mod as lot's of times by the time I do that I don't even want the mod as it will probably screw with things.

I have spent the last 4 years getting my Skyrim SE like I want it, would another like what I like, probably not but it is my game, my way.

If I can do this, you can too. 

Oh there is a page here on modding AE, helps lot's of users, look for it.

[Grey Cloud]

For SE
https://www.loverslab.com/topic/136543-mod-organizer-2-other-tools-from-zero-to-hey-sexlab-is-working/

https://www.loverslab.com/topic/118460-skyrim-se-for-beginners-v-319-3bbb-hdt-smp-hph/

https://www.loverslab.com/topic/94228-se-compatibility-tracking-apr-23/

https://www.loverslab.com/topic/126227-sexlab-index-se/

 

Gamer Poets for videos.

 

[travelmedic]

8 hours ago, SteadyNeuros said:

I mean, if I tried to do it myself, I'd need to ask questions and get feedback so often that I might as well just start paying for a dedicated consultant. I've tried going it alone. Every mod I add (beyond the absolute basics) seems to fuck something up in some way that I can't fix. Bear in mind that I'm not looking for someone to spend eight hours a day slaving over my mod list; I'm looking for someone to be available to answer my questions and help me identify problems. I'm willing to pay hundreds of dollars for this.

 

All of the people who now know how to mod their games started the same as you.  We tried something, sometimes it worked and sometimes not, then we asked questions and got feedback, and tried again.  We learned by trying, failing, and then trying again until we got it right.

 

Also let me finish your thought for something you said - adding a mod may fuck things up in some way that you can't fix YET.  I feel like I ought to insert a clip of the John Belushi scene from Animal House about not quitting after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.  Once you learn it, you'll be able to apply the same principles to other Bethesda games like Fallout 4.

 

You've got the links from Grey Cloud.  You've got the recommendations for Gopher and Gamer Poets (a little more up to date) videos on Youtube.

 

Start small, with only a couple of mods at a time.

Test often.

XEdit/SSEEdit is your friend and will find and help fix many of your issues.

Be prepared to fail and try again.

Once your first couple of mods play nice together, add a couple more.

Repeat.

Succeed.

 

Once you learn the basics, and it is surprisingly basic (only tedious), you'll be amazed at how it all comes together for you.  Like I said before, anyone who is an "expert" now started off by failing, a lot, but stuck with it.

[belegost]

Imagine someone coming over to RC cars forum and offering people money to build a custom car and drive it, while they just watch.

Or coming to a wargame table and offering money for someone else to play a couple of games using their army.

Or buying a high-end carbon-framed DI2 Dura-Ace bicycle for north of €50K and offering money to someone to ride instead, just because they themselves can't ride fast.

 

It's a fucking hobby. You either do it yourself and improve or find another one.

Edited February 27, 2025 by belegost

[travelmedic]

5 hours ago, belegost said:

It's a fucking hobby. You either do it yourself and improve or find another one.

 

You're right of course, but let's encourage the new breed, not drive them away in frustration.

 

You never know who will go on to become the next Emma/Ashal/Fore/Kinggath/other prolific mod author a few years down the road.

 

[belegost]

22 minutes ago, travelmedic said:

 

You're right of course, but let's encourage the new breed, not drive them away in frustration.

 

You never know who will go on to become the next Emma/Ashal/Fore/Kinggath/other prolific mod author a few years down the road.

 

There will never be another Fore. I wept when he retired.