Sexlab installation.

[Aceyyya]

As the title says...yes. I will apologize in advance since I am new VERY new to modding and unexperienced. I tried following guides...yt guides...tried doing everything people said. In the end...something always breaks. (T pose).

When I said I am new to modding...I meant it. I just installed skyrim. And if ANYONE could give me a genuine step by step full guide (what to do with what and move where, and what to use) i would LOVE that. I understand its a lot...but I really need help with this. My brain cant really understand what I am doing. So a very detailed guide would be heavenly. Thank you in advance...

[Dorabella]

 

 

[Aceyyya]

On 4/17/2026 at 12:37 AM, Dorabella said:

 

ok so my first problem is...i followed through the guide and when i needed to check my skse version. i started typing in console...but the game was running in my native language so when i tried to write in console it was just squares. Idk what to do

 

[Aceyyya]

3 minutes ago, Aceyyya said:

ok so my first problem is...i followed through the guide and when i needed to check my skse version. i started typing in console...but the game was running in my native language so when i tried to write in console it was just squares. Idk what to do

 

also run into this when i did: "download depot" for 1.5.9.7 version. Should i be worried?

 

[Dorabella]

8 minutes ago, Aceyyya said:

language so when i tried to write in console it was just squares.

This happens when the language is not recognized by Skyrim (Chinese, Japanese, Korean)

Documents\myGames\Skyrim Special Edition\Skyrim.ini , Check which language is set

 

Spoiler

 

Translate to Your language fast - xedit script you need Xedit SSEEdit , Do not install it; extract it 

 

10 minutes ago, Aceyyya said:

also run into this when i did: "download depot" for 1.5.9.7 version. Should i be worried?

If you've installed AE, I don't see any reason to downgrade . Many Skyrim SE 1.5.9.7 mods also work well on AE 1.6.1170.0.8 and SKSE 2.2.6

[Aceyyya]

12 hours ago, Dorabella said:

This happens when the language is not recognized by Skyrim (Chinese, Japanese, Korean)

Documents\myGames\Skyrim Special Edition\Skyrim.ini , Check which language is set

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

Translate to Your language fast - xedit script you need Xedit SSEEdit , Do not install it; extract it 

 

If you've installed AE, I don't see any reason to downgrade . Many Skyrim SE 1.5.9.7 mods also work well on AE 1.6.1170.0.8 and SKSE 2.2.6

my game always been on english and i didnt want to change that but it changed to my native language so the console doesnt work. Im trying to reinstall it. But about the skyrim SE version. You said there is no reason to downgrade...but i heard most mods work better at 1.5.9.7. My skyrim se version is 1.6.1179.0.8 i always downgrade for mods to work. Should i just play on 1.6 or 1.5 for mods to work?

 

[Aceyyya]

1 hour ago, Aceyyya said:

my game always been on english and i didnt want to change that but it changed to my native language so the console doesnt work. Im trying to reinstall it. But about the skyrim SE version. You said there is no reason to downgrade...but i heard most mods work better at 1.5.9.7. My skyrim se version is 1.6.1179.0.8 i always downgrade for mods to work. Should i just play on 1.6 or 1.5 for mods to work?

 

ok it seems everything is working so far just following the guide. And wanted to ask. These numbers under "version" bar glow red. Is this bad? i install versions according to my skyrim SE version )1.5.97)

[Aceyyya]

1 hour ago, Aceyyya said:

ok it seems everything is working so far just following the guide. And wanted to ask. These numbers under "version" bar glow red. Is this bad? i install versions according to my skyrim SE version )1.5.97)

 

ok so when im trying to start the game by running skse to test everything as the guide says...the game doesnt begin.

 

[Aceyyya]

25 minutes ago, Aceyyya said:

 

ok so when im trying to start the game by running skse to test everything as the guide says...the game doesnt begin.

 

and by the way my skyrim special edition folder is in program files 86. Thats bad isnt it? if so i how do i move it away if i already created a portable?

[Dorabella]

3 hours ago, Aceyyya said:

my game always been on english and i didnt want to change that but it changed to my native language so the console doesnt work.

Supported languages: Italian, English, German, Spanish (Spain), Polish, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Japanese . Your native language does not appear to be supported , the reason why you can't see it in the console 

 

2 hours ago, Aceyyya said:

These numbers under "version" bar glow red. Is this bad?

The red number simply indicates that the mod is outdated, but if there isn't a newer version available for your copy of Skyrim, it's not a problem—it will still work.

The latest version is for Skyrim 1.6.1170 

 

3 hours ago, Aceyyya said:

My skyrim se version is 1.6.1179.0.8 i always downgrade for mods to work. Should i just play on 1.6 or 1.5 for mods to work?

 

 

My Skyrim is 

AE version 1.6.1170.0.8

 

SKSE version 2.2.6

 

I'm using many mods  the Skyrim 1,5,97  without ever having to downgrade and without any problem

Downgrade Skyrim for a mod isn't a good idea. The risk is that a lot of other things might stop working. The best solution would be to use the most up-to-date mod, or simply not to use it 

 

35 minutes ago, Aceyyya said:

ok so when im trying to start the game by running skse to test everything as the guide says...the game doesnt begin.

 

When it doesn't start, there's a problem. Also keep in mind that it might run slowly if heavily modded

 

0) Your SKSE is compatible with your Skyrim? 

1) Do you get errors when you launch SKSE? They're usually related to DLLs , or missing requirements ,or mod incompatible

2) Does your computer meet the minimum requirements for Skyrim SE/AE?

3) Are all the required components installed from the installed mods?

4) Modding Skyrim might seem easy, but it's not . 

 

Control checks

1) Requirements

2)Skyrim version

3) Mods Load order

4) Use FNIS(Nemesi/Pandora when installing animations

5) Every error must be corrected

 

Launch FNIS with skeleton patch active , If you encounter Warning, click on Consistency Check to view , insert here for the full FNIS report below spoiler 

 

 

[Dorabella]

32 minutes ago, Aceyyya said:

and by the way my skyrim special edition folder is in program files 86. Thats bad isnt it? if so i how do i move it away if i already created a portable?

This is Steam's default installation directory. The alternative would be to uninstall everything and create a custom installation path.

The path to bypass installation errors is

C:\Games\steam\steamapps\common , The Skyrim SE folder will be created during installation