Transferring modded Skyrim to SSD

[Womb Raider]

Hello

 

moving my Skyrim folder to a 250GB ssd because things are running and loading a little sluggishly.

After transferring, re-installing nmm and openining it up. all of my plugins show in the nmm menu but the mods aren't showing for some reason.

 

when i move everything back over to the original drive it all shows up there.

 

what is nmm missing? 

[RitualClarity]

Most managers have settings for those files that you are missing. FOMM has it, MO has it. If it isn't in the NMM folder ( setting wise) that can be the reason for you not to have it when you transfer it over. .. I am only guessing here as I haven't used NMM for a very, loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg time. It is a start.

 

Find the settings for our files in NMM wherever that might be and see if it is somewhere. Find it and then change the file location to the new SSD or where you want it to be.

[Womb Raider]

Most managers have settings for those files that you are missing. FOMM has it, MO has it. If it isn't in the NMM folder ( setting wise) that can be the reason for you not to have it when you transfer it over. .. I am only guessing here as I haven't used NMM for a very, loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg time. It is a start.

 

Find the settings for our files in NMM wherever that might be and see if it is somewhere. Find it and then change the file location to the new SSD or where you want it to be.

 

yeah not sure, I used the settings in the NMM app and it didn't do diddly squat.

 

I also tried manually editing the user.config file to see if that would help it recognize the new directory. no dice. 

[Womb Raider]

nmm won't change the game directory even though I specifically told it to. This is likely the issue.

 

So it looks like I'm going to continue having performance problems until nmm actually works. 

[sorsharavenwing]

Never mind... you've gone father than what I was suggesting. You might try doing a reinstall of NMM over the top of your existing install. You don't necessarily have to upgrade to a newer version if you're using an old one, but sometimes it helps shake the bugs out. And, if I recall correctly, you can tell it in the install where you want the mods to go.

[Womb Raider]

Yup, the proper fix was switching to Mod Organizer and ditching NMM all together. 

 

Literally all I had to do to get this working with Mod Organizer was installing the program, it fixed everything else for me. 

 

With my heavily modded save, I've noticed that the FPS is much more stable and the biggest dip I had while testing was of .8 FPS

With my raided 7200 RPM drives "striping" I was getting dips as large as 30 FPS. 

 

I have 2x GTX Gefroce 680's with SLI enabled, 16GB of 1866, and i7 3770k overclocked.

 

Confirmed that the Storage device was the bottleneck.

 

For modders out there with tons of mods installed and are getting noticeable frame-rate dips, consider getting an SSD and make the switch to Mod Organizer. 

I've only ran the game for about 15 minutes but the difference is baffling. 

[RitualClarity]

Yup, the proper fix was switching to Mod Organizer and ditching NMM all together. 

 

Literally all I had to do to get this working with Mod Organizer was installing the program, it fixed everything else for me. 

 

With my heavily modded save, I've noticed that the FPS is much more stable and the biggest dip I had while testing was of .8 FPS

With my raided 7200 RPM drives "striping" I was getting dips as large as 30 FPS. 

 

I have 2x GTX Gefroce 680's with SLI enabled, 16GB of 1866, and i7 3770k overclocked.

 

Confirmed that the Storage device was the bottleneck.

 

For modders out there with tons of mods installed and are getting noticeable frame-rate dips, consider getting an SSD and make the switch to Mod Organizer. 

I've only ran the game for about 15 minutes but the difference is baffling. 

 

Yep.. Sounds about right... .