Simple Question, I think.

[nufndash]

Can you play the old Skyrim and SSE at the same time or are you just asking for trouble?  I don't mean literally at the same time, just on your computer at the same time. I would like to try out the SSE but don't want to mess up the Skyrim I have now. Finally somewhat stable. If you can, are there any precautions you should take?

[TheWilloughbian]

I know of a few people who run both.  Some Modders prefer to build their mods in Oldrim then convert it to SSE.

[Guest]

They will go in different directories. One will not interfere with the other.

[jennievm]

Unless you mean exactly the same time you will be perfectly fine. I would suggest something like MO2 which can easily handle both for you on different profiles in one spot. Thats What im doing. Since SE is not working too great with SL mods yet. I keep LE for that and run a SE setup for actually questing

[wibllewobble]

I run both, as has been stated there are no issues, I use NMM for SE and Mod Organizer for Oldrim.

I would really like to use MO2 for both, but last time I tried it, it was unreliable, sometimes it worked, sometimes not all of the files were in the VFS.

I’m not a fan of NMM, but it works reliably.

[nufndash]

Thank you for the info everyone.  Looks like I will give it a try.  

[lordrahl]

Just in case some aren't aware. MO 2 has been updated recently to 2.1.1 and it runs flawlessly for me. I use it for both versions of Skyrim as well as Fallout 4. 

[pugwash99]

Yes you can but they won't share the save games. I manually copied over my last skyrim save and used it, had a few problems but it's ok for modding - my carry weight and health got a serious upgrade for some reason  i.e. my carry weight is over 1,000,000. 

 

If you're planning on trying the same then use a cleaned save.

[peculiaris]

They aren't connected, It's two different programs.

[cassy2002]

i was wondering about this too..

 

[nufndash]

21 hours ago, cassy2002 said:

i was wondering about this too..

 

I have not had any problems at all.  I have Skyrim SE and Oldrim in my common folder together and I can play both games without issues.  

[cassy2002]

I cant seem to get body replacers to work, or half my mods. ( for oldrim. ) im jonesing for some good old player slavery .. >_>  Nah im not a perv.