Skyrim MO2 - Root Builder Guide (& How to manager ENB, Downgrade Skyrim and more)

  • You won't be fucked by updates anymore.
  • Functions as an ENB Manager.
  • Your root folder will be PRISTINE clean.
  • Kezyma's Original Guide
    • Technically already explains everything here but I just added the ENB & Preset guides, they all follow the same basic steps.

Requeriments:
Kezyma's Root Builder
SKSE, ENB, Etc anything that goes into the Skyrim folder.

Downgrade Skyrim:

  • Download and Run the downgrader tool
  • Make a folder named root
  • Copy SkyrimSE.exe and binkw64.dll and place them in the root folder
  • Zip that folder
  • Install with MO2.
  • Even if the game updates after this, you'll have the Skyrim 1.5.97 and dll files in MO2, you're now inmune to updates!

SKSE

  • Download SKSE 2.0.20
  • Install it with MO2, MO2 will bitch about it.
  • Right click the Data folder (NOT the <data> folder)
  • Select create directory, name it root
  • Control + Click the following files:
    • skse64_1_5_97.dll
    • skse64_loader.exe
    • skse64_steam_loader.dll
  • And drag them to the 'root' folder
  • Then right click the Data folder and select 'Set as <data> directory'
  • Should look like this
  • Click ok and go to your MO2 executable section, select the '+' icon and click on 'Add from files..'
  • Navigate to MO2\Mods and find the SKSE Folder, enter the 'root' folder and then click on the loader.

Your MO2 should look like this

ENB Binaries

  • Download the ENB Binaries
  • Extract them whenever and enter the 'WrapperVersion' folder
  • Make a folder named 'root'
  • Place the following files inside:
    • d3dcompiler_46e.dll
    • d3d11.dll
  • Zip the 'root' folder and install with MO2
  • Should look like this when installed via MO2

ENB Presets

  • Simply download the preset
  • Make a folder named 'root'
  • Extract the preset inside the folder, then zip that folder and install with MO2, MO2 won't bich about it this time.
  • Activate and deactive the presets according to taste.

Always remember to activate the mods, after these steps your MO2 should look like this

  • No matter if SkyrimSE updates now, you have the old files already activated.
  • Warning, booting time might take some extra seconds

Any other mod with files that need to be in Skyrim folder

  • Repeat the steps just like before, make a 'root' folder while trying to install them via MO2, stuff like SSE Engine Fixes memory allocator and Parallax, etc.
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Pub: 26 Dec 2021 11:35 UTC
Edit: 26 Dec 2021 11:36 UTC
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