I've been having some... 'fun' with Skyrim mods before I get started on the game proper, and have been trying a few out in the dungeon after the initial dragon attack intro sequence.
Some don't seem to work (surprise). 95% do but then there are ones that I was hoping someone here might be able to advise on
(Ultimate HD fire effects is my primary example)
For reference I've followed the Beginner's Reddit guide, so have Mod Manager 2, Loot, the edit/clean tool and SKSE64.
A couple of mods have only got Meshes and Texture folders. I use Mod Manager 2 to install them, but nothing happens in game. I've tried copying them directly to the Skyrim folder (my Steam folder is not located in Program Files or any controlled area like that) and when first copying I noticed there are no data or texture folders in the Skyrim Data folder. Why is this?
I've noticed that the Mod Manager's right hand window has a lot of consolidated texture and mesh files in mesh and texture folders that link back to the original mod folders within mod manager 2. But this particular mod, a better visual fire effect for spells etc, doesn't go there and I still get the same crappy fire effects.
So the questions are:
1. Why are there no Texture or Mesh folders in the main Skyrim Data folder after 130+ mods have been installed with Mod manager 2 (and the game executes from SKSE64 within Mod Manager 2 btw)
2. What is the general practice for mods that consist of solely Mesh and Texture folders/files?
It's quite hard to sift through a lot of the stuff on various reddits and google searches so was hoping there'd be a good samaritan on here that could help and nail the issue easily for me
Any help would be greatly appreciated!