Why is this?

[Tigersong]

There is a certain phenomenon that has me perplexed. Why does Skyrim activate mods as soon as I download them? Is there any way of telling it not to?

[oldladyonthemoon]

It probably does so because many forgot to activate them manually, yelling after that that the mods didn't work.

Edited January 8, 2014 by ladyonthemoon

[Arion]

Well its either the fact that you are using steam workshop's subscribe or Nexus Mod Manager.. though I highly suspect you're using the steam workshop's subscribe. Quit using steam workshop and you wont have that problem

[oldladyonthemoon]

Well its either the fact that you are using steam workshop's subscribe or Nexus Mod Manager.. though I highly suspect you're using the steam workshop's subscribe. Quit using steam workshop and you wont have that problem

Sorry, I always install my mods manually (no Steam, no mod manager of any kind) and they are always automatically activated in the launcher.

[Arion]

Well I'm not sure about yours when you manually install.. But your situation is entirely different than tiger's in that he is just downloading them... he isn't installing them. He has to be using some type of front end that downloads and automatically installs. And the only one that I am aware of that does that is the steam workshop.

 

Ps .. Not only does subscibing download and install it also checks for updates to the mods and automatically installs the update. At least it used to unless they've changed its behavior.

Edited January 8, 2014 by Arion

[oldladyonthemoon]

Installing the mods manually won't change the fact that they will be automatically activated in the launcher, anyway.

[Tigersong]

What is a 'front end' anyway...?

[InsanitySorrow]

Installing the mods manually won't change the fact that they will be automatically activated in the launcher, anyway.

True, all new mods you install will be automatically activated when you run the launcher for the first time after adding them.

 

A lot of people skip the launcher and use a mod manager instead which is why they haven't noticed this.

 

What is a 'front end' anyway...?

An application like Steam that will handle downloading mods.