racemenu error (1)

[hollow owl]

I pretty much got everything working except for this specific error message popping up whenever i load up the game.

Some bg info:
MO2
SkyrimSE ver 1.6.1170.08 from Steam
SKSE build 2.2.6 for version 1_6_1170
RaceMenu Special Edition v0-4-16-19080

Things I've done to try and fix:

• deleted old and redownloaded the latest SKSE version
• deleted and redownloaded various versions of racemenu
• clearing out old skse files from when i downloaded the wrong version
• tried looking through scripts folder for skse (but wasn't really sure what to do here so i left it alone)

I am also including some log errors for racemenu (and FNIS by extension) which may be part of the problem.

whenever redownloading a new version of skse i make sure to completely replace all original files in the skyrim game folder, and i don't believe i have any duplicates anywhere. i've scoured through all online discussion boards on steam, reddit, and nexus regarding this error message but none have helped me reach a possible conclusion as of yet.

I can still load up and play the game, i just really want to customize my character without any issues 🙁 only just got into modding with a little experience so i would very much appreciate if someone could lmk if there's anything big i'm missing here

[feral turret]

The error indicates that you have scripts from older version of skse still installed. Make sure that you delete the Scripts folder from the data folder and extract the Scripts folder from the latest skse version (2.2.6).

[hollow owl]

done, unfortunately the same error persists. should i try redownloading skse again?

[feral turret]

I guess you could try, another thing you could check is the dates of the scripts (excluding the ones inside source folder), if date modified for all of them is 17th of january 2024 then they are up to date.

Also have you checked if you don't have skse's scripts folder also installed in your MO2? I know there are guides that "tell" you to do so, though I don't know if you have been following any before.

[hollow owl]

all scripts outside of the source folder appear to be up to date as you said.

as for the guides, i was primarily following this older guide by somebody called "geez" on reddit and gamerpoet's skse guide on youtube. anything else i just googled along the way if i came across an issue. looking back that probably wasn't the smartest idea and i shouldve just followed one tutorial but most of everything worked out besides this error message.

the only thing i really did on MO2 was make the SKSE dropdown in executables and have the binary lead to the skse64 loader

here's the link to the reddit guide and the youtube video
https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/s/r3VcPXKZWh
https://youtu.be/nvFfqgqBFIU?si=Pfiy1fwAeymUonqW

from what it looks like, scripts should be up to date but i keep getting the error. now im wondering if i have the wrong racemenu version downloaded and thats why it's mismatching

[feral turret]

if that were to be the case you would be getting an warning message from skse that skee64.dll is out of date when trying to launch the game

[hollow owl]

guh, i'm completely stuck i feel like i'm missing something important here

[hollow owl]

i am considering just deleting everything and starting again from scratch as tedious as it may be. do you think that is the only route left to go? i've been tinkering all morning and anything i do either just makes the game crash and not load up, or keeps the same error message

[hollow owl]

so im backtracking and i have a question. i think i currently have both the SKSE file downloaded from the silverlock site and the nexus mods page SKSE downloaded. they are both the same versions i think but i may be wrong.

from the silverlock site, the one i downloaded is build 2.2.6 for version 1.6.1170

from the nexus site, i downloaded Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE64) which was uploaded on Jan 17 2024.

is it possible that these two are conflicting which is causing the error message? are we supposed to only have one? please help 🥲