Idk. Tbh I have the Vanilla Skyrim for Steam. I cant even get that to work. It keeps crashing.

Only 32bit version (hidden from store search) supports Steam Workshop.

Special Edition does not support Steam Workshop and never will.
Skyrim VR is Special Edition based and goes with same modding rules.

Pinned at the top of the Skyrim discussions (we're in the Skyrim workshop discussions now) there is a topic called something like "helpful links and references," and it contains links to the store pages for Skyrim and all the DLC. Looking at how much they want for them, though, and having had some experience with steam workshop modding when playing this version, you will probably fare better, both price-wise and mod-wise, with the 64 bit special edition. (The reason they hide the "oldrim" versions is they want to steer you toward the Special Edition. Basically, same game but 64 bit with a LOT more capability.

There is no steam workshop for Special Edition because Bethesda hosts them on their own site (bethesda.net) which allows for PC, PS4, and XBox modding all in one place. For PC gaming, though, I strongly (like, you will have far fewer headaches in the long run) suggest using nexusmods.com, but make sure you're on the right game page for your version. The site contains mods for both "oldrim," and Special Edition, but they are each on in their own spot.

Many of the big, popular Skyrim mods have been ported (or re-created from scratch) for Special Edition, and many more have emerged for it.

The issue of getting them from Bethesda.net is the same as it was getting them from steam. You get them in-game, you don't get the opportunity to use LOOT or anything to sort the load order properly and you suffer the consequences of mod conflicts created by the inability to sort them. With steam, at least, if the author changes or deletes a mod, you're stuck with changes you didn't know were coming, and that will ruin your game save and you'll have to start at lvl 1 again.

So, to answer your question, Skyrim (this one) (aka Legendary Edition, "Oldrim," etc.) supports the steam workshop. Skyrim Special Edition does not.

Ok so you are saying if I buy the special edition, then use Nexus mods, it is as simple as subbing to items on steam workshop? Because I heard knightmare story's on people trying to set up nexus mods, also should I get the VR version of special edition instead then ? I'm planning on getting the bundle with the first two elder Scrolls 3 & 4 also, do they also come in vr? They are 10$ on sale atm

It's not as simple, and it will require a little more work at the beginning, but it will result in far fewer headaches later on. Subbing to mods from the steam workshop is very simple, but it is much more difficult to properly order the mods, and to protect yourself from unwanted changes/disappearing mods, whereas nexus offers several options (including their own Vortex) of mod managers, as well as ye olde manual installation, along with LOOT, Wrye Bash, xedit, and all the tools that help make your mods play well together.

Originally posted by Beardedyeti13:

Ok so you are saying if I buy the special edition, then use Nexus mods, it is as simple as subbing to items on steam workshop? Because I heard knightmare story's on people trying to set up nexus mods,

Originally posted by jreese46:

along with LOOT, Wrye Bash, xedit

Installing mods from Workshop might be a simple process, you would still need the tools jreese46 mentioned.

Steam Workshop does not sort your load order, resolve any conflicts or merge leveled lists. Workshop is not as simple than it sounds. It is more about people thinking that stuff like merged lists and load order sorting belongs to Nexus and doesn't matter in Workshop. This is not true. Game does not know where those files came from. It only sees files and treats them accordingly.

BethNet tries to sort the load order for SSE and FO4. I recommend relying on community tools there as well. BGS doesn't really follow general conflicts and priority groups, so any third file between BethNet files can cause a mess. LOOT handles sorting BethNet files just fine.

Note about mod managers. Current actively supported managers are Vortex and Mod Organizer 2. Both of them are already using LOOT API.

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