I've always had a gripe about Steam: I can never manage to mod. I've tried to mod Oblivion and F:NV on it but I just can't find a tutorial for it. I went to the Skyrim midnight release but they didn't have any retail pc copies left due to pre-orders(I waited in a lineup for 3 hours for nothing >) so I just decided to buy the Steam version anyway even though I wasnt sure I could mod it. Now that mods are flooding into Skyrim nexus, I'm wondering if there really is a way to mod a digital copy of Skyrim. I hear you need to find some folder for skyrim on your computer but I'm not sure where to find it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated because if I could mod Skyrim I would be able to mod my other Bethesda games on steam. Sorry if this belongs to the tech form, if so, please move it mods.

EDIT: I found my steam folder, but the only things in it are the icons for my steam games. Nothing else.

+1 I'd also like an answer please!!!

Digital and DVD installs go to the exact same place, and are modded the exact same way. You install mods to your "Steam/Steamapps/Common/Skyrim/Data" folder.

I can't find that folder though. I did a search on My Computer for it but all i found was a steam folder with only desktop icons for my games on steam.

look on TESnexus.com, I'm sure there will be a tutorial. There are already some in the wiki section for Oblivion/ New Vegas

If you did a default steam install, it will be "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim"

If you installed Steam to the default location it would be in Program Files. (Or if you are on a 64 bit system it's 'Program Files (x86)') You should then be able to follow the directory from there.

It's on your C drive - Program Files if you installed it to the default place I believe. I change mine so im not 100 percent sure.

Don't use the search feature, I usually find it's pretty rubbish. If you installed Steam in it's default location, than it should be somewhere in C/Program Files / Steam / Steamapps / Common / Skyrim. Just go in the long way.

%Your PC%/steam/steamapps/common/skyrim/data/

Mods go there, for the most part. Remember to to read the readme of the mod!

Thank you guys, I found the Skyrim data folder. I'm gonna test mods with the no blocky textures mod and then reply back if it works or not.