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-If LOOT still can't update its masterlist, it's likely due to connectivity issues that are beyond our control. You can update it manually by downloading this file, selecting "Open LOOT Data Folder" within LOOT's File menu and placing prelude.yaml in the prelude folder. Then, download the masterlist for your game from this location and place it in games\<game folder>\. Depending on your game, replace game within the URL with morrowind, oblivion, skyrim, skyrimse, skyrimvr, fallout3, falloutnv, fallout4, fallout4vr or enderal, and <game folder> within the folder path with Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition, Skyrim VR, Fallout3, FalloutNV, Fallout4, Fallout4VR, Nehrim, Enderal or Enderal Special Edition. Note that Oblivion and Nehrim share the oblivion masterlist and Enderal and Enderal Special Edition share the enderal masterlist. Also note that you'll want to disable the "Update masterlist before sorting" option in LOOT's settings until your connectivity issues have been resolved.
If LOOT still can't update its masterlist, it's likely due to connectivity issues that are beyond our control. You can update it manually by downloading this file (or this ZIP if you can't access the previous site, just extract the prelude.yaml file from it), selecting "Open LOOT Data Folder" within LOOT's File menu and placing prelude.yaml in the prelude folder. Then, download the masterlist for your game from this location (or this ZIP, just extract the masterlist.yaml file from it) and place it in games\<game folder>\. Depending on your game, replace game within the URL with morrowind, oblivion, skyrim, skyrimse, skyrimvr, fallout3, falloutnv, fallout4, fallout4vr or enderal, and <game folder> within the folder path with Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition, Skyrim VR, Fallout3, FalloutNV, Fallout4, Fallout4VR, Nehrim, Enderal or Enderal Special Edition. Note that Oblivion and Nehrim share the oblivion masterlist and Enderal and Enderal Special Edition share the enderal masterlist. Also note that you'll want to disable the "Update masterlist before sorting" option in LOOT's settings until your connectivity issues have been resolved.