Out of the Loop: Vanilla or Special Edition?

[caradas1030]

Hello everyone, I haven't really touched Skyrim for like a year and was wanting to jump back in to mess around for a bit. Which version of the game should I be using, and what's comparability like between mods and the different versions? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[FauxFurry]

There are so many working conversions of older mods (and the tools needed to do it yourself if you are so inclined) and the Unofficial Skyrim Special edition Patch to keep it all in working order as well as fresh new ones made just for the (relatively) current version that there isn't really a point in bothering with the 32 bit version if you aren't heavily invested in the few mods that haven't made the transition or don't have all of their functionality.

For example, Inigo made the transition flawlessly but the Inigo MCM can't actually swap out Mister Dragonfly's jar model anymore. Only the small size jar can be seen.

Enhanced blood textures doesn't have a mod configuration menu yet, either.