guide Skyrim SE for Beginners - V 3.2.6 (Outdated)

[Tiemphyx]

9 hours ago, maltodaxtrin said:

And yet the MBO mod author continues to parrot his crap about his mod not being the culprit, even after people deliberately fix the bug inside his own mod's files...

 

Some people are just something else

 

Massive kudos to the user who found this fix, and... isn't it hilarious how simple it is? Lmao!!

 

Will definitely have to try TDM + MBO (only behavior) and see if it results in something great

Point taken, but we all come up short sometime(s)... the fix is the goal

[...and not sure yet which mod is locking C key behavior...def diff]

Edited August 5, 2021 by Temphyx

[akadeadpool]

Update on situation with Alternate Conversation Camera, Improved Camera and Smoothcam:

I don't know what happened but I passed the main menu with all 3 installed now. What I did to my modlist is this (not event sure how they solve the problem, it just works):

- remove old skse plugin like Follower Trap Safety . I already use NFF so the mod is redundant.

- remove 1 or 2 skse plugin that I don't see any use.

- I move PapyrusUtil SE - Modders Scripting Utility Functions to top section of the modlist (i.e among the lowest priority) and hide all files that override PapyrusUtil SE (most of files are from Sexlab Framework).

 

Now I need to check if SL still work and if my game is starting to crash lke crazy mf.

[trgdolors]

The fixes for MBO seem to work! You just can't have TDM without the procedural leaning! And changing the value in that one text file fixed the impressively bad grip problem. Thanks to Maltodaxtrin for pointing out the issue, akadeadpool for finding the solution, Thardrim for sharing how to keep using the mod in non-broken form, and Temphyx for pointing out specifically which file to change. And everyone for testing, and helping the new-(and not new)-bies!

 

Hopefully you are OK, Aylis! We miss you! Some big stuff happening! TDM and other interesting new mods, Arthmoor taking his mods off Nexus today (except Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch)... Its exciting times...

 

Edit: Heck, we have mods now for jumping off cliffs and paragliders; there's even a guy on Reddit looking for a mod so he can get publicly executed...

Edited August 6, 2021 by trgdolors

[wollboi]

@Aylis I updated my Morrowloot Helper spreadsheet. I kept wondering why Haldyn in the Rise in the East quest was handing me my ass when the rest of his dungeon was what MLU would lead me to believe. Turns out his level is drastically increased by the Non-Playable Factions mod. I bumped Rockjoint Island's level from 12 to 20 (Haldyn's minimum level). Hopefully this may keep new players using the spreadsheet from getting steamrolled. I went through the other NPCs altered by that mod and none of them warrant changing level orientation, just Haldyn. (Hajvarr Iron-Hand gets a minimum level of 8, which is less than his dungeon; Vigilant Tyranus outside of the abandoned house in Markarth is a 15, but it's just him so I don't think it warrants mentioning in the spreadsheet). I also added a few notes for some of the areas to more easily identify what quest/faction they belong to. Helps if, for instance, a player wanted to skip Thieves Guild quests. Still a work in progress because I haven't gotten past like level 20 in this game in two years before starting a new character.

Morrowloot Helper.xls

[akadeadpool]

@wollboi you can use skill uncapper mod to increase your xp rate so you can speed up your PC's power. It helps with exploration with MLU.

 

Edit: I found major interior light problem in some houses. Turns out the cause is the current load order for Window shadow and Luminosity. Those 2 mod order should be reversed.

From Window Shadow mod page

Quote

(You can still pair this mod with Luminosity or ELE, just place it after this mod in load order)

 

Edited August 6, 2021 by akadeadpool

[trgdolors]

If I am reading it right, the new update to Embers XD has finally officially changed the name of the ESP from EmberHD.esp to "Embers XD.esp". This would effect installing, updating, and patches. The guide's version was 2.2.1. It is still available on Nexus. But patches will start changing.

 

I am going to not update that mod until it gets sorted out. However; if you are starting a new build, it would be good to build it for the future.

 

Obviously, with the several recent changes in the modding community, this guide will have to get updated eventually, Until then, if anyone is not sure about something it is probably best to post here and we can maybe figure out how to go forward together.

[wollboi]

@trgdolors You beat me to it.

 

@Aylis The new update has also moved around the plugins. Now there's (hopefully) one patch for JK's, TML, and LoS. I'm going to bite the bullet and install and see if it messes anything up.

 

Unrelated - Has anyone tried Growl out? I'm thinking about giving it a try over Moonlight Tales for my next character. The perks and quality tweaks look about the same, but it's much more modern and less script heavy. From what I see the only thing it lacks is an ability to configure involuntarily transformations (or at least configure them as much).

Edited August 6, 2021 by wollboi

[trgdolors]

wollboi taking one for the team!

[Alarich79]

On 8/4/2021 at 6:39 PM, Alarich79 said:

Hi,

thank you so much for this outstanding Guide. One three  some ? questions, i could´t resolve in searching:

 

 

If there are mods providing LOTs in the downloads or FOMOD but this LOTs are not mentioned in this guide, do i have to install them?

 

If there are mods with updates patches which i can merge into, but merge isn´t mentioned, should i merge them?

 

If i have issues with a mod and reinstall it, or install mods batchwhise (10-20 per day) is it sufficient just to uncheck all mods and check them from top to bottom?

 

I couldn´t find the Skyrim 2020 Parallax 8.0 version. Installed an old one flying ariunt the hd. MO says v1.6. At least this causes no issues. is this file anywere provided?

 

 

thanks again and thanks for help.

 

 

 

Hallöle,

das ist wirklich der beste Guide, den ich überhaut gefunden hab.

Die Frage war jetzt vieleicht etwas doof, aber ich hab gemnerkt, das man sich hier wirklich ganz genau an Deine Anweisungen halten sollte.

Ich installiere das Ding etappenweise und mache dann den patch die LOTS und die klamotten immer neu. Nach dem letzten LOT build gabs Probleme.

 

Dynamic Equipment Manager hat mich immer ausgezogen. (removed)

 

Dann ist das Spiel wegen WindwsShadowsRT abgestürzt (solved)

 

Jetzt schmiert es wegen devious devices ab. Ich denke ich reinstalliere alle mods.

(solved devious cursed loot refered to alternate start refered to Unofficial Special Ed. patch for which i installed the language voice patch patch instead of the original patch)

 

Normalerweise deaktiviere ich alle mods und hake sie dann von oben nach unten an und verschiebe die esp, wenn es im guide steht. Das scheint aber dieses mal nicht zu funktionieren.

 

Nochmals vielen Dank für diese großartige Arbeit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

DO i have to install LODs and Billboards in FOMODs or in Filesection of a Mod if they are not mentioned in the Guide?

 

 

 

Hello again,

 

sorry LOD is  correct.

 

Thank you for your replies.

 

some mods provide lod and/or billboard files in the fomo installer or in their download section.

 

In this huge numers of mods i cannot find the examples i mean.

 

But take Green and Lushen Aspen for instance. In the downloads they provide also a LOD file and a Billboard File.

 

Ah, here is a good example: Majestic Montain has DynDoLod V 3.0 Lod pack (all versions) in downloads

A Other mod, i dont remember has a standard and a Dyndolod version and so on.

 

 

And i´m sure, there where from now to then a few FOMODS with LODs not mentioned in the guide. Also there were here or there some billboards or LODS in the downloads section of a mod, which would intuetively make  sense to install.

 

Again, thanks for the work Aylis

and thanks for the help Community

 

OH and one more problem i face:

 

First things first, i didn´1 install all the mods for now, but all listet in

Foundation

SKSE Extensions

UI

few Textures

Area

PC

Physics and Animation

few Sounds

Weather and Lighting

Lovers Lab

Patches

Final

 

And all the ini files, preinstalls and so on. Puted also the plugins in the correct position if mentioned.

 

If i start the game, everything expect of the point of focus (middle screen) is horrible blurry.

Everythingis a little bit sharper if i am moving around.

When i start unmodded through steam, everything is clear sharp an visible. Also the visible range seems wider

 

 

Edited August 6, 2021 by Alarich79

[jaeos]

18 minutes ago, Alarich79 said:

 

 

 

DO i have to install LODs and Billboards in FOMODs or in Filesection of a Mod if they are not mentioned in the Guide?

 

 

 

Hello again,

 

sorry LOD is  correct.

 

Thank you for your replies.

 

some mods provide lod and/or billboard files in the fomo installer or in their download section.

 

In this huge numers of mods i cannot find the examples i mean.

 

But take Green and Lushen Aspen for instance. In the downloads they provide also a LOD file and a Billboard File.

 

Ah, here is a good example: Majestic Montain has DynDoLod V 3.0 Lod pack (all versions) in downloads

A Other mod, i dont remember has a standard and a Dyndolod version and so on.

 

 

And i´m sure, there where from now to then a few FOMODS with LODs not mentioned in the guide. Also there were here or there some billboards or LODS in the downloads section of a mod, which would intuetively make  sense to install.

 

Again, thanks for the work Aylis

and thanks for the help Community

 

OH and one more problem i face:

 

First things first, i didn´1 install all the mods for now, but all listet in

Foundation

SKSE Extensions

UI

few Textures

Area

PC

Physics and Animation

few Sounds

Weather and Lighting

Lovers Lab

Patches

Final

 

And all the ini files, preinstalls and so on. Puted also the plugins in the correct position if mentioned.

 

If i start the game, everything expect of the point of focus (middle screen) is horrible blurry.

Everythingis a little bit sharper if i am moving around.

When i start unmodded through steam, everything is clear sharp an visible. Also the visible range seems wider

 

 

LOD means LEVEL OF DETAIL. In this instance it is specifically referencing the far distant objects you see in game (i.e. way past what your bow will shoot) Easiest to relate is when you are between riverwood and whiterun, right where you kill the single wolf (stock game) in the bend. Looking through the trees you will see the billboard (static object LOD) for whiterun. if you get the high res whiterun looks clearer, crisper, (and if i remember right you can still see individual stones on the wall with modded billboards. stock it looks like a cardboard cutout of whiterun. They are used when DynDoLOD is run to stich all of the billboards together so the mods you add like whiterun trees , the changes (adds lots of trees near whiterun) is shown as distant as well, not a grassland and a tree pops up as soon as it gets within cloak distance. So yes, put the LODs and billboards in, i think aylis has a few long distant screenshots in the screenshots post

[Tiemphyx]

1 hour ago, Alarich79 said:

DO i have to install LODs and Billboards in FOMODs or in Filesection of a Mod if they are not mentioned in the Guide?

Hi @Alarich79, thanks for coming back on this.  The answer to your question is, unfortunately, no and yes.  In general, when the instructions don't specify a download, probably not.  But, because almost everything is in flux at the current time,  - maybe, yes.  Personally, for a new build, I would likely go with anything related to Dyndolod 3.  Just my opinion. other LOD offerings, not mentioned in the instructions, should probably be avoided.  Some of these may be hard choices, but you can later redo xLodgen, texgen and dyndolod even if it is a huge pain in the ass.

Quote

First things first, i didn´1 install all the mods for now, but all [the] list in [up to?]...

Again, this is a difficult time for a large build like this because of the many mods that are disappearing and/or moving.  Your best bet though, is to complete the installation using all the mods you choose (and can find available).  Make particular note of any non-optional mods you can't get.  But the main things here are to: 1) complete the install in the correct order. 2) enable the mods in that same order.  3) make sure that all addon and patch .esps appear AFTER the last mod they affect in the right pane plugin /load order list.

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If i start the game, everything expect of the point of focus (middle screen) is horrible blurry.

Everythingis a little bit sharper if i am moving around.

There are several possible causes for this depth of field (DoF) issue.  In this build, in particular, look first at Dripping When Aroused - open it's MCM listing> Settings and scroll down to Heavy and Light Visuals effects. raise them much higher than the default and see if the problem goes away.  Another source may just be the enb. DoF can be adjusted in-game by hitting Shift+Enter and looking at the right side of the control menu.  It can also be disabled entirely by editing the file enbseries.ini and making these changes
[EFFECT]
EnableDepthOfField=true
set it to:
EnableDepthOfField=false

This file is found in the main Skyrim SE game folder.  Personally, I hate DoF and this is what i choose to do. 

Hope some of this helps. 

-Best

[akadeadpool]

The EmberXD situation reminds me of Dawn of Skyrim update that change its filename and fuck up all of patch mods.

[jaeos]

17 minutes ago, akadeadpool said:

The EmberXD situation reminds me of Dawn of Skyrim update that change its filename and fuck up all of patch mods.

You can always go in and rename the .esp/.esm file so it matches what the patches are looking for

 

[wollboi]

Meant to post this earlier, but got caught up in actually playing the game. A very weird experience, right?

 

Bad news is - Nothing that I can tell.

 

Good news is - Yeah, it works. First I tried just the one JK's/TML/CW patch. The list as it is now has several different patches, but I wanted to see if one would do it. Nope, crashed in Windhelm (after running Resaver and NetImmerse, of course). Second time I installed everything and it seems to work fine. Went to all the problem spots I usually have in Windhelm--or did before switching to the newer High-Poly NPC patch, which has really fixed that area for me. Ran around for a while with no issues. Played the game for a long-ass time without a single crash. (Please for the love of Talos get rid of all the wench mods. That fixed almost every crash I had.) Went into every indoor town except Markart I think. Checking that next. Also, holy shit I think the framerate is a lot better in town.

 

TL;DR - Works for me. Here are the patches I used:

- JK's Skyrim

- JK's Skyrim + LoS II Tamriel Master Lights

- JK's Skyrim + LoS II Tamriel Master Lights + Capital Windhelm

- LoS II Tamriel Master LIghts

- Smoking Torches and Candles

Set plugin order to:

Spoiler

 

 

[jaeos]

3 hours ago, Alarich79 said:

OH and one more problem i face:

 

First things first, i didn´1 install all the mods for now, but all listet in

Foundation

SKSE Extensions

UI

few Textures

Area

PC

Physics and Animation

few Sounds

Weather and Lighting

Lovers Lab

Patches

Final

 

And all the ini files, preinstalls and so on. Puted also the plugins in the correct position if mentioned.

 

If i start the game, everything expect of the point of focus (middle screen) is horrible blurry.

Everythingis a little bit sharper if i am moving around.

When i start unmodded through steam, everything is clear sharp an visible. Also the visible range seems wider

 

 

Thats the FOV motion blur BS trying to mimic the natural eye, 90% blurry 10% in focus, if you look at a tree and it's in focus but the forground isn't it's the motion blur, I do not remember the exact section it's under on the enb menu but you open the ENB menu with the right shift and enter, i'm pretty sure there is a post about it in this thread that i posted the first time i did the Rudy ENB, once you turn it off, make sure you hit APPLY then SAVE so the enb saves it and you will never need to mess with it again

@wollboi I did try growl for about 3 hours. i went back to moonlight tales but added Lupine below moonlight tales and tamaska werewolf for the mesh change... they be fluffy and adorable werewolves now More.. dog looking.. and get the werebear replacer as well.

[maltodaxtrin]

30 minutes ago, wollboi said:

Meant to post this earlier, but got caught up in actually playing the game. A very weird experience, right?

 

Bad news is - Nothing that I can tell.

 

Good news is - Yeah, it works. First I tried just the one JK's/TML/CW patch. The list as it is now has several different patches, but I wanted to see if one would do it. Nope, crashed in Windhelm (after running Resaver and NetImmerse, of course). Second time I installed everything and it seems to work fine. Went to all the problem spots I usually have in Windhelm--or did before switching to the newer High-Poly NPC patch, which has really fixed that area for me. Ran around for a while with no issues. Played the game for a long-ass time without a single crash. (Please for the love of Talos get rid of all the wench mods. That fixed almost every crash I had.) Went into every indoor town except Markart I think. Checking that next. Also, holy shit I think the framerate is a lot better in town.

 

TL;DR - Works for me. Here are the patches I used:

- JK's Skyrim

- JK's Skyrim + LoS II Tamriel Master Lights

- JK's Skyrim + LoS II Tamriel Master Lights + Capital Windhelm

- LoS II Tamriel Master LIghts

- Smoking Torches and Candles

Set plugin order to:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

 

Are the bolded parts really necessary considering you patch them just below?

 

In logical terms this should read, assuming it was 3 different patches:

- JK's Skyrim

- LoS II Tamriel Master Lights

- Capital Windhelm

 

Right now it's very confusing. Is the third line just for Capital Windhelm patch or is it actually for all 3 of them. And if it's for all 3 of them, then what is the use of the other 2 patches right above?

[ascendentkunglao]

On 8/5/2021 at 1:51 AM, jaeos said:

work properly how? set the arousal required really low, like 10 for critters and leave pc/npc at 0 if it says anything in your information lines (the one that shows up when you feed as a vampire in the top left, or your own thoughts puts a message up.) about an npc (or you) being pursued then it's working properly

more less the penis not working properly during animations?

[Aylis]

@wollboi

Updated the file for the XLS in download.

 

 

It looks like i squeezed a nerve in my neck. You wake up and both shoulders and arms feel like being on fire. Without painkillers i'm not even able to move them at all (and even then its still very uncomfortable). According to the doc i might need an OP - but if that goes wrong...

[jaeos]

1 hour ago, ascendentkunglao said:

more less the penis not working properly during animations?

as in it's not there? That's a MNC issue, I have tried several fixes and no dice, sometimes you gets the dong, other times you get the air.

 

@Aylis Holy hell. Have you had a chiropractor look at it and see if they might be able to get you back into mobile status again?

[wollboi]

@maltodaxtrin Not sure what you mean by bolded, but it's confusing because the FOMOD is confusing. When you install it, you'll see what I mean. Originally I thought the same thing, that you'd only need one patch, but that seemed to hose it.

 

Spoiler

 

I just installed all of the patches listed above in the last post and it seems to work fine.

 

Other testing - Markarth also fine. Fast traveling from Windhelm to anywhere is fine, which is always something that crashed sometimes for me. Still not a single crash thus far, and I'm now completely convinced the framerate has improved, especially Riften. Would love for somebody else to test it out, because I'm honestly having a hard time believing it's working this well on an existing save. Mindflux knocked it out of the park on this update.

 

@jaeos What did you not like about Growl? Just curious. Still haven't touched it myself.

 

@Aylis Damn. Hope it gets better. I'd personally stay away from chiropractors. Just seems like it could aggravate the issue to put strain on it. When my neck was messed up my doctor recommended me this book, which helped me a lot.

https://smile.amazon.com/Treat-Your-Own-Neck-803-5/dp/0987650416/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3E6KMEQ1WL8YJ&dchild=1&keywords=treat+your+own+neck+by+robin+mckenzie&qid=1628319759&sprefix=treat+your+own+neck%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-1

Edited August 7, 2021 by wollboi

[Thardrim]

2 hours ago, Aylis said:

@wollboi

Updated the file for the XLS in download.

 

 

It looks like i squeezed a nerve in my neck. You wake up and both shoulders and arms feel like being on fire. Without painkillers i'm not even able to move them at all (and even then its still very uncomfortable). According to the doc i might need an OP - but if that goes wrong...

 

Oh, that sounds painful. Take your time to heal and I hope you get better soon.

 

Best Wishes.

Edited August 7, 2021 by Thardrim

[Alarich79]

@Aylis I hope things will turn good.

 

Gute besserung. Das könnte auch so ein halber Bandscheibenvorfall mit nem eingeklemmten Nerv sein. Oder so ein ultraverspannter Nacken, bei die Muskeln das ganze in ne Fehlstellung ziehen. Mit viel gluck kannst Du die Entzündung drumrum mit Ibus/Paracetamol/Apirin weghauen und das dann wieder einrenken lassen.

Hoffe auf jeden fall Du kommst um ne OP dort drumrum.

 

[Alarich79]

@jaeos @Temphyx

Thank you for your Help,

 

Ok i think i got the point about the LODs. I think there was one or two mods with Dyndolod 3.

Unfortunately i can´t test it this weekend. I disabled all the ENB settings and applied them. But without saveing and reloding. So Save and reload or dripping when arroused should be the clue.

 

Do i have to install the Dyndolod 3 files instead of the ones mentioned at the top of the guide?

 

Like

 

DynDOLOD 3.00-32382-Alpha-35-1627468894

https://www.nexusmods.com/Core/Libs/Common/Widgets/DownloadPopUp?id=217240&game_id=1704

DynDOLOD Resources SE 3-52897-Alpha-10-1627376309

https://www.nexusmods.com/Core/Libs/Common/Widgets/DownloadPopUp?id=217056&nmm=1&game_id=1704

 

additionally (Beside Papyrusutil/SKSE and Mayesic Mountain Dyndolod 3.0 files) stepmodification (https://stepmodifications.org/forum/topic/15606-dyndolod-300-alpha-35/) mentiones

 

No Gras in Objects as a requirement  (for Dyndolod 3.0) Is this true ???

-> https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/42161?tab=files

 

while the Nexus page for Dyndolod lists

Vanilla Skyrim LOD Billboars as a requirement

-> https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/62698/?tab=files&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Fskyrim%2Fajax%2Fmodfiles%2F%3Fid%3D62698&pUp=1

 

Here we install

Spoiler

Kyne's Grass  -> DynDOLOD Resources SE

with optional NoGrassias Extended,

Disable Snow Grass 

Origins Of Forest - 3D Forest Grass and

3D Pine Grass

 

 

Next week i will redo a complete installation from the scratch (with the mods on my hd).

Due to this cool extensive guide (which takes so much work and time, probably more than writing a mod itselfe, to provide it for us) the mentioned means 66% of the mods :).

 

Greets to everyone

Edited August 7, 2021 by Alarich79

[Thardrim]

12 hours ago, wollboi said:

Meant to post this earlier, but got caught up in actually playing the game. A very weird experience, right?

 

Bad news is - Nothing that I can tell.

 

Good news is - Yeah, it works. First I tried just the one JK's/TML/CW patch. The list as it is now has several different patches, but I wanted to see if one would do it. Nope, crashed in Windhelm (after running Resaver and NetImmerse, of course). Second time I installed everything and it seems to work fine. Went to all the problem spots I usually have in Windhelm--or did before switching to the newer High-Poly NPC patch, which has really fixed that area for me. Ran around for a while with no issues. Played the game for a long-ass time without a single crash. (Please for the love of Talos get rid of all the wench mods. That fixed almost every crash I had.) Went into every indoor town except Markart I think. Checking that next. Also, holy shit I think the framerate is a lot better in town.

 

TL;DR - Works for me. Here are the patches I used:

- JK's Skyrim

- JK's Skyrim + LoS II Tamriel Master Lights

- JK's Skyrim + LoS II Tamriel Master Lights + Capital Windhelm

- LoS II Tamriel Master LIghts

- Smoking Torches and Candles

Set plugin order to:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

 

I have also installed the new version of Embers XD with no problems, as far as I can tell. The only thing we need to do is download the right patch for it for Capital Windhelm Expansion, the one for version 2.2.3 or newer. (Although it is probably not necessary anymore because a patch for it is already included in Embers XD 2.2.4.)

 

In any case, I think JK's Skyrim and Dawn of Skyrim - Riften Patch needs a patch for Embers. This has been bothering me since day one. This is Riften, just before the entrance of the Temple of Mara. The Riften Patch takes out the pedestals, and Embers adds back the flames. Nothing game breaking... but it has bothered me so much, that I have made a very simple patch for it that solves the issue. I'll sare it with you in case anyone has the same problem.

 

 

Spoiler

 

Before the patch:

 

 

After the patch:

 

 

Now I can breath again... xD

 

Anyways, here's the patch in case it might be useful for anyone. Place it right after all the Embers XD patches:

 

 

Embers XD - Patch -Riften Patch for JK's & DoS.rar

 

Another mod that I think it needs a patch in this LO is Auriel's Weaponry. Both the meshes and textures for the bow get overwritten by ENB Light. Why? I don't know, it happened to me after I updated to a new version (maybe I messed up the installation with so many options in its FOMOD). In any case, I made a patch for the textures and meshes. I post it here in case anyone has the same problem:

 

Auriel Weaponry - Meshes and Textures Patch.rar

 

Just place it at the end of the Patches Section in your LO. 

 

Anyways, I hope it helps.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 7, 2021 by Thardrim

[wollboi]

@Thardrim Yep! Those braziers bug the shit out of me too. I pretend it's the levitating fiery love of Mara's embrace. I just don't know about Dawn, and the problems are going to get worse the longer we stick with the old version. Also, very happy you tried out the update and it's working good. Do you feel like the framerate has increased in Riften/Whiterun, or am I just crazy.

 

Rant time - Unplayable Faction Armor is getting on my nerves. Yes, the armor is fantastic, but why would the author change NPCs in any other way. Pretty sure this is why some of the blackface bugs (White River Watch) are still happening. And it throws off MLU big time. I've already pointed out Rockjoint Island, but Dustman's Cairn is worse. It adds several enemies right before the dragon wall. You get swarmed by as many as five Silver Hand bastards and three draugr at the same time, and Farkas is utterly useless. The SH enemies are supposed to be the same level as the player, but they're armor is so good it makes it way harder than it needs to be, and you have to deal with two kamikaze two-handed dick-kickers. I've seen at least one person complain about it on the mod page, and the author just points out you can change it in SSE, but I don't really feel like that's something the user should have to do. If they wanted to include an optional patch to add enemies, fine. I died about ten times before I finally had to drop the difficulty down. Just stick to the armor. Literally every problem I have with my MLU level "guide" is because of that mod.

 

(But, yeah, that armor looks dope though.)

Edited August 7, 2021 by wollboi