guide Skyrim SE for Beginners - V 3.2.6 (Outdated)

[Largelarry420]

@Aylis I fixed the water stream issue I had by installing realistic water two and putting it just above water for enb, still looks good but now it's not repeating constantly.

[Aylis]

@Largelarry420

And doing so you added quite a few bugs. See 'Not recommended mods'...

Edited October 15, 2021 by Aylis

[Alkzis]

2 hours ago, Aylis said:

When you not buy it then you get 'Survival', 'Fishing' and 'Saints and Sinners' if you already have all expansions. Otherwise that what @alaunus01 wrote.

 

But the update to the game will most likely be done in both cases and that will break a lot of mods.

 

 

@MK198914

Its in the description/comments of the mod.

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Nailing down the last texture errors. The map almost looks right (so there are still some hidden 'almost right' textures), but it is way better and not so obvious as before. I still think 'Fluffy Snow' looks off. When we get snow here it is much smoother and the top is usually frozen too.

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But with that amount of endorsements the OA must have gotten something right...

 

Anyway, so far this is the only snow texture (already tested a few) that doesn't cause any issues and blends well with the other mods for the landscape.

 

Atm. it looks like those will be changed

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Mods to remove

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Improved Rock and Cliff Collision                                 Incompatible to the mountain textures/meshes

Skyrim - A Mountainous Experience                                                                ''

RUSTIC AMULETS - Special Edition                               Gets replaced

ElSopa HD - Bonehawk Amulet SE                                           ''

 

Mods to add

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This might still change!

Misc. Blended Road Fixes

Snowy Roads for Snowy Regions                                   Still testing

Solstheim - The Lost Levels                                           Still testing

3D Junipers - Trees and Berries                                     Still testing

Fluffy Snow                                                                    Still testing

Fluffy Snow - Blended Roads Patch

Fluffy Snow for Majestic Mountains

Fluffy Snow Windhelm Bridge and Street Fix

 

Will definitely get added.

Cleaner Bridges

Holy Mountains (Majestic Mountains Addon)

Holy Mountains Cairn Rocks

Holy Mountains Tundra Rocks

HD Ants                                                                         Even the tiniest creature gets its own mod.

HD Ash Guardian

HD Ash Spawn

HD Bears                                                                        Forgot to add them in the last update

HD Dogs                                                                        More Husky (this replacer actually works)

HD Dogs - Barbas                                                          Required if you use the dog replacer

HD Spriggan                                                                  Could have sworn i already had them in the list ?

HD Amulets                                                                    Replaces two mods

Ancient Nord Pickaxe                                                     Optional replacer

 

Do we need to run the Grass Cache thingy after this changes? 

[Aylis]

26 minutes ago, Alkzis said:

Do we need to run the Grass Cache thingy after this changes? 

Only if the lost levels gets added (what i don't know yet).

[Alkzis]

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@AylisI have no idea what i did wrong, do i need to move the master plugins around? I did everything on the guide exactly as it says and only moved masters when it was stated
 

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[Window Title]
TexGen

 

[Main Instruction]
Record [INFO:0540BBF9] in file AuriSLPatch.esp is being overridden by record [QUST:0640BBF9] in file AuriSLPatch.esp.

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These errors cause CTD and other serious issues and need to be fixed.

Ignore wrong advice to temporarily disable plugins.

I cant find wtf is wrong aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Edited October 15, 2021 by Alkzis

[Jessica_Degurechaff]

Same issue as Alkzis, im moving around the "AuriSLPatch.esp" but nothing working so far, any help? uwu

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Im really lost on this one. Im looking around for what could be be wrong but.. nothing is?

 

Edited October 15, 2021 by Jessica_Degurechaff

[Alkzis]

Nothing works, im really stuck

[Alkzis]

Do i just deactivate that one ESP?

[Jessica_Degurechaff]

@Aylis You may be interested in this one (https://babofactory.blogspot.com/2021/10/sexlab-se-beta-9-optimization.html)

It removes the old and useless animations from SL, nothing else (yes, its the one that uses Baka, so far had no problems with it in my past installation)



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BTW, should i just deactivate  Auri SL patch? the moment i do TexGen runs as usual, but when its active it gives me the same error as Alkzis posted.
I tried moving around the related ESP and reinstalled the related mods, nothing worked.

Yes, i checked that the SL patch was the one for SE.

Edited October 15, 2021 by Jessica_Degurechaff

[Alkzis]

Sigh

[Alkzis]

I guess this means TexGen? Right? 
... activate for TexGen, deactivate after that and never turn on again....    Right?

[bandygirl1]

@AlkzisPatience grasshopper. People need sleep.

[Aylis]

1 hour ago, Alkzis said:

Sigh

Something like this doesn't help at all! ?

 

Its 4 o'clock in the morning and, you know, sometimes i need some sleep too.

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In the message there's a link to a FAQ. Did you guys try that?

In the message there's a link to a 'Support Forum'. Did you guys try that? I'd guess that the creator of a mod might know its creation better than me...

There's also the option to simply deactivate that patch for sexlab. Did you guys try that?

 

I got no idea why a patch, which worked (for several months now) perfectly fine before, suddenly is the possible cause of an issue. As far as i can tell that is a false positive as we actually want the original file to get overwritten.

[Alkzis]

5 minutes ago, bandygirl1 said:

@AlkzisPatience grasshopper. People need sleep.

I tend to forget that we not all live in the same timezone, so yeah, im sorry. 

[Alkzis]

27 minutes ago, Aylis said:

Something like this doesn't help at all! ?

 

Its 4 o'clock in the morning and, you know, sometimes i need some sleep too.

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In the message there's a link to a FAQ. Did you guys try that?

In the message there's a link to a 'Support Forum'. Did you guys try that? I'd guess that the creator of a mod might know its creation better than me...

There's also the option to simply deactivate that patch for sexlab. Did you guys try that?

 

I got no idea why a patch, which worked (for several months now) perfectly fine before, suddenly is the possible cause of an issue. As far as i can tell that is a false positive as we actually want the original file to get overwritten.

 

You youself dont need to answer, i know that i tagged you but i expected anyone else to answer.

What i do asure you that i did not expect (or want) was waking you up by posting here. How would i know it was 4am for you? i would have not asked anything if i know i was waking you up.

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I did, it did not work, or at least i could not find a solution there
If you mean the Mod Itself, i was about to, i did however head to the discord of LODS and asked there, they passed the ball at the end.
I asked if it was safe because i had no idea, but once Jessica_Degurechaff said that once it got turn off it worked as supposed to i did and yes it worked, but i have no idea if it had any main problem after that since we are basically covering up the fact that it dont work with TexGen.

Jessica_Degurechaff told me as much on a pm since we had the same issue, i personally dont know her (i guess is Her based on the name) but she has helped me in the past so i did that, but again, how would i know that? For someone like her or you it may be ovious a FalsePositive but besides my first time installing this guide almost a year ago i have never modded anything.

  I apologise, i did not expect to be such a assle. 



(i hope none of this come as assholery, im just trying to say that i did not expect this to bother anyone)

Edited October 16, 2021 by Alkzis
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[Aylis]

1 hour ago, Alkzis said:

I guess this means TexGen? Right? 
... activate for TexGen, deactivate after that and never turn on again....    Right?

Thats why i'm awake now (had to set the clock for the end of my 327th rerun of DynDOLOD and run some tests).

 

Updated the info for that mod:

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 SSE Terrain Tamriel Extend

? Not needed anymore.

It will be removed with the next update. One thing less to worry about...

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And now back to catch more 

Edited October 16, 2021 by Aylis

[Alkzis]

Ok so 3 questions:
 

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1- To get the desired effect that the title says (Performance, Optimal, Ultra) i have to drag those columns on DynDOLOD on the same way they are ordered there? 
For example if i wanted ultra (the one best looking i guess? since i have a powerful pc) i would need to scroll down to the very bottom on the Advanced Config of DynDOLOD, then swap around the orders of those boxes to match what each title says? Im a bit confused
 

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So if i wanted to get ultra, it would have to look this way? (it was already like this tho, i touched nothing)

This "mesh rules" thingy on the Dyndolod part could use some images (Yes, i do know theres a tutorial on Post#3, im just saying it could explain the MeshRules thing a bit better for people like me who can affort more load on their sistems (And im not mad or anything, dont take it as an attack, im just sharing my opinion..but i do know no one asked)

2- The Grass Cache thingy.. back when i did it i touched nothing, i just installed the config as an extra mod since it says to not merge it with the main mod... Do i have to check the mode for the grass cache still? How do i do that?

 

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No grass in objects: Main mod
No grass in objects- Config: The config provided at the installations steps on the main mod.

3-Im confused at the SSEdit Part

 

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i run SSEdit from MO2

It loads and shows me a bunch of mods
 

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i just click on Ok.. it loads some more stuff (backgroundloader) then it asks me "which ModGroups you wan to activate" i ignore that and click on Ok..

Here i just hit shift and the down arrow until everything is selected:
 

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then: RightClick>apply script> select BetterDynamicSnowPatcher> hit ok
 

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Now here is where im confused.       

This message shows up after the scripting starts.. i just hit click on Ok but im not sure if im supposed to and i fear it will break something.. did i did everything right?
 

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Im sorry for the wall of things.

Edited October 16, 2021 by Alkzis

[Jessica_Degurechaff]

1 hour ago, Alkzis said:

Ok so 2 questions regarding this:
 

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1- To get the desired effect that the title says (Performance, Optimal, Ultra) i have to drag those columns on DynDOLOD on the same way they are ordered there? 
For example if i wanted ultra (the one best looking i guess? since i have a powerful pc) i would need to scroll down to the very bottom on the Advanced Config of DynDOLOD, then swap around the orders of those boxes to match what each title says? Im a bit confused
 

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So if i wanted to get ultra, it would have to look this way? (it was already like this tho, i touched nothing)

This "mesh rules" thingy on the Dyndolod part could use some images (Yes, i do know theres a tutorial on Post#3, im just saying it could explain the MeshRules thing a bit better for people like me who can affort more load on their sistems (And im not mad or anything, dont take it as an attack, im just sharing my opinion..but i do know no one asked)

2- The Grass Cache thingy.. back when i did it i touched nothing, i just installed the config as an extra mod since it says to not merge it with the main mod... Do i have to check the mode for the grass cache still? How do i do that?

 

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No grass in objects: Main mod
No grass in objects- Config: The config provided at the installations steps on the main mod.

 

I believe you have to R click on "trees"> and modify each LOD accordingly to what you want to get.. but i could be wrong.. as for the rest i have no clue.

Edited October 16, 2021 by Jessica_Degurechaff

[Jessica_Degurechaff]

I did a test run to see if the bases are working, this message showed up: 

 

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I just reinstalled fertility mode and unticked  RS children and it worked.

 

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Shame, i wanted to see the younglings grow up-

[Thardrim]

2 hours ago, Alkzis said:

Now here is where im confused.       

This message shows up after the scripting starts.. i just hit click on Ok but im not sure if im supposed to and i fear it will break something.. did i did everything right?
 

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Im sorry for the wall of things.

 

I have used Synthesis for this patch instead of SSEEdit, so I'm not 100% sure, but I'd say that you should write the name of the patch there, meaning, the name that the .esp will have in the right panel of MO2 once you create the mod from "Overwrite".

 

 

52 minutes ago, Jessica_Degurechaff said:

I believe you have to R click on "trees"> and modify each LOD accordingly to what you want to get.. but i could be wrong.. as for the rest i have no clue.

 

Yes, That's the way to do it, if I'm not mistaken. You have to click on the "trees" row and then select "edit". On the window that will pop up, you'll see the options for the quality of each LOD.

 

 

[Jessica_Degurechaff]

Mmmmmh... this thing (bug?) had happened to me since EVER, why? Do you guys have any clue? it only happens with certain presets (even when they ARE made with highpoly head) 

im 100% sure its just because whoever made the preset did it wrong or did not use HighPolyHead.. but why it also happends with premade vanilla faces? 

Its not really a concern, i just want to know about it.

 

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As far as things to fix in my end i just have a single thing that is so jarring for me: Why do my PC walks so FAST? its so jarring

Edited October 16, 2021 by Jessica_Degurechaff

[alaunus01]

2 hours ago, Alkzis said:

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For example if i wanted ultra (the one best looking i guess? since i have a powerful pc)

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Hold on a second there, I do not think you want to start with ultra, an intensely modded skyrim (which this guide certainly qualifies for) can strain even the best systems money currently can buy.

 

For example I mathed the vram usage numbers a couple revisions ago, if you went ahead and downloaded the highest resolution textures whenever available you could end up with 12gb vram usage right of the bat, enter a couple followers or other npcs that received a full makeover we are talking another additional 2 to 4 gb of vram each. You see how that escalates fast?

 

If you are confident with your system try optimal settings, ultra probably is something for screenarchers only.

[Jessica_Degurechaff]

1 hour ago, alaunus01 said:

 

Hold on a second there, I do not think you want to start with ultra, an intensely modded skyrim (which this guide certainly qualifies for) can strain even the best systems money currently can buy.

 

For example I mathed the vram usage numbers a couple revisions ago, if you went ahead and downloaded the highest resolution textures whenever available you could end up with 12gb vram usage right of the bat, enter a couple followers or other npcs that received a full makeover we are talking another additional 2 to 4 gb of vram each. You see how that escalates fast?

 

If you are confident with your system try optimal settings, ultra probably is something for screenarchers only.

I dont know he, but i do use the max textures of each mod, put the Config of dyndolod and texgen to almost the max, and reescale the game to 2k using Nvidia.. and well...

 

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(gpu usage goes up to like 80% while playing but i cant take a pic of task manager without tabing out because im lazy, the rest of stuff (ram cpu etc) remains almost the same)

You really understimate the power of the new GPUS, my CP2077 its directly the best thing i have seen in my life, and its heavily moded too (mostly gra´phics and fixes) yet it runs around 50 FPS only in real ectics parts drops to around 40. and its cp, its badly optimizated and buggy, console strained etc

And i have a 3070, i believe he haves a 3080 (im not her friend or anything, i just lurk here a lot) if anything i did used to have lag using this guide but it was because errors on my end with the way my RIG was configurated at the time.
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That feel when you get everything right and done..but forgot to change the lighthing for the trees on Dyndolod and now they look off 

 

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Pain and suffering

 

Edited October 16, 2021 by Jessica_Degurechaff

[alaunus01]

1 hour ago, Jessica_Degurechaff said:

[...]i do use the max textures of each mod, put the Config of dyndolod and texgen to almost the max, and reescale the game to 2k using Nvidia.. and well...

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And this might be the real reason why you sometimes run into odd performance stalls, not that your 8700k ain't cutting the mustard any more but that your gpu starts swapping textures out of its 8gb gddr6 vram into your regular ddr4 ram.

 

There is no fraking way you are staying below 8gb vram usage if you render this modlist in 1440p and use the largest texture packs, judging from the system ram screen you provided I would guesstimate it somewhere between 10-11gb, maybe even more depending how much immediately drops out of memory the second you tab out of skyrim. So yeah, 3080 is out too, only 10gb of gddr6x ?

[jaeos]

5 hours ago, Jessica_Degurechaff said:

Mmmmmh... this thing (bug?) had happened to me since EVER, why? Do you guys have any clue? it only happens with certain presets (even when they ARE made with highpoly head) 

im 100% sure its just because whoever made the preset did it wrong or did not use HighPolyHead.. but why it also happends with premade vanilla faces? 

Its not really a concern, i just want to know about it.

 

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As far as things to fix in my end i just have a single thing that is so jarring for me: Why do my PC walks so FAST? its so jarring

because you loaded a preset thats for a dunmer rather than a breton and it loaded that head part, go to the tab just to the right of race (should be 3-4 selections) and change your preset slot to reset back to a "breton" head