Skyrim SE or LE for adult modding?

[Ends_and_Memes]

What the title says, is there that much of a difference? It's been a while since I've touched skyrim let alone modded it but I've been playing FO4 recently, thought I'd switch things up. I've already done some google searching but I didn't find anything too helpful. There's seems to be quite the divide when it comes to visual fidelity and stability. What about variety and functionality as far as modding? I'm assuming LE wins over in that regard since it's been out longer?

 

My specs since that's probably important:

 

Lenovo Legion 5

OS Windows 10

1920x1080 res 144hz monitor

RTX 2060 6GB

16GB RAM

Intel i7 10th gen 10750h 2.60ghz

[nilead]

 Difference used to be in the amount of content. By now, there are very few big adult mods that werent yet transfered to SE, and some new SE exclusive ones.

Additionally, SMP physics are native to SE, and thats the best option in terms of quality. As for performance friendly physics, again, CBPC from SE seems more stable than HDT-PE from LE. Besides, SE comes with a bunch of problems solved for user. It finally learned to use memory, for example.

 Additionally, Sexlab framework, wich is a centerpiece of most adult oriented builds, outgrown LE limitations and by now newest versions utilize SE exclusive functions.

Long story short - unless you allready have a stable LE build and cant be bothered redoing it, there isnt much reason to use LE.

 

[tr0gdor69]

SE. Unless there's some very specific and niche mod you absolutely need, I can't really think of a single reason to do LE over SE. And even then - I'd bet it's less effort to port it yourself than it is to come up with a good looking, high performance, stable LE setup.

 

SE looks way better right out of the box, so you don't need to screw around with endless texture replacers, ENB, lighting and weather overhauls, etc. And if there's something you don't like about how SE looks, there are tons of options available for all those visual enhancements - at least as many as LE.

 

SE is also way, way more stable. I keep it pretty fast and loose with installing any mod that catches my eye , and have hundreds of pretty big mods, and I RARELY get a CTD. When I finally gave up on LE I was putting hours and hours into figuring out a stable load order and still getting CTDs at least once a sitting.

[27X]

26 minutes ago, tr0gdor69 said:

SE looks way better right out of the box

False.

 

26 minutes ago, tr0gdor69 said:

so you don't need to screw around with endless texture replacers

False.

 

26 minutes ago, tr0gdor69 said:

ENB, lighting and weather overhauls, etc.

False.

 

26 minutes ago, tr0gdor69 said:

at least as many as LE.

Not even in any universe.

[LinksSword]

21 minutes ago, tr0gdor69 said:

SE. Unless there's some very specific and niche mod you absolutely need, I can't really think of a single reason to do LE over SE. And even then - I'd bet it's less effort to port it yourself than it is to come up with a good looking, high performance, stable LE setup.

 

SE looks way better right out of the box, so you don't need to screw around with endless texture replacers, ENB, lighting and weather overhauls, etc. And if there's something you don't like about how SE looks, there are tons of options available for all those visual enhancements - at least as many as LE.

 

SE is also way, way more stable. I keep it pretty fast and loose with installing any mod that catches my eye , and have hundreds of pretty big mods, and I RARELY get a CTD. When I finally gave up on LE I was putting hours and hours into figuring out a stable load order and still getting CTDs at least once a sitting.

for ctd's can't say the same but, i have had far less with SE then i ever had with LE "usually i get freezing but i think that might be wet and cold to blame" but still could be my own fault for that reason, I do agree on the statement about the graphics it is really hard to go back to vanilla skyrim le when you compare it to vanilla skyrim se. 

 

And man HDT SMP is literally the best thing ever i mean combine it with HDT hairdos, And collision bodies and it's far better experience then anything HDT over at LE could offer i mean the hair in HDT hairdos SE for one thing flows far far better then it ever did in LE and is much more closer to the realistic movement of fallout 4 hair physics imo.

[MaxRex]

You will not find that answer here, any attempt at any suggestion will be immediately denied.

Damn people, if you do not choose the side yourself, they will already put you on the opposite side.

[Grey Cloud]

Anyone who has to ask the question should use SE and leave us LE users in peace.

[Tlam99]

LE has by far more mods, but, you cannot use them all. Limit 255

New mods are tending to be for SE, like most new dll's fixing issues.

On my SE I got 609 esp slots filled because of esp-fe.

merge, ok, but not everything should be merged. Clothing merge, all in one esp and 

have hundreds of pieces pop up in additemmenu, well this with 32bit.

And adding stuff, new merge. 

I prefer to have those separated.

So it depends on what you want. 

 

[MaxRex]

If someone writes a positive opinion about LE or SE, why do you feel attacked?

[Mez558]

1 hour ago, MaxRex said:

If someone writes a positive opinion about LE or SE, why do you feel attacked?

 

I think because very few people post their opinions as opinions, they post them as if they were Facts.

 

I don't know, I don't care. I plan on trying SE out at some point, when GPU's drop to a price I am willing to pay and I build a new system.... So sometime in the mid 20's ?

 

 

 

[iiAstralogical]

On 5/21/2021 at 10:11 PM, 27X said:

False.

 

False.

 

False.

 

Not even in any universe.

You didn't even respond to the question you're just putting passive aggressive remarks like a child.

[SAADAAS]

SE has most the functionality that I need for my Skyrim, but there are still some things that haven't come over-- such as FloppySOS. Find the things that are important to you and make a decision based on functionality.

 

At least in my experience, SE has more stability and the ability to use esl files helps a ton for various things.

[starbrightly]

I did but what would you care you just bitching about se. I personally had almost all of the sexlab mods in the se version but all the UPDATING kept ******* with skse and all the other mods . that was 2 yrs ago now back with no updating in sight and modding it again from scratch and no I know im a noob at modding but i also know if given time I can get it done the way I want it.

[Pamatronic]

On 5/30/2021 at 4:40 AM, iiAstralogical said:

You didn't even respond to the question you're just putting passive aggressive remarks like a child.

Have you ever seen a child capable of being passive aggressive? aren't they Usually just aggressive? ?

 

Besides, He´s right. SSE on Vanilla looks just as much of an Eyesore as LE. 

[Guest]

This is actually a question that i ask my self.

Though, i am using SE at the moment, but its mainly because SE seems newer to me.

But i wonder if i am missing on some important mods out.

I probably will install LE as well and play around with it.

My impression was that LE probably has a larger base and therefore more mods.

 

[CaerHenWen]

I always have LL mods installed and I still use LE because after all these years I've finally come up with a mod list that has just about everything I want, looks amazing, and is mostly stable. However, I ctd outside of Whiterun enough to where it's annoying. If I was starting from scratch I'd be awfully tempted to go with SE for faster load times and better stability.

[DefinitelyNotStaticPhobia2]

Seeing as there has been very little advancement in the physics department, I'm actually rather depressed about how little SE offers over LE.

 

"SMP is better than PE?" While yes, theoretically SMP has the potential to perform more accurately but in actuality, they both look like ass when they are half-assed, and I haven't seen anyone not half-ass SE physics in the adult scene (since I started, big respect to those before me). I cringe when I look at my Maximum CBBE rig today, with it's noob physics' application, but I'd still put it up against anything released for SE in the modern day, out of the box, in terms of realism, and it'd win hands down. I'm not happy about that either. I stopped with throat physics... I had planned on doing cheek physics, tongue physics, internal physics... yet where are we now again? Do we even have throat physics? What happened to the Anal Physics? We've regressed in that regard and my rig was open source for awhile... still is, if you can find it.

Right now, saying that SMP is better than PE is like scoring the touchdown for the opposing team. Ignorance is an understatement.

 

As far as scripting, LE runs better. I've ported a couple scripts, sometimes you have to buffer the script for it to work. Case in point: Absolute Necro or Slaverun.

 

SE offers ground clutter, like lo-poly rocks. Offers god rays out of the box. Offers TAA out of the box. These are good things for non-modders but for the adult scene? Not so much. They cost FPS. ENB's edge aa works fine, lo-poly ground clutter is irrelevant when using grass mods, and Bethesda god rays are just for normies who don't mod.

In terms of ENB, Skyrim SE Silent ENB is quite stunning. SE has the potential to overtake LE, but it still has a long way to go.
 

In short, I'd LIKE SE to be better, but it's not, unless you want to play Skyrim like Dark Souls and only want semi-lewd experiences, in which case, sure, SE is for you.

[decaluka]

Simple answer:

• LE needs tons of mods and tweaks to be stable, SE for the most part does not
• SE will generally make better use of your hardware and have less bottlenecks (for example with drawcalls or many npcs loaded in a single cell)
• LE has generally more mods, but a lot are low quality stuff like followers
• Porting LE mods to SE is relatively easy
• ENB looks slightly better on LE than SE but it's catching up and already has beautiful ENBs
• the modding community is overall more active on SE - both on SFW and NSFW mods (stuff like the new combat overhauls, or the Ostim suite)
• HDT SMP physics are more realistic on SE but also cost more performance than HDT PE on LE (note that SMP is available on LE but has a more limited choice in outfits)
• Most sex mods are available on SE with a few exceptions

I'm still on LE mostly because like many I spent years creating my modlist and making it work, so I'm a bit reluctant to switch over.

But I think that if you're starting from scratch SE is the way to go.