guide Skyrim AE for Beginners - V 2.0.0 (3BA / HDT-SMP / HPH)

alaunus01 · January 10, 2023

11 minutes ago, ddfde said:

So, is there any particular reason why DynDOLOD is giving me errors and is unable to create the LOD? I'm sure there's something dumb I'm missing.

depending on your antivirus whitelisting dyndolod might not be sufficient, you might have to turn it off almost completely while running the LODs

ddfde · January 10, 2023

1 hour ago, alaunus01 said:

depending on your antivirus whitelisting dyndolod might not be sufficient, you might have to turn it off almost completely while running the LODs

My antivirus hasn't been flagging anything as far as I can see. The logsheet for DynDOLOD was giving me errors and warnings about missing meshes and overwritten references, etc. Problems I haven't had on older versions of DynDOLOD.

Aylis · January 10, 2023

3 hours ago, ddfde said:

So, is there any particular reason why DynDOLOD is giving me errors and is unable to create the LOD? I'm sure there's something dumb I'm missing.

I finished mine ~30 minutes ago. Same way i put up in the instructions.

If it crashes try using 'medium' instead of 'high' in the settings. Worst case you have to go through the error page (shows up after closing DynDOLOD) or the support page of the mod and ask there. I got only very basic knowledge about scripting.

Oh, those... In the guide i changed so much that those are almost impossible to avoid. So much stuff gets replaced or simply added. And you don't want to know how many errors are in the game files from Bethesda (just check USSEP). On top of all that is the fact that DynDOLOD 3 is still an Alpha version.

Edited January 10, 2023 by Aylis

ddfde · January 10, 2023

3 minutes ago, Aylis said:

I finished mine ~30 minutes ago. Same way i put up in the instructions.

If it crashes try using 'medium' instead of 'high' in the settings. Worst case you have to go through the error page (shows up after closing DynDOLOD) or the support page of the mod and ask there. I got only very basic knowledge about scripting.

It's not crashing, it's failing to write the fileID due to errors during the run. So I don't know how to fix it without going through every plugin with SSEEdit and cleaning all 1000+ errors.

Jessica_Degurechaff · January 10, 2023

4 hours ago, ddfde said:

So, is there any particular reason why DynDOLOD is giving me errors and is unable to create the LOD? I'm sure there's something dumb I'm missing.

Copy the output and look for something that says "missing" or "error" or "blank", it usually says the name of the mod in plain text

Edited January 10, 2023 by Jessica_Degurechaff

alaunus01 · January 10, 2023

If it isn't your AV throwing a wrench into LOD generation there are only less flattering options.

You either forgot to install the C++ Redistributable and/or NET Runtime, or ran the x86 executables instead of x64.

If you go back to the earlier pages of this thread you might notice that I struggled with getting dynDOLOD to 'work' for me too before identifying my AV as the culprit.

wollboi · January 10, 2023

@ddfde Is everything fully updated? DynDOLOD has released a new version, new resources, and new DLL in the past week.

@Aylis If it helps, I've started adding a ton of DAR animations. Basically all the ones I used before it stopped working with newer updates. Here are the ones I'm using with notes if applicable. I haven't noticed any issues at all with these so far.

Spoiler

Go to Bed DAR Patch - I still use and really like GTB

Movement Behavior Overhaul

Jump Behavior Overhaul

Take a Seat

Dynamic Sitting Idles

Smooth Moveset - Replaces Smooth Combat/Non-Combat. Not sure how I feel about it. Works fine I guess. Requires both Payload Interpreter and Disable Turn Animation.

Smooth Bow Animation - Requires same as above

Smooth Random Jump Animation Remix - Prerequisite for ...

Smooth Weapon Jump Animation - ... which I REALLY like. Combined with Jump Behavior Overhaul, it makes you feel like a fucking ninja when you sprint towards an enemy and then leap into the air with two weapons drawn back.

Smooth Random Idle

Smooth Random Equip Animation (Unarmed)

Smooth Random Equip Animation (Dagger)

Smooth Random Equip Animation (2H)

Smooth Random Equip Animation (1H)

Smooth Magic Casting

Smooth Staff Animation

Smooth Random Sprint Animation

Smooth Random Blocking Animation 3.0

Dynamic Random Spell Idle

Dynamic Fus Ro Doh

Random Prayer Animation - All of the Smooth animations up to this one are by the same author, so safe to say they play well with each other.

Dynamic Swimming

EVG Animation Variance - With the Player Personality Addon. Adds nice female idles and gets rid of the fugly vanilla running animation

EVG Conditional Idles

Immersive Interactions - This one worked with DAR but had some problems, like performing the mastery level spell animation whenever you ate anything. Which was funny. But now with DAR it's back to working great.

Cookeh's Conditional and Random Animations

Patch for Survival Mode and CCARA - Need to get the one with EVG Animation variance patch included.

Immersive Folded Hands

NPC Animation Remix

Sexy Random Idles - Don't let the name fool you. These aren't porn poses. They look very good on a serious female character.

Lively Children Animations

Eating Animations and Sounds - This is a personal favorite, especially on a Survival Mode playthrough. It now requires Keyword Item Distributor (doesn't seem to interfere with anything) and Payload Interpreter

Eating Animations - Fishing Patch - If using the Fishing CC.

Feral - Works as intended again. Not sure how it plays with Smooth Moveset yet, seeing as how unlike Combat/Non-Combat, its successor Smooth Moveset doesn't have a FOMOD that lets you pick and choose which weapon-drawn idles you'd like.

Gesture Animation Remix - Looks great with followers like Serana with SDA.

Feminize - NPC Turning Animations - Again, feminine without being porn-y.

Animated Potions - Optional. Believe it or not doesn't interfere with gameplay. Unlike the older one, drinking the potion only triggers on the first potion, so you can still down 15 potions without going through each animation - especially because it also doesn't kick you out of your inventory automatically while drinking (it waits until you close it yourself).

Notably absent would be Animated Interactions and Idles seeing as how it has big DON'T USE THIS MOD printed on its front page. People in the forum seem to have it working, but I'm not going to try it. Honestly, I have a big love/hate with this mod, especially with this newer version requiring either jumping or sneak/un-sneaking in order to end an animation. They look good, but that's quite annoying.

Also of note is that there are a few tools that open programs to show conflicts between DAR animations as well as let you view them using a dummy without having to open and trigger them in-game. I haven't looked at these but they look very fun in deciding what would be in a final load order.

Also-also of note, these mods greatly benefit from using TDM/TrueHUD. I go back and forth on it, but for the most part I really like it, especially if stuff like SkySA may get re-added. Great while using a controller, and I like the HUD showing an enemy's level on Legendary playthroughs. I also really like casting and firing a bow from horseback. I also like how changes to the MCM get added to Overwrite.

Also-also-also of note (maybe), this is the order that I have them listed in, with the new prerequisites like Keyword Item Distributor going under SKSE Extensions.

ddfde · January 10, 2023

38 minutes ago, wollboi said:

@ddfde Is everything fully updated? DynDOLOD has released a new version, new resources, and new DLL in the past week.

Yep. Downloaded those a couple days ago.

59 minutes ago, alaunus01 said:

If it isn't your AV throwing a wrench into LOD generation there are only less flattering options.

You either forgot to install the C++ Redistributable and/or NET Runtime, or ran the x86 executables instead of x64.

If you go back to the earlier pages of this thread you might notice that I struggled with getting dynDOLOD to 'work' for me too before identifying my AV as the culprit.

Downloaded all of those already. Unless the 6.0.11 version of NET runtime is what breaking it, but I doubt it. Only thing I didn't install was DirectX because DirectX12 is already built into windows.

I turned off windows defender and ran it again and nothing changed, so it's not that. There has to be a borked mod and I just need to figure out which one. I read that some people were having issues building LODs with newer GPU drivers but as far as I can tell that was an AMD issue, not Nvidia.

Aylis · January 10, 2023

Starting to collect links...

Spoiler

Enhanced Volumetric Lighting and Shadows (EVLaS) Moved to 'Weather and Lighting'

Papyrus Extender Moved in the group

SSE Display Tweaks

Base Object Swapper Moved in the group

Animated Static Reload Fix - NG

NPC AI Process Position Fix - NG

Particle Patch for ENB

Vampire Feed Proxy

Skyrim Priority

Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes

Unofficial High Definition Audio Project

DynDOLOD DLL SE - Scripts

Bright Waterfall Fix for ENB - DynDOLOD

LOD Mesh Fixes for DynDOLOD

Noble Skyrim Mod

SMIM Furniture Improvement

SMIM Whiterun Bench

Assorted mesh fixes

Assorted Mesh fixes - Mesh Patch

Forgotten Retex Project

Skyland AIO

Spoiler

1.1 Start
2.1 Install Landscapes Textures
3.1 No
3.2 No
3.3 Stone Roads
3.4 No
3.5 None
4.1 Whiterun
Winterhold
High Hrothgar
Windhelm
Sovngarde
4.2 Grey
4.3 Yes
4.4 Yes
4.5 Yes
4.6 Yes
5.1 Yes
5.2 No
5.3 None
6.1 Vanilla
7.1 None
8.1 Yes
9.1 Yes

Better Dirt Cliffs and Alphas

Quality CubeMaps - Optimized

CubeMap Collection

HD LODs Textures

Riekling Outposts

RIS - Real Ice and Snow

RIM - Real Ice reMastered

Ruins Clutter Improved

Ruins Clutter Improved - Fixes

Large portcullis collision mesh

SMIM - Quality Addon

SMIM - Quality Addon - Unofficial Material Fix Patch

Improved SMIM

Falmer Architectur

Majestic Mountains Main

Majestic Mountains - LOD DynDOLOD (3.0!)

Granite Mountains for Majestic Mountains (select 'Dark' in the FOMOD)

Skyrim - A Mountainous Experience

Majestic Mountains - More Accurate Collision

Majestic Mountains - More Accurate Patch

Majestic Mountains - More Accurate Collision - AME Patch

Blended Roads

Blended Road - Fixes

Blended Roads Redone

Blended Roads Redone - Bridges

RIS - Real Ice and Snow - Blended Roads Patch

Cathedral - Plants

Cathedral - Mushrooms

Clover Plant - C

Glowing Mushrooms

Glowing Mushrooms - Animated Tentacles

Mushrooms Remastered

Mushrooms Remastered - Rock Texture Integration

Pine Grass for ENB Complex Grass

Poison Bloom

Snowberries - Inventory - Wreath - Hearthfires Planter

Spiky grass

Swamp fungal pod

Stones of Solitude - Better Blended Rock Piles

Moss Rocks

Blended Mushrooms

Snowy Surfaces Sound Collision and Aesthetics

Ashbound - Solstheim Revisited

Skyrim Landscapes

Simple Snow Improvements - Skyrim (BOS)

Simple Snow Improvements - Giant Obelisks (BOS)

Just Ice

Water Overhaul and Bug Fixes

Dwemer Attunement Sphere and Lexicons

Imperial and Nordic Tents

Instruments of Skyrim

Riften Architectural Details

Rocks

Rugnarok

Shrines of the Divines

SMIM - Noble Skyrim Mines Patch

Stockades of Skyrim

Talos with Greatsword

Tanning Rack Replacer

Unique Skulls (Pick the ones you like)

Simplicity of Sea Moved to 'Patches'

Paraphernalia - Snow Colour Fixes

Compass Navigation Overhaul

A Matter of Time - A HUD clock widget

A Matter of Time - A HUD clock widget - Settings Loader

Constructible Object Custom Keyword System Makes crafting easier

Constructible Object Custom Keyword System - Seperate Weapon and Armor

Painted Lady Pubic Hair

Pubic Hair for Females

Animated Ivy

DAR

Animation Variance (DAR)

Conditional Idles (DAR)

Dynamic Swimming (DAR)

Eating Animations And Sounds (DAR)

Gesture Animation Remix (DAR)

Gesture Animation Remix - Shield Patch (DAR)

Go To Bed (DAR)

Animated Actions (DAR)

NPC - Animation Remix (DAR)

NPC - Lively Cart Driver (DAR)

NPC - Lively Children Animations (DAR)

NPC - Look Around - Searching Animations (DAR)

NPC - The Companions - Vilkas Farkas Aela (DAR)

Pristine Vanilla Movement

Randomized One Handed Block Animations (DAR)

Randomized One Handed Idle Animations (DAR)

Take a Seat (DAR)

Tools not weapons (DAR)

Female Idle Walk And Run

Going through @wollboi's suggestion list... Thanks for that.

Edited January 10, 2023 by Aylis

Aylis · January 10, 2023

3 hours ago, ddfde said:

It's not crashing, it's failing to write the fileID due to errors during the run.

This sounds like an issue with your AV. Deactivate the real-time-protection for folders (but cut the internet for that).

Unless you had a broken download for a used file... ?

alaunus01 · January 10, 2023

@Aylis uh oh.... Rugnarok? I faintly remember that coming up in FOMODs. Was that only JK Patches or somewhere else too?

trgdolors · January 10, 2023

5 hours ago, wollboi said:

@ddfde Is everything fully updated? DynDOLOD has released a new version, new resources, and new DLL in the past week.

@Aylis If it helps, I've started adding a ton of DAR animations. Basically all the ones I used before it stopped working with newer updates. Here are the ones I'm using with notes if applicable. I haven't noticed any issues at all with these so far.

Hide contents

Go to Bed DAR Patch - I still use and really like GTB

Movement Behavior Overhaul

Jump Behavior Overhaul

Take a Seat

Dynamic Sitting Idles

Smooth Moveset - Replaces Smooth Combat/Non-Combat. Not sure how I feel about it. Works fine I guess. Requires both Payload Interpreter and Disable Turn Animation.

Smooth Bow Animation - Requires same as above

Smooth Random Jump Animation Remix - Prerequisite for ...

Smooth Weapon Jump Animation - ... which I REALLY like. Combined with Jump Behavior Overhaul, it makes you feel like a fucking ninja when you sprint towards an enemy and then leap into the air with two weapons drawn back.

Smooth Random Idle

Smooth Random Equip Animation (Unarmed)

Smooth Random Equip Animation (Dagger)

Smooth Random Equip Animation (2H)

Smooth Random Equip Animation (1H)

Smooth Magic Casting

Smooth Staff Animation

Smooth Random Sprint Animation

Smooth Random Blocking Animation 3.0

Dynamic Random Spell Idle

Dynamic Fus Ro Doh

Random Prayer Animation - All of the Smooth animations up to this one are by the same author, so safe to say they play well with each other.

Dynamic Swimming

EVG Animation Variance - With the Player Personality Addon. Adds nice female idles and gets rid of the fugly vanilla running animation

EVG Conditional Idles

Immersive Interactions - This one worked with DAR but had some problems, like performing the mastery level spell animation whenever you ate anything. Which was funny. But now with DAR it's back to working great.

Cookeh's Conditional and Random Animations

Patch for Survival Mode and CCARA - Need to get the one with EVG Animation variance patch included.

Immersive Folded Hands

NPC Animation Remix

Sexy Random Idles - Don't let the name fool you. These aren't porn poses. They look very good on a serious female character.

Lively Children Animations

Eating Animations and Sounds - This is a personal favorite, especially on a Survival Mode playthrough. It now requires Keyword Item Distributor (doesn't seem to interfere with anything) and Payload Interpreter

Eating Animations - Fishing Patch - If using the Fishing CC.

Feral - Works as intended again. Not sure how it plays with Smooth Moveset yet, seeing as how unlike Combat/Non-Combat, its successor Smooth Moveset doesn't have a FOMOD that lets you pick and choose which weapon-drawn idles you'd like.

Gesture Animation Remix - Looks great with followers like Serana with SDA.

Feminize - NPC Turning Animations - Again, feminine without being porn-y.

Animated Potions - Optional. Believe it or not doesn't interfere with gameplay. Unlike the older one, drinking the potion only triggers on the first potion, so you can still down 15 potions without going through each animation - especially because it also doesn't kick you out of your inventory automatically while drinking (it waits until you close it yourself).

Notably absent would be Animated Interactions and Idles seeing as how it has big DON'T USE THIS MOD printed on its front page. People in the forum seem to have it working, but I'm not going to try it. Honestly, I have a big love/hate with this mod, especially with this newer version requiring either jumping or sneak/un-sneaking in order to end an animation. They look good, but that's quite annoying.

Also of note is that there are a few tools that open programs to show conflicts between DAR animations as well as let you view them using a dummy without having to open and trigger them in-game. I haven't looked at these but they look very fun in deciding what would be in a final load order.

Also-also of note, these mods greatly benefit from using TDM/TrueHUD. I go back and forth on it, but for the most part I really like it, especially if stuff like SkySA may get re-added. Great while using a controller, and I like the HUD showing an enemy's level on Legendary playthroughs. I also really like casting and firing a bow from horseback. I also like how changes to the MCM get added to Overwrite.

Also-also-also of note (maybe), this is the order that I have them listed in, with the new prerequisites like Keyword Item Distributor going under SKSE Extensions.

@wollboi Great list! Thanks!

-I think Movement Behavior Overhaul's procedural leaning might not be necessary if using TDM, though I know MBO does other stuff.

-Interestingly, I just installed DAR Explorer. You install it like an executable in MO2. There is a helpful comment in the nexus Posts tab (November 14, 2022) to install it. It lets you look at (and to some extent mess with) animations, like you say, without going in game. I haven't messed with it beyond confirming it shows the animations. Yeah, it could quickly allow comparing animations. Kind of fun!

@Aylis Thanks for going in the Alternate Perspective direction. I was going to try that next time. And maybe pair it with Helgen Reborn (since I have never used that mod). There is a patch for that: Alternate Perspective - Helgen Reborn Patch.

@Jessica_Degurechaff Welcome back! Glad you are OK.

Aylis · January 10, 2023

2 hours ago, trgdolors said:

@Aylis Thanks for going in the Alternate Perspective direction. I was going to try that next time. And maybe pair it with Helgen Reborn (since I have never used that mod). There is a patch for that: Alternate Perspective - Helgen Reborn Patch.

Thats exactly my plan too. Several places get rebuild over time (the watchtower near Whiterun for example) so it would make sense to add that mod. The only thing is that i never used it before and i guess it is quite scriptheavy.

But i got a few more things planned

Spoiler

All creatures (if they have some) will get better fur

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Then the Khajiit (with fluffy tails) will get some love and mules too. Maybe i'll even add some Khajiit followers. ?

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Already got three (optional) armors with SMP that will imho fit into the game. Finding good looking non-slooty ones isn't that easy.

Sadly 'Armors of the Velothi Pt. II' is way too buggy atm. With some patches/updates it would be a great addition.

@alaunus01

JK's interior patches needs to be rerun. Lux (as usual) too...

@wollboi

Check out 'Chapter II - Jeremy Soule Inspired Music'. That one should be right your alley.

___________________________________________________

Immersion mods?

Let Your Hair Down (Video)

Book Of Shadows (Video)

Read the Room (Video)

Edited January 11, 2023 by Aylis

Jessica_Degurechaff · January 11, 2023

@Aylis Reloading the page every 30 minutes to see if you already updated the guide ?

also, whats the link to ya patreon? i lost it

btw, whats the average Pluging slots you end up with? Just to know how much personal mods i can install using while using your guide

Edited January 11, 2023 by Jessica_Degurechaff

alaunus01 · January 11, 2023

9 hours ago, Aylis said:

Thats exactly my plan too. Several places get rebuild over time (the watchtower near Whiterun for example) so it would make sense to add that mod. The only thing is that i never used it before and i guess it is quite scriptheavy.

Re: Helgen Reborn

That mod is 10 years old by now and it shows. I somehow cannot see you accept the worldspace edits for the extra questing locations it adds. ?

Btw, you want the Experience & Open World Loot stuff I run listed conveniently?

ddfde · January 11, 2023

Well, after cleaning every single plugin and failing to get DynDOLOD to work, I decided to try a completely fresh install of the standalone and now it works just fine. In hindsight I should have figured it out when the error message was saying it can't write to the DynDOLOD esp but in my defense, the devs could do a much better job of explaining what their fileID errors actually mean to the end user.

At least I have a squeaky clean load order now.

wollboi · January 11, 2023

@Aylis Read the Room was pretty buggy for me. Worked fine one second, refused to work the next. I didn't spend much time on it, because I'd rather manually unequip anyway. I also share @alaunus01's fears for Helgen Reborn. I've never used it, but it looks like every mod under the sun has to have compatibility patches for it.

@ddfde Yeah, in my experience, Seshon's error troubleshooting is spot-on while their technical writing is pretty poor. It's that way for a lot of developers (mod or otherwise).

trgdolors · January 11, 2023

@alaunus01

I am interested in Experience and Open World Loot! I was figuring on trying them next as well. So you are still liking them? Thanks!

@ Everyone

I have seen the mixed opinions re: Helgen Reborn. There is still both love and hate for it. I was under the impression recent patches have helped a lot. Does anyone have recent experience with it? My thinking was exactly the same as Aylis with regard to the other locations that get torn down and rebuilt.

Aylis · January 11, 2023

Update to 0.9.8

Details, more details, and, just for a change, a lot more details... Foundation is completely reworked, a buggy texture mod is gone and a few visual glitches have been fixed as well. As usual one seemingly small bugfix caused a whole chain-reaction of changes.

DAR is now integrated (still keeping an eye open for OAR), and hopefully we'll get the update for the last missing big mod soon.

Mods to REMOVE

Spoiler

Foundation

Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes

Noble Skyrim Mod

Mushrooms Remastered

Mushrooms Remastered - Rock Texture Integration

Seasons of Skyrim - SMIM Patch

High Hrothgar Steps

SMIM Furniture Improvement

Retexture Project - Architecture

Retexture Project - Clutter

Retexture Project - Dungeons

Retexture Project - Landscape

Retexture Project - Patches

Just Ice

Water Overhaul and Bug Fixes

Paraphernalia - Snow Colour Fixes

World

Skurkbro's Retexture Project - Parallax Patch

Mods to ADD

Spoiler

SKSE

Animated Static Reload Fix - NG

NPC AI Process Position Fix - NG

Particle Patch for ENB

Vampire Feed Proxy

Skyrim Priority

Foundation

Unofficial High Definition Audio Project

DynDOLOD DLL SE - Scripts

Bright Waterfall Fix for ENB - DynDOLOD

LOD Mesh Fixes for DynDOLOD

Assorted mesh fixes

Assorted Mesh fixes - Mesh Patch

Forgotten Retex Project

Skyland AIO

Better Dirt Cliffs and Alphas

Quality CubeMaps - Optimized

CubeMap Collection

HD LODs Textures

RIS - Real Ice and Snow

Icy Mesh Remaster

RIM - Real Ice reMastered

Ruins Clutter Improved

Ruins Clutter Improved - Fixes

Large portcullis collision mesh

SMIM - Quality Addon

SMIM - Quality Addon - Unofficial Material Fix Patch

Improved SMIM

Majestic Mountains Main

Majestic Mountains - LOD DynDOLOD (3.0!)

Granite Mountains for Majestic Mountains (select 'Dark' in the FOMOD)

Skyrim - A Mountainous Experience

Majestic Mountains - More Accurate Collision

Majestic Mountains - More Accurate Patch

Majestic Mountains - More Accurate Collision - AME Patch

Blended Roads

Blended Road - Fixes

Blended Roads Redone

Blended Roads Redone - Bridges

RIS - Real Ice and Snow - Blended Roads Patch

Cathedral - Plants

Cathedral - Mushrooms

Origins Of Forest - 3D Forest Grass

Origin of Forest for ENB Complex Grass

Clover Plant

Glowing Mushrooms

Glowing Mushrooms - Animated Tentacles

Pine Grass for ENB Complex Grass

Shaders of Solstheim - Ash and Moss

Ashbound - Solstheim Revisited

Immersive Fallen Trees

Skyrim Landscapes

Simple Snow Improvements - Skyrim (BOS)

Simple Snow Improvements - Giant Obelisks (BOS)

Seasonal Landscapes - Whiterun Objects SMIMed Patch

Seasonal Landscapes for ENB Complex Grass

Aetherium Falmer Cave Ceiling Glow

Dwemer Attunement Sphere and Lexicons

Imperial and Nordic Tents

Instruments of Skyrim

Maps

Metal Grate

Ore Vein Texture Fix

Paragon Gems Moved from Weather and Lighting

Riften Architectural Details

Rocks

Rugnarok

Shrines of the Divines

SMIM - Noble Skyrim Mines Patch

UI

Compass Navigation Overhaul

A Matter of Time - A HUD clock widget

A Matter of Time - A HUD clock widget - Settings Loader

Fix Note icon for SkyUI (SKSE64 plugin)

UIExtensions

Constructible Object Custom Keyword System

Constructible Object Custom Keyword System - Seperate Weapon and Armor

moreHUD Inventory Edition

Lockpicking UI

World Expansion

Solstheim Objects SMIM Patch Moved from Foundation

Solstheim Shrines Moved from Foundation

Physics and Animation

Animated Ivy

DAR

Animation Variance (DAR)

Conditional Idles (DAR)

Dynamic Swimming (DAR)

Eating Animations And Sounds (DAR)

Gesture Animation Remix (DAR)

Gesture Animation Remix - Shield Patch (DAR)

Go To Bed (DAR)

Animated Actions (DAR)

NPC - Animation Remix (DAR)

NPC - Lively Cart Driver (DAR)

NPC - Lively Children Animations (DAR)

NPC - Look Around - Searching Animations (DAR)

NPC - The Companions - Vilkas Farkas Aela (DAR)

Pristine Vanilla Movement

Randomized One Handed Block Animations (DAR)

Randomized One Handed Idle Animations (DAR)

Take a Seat (DAR)

Tools not weapons (DAR)

Female Idle Walk And Run

Weather and Lighting

Enhanced Volumetric Lighting and Shadows (EVLaS) Moved from SKSE

Patches

Landscape Fixes For Grass Mods Moved from Foundation

Edited January 12, 2023 by Aylis

unnameable · January 11, 2023

Hi everyone! I have a suggestion for one of the links.

Under Required mods and updates the link TES Skyrim SE doesn't say its for the ENB. I almost skipped this thinking its a link to the game itself since there is no context.

The other thing is that the Bright Waterfall Fix for ENB says it requires Realistic Water Two or Water for ENB. However, none of those mods are in the list (unless I am missed something?)

I understand this is a newer guide and I apologize if this has already been mentioned. Thanks for your efforts in making this!

alaunus01 · January 11, 2023

52 minutes ago, trgdolors said:

@alaunus01

I am interested in Experience and Open World Loot! I was figuring on trying them next as well. So you are still liking them? Thanks!

@ Everyone

I have seen the mixed opinions re: Helgen Reborn. There is still both love and hate for it. I was under the impression recent patches have helped a lot. Does anyone have recent experience with it? My thinking was exactly the same as Aylis with regard to the other locations that get torn down and rebuilt.

Experience

Spoiler

SKSE
Experience NG

UI
Experience - MCM

Experience - Quest Tweaks

No Startup Quest Experience

Leveling Freedom - Configure XP Curve - I used 375xp as levelbase and 10xp as levelupmulti in my testrun.

Open World Loot

Spoiler

SKSE

Encounter Zones Unlocked

Final
Open World Loot - Encounter Zone and Loot Overhaul - I put the esp after the lux patches and before smoking torches and candles

OWL Randomized Special Loot - Put that esp just before DynDOLOD.esp
OWL Creation Club Patches - Same here, Main File just after lux, the Randomized Special Loot before DynDOLOD
Optional:

Spoiler

OWL Vanilla Progression - If you don't use WACCF for 'reasons' Main after Lux - Randomized before DynDOLOD

OWL CC Crossbows Patches - Again, Main esp after Lux Patches - Randomized before DynDOLOD

I played Helgen Reborn first in Oldrim, and when I switched to SE but did not keep it in my loadorder because even back then it already was a bit dusty. It is 'interesting' to play once but replay value is questionable. And I cannot even imagine the headaches Aylis will have trying to pretty it up. Unique NPCs that have to be patched, not to mention going the independence route instead of picking imperial/stormcloaks. brand new armour textures to worry about. ?‍♂️

Aylis · January 11, 2023

@unnameable

Good points. I've reworked the first entry and added a comment to the second one.

FlaccidOrange · January 11, 2023

Damn, I was so close to finish the list, sadge, thanks for updating the mod list though, much appreciated!

Edit: @Aylis would Beyond Reach be fine to add to the modlist without breaking stuff? If you don't know, I understand just wanted to ask.

Edited January 11, 2023 by FlaccidOrange
add stuff without an extra post

kaosengine · January 11, 2023

Love your guides and appreciate all the hard work you put into putting them together for us! Couple of things I would like to ask generally and in relation to the latest update as I'm working through it.

Generally, would it be possible to add a note to any entries where a specific version is required at all, the couple that immediately spring to mind are the Nature of the Wild Lands that has compatibility requirements with Seasons of Skyrim in Foundation and the Bits and pieces female and male skins in Patches that link to older versions for what I'm guessing are compatibility reasons that I havent quite worked out myself yet. I think there may be others as well where your download links point to to specific versions but it may be helpful to note them for anyone using the update checker in Mod Organizer who struggles to remember if out of date mods need to be updated or not and likes to tinker with things between updates and may be slightly OCD about making sure everything is up to date where possible.

As for the latest updates Payload Intrepreter was linked in the update to 0.9.8 post under SKSE Extensions but I cant see it in the main post to find out where it needs to go in the load order and under Foundation you have an entry for Assorted Mesh fixes followed by Assorted Mesh Fixes - Mesh Patch but I'm not sure which one I need to download for that.

Thanks in advance for any response and apologies if anything I have said is rubbish, I may have been in the pub for bit before posting this!

Aylis · January 11, 2023

@FlaccidOrange

Locationwise (Skyrim side) it should pose no problem. The NPC on the other hand could be a problem. I already found a few mods where the added NPC got the black face bug.

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