guide Skyrim AE for Beginners - V 3.1.0

[petrowitch]

@Aylis 

Well, I found this on Reddit. 

https://archive.org/details/aslal-voice-pack-66541-2-3-1680683373

 

Patches CCC

CCC - Survival Mode - USSEP

Hidden at 29 Jun 2025, 10:55PM by steelfeathers for the following reason:
This mod is currently not supported by the author(s) and/or has issue(s) they are unable to fix yet.

But nexus still has versions in other languages

Edited October 17, 2025 by petrowitch

[Was1]

@Aylis https://www.mediafire.com/file/togrdefmukydlhi/ASLAL+Voice+Pack-66541-2-3-1680683373.zip/file for Alternate Start - Voiced ( not my link).

 

EDIT: We have two RMB SPIDified - Moon Monk's Robes one in Armor - Light and one in Equipment Overhaul.

 

For Dark Brotherhood assassin loot fix in Gameplay - Foundation This mod is obsolete and should no longer be used. Please use this mod instead: Lootable Assassin Armor

Edited October 17, 2025 by Was1

[Aylis]

@petrowitch

1. Link replaced.

2. Removed and added to the last update.

 

@Was1

1. Thanks for finding it.

2. First one removed. 

3. Both changes applied and added to the last update.

 

Thanks a lot to you both. 👍

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Why do I get the feeling that there is something going on at Nexus? At least three modders suddenly gone, their mods deleted or on indefinite hold. Some then thankfully reappear later on a different website.

 

It looks like the beginning of another witchhunt/purge over there. Which would now be the third one I noticed... Well, three's the charm, right? 🙄 

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I only added three lines...

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Edited October 17, 2025 by Aylis

[Aylis]

Found a few mods that 'vanished' from Nexus (patches are still up)

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Shindara - The Fire Within

Shindara - 3BA Patch

Maelstrom - Norse Dungeon Quest Mod

Maelstrom - Daughter NPC Patch

Texture patch required

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In the folder "\textures\N78MSDaughter" there are 3 .dds files for body and 3 for hands, if the argonian texture name is different just rename it to be the same as it is in the folder and replace it. In this example I used the CBBE textures from the Feminine Argonian Textures (Chameleon and Lizard) mod.

Sassy Teen Dolls

Fire Sprites Custom Conjuration Spell

 

Unknown author <Recheck

There's a whole set available. We might need some...

HG - Rorikstead NPC

HG - Priestess of Dibella

 

 

High Poly Head 1.4 (Original site that hosted it vanished).

 

Lydia of Whiterun < Most likely unauthorized / This one is fine > Lydia of Whiterun

Karliah Replacer Skypatched < Looks different than the replacer in the AIO 

Ingun Replacer Skypatched < Looks different than the replacer in the AIO 

Arcadia Replacer (Skypatched) < Looks different than the replacer in the AIO 

Dint999 BDOR Hairs SSE 0.22

The first four mods I had in the guide 'til they vanished. For the rest I have to see what to do with them...

 

To be added (propably)

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Shindara - The Fire Within

Shindara - 3BA Patch

Maelstrom - Norse Dungeon Quest Mod

Maelstrom - Daughter NPC Patch

Texture patch required

NSFW Skyrim (OStimSA) Mod List

Lydia of Whiterun

Karliah Replacer Skypatched

Ingun Replacer Skypatched

Arcadia Replacer (Skypatched)

 

Edited October 18, 2025 by Aylis

[Novosin]

I'm reworking my mod list since I haven't updated it in a few months, and now I'm really looking forward to trying out Community Shaders with all the addons, gizmos and gadgets. 
Thank you for all your work @Aylis!

 

And my question...
I have one mod that I'm not sure if it was ever part of the Skyrim AE for Beginners-list, or if I added it myself. 
It's https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/101522?tab=description (FIXED Highpoly Nordic Metal Grate)

 

Has this mod ever been part of the list, or is this "issue" perhaps covered by one of the other mesh fixes?

[Aylis]

15 minutes ago, Novosin said:

Has this mod ever been part of the list, or is this "issue" perhaps covered by one of the other mesh fixes?

I tried it some time ago but didn't notice an improvement so I never added it.

 

Now with PBR it will definitely be obsolete. The files we create fix a lot of problems we would encounter otherwise (like wrong/missing textures for rocks).

[petrowitch]

@Aylis

This link Improved Loading Screen Colors  is missing from the main guide. It's in the Mods to ADD/MOVE, but it's not in the User Interface.

[Aylis]

@petrowitch

Looks like I have to recheck every group through updates so that made changes really 'stick'.

 

Thanks and fixed.

[Was1]

@AylisSome precision would be nice in Shaders : 

Improved Candleglow Lights for the Light Limit Fix could you clarify which version is needed ? the one with the fake glow or not.

Hair Specular (Hair Flow Maps) do we need to download both Hair Specular and Hair Flow Maps, or only the Hair Flow Maps ?

Terrain Variation Water Effects Wetness Effects does using different colors indicate something specific ?

Potent Potables CS Light Patch & True light - Small fixes give error in MO2, I know it’s normal, but it would be helpful to mention that.

Edited October 18, 2025 by Was1

[YuFeng]

@Aylis

Thanks for the update. Good stuff like always. :3

 

Also, did you know, that community shaders stopped supporting enb particle lights with update 1.4? I just found that out when updating True Light to its newest version...

[Aylis]

@Was1

1. The one you want to use.

2. Come on, really? How many entries for this are in the guide and what is the name of the one I added?

3. The answer to this is still 'No'. Thats just a stubborn different font.

4. What error?

Spoiler

 

@YuFeng

Nope. I removed the patches that did overlap with 'True Lights', but for some things they are still needed.

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Faeries - Right side with the patch.

 

Edited October 18, 2025 by Aylis

[Was1]

4. Weird, I got an error on install for these 3, and the names are greyed out. Maybe it's just a setting in MO2.

[YuFeng]

@Aylis

The two mods give the same error as

CS Light - Skyshards Addon

     Ignore the error from MO2. 

 

MO2 doesn't know of this LightPlacer folder yet, after all, so it will say, that it doesn't look correct.

 

Also this mod here does look pretty interesting:

Medieval Markets

 

And here we do have a fix for the vanilla hair remade movements that were too big in the wind and weather:

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/161949?tab=description

Edited October 18, 2025 by YuFeng

[Was1]

In Patches:  Nature of the Wild Lands - Unique Border Gates Fix is not needed anymore since we use Across the Border - Diverse Border Gates ?

[YuFeng]

2 hours ago, Aylis said:

Nope. I removed the patches that did overlap with 'True Lights', but for some things they are still needed.

 

Well if they are still working then it is good. The question is if they work with the Community Shaders 1.4+, though since the support for them was dropped.

[Aylis]

15 hours ago, YuFeng said:

Well if they are still working then it is good. The question is if they work with the Community Shaders 1.4+, though since the support for them was dropped.

Using 1.4.5 here...

 

@Was1 @YuFeng

Grey entries > right-click > select 'ignore missing data' > done

 

And now back to my first coffee this morning. 

Then its removing a patch I already removed several times... (Sixth time now - hope it stays gone)

 

Sidenote:

Its quite funny. Whenever I use 'grey' I think it is wrong and want to change it to 'gray'. But as soon as I type 'gray' I want to change it to 'grey'. And the result? Both are correct, one is 'British english' the other 'US english'. One of the hurdles you are stumbling over when you're not a native speaker... So don't be surprised if I use both. 

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Gone through the guide to fix some typos, removed some of my comments that arn't needed anymore and expanded the 'Read Me!' for the ini files (it was, as usual for me, way too short). Adding a separate download for six core CPU's?

Edited October 19, 2025 by Aylis

[Aylis]

Mini-Hotfix

This is for your info (and my german sorting addiction 😉).

 

Moved mods

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Equipment Overhaul

SPID Dunmer Pack                                                                  Renamed and moved within the group.

SPID Elmlock Armor and Blade                                              Moved from 'Armor - Light'.

SPID Infiltrator Armor                                                            Renamed and moved within the group.

 

PBR (Physical Based Rendering)

Remove Small Rocks                                                               Moved from 'Textures - Landscape'.

 

 

Question of the day:

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How many germans do you need to replace a lightbulb?

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Exactly one (you have to be precise in all technical things).

There's no time to waste so we do it ourself.

We got no sense of humor and take this task very seriously (someone might get hurt in the dark).

 

Edited October 19, 2025 by Aylis

[Was1]

@AylisI tried this: for 6 core.

 

    iNumHWThreads=6
    iHWThread5=6
    iHWThread4=5
    iHWThread3=4
    iHWThread2=3
    iHWThread1=2

 

it's ok like that ?

Edited October 19, 2025 by Was1

[Aylis]

8 minutes ago, Was1 said:

@AylisI tried this: for 6 core.

 

 ...

Perfect 👍

[DarkForce_256]

I'm getting a purple missing texture on start menu using the new clean start menu. I've re downloaded it a few times to see if it was the download I had. 

 

 

[petrowitch]

52 minutes ago, DarkForce_256 said:

I'm getting a purple missing texture on start menu using the new clean start menu. I've re downloaded it a few times to see if it was the download I had. 

You need one of these

'Main Menu Picture Replacer' (like Lore-Friendly Main Menu Compendium) go here.

'Main Menu Music Replacer' (like Main Menu Music Replacer Legend) go here.

[petrowitch]

Trees PBR There don't seem to be any such Blubbo trees in the guide. Or did I miss something?

[YuFeng]

@Aylis

Remember when this mod caused trouble because of an error that could not be resolved? Pepperidge Farm remembers. And so do I... well after I ran DynDoLod....

 

I made a patch for that, but the forum doesn't let me upload it today it seems. I tested it and it worked nicely like it should. Will upload it as soon as I can.

 

However, that also gives me time to edit it to change it to the desired names, so which name would you want for the marker?

Prospector's Shack (Skyrim default and AtlasMM)

Destroyed Shack (New Beginnings)

Greenwood Shack (3DNPC)

Edited October 19, 2025 by YuFeng

[DarkForce_256]

42 minutes ago, petrowitch said:

You need one of these

'Main Menu Picture Replacer' (like Lore-Friendly Main Menu Compendium) go here.

'Main Menu Music Replacer' (like Main Menu Music Replacer Legend) go here.

 

I tried a different clean menu mod and It fixed the issue. I prefer a simple black start menu.

[Aylis]

51 minutes ago, petrowitch said:

Trees PBR There don't seem to be any such Blubbo trees in the guide. Or did I miss something?

Yes. 'Deity tree of Kynareth' is from Blubbo.

 

@YuFeng

I'd go with 'Greenwood Shack'. There's ore in the area, but that is somewhat hidden (even knowing its there doesn't help much). And seeing the location makes Greenwood fit better.