guide Skyrim AE for Beginners - V 3.1.0

wollboi · February 21, 2023

2 hours ago, blackdragonx99 said:

Hi i got a working version with all the mods just because of the work u had with this guide, thanks for it.

If i speak with the dragon, he plays his soundfile, but i cant select a start.

Thanks

Are you by chance using one of the versions of Alternate Conversation Camera? By default it has trouble sometimes displaying the first dialogue selection in a new conversation.

blackdragonx99 · February 21, 2023

no im not

Aylis · February 21, 2023

Hotfix (Integrated into the last update)

Fixing a change for the updates some OA made.

Mods to REMOVE

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Sex Mods (SexLab)

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SGO4 Integration Fork Hotfix 1 The fixes got integrated

SGO4 Integration Fork Hotfix 2

Sex Mods (Open Sex and SexLab combined)

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SGO4 Integration Fork Hotfix 1 The fixes got integrated

SGO4 Integration Fork Hotfix 2

Mods to ADD/MOVE

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UI

SL Widgets Combining the widgets from several mods into one.

Patches

Ryn's Farm (see 'Files') Moved from 'World expansion'

Ryn's Standing Stones Patch Collection Moved from 'World expansion'

Standing Stones AIO - Farms AIO Patch Moved from 'World expansion'

Added tips for 'iWant Status Bars'.

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Edited February 21, 2023 by Aylis

Rey_Vegeta · February 21, 2023

Wich trees mods should I use with a 12700k and a RTX 3080?

Old School · February 21, 2023

Morning, I am at the part to generate roads and when I point to the folder that I generated terrain it asks if I want to overwrite the files.

Is the output supposed to be the terrain folder? I figured it out.... Yes, let it overwrite. Link to my answer case anyone wants to learn this stuff.

https://github.com/The-Animonculory/Modding-Resources/blob/main/DynDOLOD.md

Edited February 21, 2023 by Old School

Aylis · February 21, 2023

@Rey_Vegeta

The ones you prefer.

@Old School

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Added recommendations for 'Miscellanious Items'.

I like the textures for the PC. Even getting in very close works out fine...

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Working on:

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SLIF

Fill her up

Getting the bodymorphs to work for 'Fertility Mode', 'SLIF', 'Fill her up' and the parasites. This is a bit trickier than expected. ?

Build atm.

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Edited February 21, 2023 by Aylis

wollboi · February 21, 2023

8 hours ago, Rey_Vegeta said:

Wich trees mods should I use with a 12700k and a RTX 3080?

I'd go for the more demanding ones. Looked great and no big performance problems on my 3080.

wollboi · February 21, 2023

This looks very nice. Vanilla knapsacks have always looked kinda bleh to me.https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/85447

Old School · February 21, 2023

5 hours ago, Aylis said:

"I like the textures for the PC. Even getting in very close works out fine..."

Yes, don't change the skins... I played all of the NSFW Wabbajack lists IE Masterstroke, NEFARAM, etc. and this list nails the graphics down. Too bad I can't get Immersive camera to work though... I miss seeing myself looking down. Ha Ha. Have a good night.

Aylis · February 22, 2023

Added recommendations for the physics setup of 3BA In case @Acro748 changes the FOMOD for his mod again (which seems to happen with almost every new release).

Edited February 22, 2023 by Aylis

Old School · February 22, 2023

Keep getting a crash to desktop without error right at the spot where the wolves attack when travelling with Hadvar to Riverwood.

Anyone know where might be the crash logs if any?

alaunus01 · February 22, 2023

3 hours ago, Old School said:

Keep getting a crash to desktop without error right at the spot where the wolves attack when travelling with Hadvar to Riverwood.

Anyone know where might be the crash logs if any?

Papyrus log (if you enabled it) would be next to your save directory.

Just for the giggles try disabling Conditional Expressions for NPCs and see if that lets you get past the wolves.

Rey_Vegeta · February 22, 2023

@Aylis this one

Unique Flowers and Plants

ESM, ESP or ESL version?

Old School · February 22, 2023

Crash city... Not sure what the problem is.

Papyrus.0.log

Old School · February 22, 2023

46 minutes ago, Rey_Vegeta said:

@Aylis this one

Unique Flowers and Plants

ESM, ESP or ESL version?

I used this one from the options same as main file just ESM... Unique Flowers and Plants for Skryim SE DLC Compatible ESM Version

Aylis · February 22, 2023

@Rey_Vegeta

I use the ESL version (ESPFE) to make sure it is in the right spot and prevent possible issues.

@Old School

Sounds like a mesh issue. MNC was a problem (horses and spiders) at the first time i used it. Maybe you got a broken mesh... ?

@wollboi

Nice find! This will be added.

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Finally seem to have gotten it. Belly seems to grow with the 'Chaurus Eggs' and the 'Pregnancy Mod' (needs a bit more time to be sure). 'Fill her up' needs a separate test. Breasts are working nicely too (no need for 'ABBA'). Will have to add instructions once all tests are done.

Found something for the halo on some torches. Have to run more tests with 'Tru Torches'.

KAOS got quite a few interesting presets for the body.

And i found a mod for a girls best friend. The house tiger ('Stubentiger' here in Germany ). Looks exactly like my first one... And i still miss her.

Edited February 22, 2023 by Aylis

Draxico · February 22, 2023

First of all, I recognize the hard work going into this and I am truly and absolutely grateful for you doing this for idiots like me, so that we aswel got a chance to play Skyrim in its fully modded Glory.

Am I a Beginner No.

Am I good at modding (fuck) No.

But that kinda is the point I wanted to make. when starting on this guide I am immediately stuck on the first part "Required mods and updates"

Installing the windows part is a no brainer.

But from there I no longer am sure. I know SKSE and DYNDOLOD and kinda know how to install that, but for an absolute beginner that could get real difficult.

Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE) (A link to a good turorial would help a lot, the one on the website is outdated and well.. meh)

ENB for Skyrim (Link to install guide and a hint if or when this will be retouched in the guide would be great).

I recommend to use it in combination with PI-CHO ENB. ( I got completely lost here after half an hour and decided not to touch it)

DynDOLOD (I saw further down the guide this will be explained in detail. for beginner a remark about that would help a lot)

ACMOS Road Generator ( I installed it and did not run it yet because it said I shouldnt if its part of a guide and certain mods I saw further down are used. An explaination to what, when, where and how this should be used would be of great help)

Wrye Bash (An explaination to what, when, where and how this should be used would be of great help)

xEdit (ditto)

xLODGen (ditto)

Again. apreciate what you made here, and I am going to dive further into it. I just hope I didn't screw up already on this part and don't run into problems I cant fix further down the line because of it.

markvarley · February 22, 2023

I found your fallout 4 mod list during my last play through and got some good mods from it, so I've just worked through this mod list step by step over a few weeks, finally finished everything today and CTD on starting a new game or loading a just-out-of-the-cave vanilla save, now it's time for a jolly game of deactivate-and-reactivate-until-the-CTD-stops!

Hopefully I'll get to playing soon!

Thanks for all your work on this great selection, there's been some big changes since my last Skyrim playthrough!

Draxico · February 22, 2023

On 11/15/2022 at 2:11 PM, Aylis said:

powerofthree's Tweaks

Don't forget to install the ini as well.

Under SKSE.

What ini ?

Dressblood · February 22, 2023

1 hour ago, Draxico said:

Under SKSE.

What ini ?

There used to be an .ini file under optional files, but seems it's gone now, probably because of the new update of the mod.

No idea if it's included in the main mod now or not.

Edit: Checking the comments of the mod, seems that the .ini file is now auto-generated by the mod in the overwrite section of MO2.

Edited February 22, 2023 by Dressblood

wollboi · February 22, 2023

@Old School Don't use Papyrus logs as a crash log. That's not really what it's intended for. Use this instead. I place it at the bottom of the SKSE section and leave it enabled always. If you get a crash, it will tell you what was happening just before it crashed. You can usually find a plugin in the output log that is almost always going to be what's happening. The logs themselves get written to ...\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\SKSE.

@Draxico For SKSE, you just extract the download and place the files in your Skyrim SE folder. By default it's C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition. Let it overwrite anything it wants to. You'll want to open Skyrim the regular way just to let it create some files that it needs to work properly. You do the same thing for both ENB (both the ENB files themselves and also the Phi-Cho ENB). Make sure you download Phi-Cho for Azurite, which is the weather mod that the list uses.

For DynDOLOD, xLODGen, and ACMOS, the instructions are given on the first page on the second or third post under the DynDOLOD heading.

Don't worry about xEdit (these days usually referred to as SSEEdit). It's a tool to show and the changes plugins are making. Definitely download it, but you don't need to use it for getting the list to work. Mostly it's a great tool for figuring out conflicts if they pop up or VERY CAREFULLY editing plugins if you know what you're doing.

For Wrye, download and run the program through MO2 (which you should be doing for every program (Just click the drop down menu on the right, select Edit, the plus symbol, find the program, and add "-sse" (without quotes) in the Argument field. Do this for everything--DynDolod, TexGen, xLODGen, SSEEdit, literally every program. When it's opened, scroll to the very bottom and right click on Bashed Patch.esp and select "Rebuild mod". If there is a problem in your load order, it will let you know. It is 110% always right. The problems will either be Missing Masters or Mismatch (can't remember the exact title, but it's above or below the Missing Masters section). In the case of the former, you are missing a plugin (and the mod it comes with) or maybe for some reason the plugin just isn't enabled in MO2. MO2 will also tell you about missing masters without running Wrye by double-clicking on the Notifications icon in the bottom right of MO2. If it's the latter error it just means your plugins are out of order, and Wrye will tell you exactly what plugin needs to come before the other plugin(s) in question. If you get past this screen to the window with all the checkboxes, leave everything alone and click okay. Let the process run. When finished it will ask you if you want to activate the patch. Click no. The Wrye output will be added to your Overwrite folder in MO2 (the output is the Docs folder, INI Tweaks folder, and Bashed Patch.esp. Create an empty mod in MO2 using the icon drop down menu with the wrench and screwdriver and select "Create empty mod." Name it Wrye Output or whatever you'd like. Right click the empty mod and choose "Open in Explorer". Do the same for Overwrite. Drag the output from Overwrite to the Wrye Output folder. Last step is to make sure that the Bashed Patch.esp is actually enabled in the plugins section of MO2 (it never is by default for me). Sounds way more complicated than it is.

I highly recommend any of Gamer Poets's videos on Youtube. They are made with newbies in mind, are very entertaining and easy to follow, and the man's voice is liquid sex. In particular, his DynDOLOD video is very helpful despite being a little dated. Still use Aylis's instructions, but I like adding the Textgen Output and DynDOLOD Output as zip files like Gamer Poets does in the video rather than how the guide says to do it (especially since with DynDOLOD 3.0 it now will zip them for you). But that's just a matter of preference, and either way works.

Draxico · February 22, 2023

On 11/15/2022 at 2:11 PM, Aylis said:

High End

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Nature of the Wild Lands

?For seasons you have to use the older version of the mod.

?You have to move the patch ‚Seasonal Landscapes - Nature of the Wild Lands Patch.esp‘ here.

Seasonal Aspen Trees

?You have to move the patch ‚Seasonal Landscapes - Seasonal Aspen Trees Patch.esp‘ here.