guide Skyrim AE for Beginners - V 3.1.0

[Alabaster_Stone]

13 minutes ago, Aylis said:

@trgdolors

I'll take a look.

 

@BlueInkAlchemist

Check if you activated 'Fade to Black' in the MCM. Don't know exactly where but i think that was an option.

 

@commonly

Pics belong into spoilers.

 

@Jessica_Degurechaff

One of the reasons i didn't like the game too.

 

@misterpipes

I see we're on the same level here. Once they were 'just buy the game' now i'm quite sceptical when it comes to both companies.

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Should i take a deeper look into this?

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Do it, make skyrim as realistically as you can.

[markvarley]

14 minutes ago, Aylis said:

Should i take a deeper look into this?

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I really like the parallax meshes/textures(?) I have in game at the moment, I'm not sure how much more my RTX2080 at 4K can take, but it's sooo prettyyy!
 

[nightred]

14 hours ago, BlueInkAlchemist said:

Ostim now fades the entire game to blank

The most common cause of this is that the free cam FOV has been set to 0 and movement speed set to 0.

Reset the free cam options.

 

I had this issue, the cause was the incorrect settings loader Ostim settings loader was used. Ensure you are using 'Version 1.10.0 - For OStim NG - OSA Overhaul and API Next Gen v6.6e or v6.6f.'

[pgrm]

Hi, i am a bit confused about the Lux installation options, especially with steps  "2","3" and "4"!

 

You mention at "2" that it's autoselected but the FOMOD is like this

Am i supposed to choose "non parallax" for every option?

 

You mention at "3" that i should choose the Architexture Farmhouse Parallax and the rest leave as is, the FOMOD is like this

am i supposed to choose none for every option except from the architecture farmahouse parallax optimized smimmed meshes?

 

You mention at "4" that it's autoselected but the FOMOD is like this

Am i supposed to choose "none", "parallax" or "non parallax"?

 

Thanks in advance!

[nightred]

5 minutes ago, pgrm said:

Hi, i am a bit confused about the Lux installation options, especially with steps  "2","3" and "4"!

 

You mention at "2" that it's autoselected but the FOMOD is like this

Am i supposed to choose "non parallax" for every option?

 

You mention at "3" that i should choose the Architexture Farmhouse Parallax and the rest leave as is, the FOMOD is like this

am i supposed to choose none for every option except from the architecture farmahouse parallax optimized smimmed meshes?

 

You mention at "4" that it's autoselected but the FOMOD is like this

Am i supposed to choose "none", "parallax" or "non parallax"?

 

On step 2, Yes you are to leave all the options as is. (non Paralax)

On step 3, Yes only pick 'Architexture Farmhouse Parallax' leave everything else as None

On step 4, Yes leave it as None.

 

Side note your screen shots have a massive amount of blank space, I would suggest not maximizing a window and only including the relevant part in the screen shot.

 

Edited May 15, 2023 by nightred

[Aylis]

Someone (nope, no names) played 

 

If all goes well my video card issues will be solved this week...

 

Its rare to get me to shut up, but this left me speechless. ?

[BlueInkAlchemist]

11 hours ago, nightred said:

The most common cause of this is that the free cam FOV has been set to 0 and movement speed set to 0.

Reset the free cam options.

 

I had this issue, the cause was the incorrect settings loader Ostim settings loader was used. Ensure you are using 'Version 1.10.0 - For OStim NG - OSA Overhaul and API Next Gen v6.6e or v6.6f.'

Thank you, setting the FOV & speed worked like a charm. I appreciate you! ☺️

Dae keeps telling me I "don't use enough magic" so I think I'm going to drag her over to school with me. Anyone try this College of Winterhold - Quest Expansion mod before? It appears to only alter the quest content, not the visuals or the NPCs, so I don't foresee any conflicts once I get there. If I'm missing something, do let me know.

[alaunus01]

1 hour ago, BlueInkAlchemist said:

[...]Anyone try this College of Winterhold - Quest Expansion mod before? It appears to only alter the quest content, not the visuals or the NPCs, so I don't foresee any conflicts once I get there. If I'm missing something, do let me know.

 

It was part of the list up until recently. It adds a child npc for the conjuration quest expansion iirc. There were other 'issues' with the winterhold overhaul too. Pathing fail for one npc walking to quest location (with less 'immersive' overrides already available from the mod) and mobs spawning unreachable (had to use console commands to solve that)

[markvarley]

1 hour ago, alaunus01 said:

 

It was part of the list up until recently. It adds a child npc for the conjuration quest expansion iirc. There were other 'issues' with the winterhold overhaul too. Pathing fail for one npc walking to quest location (with less 'immersive' overrides already available from the mod) and mobs spawning unreachable (had to use console commands to solve that)

I didn't notice that one being removed, I wonder what else I've missed!

[Alabaster_Stone]

Just sharing some more hilarious world glitches in the world that I've hit while playing

 

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Enjoy!

 

Edited May 17, 2023 by Alabaster_Stone

[Aylis]

On 5/16/2023 at 10:44 AM, markvarley said:

I didn't notice that one being removed, I wonder what else I've missed!

Thats why i add the info what mods have to be removed in the updates/hotfixes. ?

 

 

@Alabaster_Stone

1. Last pics isn't in the spoilers. ?

2. Telling where the spots are would help me fix issues. Now i can only guess.

3. The horse one is not a bug. That carriage is broken. 

4. You're still using a mod for the weapon racks that i removed a while ago... (last pic)

 

Sometimes mods work fine at the start and later on start to cause issues... Getting those is a P.I.T.A (sadly not this kind). Darn, now i'm getting hungry.

Edited May 17, 2023 by Aylis

[misterpipes]

7 hours ago, Alabaster_Stone said:

Just sharing some more hilarious world glitches in the world that I've hit while playing

The glitches around Tundra Homestead is clashes between Tundra Homestead Extended, CCC Terrain Fixes (Grass Patch - All CC Mods.esp), and Ryns Whiterun City Limits - Landscape Fixes for Grass Mods (and possibly Ryns Whiterun City Limits - Tundra Homestead Patch). Can be partially fixed by moving ct15cc-TundraHomesteadExpanded.esp to after those other esps, although there will still be grass growing though stone floors. I've been working on a patch (so far, just forwarding the the ct15cc landscape to a patch after everything else) but haven't got as far as grass yet (because I have no idea what I'm doing).

 

The low-res textures at Shimmermist Dragon Mound is probably Dyndolod not unloading lods. You can probably walk though some of the textures? Same with the low res textures on the walls at the farms and floors. Welcome to the dyndolod errors club. (As an aside, I just had to drop one mod from the list because of a clash with another mod, which forced a new game on me, and the dyndolod errors I thought was fixed have come back again, dispite the fact that nothing has changed terrain wise. *sigh*)
 

Agent Localin looks like a bug I got in FO4 where dead bodies would only have hands, feet and head, until you looted them. As for him still talking, that brings me to my favourite bug so far: the wolf in White River Watch telling me to 'get the archer first, they are the most annoying.' I agree wolf, I agree.

[markvarley]

1 hour ago, Aylis said:

Thats why i add the info what mods have to be removed in the updates/hotfixes. ?

 

Yep, I must have missed at least one!
when I have some time I'll look back through and check them.

 

On another note, I've just encountered my first werewolves in Driftshade Cellar, a dead one then a live one, and both were invisible, when I killed the live one I could see it's eyes and genitals but nothing else. The ID (000A092D) is only edited by One With Nature I tried removing both that and Moonlight Tales, and reinstalling both, but no change when loading a save just after I killed the live one. 

Is there another mod in the list that changes werewolves? (I have a lot of mods not in the list but I don't think I've touched werewolves).

I also noticed a lot of unanswered bugs in Moonlight Tales and no updates since 2016.

Save me @Aylis save me! (or point me in the right direction anyway!) ?

[alaunus01]

58 minutes ago, misterpipes said:

The glitches around Tundra Homestead is clashes between Tundra Homestead Extended, CCC Terrain Fixes (Grass Patch - All CC Mods.esp), and Ryns Whiterun City Limits - Landscape Fixes for Grass Mods (and possibly Ryns Whiterun City Limits - Tundra Homestead Patch). Can be partially fixed by moving ct15cc-TundraHomesteadExpanded.esp to after those other esps, although there will still be grass growing though stone floors. I've been working on a patch (so far, just forwarding the the ct15cc landscape to a patch after everything else) but haven't got as far as grass yet (because I have no idea what I'm doing).

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One of the fomods in the patches section autoselects a patch for 'vanilla' homestead which overwrites the expanded edits. I removed that particular patch but cannot recall which fomod it actually was and neither have checked if it was a sufficient change because I got distracted by my asus board melt-sploding my cpu. ?

 

[misterpipes]

42 minutes ago, alaunus01 said:

One of the fomods in the patches section autoselects a patch for 'vanilla' homestead

Looking at my esps, think its Whiterun Exteriors Patch Collection. Will have a go without it active.

 

51 minutes ago, alaunus01 said:

got distracted by my asus board melt-sploding my cpu

Ouch. I've been watching the GamerNexus stuff around that. Its not good. My jaw literally dropped at some of the stuff happening. Going to have to rethink my Asus purchases in future. Fortunately I'm on Intel, so it doesn't appear to be an issue for me.

[Alabaster_Stone]

12 hours ago, Aylis said:

Thats why i add the info what mods have to be removed in the updates/hotfixes. ?

 

 

@Alabaster_Stone

1. Last pics isn't in the spoilers. ?

2. Telling where the spots are would help me fix issues. Now i can only guess.

3. The horse one is not a bug. That carriage is broken. 

4. You're still using a mod for the weapon racks that i removed a while ago... (last pic)

 

Sometimes mods work fine at the start and later on start to cause issues... Getting those is a P.I.T.A (sadly not this kind). Darn, now i'm getting hungry.

 

Sorry for not giving locations, it is more just stuff I was amused by when I was wandering around. As for that I haven't updated yet to those mods I'm still on the update you did for april 23rd version I think?

 

The first four were taken around the Tundra homestead creation club content area

 

The one with the high elf was taken near the talos shrine after I placed the former high kings horn on it.

 

Pictures 6 - 9 I honestly dunno where I took them. I know it was north east from the tundra homestead

 

10 was one of the farms near whiterun

 

11 was the ship in dawnstar

 

12 was on the road from dawnstar to morthal

[trgdolors]

15 hours ago, alaunus01 said:

 I got distracted by my asus board melt-sploding my cpu. ?

Yeah, I have been watching that situation, too. The new AMD X3D processor is supposed to be incredible in Skyrim, and, like many, I had been considering getting one to replace my old rig. I am wondering now if BIOS updates alone will be enough to make it stable. I am really sorry to hear of your misfortune! I assume you are referencing the same issue, Please keep us updated on solutions/resolutions/hardware opinions.

[Aylis]

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I got distracted by my asus board melt-sploding my cpu.

There's a reason that the mainboards from ASUS are on my blacklist. Especially when you see that they are skipping the expense for tests before they start selling their overpriced stuff. Add to that their customary borderline enhancements (like ootb overclocking) to ensure they got into the top ten of the fastest boards and you have a recipe for desaster.

 

On top of that is their attitude that it is always the users fault if something goes wrong. I had several cases where they treat you like an idiot if you dare to ask questions before you start an RMA... 

 

@Alabaster_Stone

I miswrote, the mod Immersive Display Overhaul is optional, but you seem to have missed the warning for it.

 

@markvarley

See 'Moonlight Tales' below. ?

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Added a warning to CCC - Terrain Fixes

Added Instructions to Whiterun Exteriors Patch Collection

Rephrased the info for some creature entries in regard to MNC to prevent possible issues.  

Added a warning to 'Moonlight Tales MNC'. People tend to overlook the instructions in the description of a later mod. 

 

 

[alaunus01]

7 hours ago, trgdolors said:

Yeah, I have been watching that situation, too. The new AMD X3D processor is supposed to be incredible in Skyrim, and, like many, I had been considering getting one to replace my old rig. I am wondering now if BIOS updates alone will be enough to make it stable. I am really sorry to hear of your misfortune! I assume you are referencing the same issue, Please keep us updated on solutions/resolutions/hardware opinions.

 

Was not even a X3D cpu..... Currently struggling with my new asrock taichi MB / CPU replacement thinking my boot nvme is a removable device. None of the suggested solutions seem to work. fresh win install - completely nuking the nvme - still shows up as device can be removed. Once I am done with windows updates I will try slightly older agesa revisions ?

[Aylis]

@alaunus01

Ouch. I hope you'll get it figured out.

 

Asrock went from 'don't touch it' to 'those are good' within the last years. I havn't had one yet, but from what i heard they are now reliable and very good.

[nightred]

2 hours ago, Aylis said:

Added a warning to CCC - Terrain Fixes

Added Instructions to Whiterun Exteriors Patch Collection

 

OH MY GLOB!!!
This instruction solved my LOD issues, I spent a lot of time checking every location I had issues and this solved it.
I was selecting all patches in the terrain fixes, and I was the tundra house patch in the exteriors patch collection.

This is massive.
 

[markvarley]

3 hours ago, Aylis said:

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I got distracted by my asus board melt-sploding my cpu.

 

@markvarley

See 'Moonlight Tales' below. ?

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Added a warning to CCC - Terrain Fixes

Added Instructions to Whiterun Exteriors Patch Collection

Rephrased the info for some creature entries in regard to MNC to prevent possible issues.  

Added a warning to 'Moonlight Tales MNC'. People tend to overlook the instructions in the description of a later mod. 

 

 

 

 

Hmm, issue persists, I loaded an earlier save a loading screen away from this area and changed the MCM there, but here is the same transparent werewolf, I'll throoughly read the mod page later but as it still happened without Moonlight Tales installed I think it's elsewhere, I tried installing a werewolf retexture that uses loose files but that didn't help either.....

 

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[wollboi]

@Aylis Good instruction updates. If you haven't checked it already, Dragonborn Voice Over is extremely nice. I'm one of those weirdos that actually liked the PC having a voice in FO4. The Nora voice is my favorite, but unfortunately it was (very understandably) removed at the VAs request. The Ciri one is a nice backup, and with the MCM it is now easy to switch between them on the fly to easily find the one you like best. I don't imagine it works well with Head Tracking & Voice Type (I don't like that one anyway).

[nightred]

2 hours ago, markvarley said:

Hmm, issue persists, I loaded an earlier save a loading screen away from this area and changed the MCM there

 

I had this issue with werewolf's and it was resolved after I installed TWO - Total Werewolf Overhaul and TWO - Schlongs of Skyrim I do use sexlab though as I need the Sisterhood of Dibella.

I have not found a werebear yet so I cant say if that is fixed, I did not toggle the MCM option in moonlight though.

[markvarley]

3 hours ago, nightred said:

 

I had this issue with werewolf's and it was resolved after I installed TWO - Total Werewolf Overhaul and TWO - Schlongs of Skyrim I do use sexlab though as I need the Sisterhood of Dibella.

I have not found a werebear yet so I cant say if that is fixed, I did not toggle the MCM option in moonlight though.

I'll try TWO and TWO - Schlongs of Skyrim, that could be the answer! I'm not using any sex mods, I just like my nekkid bods to be fully equipped... Thank you, I'll look into that. It might help diagnose at least...

Edited May 18, 2023 by markvarley