guide Skyrim AE for Beginners - V 3.1.0

[Guest]

Surely most of you already know it and are enjoying it, but for those who don't, you have to try ENB Dynamic Cubemaps: for me it has been a before and after in terms of scenery reflection on objects. Simply great.

 

Remember that ENB needs to be updated for this to work. Version 0.494 has been updated using the same version number on October 1st, so it is necessary to download it again to get the new d3d11.dll to enable 1px size cubemaps and make this work.

 

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Added dynamic cubemaps which activated for objects with 1px size cubemaps. Ported optimizations and quality improvements from Patreon version for rain, water, underwater, sky, shadow and various minor cpu optimizations.

 

[stanshch]

On 11/28/2022 at 8:04 AM, Aylis said:

'SexLab' is in now. But don't expect support (i only wanted to test the function of the mods listed there) as i'll be using 'Open Sex'.

 

 

Why so serious?

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But they can also play differently...

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Hi Aylis! Thanks for the awesome guide. Will be slowly seeing if I can get it working over the next few days. Does this comment mean that it would be compatible with OStim? I prefer it over SexLab. 

[misterpipes]

On 10/12/2023 at 12:51 AM, DrakEmono said:

The mod Animated Cart Canopy doesn't seem to exist anymore (even google researches bring me to this deleted mod...)

It does appear to have been deleted. But is still available via Nexus because of thier 'deletes aren't deletes anymore' the archived files are still around.
Link to the version I installed here

[Aylis]

@stanshch

Compatible? Sort of... It was in the guide at first, but i removed it as i had to rewrite that section almost every week for a new update. It was starting to get very annoying.

 

 

@misterpipes

Thanks for the link. Updated the entry in the guide.

 

 

@markvarley

I studied in Canterbury and was quite often in London too. So i'm quite curious about what they can pull off...

Edited October 16, 2023 by Aylis

[Guest]

Thanks to all for helping me through the journey.  I turned left, right, stopped, started but finally have a beautiful game.  I made one mistake when running LOD and will try and fix it.  I tried running grass cache with Seasons. It was on Nexus.  My FPS dipped so terribly I could not play.  Wondering if anyone has used a grass cache successfully.  I just want my grass to extend further out.  Thought this would work.  Thanks.  

[xxxstupidfastxxx]

Heads up @Aylis, Eye Overhaul has been privated as of two days ago:

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/76567?

 

Might need to find a replacement. Couple others have had patches but nothing major

[rodrigo2]

Should "Realistic Racial Body Diversity" be merged with OBody?  Or just installed immediately after it?

 

[misterpipes]

6 hours ago, rodrigo2 said:

Or just installed immediately after it?

Installed immediately after it, as a separate mod with a different name.

Generally, everything should be installed as thier own separate mod, unless 'Merge' is mentioned in the list. It allows you to later remove a mod without having to reinstall any other mod, should something change.
 

[markvarley]

22 hours ago, Aylis said:

@markvarley

I studied in Canterbury and was quite often in London too. So i'm quite curious about what they can pull off...

I remember when fallout 4 was released I saw a couple of videos on youtube where people who lived in Boston were comparing the game locations with the actual landmarks, I found myself doing the same thing from memory when I was watching the Fallout London trailers ?

Will you be doing another thread for Fallout London or running it with the FO4 modlist?

Edited October 17, 2023 by markvarley

[Varithina]

7 hours ago, misterpipes said:

Installed immediately after it, as a separate mod with a different name.

Generally, everything should be installed as thier own separate mod, unless 'Merge' is mentioned in the list. It allows you to later remove a mod without having to reinstall any other mod, should something change.
 

 

Even if the guide says merge, I would still install as a separate mod, that way if you are looking down the list later, you know for certain you have installed the various patches and updates, whereas if you merge them you can never be certain.

[Aylis]

5 hours ago, markvarley said:

Will you be doing another thread for Fallout London or running it with the FO4 modlist?

To be honest i have to say that i can't answer that atm. I have to see how much is compatible or not.

 

Right now i'm struggling with 'Ikaros' as the bodyslides don't want to work. As human everything is fine - but as soon as i switch to the android body it is completely f.....!

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Face is fine

 

But the body is NOT the one i created...

Got it. The presets are there just not in the category 'Ikaros'. ?

 

Another issue with the armors in the station. They'd need a nonexisting patch to work with the android body. Per se a good mod, even a if it is unpolished, but definitely not for beginners.

 

Edited October 17, 2023 by Aylis

[xxxstupidfastxxx]

Second privated mod:
Supreme Ashstorms

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/44354

 

[Jessica_Degurechaff]

@Aylis Sorry for bothering as i know you are still not totally good now.

 

what did you edit on the modlist post? i see that was edited yesterday

 

[Aylis]

45 minutes ago, Jessica_Degurechaff said:

what did you edit on the modlist post? i see that was edited yesterday

The answer is on this page... ?

[trgdolors]

@Aylis

So in the link in the guide for Nature of the Wild Lands is for the older version (v.1.21). I think that was so it would be compatible with the Seasons mods that used to be in the guide. Is there any reason not to update that mod to the current 2.4? It looks like it has a bunch of changes and updated patches in the FOMOD.

 

Also, assuming I am right that the version restriction was for Seasons compatibility, are there other mods in the guide that now could be updated?

 

Thanks!

Edited October 20, 2023 by trgdolors

[markvarley]

On 10/17/2023 at 6:18 PM, Aylis said:

To be honest i have to say that i can't answer that atm. I have to see how much is compatible or not.

 

Right now i'm struggling with 'Ikaros' as the bodyslides don't want to work. As human everything is fine - but as soon as i switch to the android body it is completely f.....!

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Face is fine

 

But the body is NOT the one i created...

Got it. The presets are there just not in the category 'Ikaros'. ?

 

Another issue with the armors in the station. They'd need a nonexisting patch to work with the android body. Per se a good mod, even a if it is unpolished, but definitely not for beginners.

 

I'll wait and see how it shapes up, I probably won't be looking at starting my next game this year anyway?

[DookNookPanic]

Hey!

 

 

 

This is my first time moding skyrim AE with some lewd stuff and im having some troube with the skin color of my character. 

 

 

I watched this video so i could get the basics going, however the character aways stays with an purple body skin and im not sure what i'm doing wrong. Below ill add an bunch of screenshots of my instalation and a screenshot of my character.

 

Can someone please help me? Thanks in advance!

 

 

 

My character, Mo2 mods, load order and the bodyslide config:

 

https://imgur.com/a/hyqIQqD

 

 

 

Here is my mod list:

 

Mod_Priority,#Mod_Status,#Mod_Name,#Note,#Primary_Category,#Nexus_ID,#Mod_Nexus_URL,#Mod_Version,#Install_Date,#Download_File_Name

"0000","+","DLC: HearthFires","","",-1,"","","2023/09/11 21:10:20",""

"0001","+","DLC: Dragonborn","","",-1,"","","2023/09/11 21:10:20",""

"0002","+","DLC: Dawnguard","","",-1,"","","2023/09/11 21:10:20",""

"0003","+","Address Library for SKSE Plugins","","Modders resources",32444,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/32444","8.0.0.0","2023/10/21 17:13:06","All in one (Anniversary Edition)-32444-8-1664465359.zip"

"0004","+","MCM Helper","","Utilities",53000,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/53000","1.4.0.0","2023/10/21 17:12:54","MCM Helper SE-53000-1-4-0-1665228890.7z"

"0005","+","SSE Display Tweaks","","Utilities",34705,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/34705","0.5.12.0","2023/10/21 17:21:26","SSE Display Tweaks-34705-0-5-12-1664893623.zip"

"0006","+","SkyUI","","UI",12604,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/12604","5.2.0.0SE","2023/10/21 17:12:49","SkyUI_5_2_SE-12604-5-2SE.7z"

"0007","+","RaceMenu","","UI",19080,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/19080","0.4.19.14","2023/10/21 17:15:10","RaceMenu Anniversary Edition v0-4-19-14-19080-0-4-19-14-1667000011.7z"

"0008","+","Project New Reign - Nemesis Unlimited Behavior Engine","","Immersion",60033,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/60033","0.84.0.0b-","2023/10/21 17:15:00","Nemesis Unlimited Behavior Engine-60033-v0-84-beta-1639426722.rar"

"0009","+","XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended","","Immersion",1988,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1988","f5.04","2023/10/21 20:53:45","XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended-1988-5-04-1692496318.7z"

"0010","+","XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended - Fixed Scripts","","Immersion",44252,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/44252","1.0.0.0","2023/10/21 17:17:19","XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended - Fixed Scripts-44252-1-0-1610402131.rar"

"0011","+","Caliente's Beautiful Bodies Enhancer -CBBE-","","Body, Face, & Hair",198,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/198","2.0.1.0","2023/10/21 17:41:21","Caliente's Beautiful Bodies Enhancer CBBE - v2.0.1-198-2-0-1-1691876994.7z"

"0012","+","CBBE 3BA","","Body, Face, & Hair",30174,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/30174","2.47.0.0","2023/10/21 17:49:28","CBBE 3BA (3BBB)-30174-2-47-1676473395.7z"

"0013","+","CBPC - Physics with Collisions","","Immersion",21224,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/21224","1.5.9.0","2023/10/21 17:42:50","CBPC - Fomod installer - MAIN FILE-21224-1-5-9-1693513353.rar"

"0014","+","Faster HDT-SMP","","Immersion",57339,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/57339","1.50.9.0rc-1","2023/10/21 17:46:23","Faster HDT-SMP-57339-1-50-9-rc1-1682435301.7z"

"0015","+","High Poly Head SE","","Companions",1,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1","1.4.0.0","2023/10/21 19:29:41","High Poly Head v1.4 (SE).zip"

"0016","+","BodySlide and Outfit Studio","","Utilities",201,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/201","5.6.3.0","2023/10/21 17:15:07","BodySlide and Outfit Studio - v5.6.3-201-5-6-3-1693153421.7z"

"0017","+","The Pure - CBBE","","Body, Face, & Hair",20583,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/20583","1.3.1.0","2023/10/21 21:34:39","The Pure - CBBE-20583-1-3-1-1551788502.7z"

"0018","+","Toned and Shapely Body for CBBE and 3BA Vagina Add-On","","Body, Face, & Hair",56183,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/56183","2.0.0.0","2023/10/21 21:51:20","Toned and Shapely Body for CBBE and 3BA Vagina Add-on-56183-2-0-1637918702.rar"

"0019","+","KS Hairdos SSE","","Body, Face, & Hair",6817,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6817","1.9.0.0","2023/10/21 19:49:07","KS Hairdos SSE-6817-1-9-1645369981.7z"

"0020","+","KS Hairdos - HDT SMP (Physics)","","Body, Face, & Hair",31300,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/31300","1.4.3.0","2023/10/21 19:37:02","KS Hairdos SMP-31300-1-4-3-1596895272.7z"

"0021","+","Community Overlay 3 (51- 70) Bodypaints Warpaints and Tattoos","","Body, Face, & Hair",35339,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/35339","1.0.0.0","2023/10/21 19:36:42","(4) Community Overlays 3 - Main - CBBE and Male-35339-1-0-1588129970.7z"

"0022","+","Umbrael Character Preset","","Body, Face, & Hair",48347,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/48347","1.0.0.0","2023/10/21 19:36:13","Umbrael - High Poly Racemenu Preset-48347-1-2-1657305635.rar"

"0023","+","Umbrael's Umbrage - 3BA Bodyslide Preset","","Body, Face, & Hair",55037,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/55037","1.5.1.0","2023/10/21 19:29:07","Umbrael's Umbrage - 3BA Bodyslide Preset-55037-1-5-1-1668380098.rar"

"0024","+","Expressive Facegen Morphs SE","","Body, Face, & Hair",35785,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/35785","1.0.0.0","2023/10/21 19:29:46","Expressive Facegen Morphs SE-35785-1-0-1595174141.7z"

"0025","+","Hvergelmir's Aesthetics - Brows","","Body, Face, & Hair",1062,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1062","4.1.0.0","2023/10/21 19:36:36","Hvergelmir's Aesthetics - Brows 4.1-1062-4-1-1553175906.rar"

"0026","+","Cherry's Eyes","","Body, Face, & Hair",14219,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/14219","2.0.0.0","2023/10/21 19:40:30","Cherry's Eyes-14219-2-0.rar"

"0027","+","ED Horns SSE","","",7,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/7","0.0.0.0","2023/10/21 20:13:41","ED Horns SSE.7z"

"0028","+","Racemenu_ED_Horns_SSE","","",0,"","d2023.10.21.0","2023/10/21 21:50:53","Racemenu_ED_Horns_SSE.7z"

"0029","+","SMP-NPC crash fix","","Bugfixes",91616,"https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/91616","1.0.0.0","2023/10/21 17:50:52","SMP-NPC crash fix-91616-1-1684409131.7z"

"0030","+","Nemesis Output","","",0,"","","2023/10/21 17:15:52",""

[Aylis]

@DookNookPanic

1. Long listings and pics belong in spoilers.

2. You're asking in a thread for/with a guide for help regarding another guide? I've just spent the whole day chasing a bug in FO4... And thats for mine.

3. Maybe you should check the first page. The information there could help.  

[jap2015]

@DookNookPanic

I'm just guessing but try this.

in race menu, under the "Body" tab, look for "skin tone".  Adjust skin tone to zero, and verify the diamond color is white.

Next go to tabs for:  "Body Paint", "Foot Paint", "Hand Paint" and make sure all their diamonds are white as well. If you find some diamonds that are not white, you need to edit the colors. Scroll down to the miscolored diamond and select "choose color". 4 bars will show up. Move the slider on the bottom bar, all the way to the left. that should change the diamonds back to white.  If this does not fix it, check that your skin texture mod is compatible and installed correctly.

Hope this helps.

[travelmedic]

@DookNookPanic

 

I'm going to guess that your purple skin is caused by a missing or faulty texture mod.

 

Check the requirements of your other mods to ensure you have everything you need.  Also check that all of your mods are for Skyrim AE, and not LE.

[xxxstupidfastxxx]

Just finished installing after a week of prep and everything appears to be working fantastically! Just ran through all the major towns and some forested areas, looks great and totally stable. Going to install some presets and companion mods now and let the main adventure begin.

 

Two issues:
 - Whiterun has purple "missing texture" indicators around the rocks in the terrain around Whiterun. It appears just to be Whiterun (after an hour of running around other cities and forested areas) and just in the internal cell. This only appeared after completing the bashed patch and LOD installs (previous test save doesnt have them). Unsure how the terrain LOD would be causing this missing texture but any advice anyone had on finding the missing texture/extra mesh would be great.

 - During storms there is insane god-rays that turn the lighting an intense white. No idea what combination of weather/lighting/enb is causing this. 

 

Questions:

 - Has anyone tested this out with expanded Sexlab mods? Mostly Estrus, Kynes, Milk Mod economy, quests like Deadly Pleasures, slave quests, and Bestial Essence? Want to install but after all the work getting this running and stable don't want to throw a wrench in the machine

- When adding additional home/quest mods, I think just checking for patches and re-installing all LUX mods would be enough for stability purposes? That seems to be the process people are following

 

EDIT: Follow up question, does anyone have any presets that work reasonably well other than those posted?

Edited October 25, 2023 by xxxstupidfastxxx

[alaunus01]

15 hours ago, xxxstupidfastxxx said:

[...]

Questions:

 - Has anyone tested this out with expanded Sexlab mods? Mostly Estrus, Kynes, Milk Mod economy, quests like Deadly Pleasures, slave quests, and Bestial Essence? Want to install but after all the work getting this running and stable don't want to throw a wrench in the machine

[...]

 

Estrus was removed a couple revisions ago because it caused CTDs for a whole bunch of people, never crashed for me though so I kept it. MME should still work too, if you leave out the preinstalled milking locations, do not expect support iirc Eddy is living in a warzone. Anything requiring Devious Devices 5.x should mostly work too, as long as they not add too many stuff to the worldspaces. Cursed Loot is 'playable', but it shows that it hasn't received an update while Kimy was busy with DD5. Kynes Blessing was removed from the guide back in the ?SE days? because the various 'equipables' were 'not up to standard' iirc.

[trgdolors]

22 hours ago, xxxstupidfastxxx said:

Just finished installing after a week of prep and everything appears to be working fantastically! Just ran through all the major towns and some forested areas, looks great and totally stable. Going to install some presets and companion mods now and let the main adventure begin.

 

Two issues:
 - Whiterun has purple "missing texture" indicators around the rocks in the terrain around Whiterun. It appears just to be Whiterun (after an hour of running around other cities and forested areas) and just in the internal cell. This only appeared after completing the bashed patch and LOD installs (previous test save doesnt have them). Unsure how the terrain LOD would be causing this missing texture but any advice anyone had on finding the missing texture/extra mesh would be great.

 - During storms there is insane god-rays that turn the lighting an intense white. No idea what combination of weather/lighting/enb is causing this. 

 

Questions:

 - Has anyone tested this out with expanded Sexlab mods? Mostly Estrus, Kynes, Milk Mod economy, quests like Deadly Pleasures, slave quests, and Bestial Essence? Want to install but after all the work getting this running and stable don't want to throw a wrench in the machine

- When adding additional home/quest mods, I think just checking for patches and re-installing all LUX mods would be enough for stability purposes? That seems to be the process people are following

 

EDIT: Follow up question, does anyone have any presets that work reasonably well other than those posted?

 

I had what I believe is the same issue with the missing "purple" textures in Whiterun. I thought I followed this guide pretty well, then tested before I started adding other stuff. The testing revealed that issue. I am in a rush and don't 100% remember how I fixed it, but there is discussion of this issue here: Atlantean Landscape -Complete- Complex Terrain Parallax. I think this mod is involved in the answer as well: Terrain Parallax Blending Fix. The solution may have involved choices in the FOMOD. Sorry I can't help more at the moment.

 

[xxxstupidfastxxx]

FIXED: For those getting huge FPS drops... check your basics. I'm stupid and forgot to uncheck the use profile INIs when re-installing MO2 for this mod list. Cost me 50+ FPS... inis are no joke.

 

For those curious with a GTX 1080  at 1440p and all the recommended settings, textures, and mods in this list I did a ton of testing to fix this and heres some expected numbers. Note this is mostly with 2k-4k textures (honestly I dont see a ton of difference with all 4k textures, its mostly ENB, LODs, ini tweaks).

Without ENB/LODs: 80-90+ FPS outdoors

Without ENB: 70-90 FPS outdoors and 100+ indoors/small caves/dungeons

With PHO/Ruby ENB: 30-45 FPS outdoors and 55-70 indoors/small caves/dungeons

 

Issue that was fixed:

Another issue, I'm getting terrible FPS. Like 15-20 outside, 30-40 inside. This is really odd given I have a GTX 1080 and its never had this issue before. Installed the mods from the linked video and I'm running all 2k textures except armor (4k). Re-generated lower texture LODs and downgraded via Bethini like I have in the past but it had 0 impact to performance which is super weird. Also 40 FPS indoors is also super weird, given I'm not running this on a potato

Edited October 26, 2023 by xxxstupidfastxxx

[Varithina]

30 minutes ago, xxxstupidfastxxx said:

Another issue, I'm getting terrible FPS. Like 15-20 outside, 40-50 inside. This is really odd given I have a GTX 1080 and its never had this issue before. Installed the mods from the linked video and I'm running all 2k-1k textures except armor (4k). Re-generated lower texture LODs and downgraded via Bethini like I have in the past but it had 0 impact to performance which is super weird. Also 40 FPS indoors is also super weird, given I'm not running this on a potato

 

Take a look at the nvidia experience, they seem to have changed the settings to automatically optimise games rather than waiting for you to tell it to, and it seems to change the game resolutions and settings quite a bit, it wants to change my skyrim se to run at 3840x2160 when I have the game set up for 2560x1440, it change other settings for high to ultra etc etc, and this is supposed to be the optimised settings for the game.