Unofficial Patches

[m3dicat3d]

Doing a fresh install from a system image I made when I built my comp (spefically to play a modded Skyrim on) and for the first time, I am going to go ahead and install the unoffical patches (I was always afraid to install it mid-game before).

 

My question has to do with the unoffical texture patch though. Since I already have the official high res texture packs (packs 01, 02 and 03), how do I proceed with the unofficial high res patch? Should I remove Beth's first or is this something I can install with Beth's already installed?

 

Thanks!

 

 

EDIT: Good Christ! I would have to post something that I found the answer for only seconds after asking the question... DOH!

 

NVM and thanks anyhow!

[Rayblue]

You have to clean the .ESM masters (except skyrim.esm) first with tes5edit before using any of the patches.

[m3dicat3d]

damn, something new for me to learn then lol... thanks for the heads up!

[gvman3670]

No big deal to clean master files....

 

[winny257]

unoffical patches I have not, I do not need and I do not use.

[m3dicat3d]

Thanks, that's the first vid I went to

[m3dicat3d]

Oh one more thing, am I wrong in assuming that the official texture patches don't need to be cleaned before installing the unofficial texture patch?

[lordofthedread]

Why using crappy Bethesda texture pack when theres way better options out there?

[psammeticus]

The official texture packs do not need cleaning. They are dummy .esp's that just load the textures in the bsa's.

[m3dicat3d]

Then correct me on this...

 

I was going off of the SMIM description page, though I have used the Skyrim HD 2K packs in the past as well. To be honest, I feel like whenever I get my mods working right it's just as much on accident as it is with me trying to read up and piece together what I can beforehand. The SMIM page doesn't reference the 2k packs, but as I've said, I've used them before.

 

So my question then is, are you referring to the 2k packs or another set? And whichever you mean, I am assuming that you are running only those in the absence of the official high res packs and/or the unofficial high res patch? I just want to be clear on this as I still feel like my grasp on modding is loose at best... whichever texture packs I use, I either use the official/unofficial, or something like the 4 Skyrim HD 2k packs, but not both (as it would seem I'd be overwriting the hell out of things unnecessarily)

 

And thanks psammeticus!

 

[psammeticus]

I was referring to the official beth HD texture packs.

[dTd]

Frankly, I think  the official hi-res textures are crap, I don't load them nor do I load the unofficial patch for the textures. Here's some awesome textures that improve everything and use up almost no extra resources: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/42360/? , since I've been using these my game looks brilliant and is stable and quick.

[m3dicat3d]

Thanks dTd, I've got them in and I agree with you!