Special Edition Mods on Regular Skyrim?

[Amber Fletcher]

This may sound like a very odd question, but would mods made for Skyrim SE, work if I installed them for Regular Skyrim?

[Shizune]

No it will not due to differences in .esp files for both SE and 2011 Skyrim. This is basically the same reason why you load files straight from Oblivion into Skyrim (even though this is a bit of a drastic example), because the versions of Creation Kit (or Construction Set) used in both games are different in coding. If it's a simple replacer that includes nothing but audio/texture/models you can go straight ahead, because those haven't changed.

 

That's pretty much the sole reason why relatively lesser amount of players have switched to Special Edition.