Sardonnicus

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Ok... so how do I get the bandits to spawn with the correct leveled gear for my level? All my mods have the correct wyrebash tags.

So I am level 36 and 95% of the groups of bandits that I encounter are all wearing Fur armor. The other 5% seem to be wearing scaled and leather armor. Occasionally some will be wearing a mixture of leather and fur classed modded gear from several of the mods I have installed. This doesn't seem normal to me. I was thinking that as I leveled up, so would the opponents and the gear they are wearing/using. I'm getting bored of fighting bandits who are attacking me with wood clubs.

Is there any specific place within the .ini I should put that info? Or can it be added anywhere?

For some reason I cannot seem to change the resolution that the game is being played at. If I open the vanilla skyrim launcher, it says the resolution is set to 1920x1080. If I open the "Skyrim Configureator" utility, it says my resolution is set to 1920x1080. However, when I am playing the game the resolution is 1680x1050. All the screen shots come out with the lower resolution. I am trying to pin down what is overriding the vanilla launcher and the configurator utility. Could it be the ENB i'm using?? Doubtful. Could it be a line in the .ini file? Could it be SKYSE? Could it be the radeon Pro utility I am using? I have looked at the settings and there is nothing in there that sets the resolution. Any ideas?

So I go to play skyrim today and I notice that several different kinds of items have missing meshes/textures... or some kind of issue. They appear all whitish/purpleish. This seems to be affecting random items of the vanilla game and of mods. Screen shot. below... I first noticed it when I installed the "Coldharbor Armor" mod. All of the pieces of that armor looked this way. Yet there were no conflicts appearing in BOSS. Then I noticed that some other armors had this bug as well. Some also look all black in my inventory screen. And there are some items that seem to be dissappearing... as in the game recognizes the item, but there is no mesh or texture, so it comes out as invisible.

So after several months of CTD free playing using MO, TES5Edit, Boss to manage my mods, I developed CTD's last night that have stalled my playing. I was able to load up a previous save in Solstheim and play, but as soon as I tried to travel to Skyrim, Boom! CTD. If I tried to load up a game where my character was in Skyrim, it would load but as soon as the loading screen would dissappear, the CTD would occur. I am not sure what changed to cause these CTD's. I am going back over everything and disabling mods to try and find the culprit. In doing so I noticed something about the MO program I have never noticed before... at the bottom there is the word "overwrite" in red at the bottom. There are some .ESP's and .BSA's that show that they are pointing to mods that are in the "overwrite" section. There are also .ESP's and .BSA's that active for mods I have deleted - the MO says their source is "DATA" or "Overwrite." I suspect that my very recent CTD's are coming from this. What is the "overwrite" section? And how do I remove mods that are listed under it? Also, if I have .ESP's and .BSA's files from mods I have removed that are saying they are part of "DATA" or "Overwrite" how do I get rid of these? For example... I have realistic lighting overhaul installed and activated. Over in the .ESP window, it shows one complete set of RLO .ESP's that are from the RLO mod, and then there is a second set of RLO .ESP's and the MO is saying they are coming from "DATA." I am not sure where this duplicate set of .ESP's is coming from.

I have actually used that in the past I may have it still installed. I'll have to see if I still have it. Is this a better tool than the vanilla skyrim config menu for setting things like screen res, brightness and other graphical options?

So can anyone talk to me about shadows? My shadows are all blocky. I have seen screen shots were peoples shadows are nice and smooth. How is this accomplished? I am using Sharpsooters ENB running at 1620x1080 res. I have nice smooth Frame rates that I have set to be maxed out at 59fps. I have a mod called "shadow striping fix" or something similar. I do not know if this fixes "blocky shadows" or not. Is this fix done through a mod, or a graphic tweak in the vanilla skyrim settings or an .ini tweak? I am not a stranger to .ini tweaks, but not an expert. So if you guys toss some .ini edits at me, I should be able to add them, or adjust the values with no issues. I'm also running the radeon pro utility. Can this shadow issue be corrected within that program?

Thanks for the info. I will try the first one you mentioned first. I have already tried the Elysium estate. It was close but not exactly what I was looking for. I think it only had one labeled area for armor storage, one for weapon storage. When lots of items get put into a container, it starts to make the game lag when I am browsing through the items, which is why I prefer item specific labeled storage.. ie: daggers, swords, war axes, light armor, heavy armor etc.

So after trying many different home mods on the nexus... I am still looking for that "perfect" home for my Dovah. I wanted to reach out and try and find out what you guys think the best home mod is. For me, the perfect home mod is not to big, not to small. With auto storage that displays (ala Berts Breezehome) and everything laid out in an easy to navigate, uncluttered way. I like the way BBH autosorts the items, and then displays them in logical ways around the home. It gives it a natural, lived in and functional appearance. I am not interested in naked chicks or dudes in my Dovah's house, or an over abundance of mannequins/display plaques/cases. I would prefer labeled chests, pots, chests and closets over display cases any day. Which home mods do you guys like? I have sampled just about all of the top 10 houisng mods and some lesser known ones in both housing categories here. So far, the 2 that come the closest to meeting my needs are Berts Breeze Home remodeled and Candle Pond Ranch. Anyone know of similar mods out there to recommend? BBHR has 2 navmesh errors that I cannot seem to figure out how to fix. I have read the tutiorial in Boss and tried it, but cannot get everything to load up properly. So... your recommended housing mods??

Yeah, the game is unrealistic, but there are realism mods out there. There are lots of people who use them. I hope folks weren't taking my post to serious. PS. I would think that a Mod would remain somewhat neutral on topics... :biggrin:

Yeah, I'm thinking of all the chain mail thong bikini wearing players out there. Your "sexy" armor will get your lady killed!!!! http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/05/boob-plate-armor-would-kill-you

Can anyone offer some advice. I went through the steps outlined on page 1. Didn't seem to have any trouble. Created my new "compilation mod" and activated it. The game crashed when I started it with this new "compilation" mod I created. No sweat, I just disabled it, and looks like I did something wrong and need to try again. I think my error was in the step where you have to go and remove the "masters from the new plugin you create." So let me ask... do you remove all the entries under that plugin's header section or do you need to leave something in the header section? Also... should this new "compilation" plug-in have the main skyrim.esm included in it's header info? The one I created didn't. The header info just pointed to the mods I wanted to merge... and then I removed all the header info from per the instructions.

Ahh a new young Dovahkiin... Your life must be blessed and hectic at the same time! My sister just had her 2nd boy last week. Cheers!