[Imperial VS Stormcloak]

That's Neville Chamberlain style action - yes, the Thalmor are omnicidal quasi-Nazis, but we can reason with them! The Thalmor are the biggest threat to every sentient being on Nirn with Alduin, Ancano, Harkon and Miraak out of the way, and their actions, when compared to real-life history, are simply too dangerous to sit back and let happen, despite the Empire's incapacitation. About the only possible political solution is for all other factions to unite against the Thalmor, and fat chance of that happening. It can't be done, but my favourite the creative solution for the enterprising Dragonborn is to challenge the Emperor to a duel, come to an "agreement" with Ulfric (which may or may not involve threatening to feed him to various dragons) and use your reputation as the Slayer of Alduin to enlist the dragons against the Thalmor. It's far from perfect, but as the Empire recuperates, so does the Dominion, and I can't think of another way to crush the Thalmor before they destroy reality.

[Help with modding using DLC]

I think you also have to add Dragonborn/Dawnguard/Hearthfire.bsa to the SArchiveList line and SResourceArchiveList2 line.

[Fan made dragon language words]

Make one up yourself, there's no law against it. Try fiddling with an existing word or if you must invent one from scratch keep true to the style, short and punchy words.

[Mirrak's bug. Is there any solutions?]

Try reloading the save, if that doesn't work disabling and enabling Miraak might, then if all else fails advance the quest with the console.

[Dragonborn Vs Mods]

When a Bethesda game/DLC isn't bugged, that's when you worry. The modders will patch it up, give them time.

[Finding the right home...]

Give it a go, you can always reinstall the mod - modding a mod won't hurt Skyrim itself. Also, I use Castle Grey. Best armoury in a player home mod I've ever seen, hands down.

[Need help to improve performance]

Kill shadows on grass, that's the big hitter and it's not much of a difference anyway. You can also turn off grass wind sway if you like.

[The most beautiful places in skyrim]

If you jump off the Throat of the World (use Become Ethereal, obviously), sometimes you'll end up near the log bridge. Near there is a road, which with the Skyrim Bigger Trees mod, looks absolutely amazing. I have a Mark spell from Phenderix Magic placed there.

[Heavy Armor, Swimming, and Immersion]

Or just add an effect with a pointless script.

 

But anyway, you're Dovahkiin. You can bend reality by shouting at it. The laws of physics (and biomechanics) are prepared to overlook a little ironclad swimming.

[An easy thing to try on the PC version]

I think Skyrim Spells and Powers by WarriorKeKe has a spell for that.

[Playing Skyrim again - need help]

ENB can look nice in certain places - but it will indeed crush performance and it will never quite work right with Realistic Lighting. Try IMAGINATOR Visual Control instead.

[Adding an spell]

The best way to do pretty much anything in the CK is to duplicate a similar spell. A Shout would probably be best for this, so duplicate a Shout, remove its effects and add the ones you want. Making the target disappear (instead of just, say, causing 100000 shock damage or something) would probably require scripting a new spell effect.

[You might be obsessed with Skyrim when...]

You avoid doors so you won't get a load screen

You try to cast Lightning Bolts at people you dislike

You try to center-on-cell home when it's raining

[What order of install you did for these Texture Pack?]

I don't think it really makes much of a difference, unless you want specific textures from the various mods.

[How to mod the correct way (Newbie)]

Back up your saves, grab Fraps and give it a go - you can't really know how well your system will handle it until you've tried, so download them all, activate and see what happens! If your FPS keels over, then optimise Skyrim (fiddle with SkyrimPrefs.ini, get performance improving mods like Skyrim Performance Plus and ATTK Power Loader - which requires SKSE, but then what doesn't) and start getting rid of the more performance-heavy mods until you're happy with Skyrim. With NMM and BOSS, playing with mods is relatively safe and migraine-free.

[Random CTD During Gameplay - BOSS Load List/Enable Mods Provided]

SoS is asking for trouble. Save game bloating, performance impacting... not, in general, a good idea.

[Oghma Infinium]

They could fake their death.

 

If you're not a Nord and yet kill Alduin, you still get promised Sovngarde when you die, so I think either:

 

You're a special exception and other races go wherever their afterlife is

 

All races go to Sovngarde and become Nords because Shor is racist.

 

 

Now, my question: How does CHIM work? From what I gather, not having played Morrowind, CHIM involves knowing that reality is just the godhead's dream, so you don't exist, and then somehow existing anyway, through sheer stubbornness (this is sounding like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).

 

So is it real, or was Vivec just insane/throwing people off the track? If it is real, how in Oblivion do you convince the godhead that, despite having proved you don't exist, you DO, without waking it up? Why must Talos have used CHIM to change Cyrodiil, instead of just, you know, using the handy skill of being a god?

 

Secondly, and on a similar topic, am I correct in thinking the Thalmor's aim is to unmake reality and return to their "Garden of Eden" state? If so, would this primordial state still be the godhead's dream, or his state of existence, or what?

 

CHIM makes my head hurt. Whatever happened to sane lore? Real life religions aren't as complex as this.

 

/borderline rant over

[How to mod the correct way (Newbie)]

IMAGINATOR is a mod that lets you summon an IMAGINATOR helper who will let you set the game's saturation, colour tint, contrast, bloom, sunlight, sky, etc. It is indeed on Nexus, and here is the link:

 

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/13049

 

Just download it with NMM and when next you load your save the "Summon IMAGINATOR Helper" spell will be added to your spellbook.

[ENB....wtf is it?]

ENB is a mod for Skyrim developed by somebody outside of Nexus, and is downloaded from here:

 

http://enbdev.com/mod_tesskyrim_v0119.htm

 

The ENBs you see on Nexus are configurations of that mod by other people. ENBs don't conflict, generally, with other mods, though they can produce weird effects when used with lighting mods. You install it by downloading it via the small arrow next to the version title on the page and extracting it with Winrar or 7zip to your Skyrim folder (NOT Data folder like other mods - the path is usually: Program Files or sometimes Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common > Skyrim). You install ENB configurations by extracting them to the same folder and overwriting when prompted.

 

Personally, I very much dislike ENBs. They never look like screenshots, have horrible performance impacts, and don't work well with mods like Realistic Lighting. I use IMAGINATOR instead, which is customisable from ingame and doesn't have performance impact, but isn't as versatile or powerful. To each, their own.

[How to mod the correct way (Newbie)]

Yes, none of those mods should conflict, but be warned that the ENB could ruin your game performance. I use IMAGINATOR instead.

[Question about graphics mods]

Looks like Depth of Field changes, present in every ENB and its dog and available through the Dynavision mod if, like me, you dislike ENB.

[Need to Get Rid of Follower]

I had a similar problem - Serana kept saying she wouldn't go to Castle Volkihar's catacombs while I had another follower - and the above fix, then a reload, fixed it.

[Is there a mod or something to change clothes of npcs?]

Ultimate Follower Overhaul lets you take your followers' starting equipment and have them wear anything.

[ATTK not working at all]

I had the exact same problem. Turns out there was a spare attk.ini file floating around my Windows folder. Deleting it, rebooting and reinstalling ATTK fixed it for me.

[Just got skyrim]

Phenderix Magic Evolved and Apocalypse Spell Package, for rebalanced magic. They're less buggy, more varied and balanced than Midas Magic, which hasn't been updated in a while but is still worth a go.