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Hi!

I just bought the game and I would have wanted to know before installing them, if there was no risk to add up this texture mod?

Whether or not there'll be a conflict between them?

Perhaps, I didn't need one of them?


If someone may advise me please.


Here is the list of mods that I chose to install:


Static Mesh Improvement Mod - SMIM



Skyrim HD - 2K Textures



Glowing Ore Veins 300



Enhanced Night Skyrim



SKYRIM ENHANCED SHADERS FX - ENB



High Res Wood and Stonework



WATER - Water And Terrain Enhancement Redux



Real Ice ALL-IN-ONE



Dramatic Clouds



Alternative Rock and Mountains 4K_2K_1K and watery Rock



Skyrim Flora Overhaul


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Depending on your installation options and your hardware, you may run across some graphics card/memory performance issues.

 

Some of them overlap, in which case you will be prompted to overwrite and can chose whether or not to do so.

 

The best practice is to read everything available on any mod (readme, description, discussion thread,etc), make changes one at a time use BOSS, read the BOSS log and take care of any messages it gives you (compatibility, patches needed, TES5Edit cleaning needed, etc.), and play a bit for performance and stability before making the next change.

 

The below may be useful to you:

Here are my recommendations for trouble-free modding.



1. Go to STEP and follow the directions to revert to vanilla skyrim.

2. Start a new game, do not attempt to apply an old save, it will not work and may reintroduce corruption back into your now clean game.

3. Do not make any changes at all until you exit Helgen (the other option is to start with an alternate start mod to avoid the Helgen sequence.)

4, Before making any changes, read everything available on the subject. If it is a mod, read every last word of the readme, description, discussion thread, everything. If it is an ini change, google it, visit a few reputable sources and determine if it is worth trying. Just because one guy puts up a list of his ini changes and swears buy it does not mean it will work for you, and it might even make things worse. When considering any change, mod, .ini file, setting, whatever, consider it in light of your own system hardware and software and the other mods/changes you intend to make. Investigate any possible conflicts before adding it.

5. When you are ready to make any changes (mods, ini settings, anything) attempt only 1 or two at a time. If it's a mod, run BOSS. BOSS is a regular program, not a mod. There is a useful vid for BOSS, here. Set it up to generate the log in .txt format, not html. Read the log and address any messages. In any case, play a bit to test for stability, performance, and compatibility. Make sure to properly place the unrecognized mods as instructed by the mod author, or use TES5Edit or WryeBAsh, or if all else fails, place it with similar mods that are recognized, though that is more trial and error. Also, a number of excellent mods require you use skse. You can find it here. When you extract the files from the zip, you will see a readme that has instructions how to properly install it. There is also another gopher vid to help you set it up, here.

6. If you notice any negative effect of your change (not just crashes, but performance loss, glitches, anything), Stop. Do not attempt to keep playing and definitely do not add any new variables into your system. Investigate the possible causes. If it is a mod and you want to try to remove it, then remove it, but be sure to follow the author's removal instructions exactly. To be safe, go back to the save from just before you added it. (This is easy of you are slowly adding mods, but extremely painful if you add everything at once, play a bunch and have no idea where the problem lies. ) This will also help you avoid with script problems from removed mods that will continue and may get worse.

7. If you get stuck, post a detailed question before you get frustrated. Detailed means t include your BOSS log, noting how you placed unrecognized mods, other supporting programs you have used (like TES5Edit, skse, ANy texture optimizers, enbs, etc.) Also provide your computer specs, any changes to your driver profile and/or skyrim ini files. Finally, provide details about the crash--how long you've had it, what changed before you first noticed it, any patterns like time playing, specific areas or activities like opening a menu or such. Explain what you have already tried to fix the problem and what the results were.

8. Once you get your mods and other changes the way you want them, your game is stable and performing well, then stop. Every time you add or change any variable, you are inviting instability. If a new mod shows up and you think you just have to have it, ask yourself if it is worth having to start all over for--because, you may have to. If the answer is yes, then go ahead and try it and if your game crashes, well, you were willing to take the risk.

 

Recommendations for maintaining a trouble free game:

 

1. I personally suggest avoiding the Steam workshop for mods, because it will automatically update and sometimes even remove mods in your list, which can cause your game to die. Also, playing with Steam in offline mode will prevent unexpected updates from causing havoc.

2. Disable auto updates and avoid using quicksave, as these increase the chance of savegame corruption. Also, if your save does become corrupt, you will need to go back to your last working full save, which can be extremely painful if you rarely make them. You can do this by going into your Prefs.ini text file and then making sure the following lines look like this:

[Main]

bSaveOnPause=0
bSaveOnTravel=0
bSaveOnWait=0
bSaveOnRest=0

 

[saveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=0.0000

 

For people who want the convenience of auto save with the functionality of a full save, there are a few mods you might check out, such as Ishara's Normal Numbered AutoSaves

 

Here is Gopher's vid on BOSS and his Beginner's Mod Tutorial

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I strongly suggest you stay away from 4K textures, they look similar to 2K textures in game but they take up twice as much space.

 

Would you recommend this for all PC's or just weaker ones?

 

All PC's cause once you hit a certain point your PC won't ragequit, Skyrim will.

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LargeStyle

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I strongly suggest you stay away from 4K textures, they look similar to 2K textures in game but they take up twice as much space.

 

Just as a matter of clarification - 4k is four times the size of 2k...

 

2048 x 2048 = 4,194,304

4096 x 4096 = 16,777,216

 

To the OP - which screen resolution are you going to play Skyrim with? If it's lower than 1080p then 1k textures will probably be a more suitable visual to performance balance, and even 1080p users (myself included) find 1k enough. Some people insist on 2k which although it does add a bit more clarity / detail it potentially adds a significantly performance hit due to the 4x multiplier in effect everytime you go up to the next resolution standard - so to me 2k doesn't look good enough to warrant the performance loss.

 

EDIT: If you would like to look further into 1k textures then I suggest checking out this mod...

 

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9080/?

 

... which give you all of the official (2k) textures from the Bethesda Texture Pack DLCs but in 1k format (use this as the first / base mod) - then overwrite it with "lite" versions of mods such as Skyrim HD2K, which has a 1k option. Obviously read all mod pages descriptions before you install anything.

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