A couple of questions about switching enb/weather combos and fire mods

[SkyrimPlus]

Hello,

 

I was wondering what the easiest way to switch between enb's were.

 

1. Is there an effective enb manager a lot of people use, or do you just delete all of the enb-related items for the SSE folder and redownload the binaries and a new preset every time?

 

2. If I wanted to switch from Rudy's ENB to another non-Rudy, would I have to change back all of those ini settings back to what they were before or just leave them the same way?

 

3. If I have Embers XD and Inferno installed, do I need to enable complex fire in my enb ini or just the particle lighting setting?

 

4. When I had Rudy's for Obsidian weathers, the nights and dungeons were too bright (with Lux and Lux Via). What setting on your enb do you use to manipulate dungeon interiors and night time exteriors to make them darker? I tried the Darker Dungeons mod, but that hardly put a dent in it.

 

5. Would ELFX Shadows be a better lighting mod to see differences in darkness?

 

6. Any recommendations for enb/weather combo's? I like the idea of having really bright days (fantasy-like) and really dark nights and caves.

 

Thanks in advance for your help/expertise!

[Algabar]

I'll try to answer what I can...

 

Hello,

1. Is there an effective enb manager a lot of people use, or do you just delete all of the enb-related items for the SSE folder and redownload the binaries and a new preset every time?

I'm using this one: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/4143
Always worked fine for me.

 

2. If I wanted to switch from Rudy's ENB to another non-Rudy, would I have to change back all of those ini settings back to what they were before or just leave them the same way?

 

 

Sorry, I'm not sure which .ini you are talking about. If you mean enblocal.ini and/or enbseries.ini, you should use the ones provided by your new ENB (which doesn't mean that you can't change some settings).

 

3. If I have Embers XD and Inferno installed, do I need to enable complex fire in my enb ini or just the particle lighting setting?

 

 

Technically, you don't have to use it. Embers XD is definitely ready for complex particle lights. No sure about Inferno. Also, complex fire particles can be quite demanding. Just try for yourself, see how it looks and if the visual improvement is worth the performance loss... I usually tend to disable complex fire. Nice and all, but too heavy on performance...

 

5. Would ELFX Shadows be a better lighting mod to see differences in darkness?

 

 

Again: Give it a try. IMHO, both ELFX Shadows and Lux are great lighting mods. You can't go wrong with either of them. Lux seems to have overall darker interiors than ELFX Shadows, so the latter may be for you.

 

6. Any recommendations for enb/weather combo's? I like the idea of having really bright days (fantasy-like) and really dark nights and caves.

 

 

IMHO it's hard to give recommendations - tastes are so different. I'd select a weather mod first and then try different ENB presets made for that weather mod.

 

Some top notch weather mods that might fit you:

Azurite: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/42731 (highly underrated - IMHO one of the best weather mods around)

Solas: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/49004 (IMHO even more underrated....)

Obsidian: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/12125 (a "classic"....). Try LUMOS ENB and reshade with it.

 

maybe you can also try NAT 3

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/49004

It fits the "dark nights" requirement, but doesn't exactly have "bright days"