which one?

[Key9199691]

to mod the skyrim... should i download skyrim anniversary edition or skyrim special edition?

[anjenthedog]

the 20,000 dollar question.

 

idk, which version you choose to play all depends on what you value. AE has a new questline and some new locations and some new enemies and some new other things (fishing for instance). SE has its own unique features, although I think that the lines are beginning to blur on those once meritorious distinctions.

 

One I can think of is "I've been playing SE for a long time and like my setup and really don't want to have to start from scratch with AE" is one that applies to me.

[scorrp10]

Special Edition and Anniversary Edition are the same version of the game. Anniversary edition just includes a bunch of 'official' Creation Club mods.

[7531Leonidas]

The current Skyrim Special Edition (1.6.640) is a version 'updated' to include 4 free mods on top of the three DLC mods, and was a free Anniversary Edition upgrade. There is an Anniversary Edition upgrade available, with more added mods, that you have to pay a bit (US$ 15?) to obtain.

[anjenthedog]

Are they really "the same game" though? Doesn't "AE" include that whole new Bruma based Aeylid questline? (separate from the "beyond Skyrim Bruma" bits and pieces that is) and several new dungeons and expanded flora/fauna/npcs? If not, it'd be nice to know so I don't kick myself too hard for not upgrading. (no fishing isn't enough. I played FFXI extensively and it's not FFXI grade.)

 

I thought AE provided substantive new content. Wasn't that part of the hype?

 

If I were new to the game, I think I'd just jump into AE and deal with any of the potential trepidations that I might have faced when I chose SE over LE, go with the proven ground with all the goodies ironed out or jump into the evolved code? I chose the newer version. But now my feet are (figuratively) stuck in concrete and personally, I'll stay with 1.5.97 because I spent four years working out bugs and at least have *some idea of what to expect, even if it's not completely debugged and probably never will be. If I were a newb, I wouldn't suffer from that code catatonia and "brand loyalty" if you get my drift..

 

 

Anyway. Not sure why it's even a question, unless there's; something unsaid. On the face, well... to mod.... they can both be modded. extensively. AE is newer code and ostensibly "better" in many ways if not just plain better, but it's not compatible with older SKSE mods (to be fair, I should say older versions of older, since so many have been updated) one might use under 1.5.97 or earlier (se) , so if there's something in there that you simply must have, that hasn't already been updated to the newer SKSE environment, well ok, but otherwise. just get 'er done and play. Weep later for that one kewl mod you remember from way back when, or you just saw on a you tube showcase video, or some friend claims is a "must have", "and carry on. Someone will probably create something that comes close enough at some point. If they already haven't

[scorrp10]

As offered (presently) on Steam:

Skyrim Special Edition ($40) is core game version 1.6.640 which includes all the prior DLC (Dawnguard, Dragonborn, Hearthfire), and 4 CC mods: Saints/Seducers, Fishing, Survival Mode, Curios/Relics.

 

Anniversary Upgrade ($20) is a bunch of Creation Club mods: various new armors, weapons, player houses, quests. Here is a fairly comprehensive listing

 

Skyrim Anniversary Edition ($50) is just a bundle of the above two items.

[showler]

Well, look at that. They finally made a distinction between the SE and the AE bundle. They should have kept that naming from the start.

[Key9199691]

Special Edition and Anniversary Edition are the same version of the game. Anniversary edition just includes a bunch of 'official' Creation Club mods.

 

i know it's the same and just add more features from bethesda.... but some mods is not up to date... i'm kinda struggling in here XD somehow hdt high heels is not working even though i already fnis and body slide it XD and that's why i ask.... should i using AE or SE... and i can't even play right now since it's ctd XD i keep trying to fix it though

Edited July 30, 2023 by Key9199691

[scorrp10]

HDT heels? Those are 6 years outdated and obsolete. Practically every outfit with heels for SSE uses Racemenu wearable transforms system.

[7531Leonidas]

Starting from downloading the game? Steam will send you the 1.6.640 version, the newest one, with the 4 free CC mods in addition to the 3 DLC, as scorrp10 said. Probably easier just to go with that, and use the modding wiki ( https://modding.wiki/en/skyrim/users/skse-plugins ) to help you find the proper versions of many SKSE-based mods, and some replacements for those which were not updated. If you downgrade, you will just be giving yourself problems with SKSE mods farther on down the line, at some point. Stability seems to be better for the newest stuff, which was largely rewritten/compiled with 64-bit computing in mind. I was pushing the limit under 1.5.353 at about 400 mods, give or take, now am running closer to 2000, with fewer crashes (but a few interesting glitches, especially after I got a new GPU and had to change to the AMD driver from NVIDIA).

 

USSEP is only offered for the latest version of SSE, though there are sources for older versions, there are patches also for CC content ( https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/18975 ), and Faster HDT-SMP ( https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/57339 ) is a must for physics-enhanced outfits and other stuff. Make sure that you grab the proper version of SKSE64 from silverlock.org, and Racemenu from here on Nexus.