ELFX and CoT Lighting Messed Up

[Puddinator]

I got back in Skyrim and installed every mod I used before, and so far everything was working properly. I installed Climates of Tamriel (exteriors only) and then reinstalled ELFX to disable weathers and keep it on interiors, then once I got back, I noticed CoT didn't have any effect and ELFX made some dungeons pitch black, having no lighting whatsoever (Ustengrav has this problem) and others not dark enough (I use hardcore). Reinstalling Skyrim doesn't work, using LOOT has no effect, neither does uninstalling CoT.

Any help is appreciated.

[Algabar]

Probably incorrect installation / installation order:

 

- Make sure you have the latest version of both CoT and ELFX (returning players often stick with the old (and meanwhile outdated) mods they downloaded, that's why I'm mentioning this here).

- Install SMIM (if you want to use it)

- Install CoT with all the options you want first. I'd recommend not to install the interior options of CoT (darker dungeons and warmer/colder interiors). They may cause problems with ELFX.

- Install ELFX. Only core file and SMIM patches (if you use SMIM). You can try using ELFX Enhancer and see, if you like the result. I didn't, when I used CoT and ELFX. Important: Don't install ELFX Weathers. It's incompatible with CoT. You can try installing ELFX Exteriors, but I wouldn't recommend it. Let CoT do its job.

- Don't rely on LOOT when it comes to weather and lighting. Play around with the relative load order (which one is loaded first?) of weather and lighting mod. As a starting point I'd suggest putting ELFX (and ELFX enhancer, if you want to try it) AFTER Cot.

- If you use an ENB, make sure it is compatible with both CoT and ELFX. Pitch black dungeons can be the result of ENB and lighting / weather mods not playing together nicely.

[Puddinator]

Before I go mess with the load order, here it is:

 

0 0 Skyrim.esm

1 1 Update.esm

2 2 Dawnguard.esm

3 3 HearthFires.esm

4 4 Dragonborn.esm

5 5 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

6 6 Falskaar.esm

7 7 ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

8 8 mannyDragonhead.esm

9 9 mannyBlackRock.esm

10 a MolagBalsInferno.esm

11 b HighResTexturePack01.esp

12 c HighResTexturePack02.esp

13 d HighResTexturePack03.esp

14 e Cutting Room Floor.esp

15 f Invisibility Eyes Fix.esp

16 10 NARC.esp

17 11 DragonShoutVoice.esp

18 12 dD-No Spinning Death Animation Merged.esp

19 13 Unique Region Names.esp

20 14 JKs Skyrim.esp

21 15 Lakeview_Extended.esp

22 16 SoS - The Wilds.esp

23 17 SoS - The Dungeons.esp

24 18 MoonAndStar_MAS.esp

25 19 Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

26 1a Cloaks.esp

27 1b SMIM-Merged-NoDragonborn.esp

28 1c quest_seaofghosts.esp

29 1d breezehomelightfix.esp

30 1e ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-2.esp

31 1f ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp

32 20 ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp

33 21 Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp

34 22 Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

35 23 Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp

36 24 Weapons & Armor_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp

37 25 Immersive Weapons.esp

38 26 Height Adjusted Races.esp

39 27 iActivate.esp

40 28 Waterbreathing Breathless Emerge.esp

41 29 KRUZIIK.ESP

42 2a WheelsOfLull.esp

43 2b The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

44 2c SOT-Sleeping.esp

45 2d WeaponsArmorFixes_ImmersiveWeapons_Patch.esp

46 2e DragonBoneEbonsteel.esp

47 2f Ursine Armour - Non HDT.esp

48 30 Guards armor replacement.esp

49 31 Improved Dragon Shouts.esp

50 32 Improved Dragon Shouts - Dawnguard.esp

51 33 Improved Dragon Shouts - Dragonborn.esp

52 34 Slightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp

53 35 HarvestOverhaul.esp

54 36 Path of Shadows.esp

55 37 SkyUI.esp

56 38 dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

57 39 dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp

58 3a Unique Uniques.esp

59 3b Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp

60 3c EnhancedLightsandFX.esp

61 3d ELFX - Hardcore.esp

62 3e Immersive Citizens - ELFXHardcore patch.esp