Preparing for a playthrough

[Venlafaxin]

Hello, community!

 

I hope some of you would be willing to help a skyrim noob out with modding the game. It's a vast, vast jungle out there with mods that has been converted to SSE, and I'm finding myself confuzzled.

 

So, I'd like to start a new playthrough once the stable version of SKSE64 is ready, and I've started installing various mods to see how things are going. Primarily, immersion is a necessity in the game, for me. I'd like it to be difficult (not impossible, mind you!)

I'm pretty sure my load order has tons of redundancies, but I'm having some trouble figuring out what mods are "included" in the major overhauls.

 

I'll post my current load order below, for looksies (I haven't properly sorted them), but I have some problems/questions.

 

Questions first:

I've noticed I've got a lot of overwriting, so in the interest of a smaller load order, I wanted to ask what the best current overhauls are, with SSE?

Currently, I'm trying these as far as "major" mods goes:

Nexus Skyrim Overhaul SSE

MorrowLoot Ultimate

Total Character Makeover

Wildcat - Combat of Skyrim

Frostfall

Wet and Cold

iNeed

Sands of Time

Organised Bandits in Skyrim

 

 

Besides these, I'm using loads of weapon/armor mods as you can see in the mod list below. Starting a new game and running around the starting area (Riverwood, whiterun etc) there doesn't seem to be any major equipment problems so far. Is this a good idea, or would you suggest going a more simplistic route?

 

 

 

As for the real problems, first problem is, some female NPC's are missing heads, hands and textures. This is probably because if incompatibilities with the body/face and texture mods I've used.

Is Total Character Makeover the best all-in package to use, currently?

 

I have some problems with the difficulty, as major creatures/bandits have started showing up and one shotting me (as well as repeating spawns outside embershard mine). Is this a compatibility problem, or did I do something wrong?

Examples are bandits with Bonemold Indoril Elite armor, at level 1, or a Spriggan Matron Mother spawning on the way from Helgen to Riverwood

Load Order:

 

GameMode=SkyrimSE

Skyrim.esm=1
Update.esm=1
Dawnguard.esm=1
HearthFires.esm=1
Dragonborn.esm=1
Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm=1
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp=1
RaceCompatibility.esm=1
ApachiiHair.esm=1
ApachiiHairFemales.esm=1
ApachiiHairMales.esm=1
BSAssets.esm=1
BSHeartland.esm=1
BS_DLC_patch.esp=1
SkyMoMod.esm=1
Campfire.esm=1
Falskaar.esm=1
Apachii_DivineEleganceStore.esm=1
ClimatesOfTamriel.esm=1
RSkyrimChildren.esm=1
Sneak Tools.esp=1
TravellersOfSkyrim.esm=1
Cutting Room Floor.esp=1
SMIM-SE-Merged-All.esp=1
Bring Out Your Dead.esp=1
Better_Male_Presets.esp=1
Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp=1
Insignificant Object Remover.esp=1
RaceCompatibility USSEP Patch.esp=1
RelightingSkyrim_SSE.esp=1
Holds.esp=1
NexusSkyrimOverhaul.esp=1
RLO - Interiors.esp=1
SOTFull.esp=1
LegacyoftheDragonborn.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Darker.esp=1
MagicalCollegeofWinterhold.esp=1
NexusSkyrimOverhaul_Magic.esp=1
Book Covers Skyrim.esp=1
Reverb and Ambiance Overhaul - Skyrim.esp=1
Immersive Sounds - Compendium.esp=1
Wildcat - Combat of Skyrim.esp=1
dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp=1
dD-Reduced Splatter Size.esp=1
dD-Reduced Wound Size.esp=1
ISC Enhanced Blood Patch.esp=1
Immersive Jewelry.esp=1
SoundsofSkyrimComplete.esp=1
Beasts of Tamriel.esp=1
Book of UUNP Iron And Steel.esp=1
Helgen Reborn.esp=1
Forgotten DungeonsSSE.esp=1
RLO - Exteriors.esp=1
Eli_Breezehome.esp=1
OBIS SE.esp=1
Phenderix Magic World.esp=1
Elemental Destruction.esp=1
Settlements Expanded SE.esp=1
skyBirds_SSE.esp=1
SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esp=1
BirdsOfSkyrim_SSE.esp=1
Man Those Borders!.esp=1
RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp=1
Original Opening Scene.esp=1
Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp=1
Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp=1
Lore Weapon Expansion.esp=1
ZIA_Complete Pack_V4.esp=1
imp_helm_legend.esp=1
MLU - Improved Closefaced Helmets.esp=1
BetterQuestObjectives.esp=1
EMCompViljaSkyrim.esp=1
Joy of Perspective.esp=1
EnhancedCharacterEdit.esp=1
NSO RND Patch.esp=1
BattleAftermath.esp=1
Point The Way.esp=1
TheChoiceIsYours.esp=1
Clockwork.esp=1
Skyrim Better Roads and Bridges - All In One - Merged.esp=1
Run For Your Lives.esp=1
Cloaks.esp=1
Lore Weapon Expansion - Daedric Crescent.esp=1
Phenderix Magic World - Lore-Friendly Patch.esp=1
Populated Forts Towers Places Legendary.esp=1
Immersive Patrols II.esp=1
SOS_RLOInteriors_Patch.esp=1
DBM_HelgenReborn_Patch.esp=1
Populated Cities Towns Villages Legendary.esp=1
Lore Weapon Expansion - Relics of the Crusader.esp=1
TKAA.esp=1
SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp=1
Frostfall.esp=1
Vigilant.esp=1
Book Covers Skyrim - Lost Library.esp=1
Provincial Courier Service.esp=1
Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp=1
IcePenguinWorldMapPaper.esp=1
Lore Weapon Expansion - Goldbrand.esp=1
Apachii_DivineEleganceStore_Patch.esp=1
notice board.esp=1
R246 Female Presets.esp=1
CharacterMakingExtender.esp=1
KS Hairdo's.esp=1
JoP - Immersive Armors Patch.esp=1
FNIS.esp=1
AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp=1
Better Harvesting.esp=1
TheMagicOfFoodAndDrink.esp=1
DBM_NexusSkyrimOverhaul_Patch.esp=1
OBIS SE - SoT Bandit Patch.esp=1
HoldsSFOCompatibilityPatch.esp=1
NSO OBIS Patch.esp=1
NSO SOT Patch.esp=1
ForgottenCity.esp=1
Prometheus_BeastSkeletons.esp=1
Settlements Expanded SE - Lanterns of Skyrim Patch.esp=1
DBM_CRF_Patch.esp=1
The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp=1
DBM_NoticeBoard_Patch.esp=1
draugrweap_repl_en.esp=1
magic of the magna-ge.esp=1
Equippable Tomes.esp=1
TheIsland.esp=1
Convenient Horses.esp=1
moonpath.esp=1
ISD_Longclaw.esp=1
Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim.esp=1
Ish's Souls to Perks.esp=1
ApachiiHelmetWigs.esp=1
NSO ISC patch.esp=1
No World Map Fog.esp=1
XPMSSE.esp=1
Apophysis_DPM_SE.esp=1
Backshields.esp=1
Dr_Bandolier.esp=1
BijinAIO_SSE-3.1.1.esp=1
BlendedRoads.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Warm.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-L1.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Falskaar.esp=1
Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp=1
Cloaks - USSEP Patch.esp=1
Convenient Horses Bruma Patch.esp=1
DiverseDragonsCollectionSE.esp=1
BetterQuestObjectives-CRFPatch.esp=1
Footprints.esp=1
MCoW_Cutting Room Floor.esp=1
Moonlight Tales Special Edition.esp=1
Move it Dammit - Less Wait Time and Follow Me Closer.esp=1
NoBSAIProjectileDodge.esp=1
No NPC Greetings.esp=1
Runandwalkpaces.esp=1
OBIS SE Patrols Addon.esp=1
RGMsAlchemistsCompendium.esp=1
Perfect Legionnaire - Troops Re-equipment.esp=1
RLO - Effects.esp=1
RLO - Illuminated Spells.esp=1
RLO - CRF Patch.esp=1
RND_BSHeartland.esp=1
RSChildren Patch - BS Bruma.esp=1
RSChildren - Complete.esp=1
RSChildren_PatchUSSEP.esp=1
RUSTIC SOULGEMS - Sorted.esp=1
SkyrimRecycling.esp=1
Sneak Tools Vanilla Masks.esp=1
Sneak Tools Vanilla Hoods.esp=1
SoS_CoT_Patch.esp=1
SSE High Quality Music.esp=1
SuperbSerana.esp=1
Book of UUNP - Textures.esp=1
TCIY_BCS Patch.esp=1
BetterQuestObjectives-PaarDilemmaPatch.esp=1
TravellersOfSkyrim - Vanilla.esp=1
TravellersOfSkyrim - Dragonborn and Bags and Pouches Addon.esp=1
Veydosebrom - Grasses and Groundcover.esp=1
EMViljaInSolstheimAddOn.esp=1
VioLens SE.esp=1
VioLens SE - Book Menu.esp=1
Chesko_WearableLantern.esp=1
When Vampires Attack.esp=1
Wildcat - Realistic Damage Plugin.esp=1
1nivWICCloaks.esp=1
WetandCold.esp=1
NSO Elemental Destruction Patch.esp=1
NSO MoonlightTalesSE.esp=1
DBM_VigilantPatch.esp=1
DBM_IA_Patch.esp=1
DBM_Cloaks_Patch.esp=1
DBM_ZimsImmersiveArtifacts_Patch.esp=1
DBM_ISC_Patch.esp=1
DBM_RSChildren.esp=1
BCS_TCIY_Patch.esp=1
HereticArmorPub.esp=1
iHUD.esp=1
More Weapons Please.esp=1
TalosHousecarl.esp=1
WeaponsOf3E_SSE.esp=1
Imperious - Races of Skyrim.esp=1
NSO Imperious Patch.esp=1
MLU.esp=1
MLU - Lore Weapon Expansion.esp=1
MLU - Immersive Armors.esp=1
DBM_MLU.esp=1
My Home Is Your Home.esp=1
Open Cities Skyrim.esp=1
Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp=1
Immersive Citizens - OCS patch.esp=1
Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp=1
RDO - AFT v1.66 Patch.esp=1
SoS_ImmersiveCitizens_Patch.esp=1
DBM_OpenCities_Patch.esp=1
Eli_Breezehome-Open_Cities-Patch.esp=1
RLO - IC Patch.esp=1
notice board - open cities patch.esp=1
goodbrother.esp=1
iNeed.esp=1
iNeed - Extended.esp=1
Inigo.esp=1
The Ordinary Women.esp=1
SGEyebrows.esp=1
SSEMerged.esp=1
Bashed Patch, 0.esp=1

 

Edited September 26, 2017 by Venlafaxin