Removal of essential mods for non Special Edition Skyrim

[Golgoret]

Perhaps someone can help me understand the current state of Skyrim modding. Several mods which I consider essential (such as Unofficial Skyrim Patch, https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/19) have been removed from the non-special edition version of the game. At the same time, other mods which I have used for the last 4-5 years have not been ported over to the special edition of the game. It seems like I have two options if I ever want to start playing on a new machine:

 

1. Play the old version of the game, missing essential mods

2. Buy the game yet again, have access to some essential mods but not others.

 

Is this accurate? Or is there something I'm missing here?

[JobVanDam]

I completely disagree with you.

To me its a no brainer to go with Oldrim.

 

Who cares about USKP? Dude get the other DLC's and start using USLEEP.

I personally really dislike the Dragonborn DLC. There is so much about it that's annoying and the only redeeming thing about is the Nordic weapon and armor set but I got it cause USLEEP and SkyRedone require it.

There is a bunch of mods that will never be ported to SE because the mod authors are gone.

 

To the SE users are there mods available for SE that are really good that are not for Oldrim?

I think I remember seeing Zerofrost now works exclusively on paid mods, if that's the case good for him, the guy is a beast and deserves something in return.

[Golgoret]

I'm...not really sure what you're disagreeing with. I'm not presenting any opinion, I'm asking what the best path forward is for someone who wants their mods to work, because there seems to be two different routes, both of which have significant drawbacks.

 

I was unaware of the existence of USLEEP. That may solve my problem potentially, but it sounds like the only two paths forward are either paying $40 for Skyrim Special Edition or spending $45 buying three DLC that I intensely dislike so that I can download USLEEP.

 

I don't see why someone felt the need to remove the original Unofficial Skyrim Patch, given that it was patching a version of the game that wasn't being updated, and therefore didn't need any real support, but it's already done so I guess it doesn't matter.

[LostDragonist]

USKP had big red text saying that it was not being updated, not being supported, etc. Despite that, people continuously ignored that and kept bugging the authors to fix more bugs. Many of which were bugs with their own mods instead of the game. They got tired of that so removed the patch.