Sigurd44 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) As I got no answer on the official mod site I try it here. Question is simple: As almost four million people downloaded SKYRIM HD - 2k (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/607) there should be some clever dudes who had the same concern as me. Skyrim HD - 2K is a texture mod, that will install into folders in your Skrim Data and load off those folders, there is no .esp file. The official Skyrim High Res pack is splitted into 2 .esp files. How do they correlate to each other? Will the texture load of Skyrim HD - 2K overwrite the official high res texture pack .esp, or vice versa, or does it no harm? Is it clever to install both (mod and official pack), because the official high rez pack will at least work for "holes" the Skyrim HD 2K mod maybe left out? I use mods since a few weeks and learnt much yet about load orders of .esp files and such, but I was never confronted with the question how a simple texture load from folders with no .esp file correlates with some .esp file who does change the same topic. Edited December 20, 2012 by Sigurd44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oubliette Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) Search gets you this. The official textures DLC is very incompatible with mods. It's recommended that you either don't bother installing it at all (since once it's downloaded it can not be removed - steam will reinstall it every time you start Skyrim from it's launcher) or follow the instructions in the thread to disable the parts of it that will cause problems down the road. Edited December 20, 2012 by Oubliette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigurd44 Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) Search gets you this. The official textures DLC is very incompatible with mods. It's recommended that you either don't bother installing it at all (since once it's downloaded it can not be removed - steam will reinstall it every time you start Skyrim from it's launcher) or follow the instructions in the thread to disable the parts of it that will cause problems down the road. I wouldn't have asked, if the answer would be so easy (and wrong btw...) I already found this http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1344060-guide-using-custom-textures-with-the-new-highres-pack/ and the thread is much more up do date, because it mentions that the .ini tweaks aren't necessary anymore (since 1.4), but my question pointed to the two .esp files. but thx anyways. As I understand the above thread right, I have NOT to adjust the suggested .ini tweaks any longer, because with Skyrim version 1.4 the system was changed in that way, that "loose files" texture mods are always loaded first, followed by .bsa files and .esp files.So Skyrim HD - 2K will always load and take effect, be there a million texture altering .esp files in the load order, doesn't matter. My specific question was more in the direction what to do with the two official high res .esp files and after reading my linked thread again I got it at last. In the first post there: **While this still works fine, it is no longer necessary. Bethesda changed how the game reads textures by giving loose files priority over .bsa archives. Also any .esp/.bsa files you have loaded after the HRTP in your load order will "overwrite" files from the HRTP where relevant. (8-21-12)** I overread the "relevant". As I understand right, the official high rez .esp files will never overwrite "loose file textures", but ONLY OVERWRITE Skyrim Vanilla grafics, so it will fill any - by other texture mods - untouched areas at least with official high rez grafics and will be changed/suppressed again by any other texture altering .esp file in load order after them. So it is possible to adjust the official high rez .esp files first in the load order, because they won't ever overwrite loaded "loose files" that change textures AND in addition you are able to overwrite the official high rez packs by even more specific texture .esp files, if you arrange them later in the load order. But maybe unchecking them is the better variant, if they still deliver failures, it won't make up for this. Edited December 20, 2012 by Sigurd44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion1994 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Thank you for help :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTK100 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Okay, I'm still relatively new to modding, and I don't know all the terminology for these files, as well as the differences between them. So could someone maybe explain this in a simpler manner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWorldofRipX Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Okay, I'm still relatively new to modding, and I don't know all the terminology for these files, as well as the differences between them. So could someone maybe explain this in a simpler manner? Get skyrim HD, not the hd texture pack from bethesda. or, there are others. I also like vivid landscapes and Tamriel HD, which gives different looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novem99 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Get skyrim HD, not the hd texture pack from bethesda. What a silly comment. The official HD DLC covers (including normal maps) 14614 textures. Skyrim HD covers 623 textures! Do the math! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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