Hi all! Need some advice!

[Vel8891]

Hi All,

 

I bought Skyrim Special Edition this week, and first followed the "SKYRIM : SPECIAL EDITION 2019 GRAPHICS TUTORIAL 100 Mods Edition" on Predcaliber (highly recommendable).

 

The list below list contains all mods currently installed.

 

Apart from Loot, are there any other essential mods I am missing? Anything which would e.g. optimize textures, update the character creation screen (which is terrible) etc.?

 

Thanks for helping out a newbie and stay safe!

 

Mod manager used: MO2

 

 

 

#Mod_Priority,#Mod_Name

"0000","DLC: HearthFires"

"0001","DLC: Dragonborn"

"0002","DLC: Dawnguard"

"0003","Official Master Files - Cleaned"

"0004","skse data files"

"0005","Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch"

"0006","Cutting Room Floor"

"0007","A Quality World Map - Classic with All Roads"

"0008","SkyUI_5_2_SE"

"0009","Immersive HUD - iHUD"

"0010","RASR - Random Alternate Start Reborn SE"

"0011","Skyrim_Realistic_Overhaul_Part_1"

"0012","Skyrim_Realistic_Overhaul_Part_2"

"0013","Skyrim_Realistic_Overhaul_Part_3"

"0014","Skyrim_Realistic_Overhaul_1.8._Update"

"0015","Skyrim_Particle_Patch_for_ENB-SSE"

"0016","Enhanced Textures Detail (UV-Tweaks)"

"0017","SMIM SE 2-08-659-2-08"

"0018","Ruins_Clutter_Improved_SE_NMM"

"0019","Skyland - A Landscape Texture Overhaul"

"0020","Blended Roads"

"0021","Tamriel Retextured - Main File"

"0022","Skyrim 3D Landscapes Groundcovers 4k"

"0023","HD Skyrim Overhaul - Highest Quality Pack"

"0024","HD Lava (4k)"

"0025","Just Ice 4k"

"0026","Soul Cairn 4K"

"0027","Sovngarde HD 4K"

"0028","Skyrim"

"0029","Farmhouse Addon"

"0030","Indistiunguishable VANILLA Vivid Weathers Lighting"

"0031","Underground - a dungeon texture overhaul"

"0032","Gecko's Nordic Ruins - ULTRA Quality"

"0033","Gecko's Dwarven Ruins Textures"

"0034","CC's HQ Mines Redone - AiO - 1.5"

"0035","Skyland Imperial Forts and Dungeons"

"0036","SSE 2K Textures"

"0037","Fluffy Snow - 2K"

"0038","Mossy Bridge"

"0039","Astral Aspect - 4K - 1.4"

"0040","Stunning Statues of Skyrim"

"0041","Mara FULL Saturation 4k"

"0042","Obsidian Weathers - 1.07"

"0043","ETHEREAL CLOUDS - Special Edition - 2K"

"0044","Skyrim Textures Redone Enhanced Night Sky"

"0045","Smooth Sky Mesh"

"0046","02-red-rocks"

"0047","The Elder Scrolls - Veydosebrom"

"0048","Enhanced Vanilla Trees SE v1.9.0"

"0049","Skyrim 3D Plants 3.4.1"

"0050","3D Plants - Yashed Cut 1.3"

"0051","Skyrim 3D Landscapes 1.0.6"

"0052","Skyrim 3D Landscapes BILLBOARDS"

"0053","Skyrim 3D Rocks"

"0054","Landscape Fixes For Grass Mods"

"0055","GeneratedLods"

"0056","JK's Skyrim all in one"

"0057","R's Farmhouse"

"0058","Red Ivy Hotfix 2.0 (by Greenback12 and lornpel)"

"0059","SMIM Rope Patch 2.0 (The forgotten Ropes)"

"0060","Skyrim 3D StoneWalls"

"0061","CC's HQ Carts - 4K - 1.0"

"0062","3Ddoor"

"0063","RUSTIC WINDOWS - Special Edition - 2K"

"0064","HD Photorealistic Ivy"

"0065","Enhanced Textures Detail (UV-Tweaks) - Compatibility Patch"

"0066","R's Farmhouse and Handcarts - Compatibility Patch"

"0067","Farmhouse Floor 4k"

"0068","4K Retextured Mage Tables"

"0069","Archery Target Retexture"

"0070","Training Dummies 4k Texture Replacer"

"0071","Ancient Automatons 4K"

"0072","Ancient Dwemer Metal 4K"

"0073","CC's Enhanced Ore Veins SSE - 4K - 7.2"

"0074","Ennead Banners 4K.7z"

"0075","CC's HQ Roadsigns SSE - HD - 4.2"

"0076","Immersive Armors 8.1 SSE Test"

"0077","Immersive Weapons"

"0078","Dragonbone Weapons 4K HD"

"0079","2k Dragonscale Armor"

"0080","Ancient Falmer Armor HD"

"0081","Outlandish Chitin Armour"

"0082","Frankly HD Nightingale Armor and Weapons [sSE]"

"0083","Frankly HD Dawnguard Armor and Weapons"

"0084","Frankly HD Thieves Guild Armors"

"0085","Frankly HD Shrouded Armor"

"0086","Frankly HD Miraak [sSE]"

"0087","Frankly HD Miraak HOTFIX 1.11"

"0088","Frankly HD Miraak - CBBE SE"

"0089","Frankly HD Imperial Armor And Weapons 4k"

"0090","4k"

"0091","ApachiiSkyHair_v_1_6_Full_optimized"

"0092","ApachiiSkyHairFemale_v_1_5_Optimized"

"0093","ApachiiSkyHairMale_v_1_2_Optimized"

"0094","KS Hairdo's SSE - Female"

"0095","Immersive KS Hairdos"

"0096","The Men of Winter SSE"

"0097","The Ordinary Women SSE 3.0 CBBE"

"0098","Improved Bards 1.3 - CBBE Nude"

"0099","Improved Bards CBBE SE - updated esp"

"0100","Bijin Warmaidens SE v3.1.3"

"0101","Bijin NPCs SE 1.2.1"

"0102","Bijin Wives SE 1.1.2"

"0103","Seranaholic SSE - Fomod - v1.1.0"

"0104","Claire"

"0105","Toccata Follower SE v1.4.2"

"0106","FNIS Behavior SE"

"0107","FNIS Spells SE 7.0"

"0109","XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended"

"0110","FNIS Output"

"0111","Caliente's Beautiful Bodies Enhancer -CBBE-"

"0112","Fair Skin Complexion for CBBE v10.0"

"0113","The Eyes Of Beauty - Player"

"0114","esp update for Player edition"

"0115","The Eyes of Beauty - NPC"

"0116","The Eyes of Beauty - Vampire Eyes SE"

"0117","Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack"

"0118","BellyAches HD Dragon Replacer 1.4"

"0119","Shuffler90's Skeleton 4k retexture - 4k-2k version"

"0120","Realistic Horse Breeds by Kritta Kitty"

"0121","Horse Saddle Retextures 1.0"

"0122","Archet's Dark Brotherhood Pack - Improved Shadowmere - Gray Saddle.zip"

"0123","Enhanced Lights and FX"

"0124","R's Handcart"

"0125","AltStartELFXPatch And RaceMenuActivator"

"0126","Unofficial ELFX SMIM fps performance patch"

"0127","WEBS SE x2048"

"0128","WEBS SE lighting mod patch"

"0129","Realistic Water Two"

"0130","Realistic Water Two - ENB Textures"

"0131","Enhanced Blood Textures"

"0132","VolcanicHeatHaze-by-fadingsignal.rar"

"0133","High Poly Project"

"0134","Weather Control"

"0135","SSELodgen"

[Vel8891]

Anyone? :)

[Deleted54170User]

Mod Organizer 2 is good. It has a loot sort link so you're sure the games mods are ready to play. Some thing to keep in mind is, everytime you change a mod for another with the same theme, e.g., like a weather mod, you need to start the game with your character in a small room, then Save the game. Relosd the game with your new save. And as the french word suggests. Voila' you're set to go and play without as much trouble as a CTD or a Identical meshes, textures mod grabbing extra VRAM or RAM causing your FPS: Frames Per Second to slow one Bit.

 

Mod Organizer 2 https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6194

[cumbrianlad]

I'd ask on the forum for Skyrim Special edition. Apart from that I'd advise you to play the vanilla game for a time and then decide what sort of thing you'd like in the game. That's the best way to find out what sort of mods you'd like. You could have the best mod in the world for mage characters, for example, but I wouldn't personally download them because I don't like playing as a mage! It's hard to advise anyone so generally about lots of mods

 

That said, one mod that I don't see in the list is Static Mesh Improvement Mod (SMIM). I wouldn't be without it. It improves the appearance of a whole load of unsightly meshes* and is customizable for your machine, so you can choose what you want to improve without slowing the game down. Again, it's best to play the vanilla game for a while, so that you are better placed to decide what parts of SMIM you want to instal.

 

 

* meshes are the 3D models for everything you see in the game, in case you didn't know. Skyrim uses a lot of low poly meshes, so that round objects can look very 'blocky'. SMIM adds more polygons and better textures to a load of meshes to make them look more realistic.

[JimmyRJump]

I've had a look at Mod Organiser 2 but found it to be too complicated and went for the then mod manager made for Nexus, the Nexus Mod Manager (NMM). Hit the link in my sig for the latest download. NMM has manual integration of BodySlide, LOOT and xEdit and is the simplest of the available mod manager. Been using it close to ten years to my utmost satisfaction. Don't use Vortex if you want to stay clear of trouble.

 

LOOT is not a mod but a tool to sort your plugins into a more or less okay order. It's not performing magic and some mods will have to be sorted manually still.

 

There's no way we can tell you what mods are essential. What may be essential for me can be highly disliked by someone else. As such, the best way to find out what's essential is by using a lot of different mods in several play-throughs and decide for yourself.

[cumbrianlad]

JimmyRJump,

 

I was interested by the comment to steer clear of Vortex.

 

I used to use NMM but switched to Vortex.

 

What problems are you referring to? I haven't noticed anything but maybe some issues I've had are related and I didn't realise.