Wanna start playing again for the first time in forever, could use some advice.

[Superrpgman]

Ok, so it's like this. Years ago I asked for recommendations for some basic mods that are considered essential, planning to go from there, and someone replied telling me to do all these complex things and follow really complicated, confusting steps to do them. and disable things like disable all autosaves. It literally put me off from playing this game entirely, and I haven't touched it in a long time.

 

I'm hoping that the person was paranoid, and you don't really have to do all of this just to play them game without it becoming super glitchy, and crash happy, and so I'd like to hear if this really is the case or not. I didn't have to do so for Fallout New Vegas or Fallout 3 after all. Man, I just really hope that this isn't the case, because I wanna enjoy one of my favorite games again.

 

If it's not the case, can you please recommend some good, basic, easy to install mods that work really well together?

 

I also would like some advice on how to create a backup where I can either go back out vanilla if I need to, or better yet start over with the basic mods that you people would be willing to recommend.

 

Thanks.

[MFitz56]

Ok, so it's like this. Years ago I asked for recommendations for some basic mods that are considered essential, planning to go from there, and someone replied telling me to do all these complex things and follow really complicated, confusting steps to do them. and disable things like disable all autosaves. It literally put me off from playing this game entirely, and I haven't touched it in a long time.

 

I'm hoping that the person was paranoid, and you don't really have to do all of this just to play them game without it becoming super glitchy, and crash happy, and so I'd like to hear if this really is the case or not. I didn't have to do so for Fallout New Vegas or Fallout 3 after all. Man, I just really hope that this isn't the case, because I wanna enjoy one of my favorite games again.

 

If it's not the case, can you please recommend some good, basic, easy to install mods that work really well together?

 

I also would like some advice on how to create a backup where I can either go back out vanilla if I need to, or better yet start over with the basic mods that you people would be willing to recommend.

 

Thanks.

The more that you mod your Skyrim game the more necessary it is to use tools and fixes to keep it stable. If you play the vanilla game and just add a few armor mods, for instance, then they aren't necessary. However, as you add more mods, and more complex mods, the tools are absolutely essential to avoid frequent CTD or infinite loading screen.

 

The best guide to this, of which I am aware, is this:

https://www.loverslab.com/blogs/entry/7521-conglomerate-01-installing-skyrim-stability-fixes-tools/

It has been used successfully by hundreds of people and, while it requires a little work, is straightforward and not particularly hard to do.

 

Last, as far as backup, you shouldn't need to worry about it much. If you decide to start over delete everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) in your Skyrim directory and just reload from Steam (i.e., let Steam be your backup for the vanilla game - after all, you paid them for it).

[Shadeybladey]

can you please recommend some good, basic, easy to install mods that work really well together?

 

But to what end? We don't know what type of game you prefer. Glorious graphics, nitty-gritty survivalist, role-playing etc

 

The bare basics are easy. I think the main thing is to clean the Master files with TES5Edit (this and making a bashed patch are probably what appeared so complex, but there are guides out there)

 

So first, get the Unoffical patches, or USLEEP for SLE (IE all the DLC). I assume you play LE rather than SSE or Oldrim and just 1 or 2 DLC.

 

SkyUI

 

SKSE, of course, which is not a mod but a script extender needed by SkyUI and many other mods.

 

All, or at least most, of Arhmoor's mods

 

Categorized Favorites Menu, which takes some tweaking and setting up, but once it's done it's great and better for my money than SkyUI favourites

 

And get the most recent versions of the mods you want.

 

After that it really depends on your play style, preferred character types and so on. Kyptopyr's (sp?) CACO is a great cooking and alchemy mod, although I don't use it as I have my own, but I use several of his other mods like Stealth Skills Rebalanced.

 

I like the survival, Ranger and camping type mods, and recreating AD&D classes in a Daggerfall Style and old Daggerfall Classes like Spellsword, Nightblade etc and role-playing them, or Rangers, Druids, Thief etc. There are some excellent mods for a Bard when I want to play a Bard, Druid mods for that. I don't always use them, but I can if I want to. And Pocket Empire Builder let's me build campsites and Strongholds in the wilderness and leave some followers there and tell them to Relax. When I come back, they have chopped a ton of wood and mined all the ore veins within the Stromnghold.

 

I could list my current mod list, but I don't know how much help that would be.

 

 

 

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

Dawnguard.esm

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp

HearthFires.esm

Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp

More Interactive Items.ESM

More Interactive Items [Dawnguard].ESM

More Interactive Items [Hearthfire].ESM

SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esm

ImmersiveContent.esm

Mine and Cut Gems.esp

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp

Better Dynamic Snow.esp

SplashofRain.esp

BardSoundsMalukah.esp

ImmersiveContentExteriorLighting.esp

Life In Prison.esp

Coins.esp

SoS - The Wilds.esp

realrainextended.esp

Birdsofskyrim.esp

RealShelter.esp

SoS - The Dungeons.esp

EnhancedCrafting.esp

SkyrimSewers.esp

The Haunted Tower.esp

RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp

Druidessentials.esp

LocalizedGuildJobs.esp

BirdsHFclean.esp

skyBirds - Airborne Perching Birds.esp

83Willows_101BUGS_V4_HighRes.esp

alchemy guide.esp

AMatterOfTime.esp

Bag of Holding.esp

Run For Your Lives.esp

RPQuestAssist_2dot0.esp

Rebirth Monster.esp

TheChoiceIsYours.esp

Cloaks.esp

_pocketempirebuilder.esp

Chesko_WearableLantern.esp

DivinePunishmentForArrowsToTheKnee.esp

SkyUI.esp

Dual Sheath Redux.esp

FISS.esp

MultiSack.esp

Traps Are Dangerous.esp

WetandCold.esp

WetandCold - Ashes.esp

Footprints.esp

Footprints - Ash.esp

iHUD.esp

TakeNotes.esp

Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp

1nivWICCloaks.esp

1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp

Stealth Skills Rebalanced_COMPLETE.esp

Smithing Perks Overhaul_Remade.esp

BardsCollegeBed.esp

When Vampires Attack.esp

AchieveThat.esp

AlwaysPickUpBooks.esp

BurntCorpse.esp

GrassOnSteroids_NaturalEdition_Vanilla.esp

NoAutoSkillBooks(Better).esp

LearnAlchemyFromRecipes.esp

SIDT - Skyrim.esp

SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators-Dawnguard.esp

Realistic poison.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp

dD-No Screen Blood.esp

Thieves Guild Requirements.esp

TwoRings.esp

UnreadBooksGlow.esp

vinis_crime_gold.esp

abotFiresHurt.esp

BuryTheDead.esp

MasterIllusionCapRemover.esp

Better Stealth AI for Followers.esp

Realistic crime report radius.esp

DragonCombatOverhaulDragonborn.esp

The Dance of Death - Ultimate Edition.esp

BHWarPaints.esp

dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

Hidden Shadows V3.esp

Atlas Map Markers.esp

Reachwind Eyrie2.esp

SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators-Dragonborn.esp

Bards&Merchants.esp

BR_HoodCirclets.esp

Chesko_Frostfall.esp

DungeonQuestAwareness.esp

ImmersiveContentEXTLightDawnguard.esp

Provincial Courier Service.esp

HunterTraps.esp

wizDynamicThings.esp

Drinking Fountains of Skyrim.esp

Morthal Tweaks.esp

JBS_banking_redux.esp

Prometheus_BeastSkeletons.esp

Shortcuts.esp

ConjurationMadnessModv1.esp

Journeymans Nook.esp

The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

Sneak Tools.esp

Sneak Tools Vanilla Hoods.esp

Atlas Dawnguard.esp

Atlas Blackreach.esp

Atlas Dragonborn.esp

CP Apple Trees.esp

Really Unique Uniques.esp

d_b Whetstone.esp

TheChoiceIsYours_Dawnguard.esp

Wrath Of Nature.esp

Atlas Hearthfire.esp

ImmersiveContentVeryLateLightPatch.esp

battleflute.esp

RedMountainErupts.esp

Upgrade Leveled Items Spell.esp

Magelight Multi Cast.esp

Sensible Item Breakdown.esp

WM Flora Fixes.esp

AutoHarvest2.esp

World_Map_No_Fog.esp

SpeechTree.esp

Sneak Tools Vanilla Masks.esp

Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp

ScarabHearthstone.esp

JaxonzRenamer.esp

Get Out Of My Way.esp

moveit.esp

Realistic Gold Weight.esp

RiverWood Home(v2).esp

RND_DrinkingFountains-Patch.esp

RunesMax4.esp

Shadow's Place.esp

_shb_Healers&Poisoners.esp

_shb_H&P_Mine&CutGems_Patch.esp

_shb_H&P_RND_Patch.esp

_shb_SWSQ_SilverSmithing.esp

_shb_DH_Smithing.esp

_shb_DH_AmuletSmithing.esp

_shb_Sunray.esp

_shb_TransmuteOreOverhaul.esp

_shb_WalkSpeedFix2.esp

Axes, Picks and Firewood.esp

Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp

World_Map_Height_Pitch_Tweak_250.esp

UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp

 

 

I have a copy of the original esm files, so I don't need to waste time and download allowance, and a copy of the cleaned masters. I rarely revert to Vanilla, but I think I might soon, just to clean out stuff I don't use anymore. There is a guide for it as well, but I would put my Vanilla Masters back in data, and delete everything except the masters, associated bsa files and high res graphics, verify files for the Vanilla scripts etc and replace the Vanilla masters with the cleaned versions. As I always keep the zip/rar files of mods I download, I can then install the ones I want.

 

 

DOH!

 

This site can’t provide a secure connection

www.loverslab.com sent an invalid response.

ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR

 

Still!

 

I just cannot get on to that site!

 

:D

[Superrpgman]

Ok, so it's like this. Years ago I asked for recommendations for some basic mods that are considered essential, planning to go from there, and someone replied telling me to do all these complex things and follow really complicated, confusting steps to do them. and disable things like disable all autosaves. It literally put me off from playing this game entirely, and I haven't touched it in a long time.

 

I'm hoping that the person was paranoid, and you don't really have to do all of this just to play them game without it becoming super glitchy, and crash happy, and so I'd like to hear if this really is the case or not. I didn't have to do so for Fallout New Vegas or Fallout 3 after all. Man, I just really hope that this isn't the case, because I wanna enjoy one of my favorite games again.

 

If it's not the case, can you please recommend some good, basic, easy to install mods that work really well together?

 

I also would like some advice on how to create a backup where I can either go back out vanilla if I need to, or better yet start over with the basic mods that you people would be willing to recommend.

 

Thanks.

Oh, I'm actually played the Special Edition. Am I on the wrong board?

[Shadeybladey]

Oh, I'm actually played the Special Edition. Am I on the wrong board?

 

No idea! There may be a forum section dedicated to SSE, but the same general principles apply. Take a look and repost your query there if there is an SSE Forum. I play SLE.

 

:)