The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - MODS & TWEAKS

[Blackjack Davy]

Tempted to give all this modding a go. IS the OP still valid?

Very much so, although modding is very much down to personal preferences (none of those body overhauls listed interest me).

 

[DaleTheWhale]

Tempted to give all this modding a go. IS the OP still valid?

Yes, I'm still running the mod list I posted, all should be OK still.

 

[Michaeljcox24]

OP have you ever used Skyrim Tuner's guide on the Nexus ?

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

Very much so, although modding is very much down to personal preferences (none of those body overhauls listed interest me).

Love the Bob Dylan song of your name.

I've used mods a bit before but I want to really go all out on visual mods and see if it's as good as people say.

 

[Michaeljcox24]

I've been modding Skyrim since it's release and this guide is by far the best one to follow if you're starting from scratch.

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30936/?

While the OP's post is still relevant, it contains a lot of ini file edits. Skyrim Tuners optionals on the Nexus contain a zip file for custom Ugrids 5 ini files that avoids all the hassle of doing it yourself. Also..

- There is no reference to install order. It's important because some mods overwrite other mods files.
- I couldn't find any reference to TES5 edit and cleaning masterfiles. This is also seen as a mandatory nowadays.
- I think I saw reference to the Steam Workshop. Me personally, I wouldn't recommmend using it.
- I would also make the following edits to the OP's SKSE ini file to allow for more RAM being allocated on loading.

[General]
ClearInvalidRegistrations=1
[Display]
iTintTextureResolution=2048
[Memory]
defaultHeapInitialAllocMB=1024
scrapHeapSizeMB=384

 

[arcon33]

Somethings gone **** up with my mods, fired it up after a few weeks not playing and a lot of snow textures are purple, I did update nmm a few weeks ago I wonder if it screwed it up

 

[Michaeljcox24]

Purple textures means texture files are missing from your data folder. You could try re installing any landscape textures in the order you originally installed them. That should fix it.

Theoretically, it should use the vanilla texture but you might have a mod that's changing the path for the snow textures.

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

I've been modding Skyrim since it's release and this guide is by far the best one to follow if you're starting from scratch.

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30936/?

While the OP's post is still relevant, it contains a lot of ini file edits. Skyrim Tuners optionals on the Nexus contain a zip file for custom Ugrids 5 ini files that avoids all the hassle of doing it yourself. Also..

- There is no reference to install order. It's important because some mods overwrite other mods files.
- I couldn't find any reference to TES5 edit and cleaning masterfiles. This is also seen as a mandatory nowadays.
- I think I saw reference to the Steam Workshop. Me personally, I wouldn't recommmend using it.
- I would also make the following edits to the OP's SKSE ini file to allow for more RAM being allocated on loading.

[General]
ClearInvalidRegistrations=1
[Display]
iTintTextureResolution=2048
[Memory]
defaultHeapInitialAllocMB=1024
scrapHeapSizeMB=384

I just spent an hour doing this tutorial to find that it just crashes on launch. There is so much that it could be, no wonder I never bothered doing this. It's such a pain

 

[Michaeljcox24]

This is something that's not covered much in the forums.

Download TES5 Edit, and click on the executable. A pop up box should appear with all your mods listed, and a button that says 'ok' at the bottom. Click on 'ok'.

This runs the TES5 Edit background loader. It simulates loading Skyrim without actually loading.

If your getting a crash, the background loader should stop with an error at the mod that's causing the problem. It's usually a patch issue that's loaded before it's masterfile.

Give it a try.

Make sure you use LOOT to get the right load order.

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

I used loot and there are some errors in there and I get an error with tes5 edit

 

[Amraam]

I used loot and there are some errors in there and I get an error with tes5 edit

I believe that usually happens when a dependant ESP etc hasn't been loaded. When you load the mods to clean, load them one at time, but I found that you need to load Skyrim.ESM and Update.ESM every time.

 

[Michaeljcox24]

I used loot and there are some errors in there and I get an error with tes5 edit

Message log in created in the folder you installed it to. What does it say ?

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

I think it was because I had some dawnguard mods on when I don't have dawnguard. Also some random mod that I don't know how it got there.

DO I have to start a new game?

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

I don't understand this edit thing at all, Lol, there's no explanation.

Spoiler

 

[Michaeljcox24]

Don't try and understand it, you wont.

Just follow Gophers video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw3g_N1jcZQ

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

Don't try and understand it, you wont.

Just follow Gophers video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw3g_N1jcZQ

That makes sense but I think I must have broken something
I got into the game (new game) but the bottom half of the screen was black

 

[Michaeljcox24]

Can you post screenshot ?

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

The cart seems to be flying around the place too!

Spoiler

 

[Michaeljcox24]

disable mist in enblocal.ini

Source: http://enbseries.enbdev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2870

As for the cart flying all over the place, that's a common issue. You need to put a frame cap in there. There's an ENB setting for it, I think it's in enblocal.ini aswell.

Alternatively, you could just use this mod to skip the whole Helgen sequence. I do. I got sick of seeing the cart sequence

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/3325/?

 

[Klunt Bumskrint]

disable mist in enblocal.ini

Source: http://enbseries.enbdev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2870

As for the cart flying all over the place, that's a common issue. You need to put a frame cap in there. There's an ENB setting for it, I think it's in enblocal.ini aswell.

Alternatively, you could just use this mod to skip the whole Helgen sequence. I do. I got sick of seeing the cart sequence

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/3325/?

That sorted it, cheers. I'll have to sink some time in now