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rightfuture

Skyrim Massive Mod Megalist - 500+ Outstanding mods

1-8-2014 minor update - below in posts. This is the actual load order for my Massive Mod Megalist.

Just my Personal WIP list of really good mods I am going to play my 2nd play-through with. 509 mods ATM - always a Work-in-Progress. They work together quite well, most have been stable in my load order for a long time, and are a lot of fun to play together.

This is my actual load order at the moment with renamed combo mods - that I will further breakdown when I have time very soon. Hopefully there are a few great mods you haven't seen yet.

I wanted to share this with you before Christmas so you have a chance to figure some of what load order worked for me on my working megalist. There is a whole lot of explanation and appropriate links forthcoming when I have time.

For those who haven't seen it yet. The start list order of mods is here:

http://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/2pauo6/pre_release_skyrim_massive_mod_megalist_500/

There are 509 mods total. 28+ mods are included in the TPC (Texture Pack Combiner) #73 mod of the start list.

This list is the load order of my .esp files 247 (shy of the 255 max)

This file was automatically generated by Mod Organizer.

1.Skyrim.esm

2.Update.esm

3.Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

4.Dawnguard.esm

5.Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp

6.HearthFires.esm

7.Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp

8.Dragonborn.esm

9.Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp

10.Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm

11.Falskaar.esm

12.Wyrmstooth.esp

13.SPIKE.esm - (removed due to upgrade to GDO 1.4)

14.ETaC - RESOURCES.esm

15.ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

16.DynamicLoot.esm

17.Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm

18.WinterholdDestruction.esm

19.TravellersOfSkyrim.esm

20.Solstheim Climate Overhaul.esm

21.Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

22.Thieves Guild Requirements.esp

23.Morning Fogs and Rainbows combo.esp

24.Traps Make Noise.esp

25.Slightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp

26.Brows and Beards combo.esp

27.DawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.esp

28.iHUD.esp

29.mintylightningmod.esp

30.realrainextended.esp

31.randomthunder.esp

32.UnlimitedBookshelves.esp

33.BrighterTorchesBiggerMagelight.esp

34.AHZmoreHUD.esp

35.Better Skill and Quest Books Names - BS.esp

36.Auto Unequip Ammo.esp

37.Dual Wield Parrying_SKSE.esp

38.BWS.esp

39.Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp

40.Disease Descriptions.esp

41.Follower Trap Safety.esp

42.HitStop.esp

43.Shadow of Morrowind.esp

44.ForgottenSettlements.esp

45.ETaC - Complete.esp (V12)

46.AOS.esp

47.Lanterns of Skyrim - All In One - Full Combo.esp

48.towBlockSteal.esp

49.SplashofRain.esp

50.Locational Damage.esp

51.Nausicaa's Tweaker.esp

52.AMatterOfTime.esp

53.Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp

54.IHSS.esp

55.SMDropLitTorch.esp

56.SkyUI.esp

57.AchieveThat.esp

58.DVA - Dynamic Vampire Appearance.esp

59.Populated Dung Fort Land NPC Horses.esp

60.Loadscreens combo.esp

61.Convenient Horses.esp

62.TKRecoil.esp

63.TravellersOfSkyrim - Dragonborn Addon.esp

64.dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

65.TravellersOfSkyrim - Vanilla.esp

66.WetandCold.esp

67.When Vampires Attack.esp

68.ajd_allowmultipleregift.esp

69.enhanced soundtrack 01.esp

70.enhanced soundtrack 02.esp

71.northern_encounters2.esp

72.HroldanNightgateSawmillSingleESP.esp

73.ETaC - Dragon Bridge South.esp

74.ImpeREAL Empire - Unique Cities - Falkreath.esp

75.White, Wind and Ext combo.esp

76.3DNPC.esp

77.Gifts Of The Outsider.esp

78.ExpandedWinterholdRuins.esp

79.Dawn of Rift-Wind Imers Trees combo.esp

80.AFT_iNPCFix.esp

81.Fairy ImNPCDRK load torch brains impacts combo.esp

82.Skyrim Immersive Creatures.esp

83.High Level Enemies complete combo.esp

84.MountainCitys.esp

85.Jehanna.esp (Haafstad)

86.BetterCitiesWhiterun.esp

87.Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

88.Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp

89.Clanking Armor.esp

90.Soul Gems Differ - E.esp

91.Skyrim Unlimited Rings And Amulets.esp

92.6 -20 Dungeons v2.esp

93.Birds combo.esp

94.Para Bet-ass thugs and rbb sand and swimx2 combo.esp

95.Immersive town combo.esp (now part of ETAC v13)

96.Animated Weapon Enchants.esp

97.SolitudeCapitalEdition.esp

98.Undeath.esp

99.SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esp

100.Rebirth Monster.esp

101.Rebirth Monster - SIC Patch.esp

102.Breezehome_Fully_Upgradable.esp

103.BC Newfrm-jarls Hroth Lorei combo.esp

104.SkyrimCoinReplacer.esp

105.SoS - The Wilds.esp

106.83Willows_101BUGS_V4_LowRes.esp

107.pinewood village.esp (optional)

108.SoS - Civilization.esp

109.OBIS.esp

110.OBISDB.esp

111.Civil War Overhaul.esp

112.Ace combo.esp

113.AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp

114.TradeBarter.esp

115.SkyFalls Plus SkyMills - All DLC.esp

116.Distant DetailHF.esp

117.ancient watchtowers.esp

118.Thunderchild - Epic Shout Package.esp

119.RavenscarVillage.esp

120.JK's Windhelm and Markarth combo.esp

121.DragonShoutVoice.esp

122.Skyrim Immersive Creatures - DLC2.esp

123.SoS - The Dungeons.esp

124.ClimatesOfTamriel Falskaar.esp

125.ExpandedSnowSystems-CoT.esp

126.ADS.esp

127.MoonAndStar_MAS.esp

128.Tes cities 2 combo 1.esp

129.DeadlyDragons.esp

130.ClimatesOfTamriel-Sound.esp

131.EnhancedLightsandFX.esp

132.ELFX - Exteriors.esp

133.ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp

134.Solstheim Climate Overhaul - COT compatibility.esp

135.Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp

136.Immersive Weapons.esp

137.CoT-WeatherPatch.esp

138.ELFXEnhancer.esp

139.Height Adjusted Races with True Giants.esp

140.NonEssentialChildren.esp

141.Tes Dun Gran Vern city combo1.esp

142.Solitude extras combo1.esp

143.tpos_windhelm_a2.esp

144.Stronger Daedric Artifacts.esp

145.WetandCold - Ashes.esp

146.EMCompViljaSkyrim.esp

147.EMViljaInSolstheimAddOn.esp

148.Complete Solitude.esp

149.BetterDGEntrance.esp

150.Rocks Moon Salt Glow Pilgrims Rab combo.esp

151.Immersive patrols combo.esp

152.Mighty Dragons combo.esp

153.DragonCombatOverhaulDragonborn.esp

154.Tes Arena NorthKeep.esp

155.AI Overhaul.esp

156.Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

157.Solitude A City Of Trade.esp

158.BellyachesNewDragonSpecies.esp

159.Cloaks.esp

160.1nivWICCloaks.esp

161.Bandolier.esp

162.SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp

163.Better Vampires.esp

164.StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

165.Northwatch Coast.esp

166.Inconsequential NPCs.esp

167.Fleetford.esp

168.Inconsequential NPCs - Enhancement.esp

169.tos laint-gran.esp

170.MorrowindImports.esp

171.Run For Your Lives.esp

172.Enchanting Freedom.esp

173.TheChoiceIsYours combo.esp

174.flaho_shi_wassersturz.esp

175.Clams Body Fast Arvak Point Books Stars 418 Red Floes combo.esp

176.Path of Shadows.esp

177.Duel - Combat Realism.esp

178.DeadlyCombat.esp

179.DwarvenMech.esp

180.ImprovedSneakDetection.esp

181.ExplosiveBoltsVisualized.esp

182.Unique Border Gates combo.esp

183.Syerscote.esp

184.HeljarchenFarm.esp

185.AdalMatar.esp

186.wildhorses.esp

187.Atlas Map Markers + Barenziah Full combo.esp

188.HothFollower.esp

189.tpos_dawnstar_a1.esp

190.TES Arena Amol.esp

191.Rav Snow city combo1.esp

192.tos_oakwood_hf.esp

193.SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp

194.CerwidenCompanion.esp

195.Daggercross_Alley.esp

196.Deadra-Aedra bows-helms Combo.esp

197.BCWhiterunTrees.esp

198.DungeonQuestAwareness.esp

199.Sneak Tools -all.esp

200.thewatchtowers.esp

201.MasterTheTimeAndSpaceTOGGLE.esp (updated to Bend Time ?)

202.SkyrimChimneysRW.esp

203.Space Wiking's Dwemer Exoskeleton.esp

204.Cont Cond Tele Noble Power Prvt combo.esp

205.AetheriumSwordsnArmor.esp

206.Ars Metallica.esp

207.1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp

208.Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

209.Dynamic and Dragon Loot combo.esp

210.MzarkWonders.esp

211.dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp

212.Dodge Mod.esp

213.UltimateDragons.esp

214.BLESSINGS - Altar Descriptions.esp

215.Elemental Staves.esp

216.Ars Metallica Patches combo.esp

217.Extended Encounters.esp

218.The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

219.middenexpanded.esp

220.Immersive Sounds - Compendium.esp

221.ESFAela.esp

222.Dwemer Certified.esp

223.WerewolfMastery.esp

224.ESFCompanions.esp

225.ERSO 30 - Better Enemy AI Dawnguard&Dragonborn.esp - replaced with combat evolved (redundant)

226.IslandFastTravel.esp

227.MoonAndStar_Undeath_compat.esp

228.BlockSparkles.esp

229.Gildergreen Regrown.esp

230.ETaC - Complete EWDR Patch.esp

231.ETaC - Complete ImpeREAL Patch.esp

232.Etac ELFX IS-Aos patch combo.esp

233.Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp

234.Helgen Reborn.esp

235.Windhelm Radioactive.esp

236.Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp

237.NoxUE2.00.esp

238.WolfFollower.esp

239.Wrath Of Nature.esp dropped to exchange for Wintermyst

240.ForgottenMagic_Redone.esp

241.Real Clouds.esp

242.Skyrim Bridges.esp

243.Dwemertech - Magic of the Dwarves.esp

244.WeatherAndAmbienceOverhaul.esp

245.RealisticWaterTwo.esp

246.AOS2 Realw Dco WetandCold patches combo.esp

247.Watercolor_for_ENB_RWT.esp

You should be able to match most of this load order list up with the previous start list of 509+ installed mods. You have to look at the start list (link above) to see all the installed mods. This is not a perfect list - It is a hard earned WIP that I wanted to share with you to help you. Use it as you like.

So I have a bunch of sets of these mods merged with the Tes5edit merge patch.

I did use LOOT to sort the merge and moved a small number of them due to load order issues. I plan on highlighting what I had to move.

I plan on laying the contents of the combos out in order. some of the combos do not have all of the patches included if they do not all merge.

Without the Memory Patch and Tes5edit Merge Patch this mod list was not possible.

I recommend being careful with mods like footprints, wet and cold, city mods, heavy script mods, etc for performance reasons. You can always turn them on an off with MO or one of the other mod managers.

There is a ton to say - this is the start of the breakdown. (several updates below)

I spent a lot of time figuring this all out. I am glad to help you get there but it will take time.

Please let us all know what you think. and if you find some even better mods to go with it.

This is a carefully constructed and tested list. My philosophy is to fit in good mods that I want to play with, not add in everything in sight and hope it works. I can confirm this list works well - my current testing is all showing stable and almost perfect.

Posted Dec 24, 2014, 1:24 AM UTC · edited

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Apollofleetfoot•

Your list has problems. No reason to have spike.esm, its been worthless for nearly a year. You are using 3 seperate combat mods, Deadly, Dual and Ace, along with Locational Damage. You are using the wrong High Level Enemies. Adal Matar is known to cause crashes, even on a vanilla game. You have several towns adding effectively the same towns to the game, which isn't a direct "problem" per se, but many will find it annoying (I am among them).

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rightfutureOP•

I agree. there is an awful lot to be improved. Thank you for the suggestions.

I should definitely remove spike.esm, The combat mods do work together - I researched them a good bit before combining them - based on your suggestion I will test them further.

The towns fit together in a comfortable way at the moment - a little crowded in places for some people - but they can remove what they want, I probably will do a more streamlined version with less towns since many like Pinewood village should be considered optional . I am definitely not saying this is a pack for everyone. I am saying that it is a list people can learn from. If nothing else to find new mods, and learn about load order and some tools that made it possible.

To address the annoyance with the name duplication in a certain mod. A recent version of Forgotten Settlements with the Thirteen Oranges patches have addressed the renaming of the mods so they do not have the same name. So the two Oakwoods, Laintar Dale's, and the name of mountain ones that currently escape me are renamed around each other. I happen to like playing with these specific towns together.

You can also remove the sets of Tes Arena, and Hroldan as you wish, since both have mostly modular .esps in certain versions. I do not play with all of them (thanks for reminding me so I can add it to my list). I do play with most of them however.

I will look into using a different High Level Enemies though I was using a specific SIC patch to make it compatible.

There are a few slightly unstable mods like Flaho Shi, Adal Matar, and some others which have slightly bad navmeshes or which may need to be cleaned - so far they appear playable and stable enough for me through the testing I've been through. I just preferred to leave them in at the moment. For the most part - I rarely have issues with any of the mods. I have a few things I will need to disable by console here and there for conflicts.

It would be nice if I grouped them into sets : weapon mods, dragon mods, item mods, city mods, magic mods, texture mods, etc. and further broke down choices for people. There is tons of room for improvement including removing certain mods, and adding sets of survival mods like Frostfall, or other alternative choices.

This is just my current WIP list for this playthrough ATM that I thought was worth posting - not a complete product. It's stable for me, well tested - not perfect in most anyway, but a good product and base to work with for those who chose. I worked very hard to get here and want to keep improving it. I have added and removed at least 20 mods in the last few months.

Sorry to continue to annoy you with this. It is all about the journey to make a better list for me. I'm sure the list will change a lot in the next 6 months.

Thank you for pointing out some of the flaws in your opinion. They are helpful. I expect you would do a lot of things differently. It would be great to see that list.

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rightfutureOP•

Testing Adal Mater and High Level enemies. GDO updated to 1.4 to remove updated spike.esm

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rightfutureOP•

I had already had the latest High Level Enemies 1.6. I currently have only a few mods that are not updated to the most current updates. Anything else I might have missed?

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rightfutureOP•

I am going to use Adal Mater as a video playthrough testing location as I start posting videos soon.

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rightfutureOP•

Now that I had a second to check I was using the right High Level Enemies v1.6 with the SIC patch. So which version of High Level Enemies did you think I was using?

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rightfutureOP•

I missed the GDO update that removed spike.esm. I just missed updating this. I will double check all of the mods for latest versions and will indicate which use older versions for specific reasons. Before I had posted this list I thought I had updated most everything. Some of the mods I did delay updating for personal reasons - to be explained here soon enough.

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rightfutureOP•

Checked - except for a few on purpose exemptions everything should be updated. Working on a version-ed list of updates for my list.

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Terrorfox1234Falkreath•

THIS is the real question...I could sit here doing 5 minute test sessions and easily build a massive list that is able to stay up and running for just a few minutes or the first few levels. I really have a feeling that this is a case of modding addiction at it's worst and that OP doesn't actually play this profile...and if he did he would probably have frequent CTDs and script lag

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rightfutureOP•

I am glad to answer and face all the questions you have.

More like multiple hour long sessions many days a week if not a lot more. I spent an awful lot of spare time here.

I understand your point Terrorfox and if someone threw up a random list of 500 mods I'd feel exactly the same, but this isn't that type of list. Not only did I spend a ton of time on this, testing and experimenting most every day, but most of this mod - 400 mods at least have been stable since Feb 2014 and have only been updated.

200+ of those mods were from STEP or Textures and were very stable from the start. The rest of the 400 were pretty extensive tested for the purpose of making sure they worked without save bloat or performance issues The remainder of the 100 mods I found since May of 2014 were 55+ city mods which I could not run before the Memory patch which I tested very extensively, probably 20-30 small mods which I found over the last year that made small changes(which I also tested) and probably 10-15 moderate sized mods like quests that I spent most of the last 6 months working out issues on. So even those had a few hundred hours of testing done on them to get issues ironed out. And I also avoided script lagged mods except for CWO and Wet&Cold (and a few others) which I've had for a long time.

I can definitively say I am not experiencing regular CTD's and feel confident that I have eliminated most of them. I rarely ever see them except with new mods I'm experimenting with. And the only script lag I'm experiencing right now is because I have to adjust the memory blocks because I switched from the original Memory patch to the one in SKSE 1.7 and I just have to get that right. It was working very smoothly with BOSS and the original memory patch.

If anything LOOT and SKSE 1.7 have improved that performance except for the slight vram hit I get, after 5 minutes or so, because my memory blocks are set too low. After that it's smooth sailing.

I will not claim that everything is perfectly playtested. I can say I spent hundreds and hundreds of hours making sure these mods worked as intended without unaccceptable lag for me, very rare CTD's if any anymore, and felt I was not going to have any issues - i.e. I was confident to share it under everyone's picky attention and questioning. I make no claims of perfection or packaging it for generally tastes - just sharing my experience for everyone's benefit.

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rightfutureOP•

Let me be as clear as possible in the short time I have to explain this right now.

I am not a mod junky that has to add every mod I see and pray that it works. Most of these mods took more than a few days to get right. I learned from a lot of forums and other people, as well as ton of testing and trial and error.

My biggest failing is that I have done no direct conflict resolution in Tes5Edit - and that was more because I was getting to that. This is a WIP that I wanted to share now - more because it was working well for me and others might appreciate it than any attention I could care less about.

Glad to prove this to you as much as necessary, and will have to figure out how to record some video proof for you.

I consider this an accomplishment to share not something to encourage others to do wantonly. I don't recommend people add a lot of mods quickly unless they understand all the work it takes to get it right, even with a lot of instruction.

I agree that large mods orders are incredibly hard to balance and get right. I simply thought that others could benefit a lot from all the hard work I've done to get this working, stable, and right at the moment for me. Even if someone wanted to copy my list exactly, which I doubt, it would take a month or two for any but the most experienced.

I plan on spending a lot of time explaining how long and what I did to build this mod order. I also plan on spending a ton of time explaining all the work it took to get it stable.

Feel free to ask me questions at your leisure. It will take a lot of time to lay all this out so people feel more confident that I'm not just tossing this together. This list deserves a lot more explanation than I could put together at the moment I decided to go ahead and hare it with you all. I could have spent a few months explaining how I installed this, but you would have seen this list in April 2015.

I am glad to answer any questions people have. Most of them will probably get answered when I post my tutorial on how I created and installed this. Please ask away.

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Terrorfox1234Falkreath•

No need to prove it...you've clearly put a lot of passion and time into this, and that sort of dedication can certainly yield a heavily modded yet stable game.

I would say diving into TES5edit would really seal the deal and I'd absolutely love to see a "Let's Play" series with such a heavily modded game...when you get there :)

Thanks for sharing :)

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rightfutureOP•

Will do.

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rightfutureOP•

To follow:

  1. Breakdown of combo mods merged with the Tes5Edit Merge Patch.

  2. Explanation on what mods were moved from LOOT mod order.

  3. How to install instructions including memory patch, enboost, realvision enb(if desired), mod organizer, and of course the mod. Most of these will be the best tutorials I can find. You can start with the latest Version of STEP-extended and remove the mods I don't use, or download and install my start list. I recommend you install the mods in small groups after downloading them, and then slow down and install and test the mods 1 by 1 after 300. Texture mods do not use .esps or can be merged into one. Any mod you don't understand simply skip until I can explain it further like the texture pack combiner mods. You can always come back to them later.

  4. All edited .ini files necessary.

  5. Any questions people have that I can reasonably answer.

  6. Screenshots, videos that all will take time. (edit -coming soon)

  7. Anything else I forgot.

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halbrd•

I do not envy you on the day you have to reinstall your OS.

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rightfutureOP•

I have dozens of backup of my entire mod folder. No problem. done it 6 times.

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rightfutureOP•

Heck I've even rebuilt my installation from scratch using STEP and everything. Once you've done it a few times it's easier.

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halbrd•

Oh, is it really that easy? How does it work with your mod manager? Does it automatically detect them or do you have to export and import the load order for the manager as well?

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rightfutureOP•

I backup my mod organizer folder - no worries. It launches fine from any location, just make sure mods like skse and tes5edit point to the current locations.

I even can run my old version with 400 mods from a mod organizer backup and it works smoothly. That version is almost a year old now.

Did you have any questions about that?

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BerlingSpoon•

It's cool, but i would like to see some screenshots or something in game! :) And merry christmas

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rightfutureOP•

I will try to get something as soon as possible after Christmas. I will be out of town and wanted to go ahead and share this list since it was going to take a lot of preparation to share it much later. I thought people would appreciate some better than none.

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rightfutureOP•

Working on it at moment.

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rightfutureOP•

Coming soon. :)

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Kond3P•

I honestly would pay a full AAA title price for this. You have to make a STEP:Pack out of this with included complete install guide. I have already read most of the important things when I installed REGS + 100 orher mods.

Still waiting for the screenshots/video demonstrations ;)

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rightfutureOP•

Video will have to wait a few months till I can figure it out. Can post some iphone video - poor quality in a week or so.

Screenshots will come in 5 days or so. I will do my best to get them to you quickly.

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Kond3P•

I recommend using Shadowplay or AMDs equivalent to record. You'll barely get any performance drop and it will give a better representation of the fps you're getting.

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rightfutureOP•

Thanks for the advice. I will be researching this immediately.

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rightfutureOP•

basic iphone screenshots and video are coming asap.

I have a few glitches here and there I need to refix after I switched to the skse 1.7 memory patch and redid a couple of combo patches. Everything should work perfectly for a long seamless playthrough as soon as I have some dedicated downtime.

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InformedChoice•

If anyone could direct me to a good mod suggestion forum or thread that would be nice as there are so many that you don't know which ones to go with. I have about 20 installed at the mo but think I could use many more and improve the experience.

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rightfutureOP•

Google the skyrim nexus and STEP forums. heck google any topic you're interested in and Skyrim to boot. I will post links when I can find some time. I promise. I have some good ones.

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InformedChoice•

Will do thanks :)

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rightfutureOP•

If you have any questions please let me know. I will post my list of resources here soon for you.

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Jack_HatMorthal•

Where are your SexLab mods?

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rightfutureOP•

I don't have any of those - fine for you or anyone else to work in or discuss.

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snow__•

do you mind to share your mod folder?

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rightfutureOP•

Not only would that be difficult, but some of the specific .esps are related to different performance mods were selected for my pc. Not sure how that would help you. Out of respect for the mods owners please attempt to take the time to download them from the Nexus individually, starting with the STEP guide which will teach you a lot. I do not use all STEP mods, just most of the them.

I am open to looking at a mod installer like, Mod Combiner. Which will let you click on each one in order. You should always take the time to read the individual mods, and the instructions in each mod's nexus page. Some of the mods will have load order conflicts that LOOT or BOSS will not fix. My list will give you an idea of a mod load order that works with these mods. I highly recommend you learn and use Mod Organizer to create test profiles to help you install my list in part.

Highly recommend you install one mod at a time and test after STEP. You want it working for you before you add a each new mod.

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rightfutureOP•

minor status update -1-5-14 . So I have some news in the works. screenshots will be coming, iphone video to follow soon after.

I have replaced the Wrath of Nature mod with Combat Evolved. Toying with Wintermist as a final mod choice. Working on updating the High Level Enemies mod as noticed by ApolloFleetFoot - i had specific working patches to work with SIC and Skytest. more to follow.

So a little install advice here to get anyone started.

  1. definitely install the memory patch, ENBBoost. SKSE 1.7 includes the memory patch, make sure this is working for you since it allows 100x the normal performance and 100 more of my mods.

  2. Pick a version of STEP to install. You can always alter it to fit this mod as you wish after you get it working. They should all work with the mod list. REGS will not work with this since it covers some different mod choices that will conflict. (there is a lot of overlap here though). You will learn a lot by installing STEP.

  3. Ignore the texture pack combiner (tpc) or use Mod Combiner (the successor mod) to roll in desired textures.

  4. Then slowly follow my start order on the first thread and add one mod at a time, (around your STEP install - as desired) and test that it is working correctly for you. It almost always is a load order issue

  5. You can use BOSS or LOOT to sort mods, and my load order list to get ones like ETAC, SOS, COT right.

  6. I will still have to break down my combined mods. So choose what you like so far. If you run out of .esp's we will be working on that soon. just get as far as you can right now.

  7. Have trouble or don't like one of my choices - don't use it. Very few mods are required to get this to work. It is mostly about load order that gets this stable and working.

  8. Don't install footprints - it causes performance issues with so many mods in my case.

  9. any different mod you add to my list may or may not work, use trail and error and searching google and the forums as your guide. This list is to customize as you please for your enjoyment. I'm just trying to make it even better.

  10. If you wish to use the Dawn of , Jk's series of towns instead of ETAC or Better Cities feel free. Many of them work well if you use modular versions of each of these city packs. I have tested a lot of these variations to find the towns I like best - at the moment. Just use common sense and trial and error to test them and adjust your mod load order after sorting with BOSS or LOOT. Choose the modular cities you like best - just realize load order may have to be tweaked a lot to get them to work.

  11. If you like STEP -REGS or Neovalen's Skyrim Revisted (from STEP) I pull a lot of content from both. You can always tailor make it for your own choices. There will be some mod conflicts because of choices, but much of this is already worked out and included.

  12. mod combination choices still to come.

Ask any questions if you are interested. I am getting to a place where I can organize and improve all of this.

Currently working on stability around changing the version of my memory patch, and finalizing the last few of my mods for a v1.0 full release version of this list. better install instructions, merged mods list, q&a, screenshots, video to follow. anyone wishing to help please let me know. Everything works - almost perfectly at this point with my system - that is relatively old.

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rightfutureOP•

1-8 minor update

so I have made some changes to load order (which I will update soon).

  • I added Wintermyst and removed the corresponding Enchanting Freedom Mod that it replaced.

  • I did add Windstadt mine but due to issue I could not readd the Port Windstadt mod - which you may have more luck with if you have a different setup

  • for those who care I actually had pieced most of these mods together before REGS( STEP) came out. There are some structural differences but a lot of overlap between these two mod compilations so I recommend you check out both mine and theirs. They did inspire me to release my list, especially since I had found some different variations than they had. Both lists are very good -in my opinion. Surprisingly my list will need a lot less(if any) patching to get it to work well.

PERFORMANCE ISSUES:

  • for those having performance issues make sure you have the memory patch and enboost properly configured. I also recommend hold off on script heavy mods in this order:

  1. Wet and Cold - you're probably going to want this anyway - so only remove this if you are having performance issues with testing.

  2. Footprints - This made a huge differences with mods with a lot of NPC's and Civil War mods like CWO. I ended up removing it and having a much easier time add a bunch more mods. Kind of a which would I like more choice.

  3. NPC mods. You are probably going to want to keep mods like Interesting Npc's, Inconsequential Npc's, Encounter mods, Travellers, populated lands, paths,etc. consider deselecting them for testing and stability with your setup since they can be performance heavy. less of these are better, but there are a few you probably would miss on if you didn't try them.

  4. Enhanced Blood. I had some serious issues with it in May2013 where it borked a ton of saved games for me. It has supposedly been fixed but I would make it a target for performance testing. I do not use it in my list or playthrough for those reasons, but others may be fine with it. If you have it -consider removing it around your own performance testing.

  5. City Mods - Other than ETaC you may want to hold off on city overhauls and city improvements until you have everything else you want installed. Until the memory patch came along last year, I could only run 2 city mods even though I had 400 mods stable. You can conversely choose the Dawn of/JK's series instead of my city choices - but of course please check mine out so you don't miss out on some great selections.

So I am only considering one last mod to work into my load order at this time - Immersive Detection of NPC vs the existing mod I have Immersive NPC's in the Dark which may end up replacing it.

Then all I have to do is make a bashed patch and install ASIS properly and then I will be ready to make some long play test videos for everyone. I will also make a better installation guide, including why I made certain choices. I will also post some screenshots very soon.

The last step which was pointed on by TerrorFox earlier is that I should and will end up learning and doing full Tes5edit conflict resolution on the full MMM list to show people how it is done, and possibly post a conflict patch for those interested in installing this whole mod collection.

As usual, if you have any questions please let me know.

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Kond3P•

Any thoughts on this? https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/2smgvx/skyrim_with_500_modsyes_it_can_be_done/

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