It looks a bit intimidating at first, but once you’ve got it set up, you won’t need to worry about it at all. There are several good ones, but Nexus Mod Manager is your best bet. You can hop directly to the kind of mod you want via the links below.Įven if you’re just planning on using a few mods, grabbing a mod manager will skip so much hassle. We've only picked the very best Skyrim mods, but there are so many available that we've had to break them down by category. The fewer mods you’ve installed, the easier it will be to pinpoint any problems or conflicts. You don’t need to fire up the save after every mod, but it’s worth checking a few times during the process to make sure everything’s working. What I like to do is create a new, unmodified game, get somewhere like Riverwood and then create a save that I can use for testing.
It’s also recommended to do a clean install of Skyrim and start a new game, especially if you’re going to be throwing a lot of mods into the mix.
Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.įProjectedUVDiffuseNormalTilingScale=0.2000įProjectedUVNormalDetailTilingScale=0.8000įLightingOutputColourClampPostSpec=1.Before you start turning dragons into 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, there are a few things you’ll want to install first. Errors may occur during load or game play. SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. SResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices_en0.bsa, Skyrim - Textures0.bsa, Skyrim - Textures1.bsa, Skyrim - Textures2.bsa, Skyrim - Textures3.bsa, Skyrim - Textures4.bsa, Skyrim - Textures5.bsa, Skyrim - Textures6.bsa, Skyrim - Textures7.bsa, Skyrim - Textures8.bsa, Skyrim - Patch.bsa SResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes0.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes1.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa SArchiveToLoadInMemoryList=Skyrim - Animations.bsa The issue can also occur in interiors but the shadow problems are ONLY on characters and NPCs.įMaxFrameCounterDifferenceToConsiderVisible=0.06666667 I'm having an issue where the shadows on my character are blocky/stripy