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I've created a MO2 plugin to band-aid this issue. Thanks for information provided here. Plugin just redirects anything that goes to Documents/Skyrim.INI back to Documents/Skyrim Special Edition via MO2 VFS, it's not a real fix but enough to satisfy my OCD for now. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/144932

I really like Pandora compared to Nemesis. I belive Pandora will be the new standard.

As a workaround, I ended up increasing the "Mass" value of the involved lanterns. Most had a mass of 30. I increased this value to 170. Works well so far in my game.

https://dyndolod.info/Help/Grass-LOD, https://dyndolod.info/Updating LOD for grass is part of object LOD and can not really be separate. If you already have an existing LOD mod you want to keep but also be able to switch back to, make a copy of it into a new LOD mod. Deactivate the old LOD mod to be kept as is and activate the new LOD mod to be updated. Start DynDOLOD, select the desired worldspaces, check grass LOD and generate as usual. Merge the new output into the new LOD mod. Overwrite existing files.

Deactivated "Font overhaul - Natural Typefaces of Skyrim" and the "bug" went away. Now i just have to figure out how to solve it.

In the instructions for "Unofficial High Definition Audio Project" there are no longer any instructions about downloading all the files and merge them. Maybe bring that back?

If a on demand textures like the *linear.dds already exists in the load order or the output folder it will not be created again. For now you would have to delete them beforehand manually.

Should not be. I use the nude version to with no problem.

Discussion topic: 1st Person Greatsword Idle Animation Fix by Kellborn Wiki Link Greatswords in Vanilla didn't have any Idle animations, tbh i've never noticed this. Not sure if its "worthy" to be considered here but i think it is a great "fix".

Discussion topic: Crosshair-aligned Crossbow by Pragasette Wiki Link A small animation replacer to align the crossbow with the crosshair. Makes aiming with a crossbow a lot better in my opinion.

This hole fix is already covered by "Major Cities Mesh Overhaul" and it looks imo better than this fix here. You just have to hide the "wrblacksmithbase.nif" file from Whiterun Mesh fixes so it won't overwrite the hole fix from "Major Cities Mesh Overhaul".

You can change the size of the font by editing Convenient Reading's INI file. Double click Convenient Reading on the left pane and then click the INI tab. Select the Convenient Reading.ini and on the right change both iBookFontSize and iNoteFontSize to a higher number. The default is 15 which I personally found too small. I changed them both to 20 which is Skyrim's default font size. iBookFontSize=15 iBookFontSize=20

Only debug logs were uploaded. The debug log reports that there is a file C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\seasons\MainFormSwap_WIN.ini, it is loaded and processed. As usual, to find files in the data folder, use MO2 right window Data tab. Make sure enable the Mod column. Make sure to check Enable archives parsing under menu Tools, Workarounds tabs.

What i write is ofc my opinion. How could it be anything else? I belive you are very wrong that most STEP users play without adding or extracting other non guide mods to there game. People using the guide (and other guides) ask all the time if this or that mod is compatible. You have the OPINION that it is a god given human right to have an automated way to install mod lists into their game? That is what you impose. Many mod authors are getting more and morre tired of people on the Nexus demanding support.

I had to enable a few other mods such as Unique Map Weather Framework, A Clear Map of Skyrim, A Mountainous Experience, Majestic Mountains and patches, Enhanced Vanilla Trees, Grass Cache, etc. to be able to complete step 7. Also, had to revert the 21-Post-Processing edits in my DynDOLOD_SSE.ini and TexGen_SSE.ini back to their default values since I'm currently not using ENB. Generating LOD files now. Will report back in a few days (or earlier if any CTDs occur).

I have started so many new games I can't even count. I have even tried cleaning my new saves. Could be hardware related. Maybe a mod doesn't like my old Nordic RTX4090 or my Imperial 13700K.

Discussion topic: Completionist Creation Club and Unofficial Patches by ElvanLady Wiki Link Adds Completionist tracking for Creation Club and mods not already supported by the framework. A new hub for patches for Completionist, which also includes my patch for Lost Library.

Discussion topic: Better Grabbing by SkyrimThiago Wiki Link I've been using this in my own build. Vastly reduces frustration with grabbing and moving things around, and I haven't seen any weird compatibility issues with anything in the STEP v2.3 list.

wow, very cool mod, thanks!

Dont do a fresh install of Step Guide when tired. I solved it.

Sorry for necro. I fixed this problem by creating a Wrye Bash patch checking "Cells" and all its contents. The problem was either nav mesh or idle markers inside taverns that canceled bards songs since their AI switched constantly to these near spots. Making a bashed patch fixed my problem entirely. (By the way, my bashed patch has only Cells and Leveled Lists checked. ^_-) I just had this issue for months, searched Google after a solution, found this forum section, and, after finding a solution myself, I created an account to answer this in hope to help others in the future. Cheers!

So fast! You never sleep? Btw, i am reinstalling 2.3 from scratch atm.

Hello! Thank you for your quick response. However, I’m a bit lost. Nothing on the Bruma forum helps me with my issue. I have some additional elements that I’ve tested… I tried generating the LODs myself using "Execute LODGen" from DynDOLOD, but it results in the same issue. When I check the files (I tested with Molagworld (Coldharbour)), I see that there are only 5 or 6 files, and on top of that, they are only 1KB in size… I don’t know what could be causing this or how to fix it. I know that Bruma is poorly handled by DynDOLOD, but Vigilant should normally work fine. However, I noticed something: there are LOD files included in the base archive of the Vigilant mod. I have no idea how to use them or if they are even useful. If I generate the files with xLODGen, they work fine, and all the files are present (there are 510 files, each around 250KB). However, they conflict with those from the Vigilant mod. I don’t think that’s a big issue, though, since I’m generating them myself for the terrain. The real problem is with objects (and trees as well, but there aren’t really any in Coldharbour, as I recall from playing the mod before). I also want to mention that I followed the STEP guide for everything related to configuration and basic elements, including xLODGen and DynDOLOD. I installed everything as detailed in the STEP guide for improving the map, along with a few extra mods here and there. As for Bruma, what’s strange is that I never generated LODs for its worldspace, neither with xLODGen nor DynDOLOD. Despite that, I have the same issue as with Vigilant, even though I did generate the LODs for Vigilant. Thanks for your help and response!

Really appreciate you checking that out! Looks great now! R

Problem solved, I followed the guidelines and no more seams. Case closed! Thank you for the quick help. EDIT: Unfortunately no, it's still happening. EDIT 2: Fixed for good! I had to disable Worldspace Transition Tweaks before generating the terrain LODS. I also used the settings from that page instead.

Here's a video. I tested at the nodes near Lakeview Manor and Embershard Mine. Please let me know if there's anything else that might help.

Oh wow my settings were all wrong. I'm generating new terrain LODS with your settings, hopefully that takes care of the issues. Thank you for the help, Azura's blessings upon 'ya!

The vanilla complex grass with the default ENB settings for complex grass and every other effect disabled still matches fine at noon with the default billboard NIF 4, perpendicular normals and settings. Though I might change the default to billboard NIF 5 (still perpendicular normals) and use a bit of backlighting and reduce the brightness multipliers a bit for slightly close matching at dusk/dawn depending on view direction. The hole thing of complex grass with a normal map texture was that it - unlike the vanilla grass - that the LOD billboards required 4 planes with perpendicular normals to match what ENB does. The first question to answer would be what ENB settings or mods change that.

Great. Thanks for reporting back that it works as intended now. The debug log is saved right after the normal log if you let the tool shutdown normally. Since it is working OK now, don't worry about it.

Great, thanks. I saw recommendation for convenient reading settings on internet, but somehow missed to find the ini file itself in my installation. Now it works, so either ways are good or even in combination of FOV and convenient reading settings.

Seems like i made oversight on the other LOD settings. I generate it again and replaced existing, the problem is fixed now thank you.

Mod was updated to NG. Version 18/1.3.0 Switch to CommonlibNG to support all game versions with one DLL. No other changes.

Detailed Instructions for Vanilla Landscape Corrections needs to be updated. There is no longer an update file that needs merging. And the .esp "VLC Merged Patch - CFR-StaveChurchBW.esp" no longer exist so it can't be deleted.

Thanks! I went back through and that has fixed the issue. I did have to re-enable all plugins in MO, however as that wasn't automatic for the FearsomeFists alert, but all sorted after doing so. Much appreciated!

The one with %USERPROFILE% is not working with xEdit! And normally works if the whole path set I suggested above: BethINI pie works with INIs saved in MO profiles. By default when you select the game SkyrimSE it tries to go to non-GOG folder, so you have at first correct the Setup path via menu Edit->Setup and set a proper path (it needs to be done once): Once edited and saved by BethINI (f.e. change just resolution) you may check whether MO2 shows the changes in open INIs folder or in INI editor.

Managed to use the whole STEP guide on GOG version 1179 where My games and similar other paths contains GOG. MO2 supports this GOG version already, just I suggest using profile specific paths for inis, plugins and saves (like in TRA guide), then BethINI pie works with no args. All other tools (xEdit, etc.) should have the GOG paths for ini, saves, profile, f.e. xEdit: -IKnowWhatImDoing -SSE -AllowMasterFilesEdit -I:"C:\Users\<user>\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition GOG\Skyrim.ini" -P:"C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Skyrim Special Edition GOG\plugins.txt" -G:"C:\Users\<user>\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition GOG\Saves" And for Mods where FOMOD contains GOG 1179, you have to select it, instead of Steam 1170 as of STEP. Final trick with RaceMenu, just check discussion for the mod on Nexus, there is a link to GOG 1179 racemenu version.

Wouldn't ya know it. Just as soon as you update the guide, a new version of this mod is released rendering the STEP instructions outdated. EDIT: Oh, wrong mod. It was the Static Mesh Improvement Mod Improvement Mod that got updated.

https://dyndolod.info/Help/Grass-LOD Grass LOD is generated for LOD level 4 only. https://dyndolod.info/Help/Grass-LOD#Settings With No Grass In Objects full grass can be rendered past the active cells, so grass LOD can either start right beyond the active exterior cells (uGridsToLoad), which has better for performance - or beyond the large reference distance (uLargeRefLODGridSize). The DynDOLODGrassMode/DynDOLOD-Grass-Mode 1 or 2 setting controls the distance of full grass respectively to make sure it renders to the edge where the grass LOD starts. Grass LOD is only generated in LOD Level 4. Grass Mode 1 and 2 define max distance of full grass and thus where grass LOD starts. For grass LOD to be visible the terrain LOD needs to be of high quality so the billboards are not hidden under coarse terrain LOD or float above it, which can be achieved by increasing how far terrain LOD level 4 shows. Grass LOD in higher LOD levels will take a considerable longer time to generate, create huge LOD files, since they cover 4 times the area. Rendering lots of small triangles covering each other can have quite the effect on performance. The performance and resource requirements still increase quite a lot, even if density is lowered. The idea is that at those distances "grass" colors should be baked onto the terrain LOD textures.

Thank you! AFAIK, our company has its own reasons to become friends with modding community (among other things, our engine-under-development should include explicit support for modding, including running mods on our servers (!)). So, when SUMMON - which was indeed started as a hobby project - got to where it is now, we raised this question with the management, and they agreed to spend some resources on making a (free and open-source) product out of it.

Reading this just makes me want to thank the admins here for being so patient and helpful to all ages, regardless if we are "smart people" or not!

Thank you for the answer. I generated grass cache and didn't generated LOD's for grass. Figured intuitively that grass LOD's are going hand in hand with 21 Post-Processing. Also I made two versions of DynDOLOD's: First with medium presets and performance options and Second with high presets and optimal options to test on my laptop. I see around 7-10 FPS drop outside of Whiterun and Riften. Also what I saw that High presets with optimal options is much better looking than Medium presets with performance options. Medium-Performance: High-Optimal: Thank you for your answers, I really appreciate them.