Elrildra

So, that was part of my problem. There are two separate mods—the main one and the optional one—and each contain an SSEDisplayTweaks.ini. I'm using Mod Organizer so I installed them as separate mods, though the instructions say to merge the file. I made the changes. Thank you, easyrider1988! And I made the changes to both ini files. I think I got it now. Thank you both!

I've been following this guide: https://stepmodifications.org/wiki/SkyrimSE:1.0.0#.28optional.29_ENBSeries_with_the_Step_SkyrimSE_Guide mainly because I'm using game version 1.5.97. I am so lost on the SSE Display Tweaks section. I can't understand what I'm supposed to do. I have an Nvidia card and I don't have the G-sync whatever that is. Which ini file am I supposed to edit and how am I supposed to edit it? The Display Tweaks is two mods: the main mod and an optional mod. Which one contains the ini file? Am I supposed to add the following: [monitor refresh rate] - 1 (e.g., 60 Hz monitor should have 59 limit) I don't see "[monitor refresh rate]" in any ini file. Should I add it? And what is this: [Render] FramerateLimit=?? UIFramerateLimit=?? [OSD] Enable=true InitiallyOn=false Gah, this makes no sense to me! So sorry for my stupidity but I'm clueless. My monitor refresh rate is 60 Hz, by the way.

Thanks a bunch. The ini tweaks are surely a mystery to me, but I'm taking it on faith that guide recommendations will help. The LOD creation is a little intimidating but I think I can find my way around.

Updating an esp, assuming it's an esp that needs to be updated and not some other type of file, is very easy. You'll need Creation Kit, and for that, you'll need to download the Bethesda Launcher: https://bethesda.net/en/game/bethesda-launcher and install it. Then, from the Bethesda Launcher, install Creation Kit. Put the esp you want to update in the game's Data folder, then click the CreationKit.exe in the game's install folder to open Creation Kit. In Creation Kit, click File > Data. Select the esp you want to update. On the right of the screen, you'll see a list of the esp's master files under "Parent Masters." This will tell you which master files you need to load along with your esp. Double-click the master files you need to load to place a checkmark next to them. Select your esp and place a checkmark next to it if it hasn't already been checked. With your esp highlighted, click "set as active file" then click "OK." You'll get a ton of error popups as your esp loads. Just click "Yes to All" every time an error message pops up. I don't know what those errors are for but everything I've read says just to ignore them. So, I've always ignored them. Never had a problem an updated esp. Depending on the esp, Creation Kit can take forever to load. After it loads, there will be a new little window that pops up that lists all the errors. Close that window. Then save your esp by clicking the save icon at the top. It looks like a floppy disk. And that's it! Close Creation Kit and replace your old esp with your new esp.

Hello. I have more than one question, actually. I'm not sure if I want to follow the guide or not. Many of the mods are not to my taste. However, I was thinking that the Bethini tweaks the guide recommends might be worth it no matter which direction I take with my game. Mostly, I tend to use mesh and texture mods: things like armor, hair, custom skin, landscape textures, etc. In short, I have to turn every game I play into the Sims, lol. I don't bother with a lot of gameplay mods. Given that it's mostly meshes and textures that I'm using, would doing the Bethini tweaks break my game? Or have no effect at all? I have NO IDEA what anything means in the ini files. The other questions I had is about making billboards. Does the game require just one billboard for the trees and textures or can/does it utilize more than one? If a tree mod and a landscape texture mod came with its own billboard, would that be acceptable? I don't know how the billboard system works with the game and the idea of making my own billboards is awfully intimidating. I am such an incredible noob; it's embarrassing. Can anyone explain how the billboard system works in Skyrim SE? I thank thee in advance

Ah, okay. Thank you. I don't want to install every mod from the guide--mostly the ones I don't want are texture mods and/or quest mods--and I wanted to make sure I installed whatever mod provides the loader.

Hello. The newest STEP guide says next to the Net Script Framework link to ignore the loader, that the loader will be provided by another mod. Can anyone tell me which mod provides the loader? Thanks so much!