So I have been following the STEP guide up until conflicting graphics now and I decided to run around my Skyrim to see if everything is working so far. The problem I found is that the guards are wearing vanilla helmets instead of the modded helmets with eye holes from improved closefaced helmets. I followed the instructions to only use the meshes from the mod, deactivate it's plugins, and use the Improved Closefaced Helmets_Legendary esp from weapons and armor fixes instead. The mod itself is working but I still have vanilla guard helmets Vanilla guard helmet: https://imgur.com/4NXRJuX Modded imperial helmet: https://imgur.com/73KM2fF