Yirmeyahu

It seems as though nearly 6 years after release that FAR may have received a proper FOMOD installer update. While I will miss seeing the old 13 step (w/ 8 screenshots) install instructions in the guide, I'm sure some will welcome this change.

Can I just jump in with an absolutely worthless $0.02? (Well, I guess I just did. LOL) I just wanted to say that I am honestly HAPPY to see a back and forth exchange from Admins here on the greater issue currently facing Skyrim modding (and, really, its future). Sometimes as "just some dude who games and mods casually", I feel like it's only me seeing these types of issues as even being, well, issues in the first place. So, as much as I'm not enthused to see anyone ever talk about throwing in the towel (even half-jokingly), I know EXACTLY why it was said and have felt EXACTLY the same way myself recently. So, I am actually relieved to see that it's not just me and not just being said at the "layman level". Seriously... thanks for that refreshing peek "behind the curtain". (Sidebar: Just this week I decided that since everything feels FUBAR anyway I'd undertake the project of "downgrading" Skyrim all the way back to 1.5.97 with SKSE 2.0.20 but keeping the AE CC content in place. Obviously, that's beyond what STEP has ever been intended to be or do and, with having to determine what mods ACTUALLY need to be rolled back and which should remain at newest versions to cover the CC content, the "average user" of the guide would probably get lost since most are understandably not looking to take the time to educate themselves on such matters. But, for what it's worth, I may be having the best time I've had modding Skyrim in years now. I've been able to get the entire current STEP load order - and some old "abandoned" mods like MiniMap and some combat overhaul mods far beyond the scope of STEP - to all run together with more than enough stability to suit me. Oh, all on Windows 11, no less, since if you're gonna try hard to break stuff you might as well go all in! I guess I've decided to try to go off the reservation a bit and make lemonade out of lemons. What else is a physically disabled dude supposed to do with their time, I guess? I know that doesn't help with a structured guide like STEP at all. But, maybe it does something for someone somehow. LOL)

I noticed this right away as well. The author is recommending Thieves Guild Requirements SE - Settings Loader in place of FISSES in their Nexus post. I haven't bothered testing though.

Cool. Thanks for the quick answer. I'm just getting back into modding Skyrim after a couple years off. I was just about done setting up STEP 1 for SE from scratch when I spotted this post. I think I'll blow it all away and start fresh with STEP 2 since modding is mostly about the modding and not the gaming for me anyway. (Never was scared of beta testing stuff either. LOL) If nobody else has done it, I may even toy with the "Best of Both Worlds Patcher" for "Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Downgrade Patcher" on the Nexus which seems to keep the new Data files in place while rolling the game itself back to 1.5.97. (I'm sure some stuff will be broken. But, maybe knowing what will be useful.)

How about compatibility with SkyrimSE 1.6.x? Or is STEP 2.0.0 still currently only compatible with SkyrimSE 1.5.97? (Once SKSE64 is updated, of course.)