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I realize that non-step installations are not technically supported, but if anyone has any input, it would be greatly appreciated: I've been working on my STEP setup for a few days now, and it occurs to me that, there being other mods I want to use, I should check to see if they are going to be usable with all the STEP stuff I am using. I know it's a lot to ask, I'm not expecting anyone to go and test my mods for me, but if anyone knows offhand if some of these are okay or not, any input would be appreciated. such as Additional Children CLothes -54580 Dovahkinder Collection -45642 Hearthfire Multiple Adoptions-29249 Silverstead Manor -61483 Civil War Overhaul -37216 Dragon Combat Overhaul -32597 Elaborate Textiles -19826 Enchantment Reload Fix -52717 Equip more RIngs -36475 Falskaar -37994 Gildergreen Regrown -12254 Hunterborn -33201 Immersive Armors -19733 Immersive Saturation Boost -32064 Immersive Weapons -27644 Inconsequential NPCs -36334 OMINOUSDragonSoulAbsorbMusic -60767 Run For Your Lives -23906 Skyrim Immersive Creatures -24913 Sofia Follower -54527 VioLens -A killmove mod -56980 I'm sorry, is this a stupid question for me to even be asking here?

Oookay, because, correct me if I'm wrong, but if I only ever launch through MO, it seems not to create skyrimprefs.ini in documents/mygames/skyrim where I am used to, but it does in Mod Organizer/Profiles/__(Default)__

And NOW, I just went into the archive I made of my SKYRIM folder immediately after a completely fresh clean install, and I remembered that there is another skyrim folder in the skyrim folder, which only has a skyrimprefs.ini in it. And THAT ini has all the settings that MO said were in the wrong place.

Sounds good to me, thanks.

Hmm. So I deleted the .inis and went about my business. I've added several mods since then and started a few new games just to see how things were going. Now I just went in, adjusted the newly created skyrim.ini to how it should be, but there is no new skyrimprefs.ini... which seems weird... Isn't that weird?

So are we new STEPpers then to install the new mod, or...? Perhaps the guide could be updated so that we noobs can have a clue without hunting for it. I'm not a very good hunter. [edit] sorry, i found the discussion in the aforementioned topic. I'll shut up now...

STEP guide said to install Improved Close faced Helmets-Legendary but don't load plugin because the one from WAF will be used. OK STEP guide says install Weapons and Armor fixes OK Then says After the main file is installed, install the optional Improved Closefaced Helmets _ WAF compatible version file. Choose merge, activate the plugin, and run LOOT to sort and add the rule below. Except I am not finding that file. Am I looking in the wrong place, or should I not care because it says optional?

I... Didn't think so, but I suppose I could have somehow gotten mixed up with an old modified .ini, this one seems to have too much info for a fresh one. I'll delete it and let the game make a new one.

05:55:20 [D] ('fEdgeFullAlpha', '1.0000') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('fEdgeHighAlpha', '0.7500') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('fEdgeLowAlpha', '0.5000') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('fTriangleFullAlpha', '0.7000') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('fTriangleHighAlpha', '0.3500') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('fTriangleLowAlpha', '0.2000') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('fLedgeBoxHalfHeight', '25.0000') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('fEdgeDistFromVert', '10.0000') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('fEdgeThickness', '10.0000') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('fPointSize', '2.5000') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor', '40') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('bEnableFileSelection', '1') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('bShowAllResolutions', '1') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('uLastAspectRatio', '3') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('bDoHighDynamicRange', '1') in wrong ini file 05:55:20 [D] ('bUseBlurShader', '0') in wrong ini file They're in skyrimprefs.ini ... should they be in skyrim.ini?

That was weird. Closed Firefox, it STILL said the .dll was being used by FF. So I opened task manager, and there are several copies of FF running, using only a few hundred K of memory... Should I be concerned? Or maybe my knee was on the keyboard again? After I closed them all, it DID let me delete it finally though. Now to learn all about this newfangled MO hooliganism here, eh?

Yeah, you had me at VERY I'm starting over. One strange thing, this happened before when I went to revert to a clean SKYRIM install. It won't let me delete enbseries.dll Says it's being used by Firefox?

Well thank you both for your help. I use NMM partly because it's what i am familiar with, but also because one of the modders (can't remember who/which mod) was quite adamant that the only people who had problems with his mod were MO users who didn't understand enough about how to use it. I figured I would likely be one of those people, so I stick to what I know. It sounds like this is one of those issues where people feel very strongly on either side.

Thank you so much for your prompt reply. I get that part, I guess what confused me was that it says they must be overwritten to get the desired effect. Like, not overwriting them will leave me with bleh, I don't know, I am too tired to express myself clearly. In the detailed information for those mods, it doesn't say anything about other mods overwriting them, so do I just make sure they are higher in the load order, so that something can overwrite it if it wants to? Sorry, I should mention that I am using NMM not MO... As long as someone is answering my noob questions... I am confused also with using both High Quality 3D Map and A Quality World Map. Though neither of those is in the must be overwritten section, it seems that they do similar things, but... I mean they can't both be active at once, right? there's only one map..?? I see on A Quality World Map it recommends using HQ3D's meshes, is that what is being accomplished? HQ3D Meshes and AQWM textures?

Hello, I've spent the last couple days on a complete fresh start, doing quite a bit of reading and installing and whatnot. So it is with some chagrin that I post what I feel must be a really dumb question. I know, I know, no dumb questions, only dumb people, right? The section "Conflicting Graphics," where it says, "Graphics mods that cannot be listed within their respective categories because they must be overwritten to achieve the desired result. " That's my confusion there, I have some trouble understanding that bit. Not so much with the words themselves, as with the particular meaning in that particular combination. Could anyone elucidate for me? I guess my question is, overwritten with what, and when? or how