I have been using DDSopt for all textures I install with the following settings. I also have my Skyrim.ini, SkyrimPrefs.ini, Enblocal.ini, and Enbseries.ini set to favor performance. Guide:DDSopt/Skyrim Download v2.82 batch files referenced in the Guide (updated January 28, 2016) Working Directory 1. Create a "Working Directory" folder. 2. Create a "Mod Extracted" subfolder. 3. Extract the mod to be optimized into the "Mod Extracted" folder. Run 4_Mod_Sorting_Pre-optimization_2.81.bat 1. Launch DDSopt. 2. Click [ignore] from the main menu, untick [Copy unprocessed and ignored files (passthrough)], and tick [Don't process any already processed files (DDS only)]. [browser] tab (upper window) Mod Body Textures - Constraint Settings = Uncompressed=2048x2048 Mod Exterior Normal Maps - Constraint Settings = Uncompressed=1024x1024 Mod Exterior Textures - Constraint Settings = Uncompressed=1024x1024 Mod Normal Maps - Constraint Settings = Uncompressed=2048x2048 Mod Ordinary Textures - Constraint Settings = Uncompressed=2048x2048 [browser] tab (lower window) Mod Optimized 3. Click [Process] to begin optimizing the textures 4. After completion of all mods, change the [Constraints] tab settings back to the default values and tick [Copy unprocessed and ignored files (passthrough)]. The optimization is complete. The Mod Optimized directory will now have folders with optimized textures for all the mods that were extracted.