ACCEPTED Unofficial High Definition Audio Project (by sharrken)

[TechAngel85]

Discussion topic:

Unofficial High Definition Audio Project by sharrken

Wiki Link

 

Abbreviated: UHDAP

 

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[Mercury71]

Loot orders these plugins after USSEP nowdays. Author say they shoul be above. Will this be a problem?

In coments on the mods Nexus page i found this:

"It was removed from the LOOT masterlist, due to legal concerns over the ripped files.
Put the UHDAP plugins in the Creation Club group and it will sort them before USSEP."

 

[z929669]

On 5/21/2024 at 10:41 AM, Mercury71 said:

Loot orders these plugins after USSEP nowdays. Author say they shoul be above. Will this be a problem?

In coments on the mods Nexus page i found this:

"It was removed from the LOOT masterlist, due to legal concerns over the ripped files.
Put the UHDAP plugins in the Creation Club group and it will sort them before USSEP."

 

The plugins seem to exist only for assets in the BSAs. I can't imagine that it matters, since the UHDAP sounds should be higher fidelity in theory. I've always let LOOT place them at higher priority than the USSEP, as this seems the way it should be for consistency of the vanilla soundscape.

I'd like to know specifically why the MA recommends USSEP sounds should override UHDAP sounds.

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EDIT: It is now known that the USSEP fixes some audio that UHDAP does not, so USSEP should have the higher priority. See my next post for details

[DoubleYou]

I really can't see that it would be much of a problem. Not sure why the author says that. The principle is right, but it doesn't seem likely to matter. Does USSEP even provide any fixes to sound files?

[TechAngel85]

I don't see it being an issue either. BSAs are going to load before anything else so it's basically just a foundation for the Sound mod group.

Regarding the legal issues, that is something the community sort of came to a conclusion on their own with no formal legal knowledge or input. It stems from the files being ripped from the PS4 version of the game and the EULA saying something about not being able to use files across platforms. I never understood why the community really focused in on that and disregarded all the other things people are doing that also seems to break the EULA. Fact of the matter is, it's all Bethesda owned files and if they really wanted it down they would have done something by now. Bethesda is fairly relaxed when it comes to modding their games and its EULAs. About the only thing you could do that they would come after you for is selling your mods; especially since they have their own platform for that now.

[z929669]

In relation to LOOT no longer supporting this mod, use the following method to ensure the USSEP is higher priority than UHDAP ...

 

Wiki instructions updated likewise.

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The reason why the UHDAP priority must be lower than USSEP priority is due to some audio fixes done by the latter but not the former ...