Questions on making separate mod "build" after following STEP guide? (Not sure if Dyn, ENB, or LOD are working)

[larisagnia]

Painting the picture:

Followed STEP guide, have a clean build I want to keep. I want to copy this build, and experiment with it without ruining the original build. So far I have created a separate instance by copying the original instances folders and placing them in the new instances folders.

Issue:

Compare images from screen. It seems every time I start a new game, there is still a different hue for the new instance vs the original instance.

Question:

Do I have to rerun all the tools when I make a new instance? Are there other things to look out for when copying an instance into another instance?

 

Edit: Clarify, I have reran multiple new games in both instances and they each produce the same color difference.

Edited November 7, 2024 by larisagnia

[kabepo]

My guess is that each time you start a new game the weather is randomly selected, and different weather (and time of day) gives different color effects.

Have a look at some interiors (at same time of the day) - are they different too?

[z929669]

Agree that this may be a weather inconsistency. Are you loading the same savegame in both instances?

Do that, or try forcing a weather in both instances using the console and then compare to rule out it being a weather issue.

Otherwise, it could be differences in your game INI settings. Be certain you are using the same Skyrim and SkyrimPrefs configs. Also check Skyrim Custom.ini in each instance. TIP: Use WinMerge to compare INI files.

[larisagnia]

It was the weather