STEP 2.2.7 - missing/confusing instructions

[oqhansoloqo]

I am currently slowly implementing the full STEP 2.2.7 with DDSopt processing as well.  It's a slow process to make sure everything is done correctly.  Anyway, this thread is about the regular STEP guide.  So far I have run into 2 confusing mod instruction pages (I will post again as I run into more):

 

Skill Interface - It is not clear what we are supposed to do here, as well as what the BCF links are for in the guide.  Currently the mod's Skyrim Nexus file section has a main download, as well as 2 optional Dawnguard downloads.  I have Dawnguard and I prefer to be werewolf, so I decided to download and install in this order: main v6, dawnguard skill interface retexture v5 (the main doesn't include dawnguard, correct?), and dawnguard werewolf interface patch.  The STEP detailed instructions basically say what the Skyrim Nexus mod's page instructions say about choosing werewolf or vampire.  It does not really talk about how the BCFs on the STEP page play into the installation.  It doesn't even say that I was supposed to install the two Dawnguard optionals that I did download.  Can someone who knows the proper way revise these instructions and either remove the BCFs if they are not part of this or explain their purpose?

 

Not Another Colored Map Icon Mod - It has a link to detailed instuctions, but no detailed instructions.  The Skyrim Nexus mod's download page has a number of options.  I guessed that NACMIM - Map Only v1.6 (the current revision) file was a good selection (keeping the color off the compass) so that's what I installed.  I'm guessing that there were or are plans to suggest which file we should download.  What happened to the instructions?

 

There may have been other unclear moments, but those are the two I remember.  I'll post more as I notice more.

[oqhansoloqo]

Skyrim HD - the Lite version is not 1024 (or 1K), as shown in the guide's baseline column. It is 2048 (2K)(that's what the Skyrim nexus mod's page says), because the full version is 4096 (4K)(according to the author).

[torminater]

You sure? That's the first time I heard of that...

 

 

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[oqhansoloqo]

I'm no computer graphics designer or anything, so I'm not sure. But if you go and review the information in the STEP guide and the mod author's Skyrim Nexus mod page, you'll see what I'm talking about.

 

EDIT: look under the mod description page under the section "The different Parts:" where it talks about the FULL version and LITE. Even under the "Description:" section it says "(2-4K resolution)".

 

Additionally, this is a significant mod and one that is recommended in DDSopt guide to be run with the special Higher Res/Lower Res processing. If the LITE version is in fact 2K and not 1K, it probably changes the preference for most users to just process this mod in DDSopt the normal way and not in the split manner, since 2K is the maximum that most people want anyway (I think) and that can be found in the LITE version.

 

I think some people writing this information got confused between the info for Serious HD and Skyrim HD mods... because in the DDSopt guide under the STEP Mod Texture Properties and then in the table under Highest Texture Resolution in Mod column Serious HD row shows the 1024 and 2048 versions as Lite and Full versions, but the Skyrim HD row under that column doesn't. On the mods' pages in the Skyrim Nexus, it's the other way around.

[Kelmych]

I'm no computer graphics designer or anything, so I'm not sure. But if you go and review the information in the STEP guide and the mod author's Skyrim Nexus mod page, you'll see what I'm talking about.

 

EDIT: look under the mod description page under the section "The different Parts:" where it talks about the FULL version and LITE. Even under the "Description:" section it says "(2-4K resolution)".

The Nexus page says FULL is up to 4K. Almost all the FULL version textures are 2Kx2K with a few 4Kx4K textures. By the way, the textures (e.g., in textures\landscape\mountains) I've seen that are 4Kx4K are overwritten by textures from mods installed later.

 

Additionally, this is a significant mod and one that is recommended in DDSopt guide to be run with the special Higher Res/Lower Res processing. If the LITE version is in fact 2K and not 1K, it probably changes the preference for most users to just process this mod in DDSopt the normal way and not in the split manner, since 2K is the maximum that most people want anyway (I think) and that can be found in the LITE version.

 

I think some people writing this information got confused between the info for Serious HD and Skyrim HD mods... because in the DDSopt guide under the STEP Mod Texture Properties and then in the table under Highest Texture Resolution in Mod column Serious HD row shows the 1024 and 2048 versions as Lite and Full versions, but the Skyrim HD row under that column doesn't. On the mods' pages in the Skyrim Nexus, it's the other way around.

The resolution descriptions in the DDSopt guide were reversed and have been corrected; Skyrim HD uses FULL/LITE and Serious HD uses 1024/2048 in the file descriptions. A comment about the few larger textures was also added.

[oqhansoloqo]

Been a while since I last visited - my SSD died on me and I had to buy a new one and also re-install Windows and everything...  OK, thanks for the reply on that Kelmych.

 

Edit: yeah, the drive that died was an OCZ SSD...