Mod installation order, dependancies, general nerd overload

[FreeMortal]

Hello,

 

Let me start off by saying that this whole project is cool, really cool.  You totally got my nerd juices flowing. But wow, this is a lot of stuff to learn and there are so many points in the process where I can easily screw things up.  (and I want to make sure I don't)  Can anyone help?

 

Here's what I'm trying to do:  (haven't played skyrim for 2 years)

• Reinstall Skyrim from steam vanilla with all DLC.
• Replace NMM with MO and just redownload all mods (mine are old)
• Install STEP core and extras for 3GB ATI card.
• Wyrmstooth
• Falskaar
• and more... but I want to get all the above right first

Here are my problems:

• While installing STEP core I find there are some dependancies that prevent it from running without downloading more mods. Because of this I am unable to test and bechmark at the suggested milestones.  I'm afraid if I install those necessary mods now (out of order) I'll screw something up further down the line. For example:
  • Consistant older people requires  Bring our your Dead which isn't supposed to be installed until much later. 
  • Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade requires it to load after aMidianBorn_ContentAddon.esp which wont be installed much later. 
• SkyFalls and SkyMills has a Wyrmstooth and Falskaar version (I want to use both) however STEP recommends I don't install it with Wyrmstooth and Falskaar for the core build.  Do I install it without support for the extra mods and wait until I'm sure I have a stable core build, then install Wyrmstooth and Falskaar and then reinstall SkyFalls and SkyMills with support for the extra mods?  Or do I just install it full now and just tack on Wyrmstooth and Falskaar when I want to test my (modified) core build?
• Can I use the new OneTweak instead of the double cursor/borderless window fixes or does it break something? Does install/load order matter?
• LOOT dells me that Dawnguard.esm contains 6 ITM records and needs to be cleaned.  I had already cleaned it in earlier steps in the process.  Do I need to clean it again?

Thanks for taking the time to read this and I appreciate any replies.

[Nozzer66]

Anything that needs a dependency that's installed later, you can just untick in MO until the dependency's installed. No mess, no fuss. :)

 

If you're planning adding Wyrmstooth and Falskaar, then install all the patches you need at the time. Just do as above and leave them inactive until all their dependencies are installed. If that's all you intend to add to STEP Extended, you should be fine.

 

Cant help you with OneTweak, sorry.

 

And yes, clean it again. That's just a function of that fact that some versions of TESVEdit find the extra 6 after first clean, and some don't. There wont be an issue if you clean it the second time. In fact the STEP instructions did originally suggest to. They only changed when the new experimental build of TESV Edit was released, I believe.

 

EDIT: BTW Wyrmstooth and Falskaar are in the REGS pack, so you way wish to consider looking at that for some other mod ideas.

Edited December 30, 2014 by Nozzer66

[GrantSP]

At the risk of speaking out of line, I would recommend OneTweak over the other two.

Virusek made them all, so I don't know the reasoning behind not going for OneTweak, if there is any, and I have no issues with it at all on my system.

 

He himself says they are superseded by OneTweak, although on their mod pages he still has it named as SkyrimTweak.

[FreeMortal]

Thaks so much for your kindly response!

 

Off I go into the trenches!