My Install Order

[TheMerryPloughboy]

Hi Guys. I started with STEP and then SR:LE before my curiosity got the better of me. Over the last three months, I have uninstalled and reinstalled Skyrim a total of nine times, tweaking mods and install order. I'd like you to have a look and let me know if there are any problems or suggestions. Pending your thought, I intend to install in the following order:

 

[spoiler=Show Install Order]Unofficial Skyrim Patch
Unmanaged: Dawnguard
Unofficial Dawnguard
Patch
Unmanaged: Hearthfires
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch
Unmanaged:
Dragonborn
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch
Unmanaged:
HighResTexturePack01
Unmanaged: HighResTexturePack02
Unmanaged:
HighResTexturePack03
Unofficial High Resolution Patch
Skyrim Script
Extender
Lore Friendly Armor Pack
No Stretching
Weapons and Armor Fixes
Remade with Dawnguard and Dragonborn support
Clothing and Clutter
Fixes
Improved NPC Clothing - High Res
Convenient Horses
Complete
Crafting Overhaul Remade
Stable uGridsToLoad
SkyFalls and SkyMills -
Animated Distant Waterfalls and WindMills
aMidianBorn Book of Silence -
Armor
aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Creatures
aMidianBorn Book of Silence
- Dragonborn DLC
aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Unique Items
aMidianBorn
Book of Silence - Weapons
aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Content
Addon
Static Mesh Improvement Mod
Skyrim HD - 2K
Textures
NobleSkyrimMod HD-2K
Ruins Clutter Improved
Skyrim Flora
Overhaul
WSCO - Windsong Skyrim Character Overhaul
SkyUI
Follower Trap
Safety
Dual Wield Blocking Animations
Enhanced Animation
Fores New
Idles in Skyrim - FNIS
No Spinning Death Animation
TK Dodge
Improved
closefaced helmets
UltraHD - Stormcloak and City Guards
Virtus Imperii -
Imperial Gear Re-mastered
Double Cursor Fix
Dragon Stalking
Fix
Enchantment Reload Fix
Smart Souls
Dawn of Skyrim
Collection
Expanded Towns and Cities
Bandolier - Bags and
Pouches
Bandolier - Dawnguard
Cloaks of Skyrim
Winter Is Coming -
Cloaks
Combat Evolved
Deadly Combat
Dragon Combat Overhaul
Dual
Wield Parrying
Enemy AI OverHaul---Revenge Of the Enemies---No Scripts
Version
TK HitStop
VioLens - A Killmove Mod
WARZONES 2015 - Civil
Unrest
Extensible Follower Framework
83Willows 101BugsHD Butterfly
Dragonfly Luna-Moth Torchbug
Birds of Skyrim
Improved Fish
SkyTEST -
Realistic Animals and Predators
Fire and Ice Overhaul
Intricate Spider
Webs
Lightning during Thunder Storms
Quality SnowFlakes HD V2
Supreme
and Volumetric Fog
Unique Flowers And Plants
Vivid Landscapes - Tundra
Moss Revised
Better Fast Travel - Carriages and Ships - Overhauled
Cutting
Room Floor
High Level Enemies
No NPC Greetings
Realistic Ragdolls and
Force
Run For Your Lives
Same Walk and Run Speeds - Lite
Trade and
Barter
When Vampires Attack
83Willows WHITER TEETH 4all - Orc Khajiit
Argonian Werewolf
Beards
Brows
Horns Are Forever
Superior
Lore-Friendly Hair - HD textures
Bathing in Skyrim
Bring Out Your
Dead
Dead Body Collision Fix
Follower Commentary Overhaul -
FCO
Frostfall - Hypothermia Camping Survival
Guard Dialogue
Overhaul
Hold Border Banners
Horses Gone Wild
Immersive Fallen Trees
Mod
Immersive Patrols
iNeed - Food Water and Sleep
Lanterns of Skyrim -
All In One
Lore-Based Loading Screens
Perseids Inns and Taverns -
Realistic Room Rental Enhanced
Player Headtracking
Rainbows
Real
Shelter - Full Release
Sleep Tight
SM Drop Lit Torches
Splash of
Rain
Traps Make Noise - More Dangerous Traps
Wet and Cold
First
Aid
HD Stone Quarry and Clay Deposit for Hearthfire
High Quality Food and
Ingredients
Rens HD Shrines
Grass on Steroids - a grass mod that gives FPS
BOOST and Dense Grass
Harvest Overhaul
Radiant and Unique Potions and
Poisons HD
Ragdoll Paralysis
aMidianBorn Farmhouse
aMidianBorn
Solstheim Landscape
aMidianBorn stormcloak officer armour
aMidianBorn
Whiterun
Bloody Dragon Bones
Book Covers Skyrim
Book Covers Skyrim -
Lost Library
Coverkhajiits
Detailed Rugs
Distant Decal Fix
Dramatic
Clouds
EASIER LOCKPICKING - Without Cheating - Nordic
Retexture
EcthelionOtW Real Golden Septims
EotW Dawnguard DLC Textures
Remastered
EotW Fort Dawnguard
EotW Mage Equipment Overhaul
EotW Mage
Robes of Skyrim
Ethereal Cosmos
FAR - Forgotten Argonian Roots
Gemling
Queen Dragon Claws
Gemling Queen Jewelry
HD Detailed Terrain
HD Soul
Gems
High Definition Ivy
High Quality Eyes
LeanWolf's Better-Shaped
Weapons
LEAVES
Northborn Scars
PELTAPALOOZA - Pelts of Skyrim
Expansion
Realistic Aspen Trees 4k 2k 1k
RUSTIC CHILDREN
RUSTIC CLUTTER
COLLECTION
Skygazer Moons - Masser and Secunda Ultra HD 4K (2K and 1K) Moon
Textures
Skyrim Realistic Texture Overhaul Dragonborn
Skyrim Realistic
Texture Overhaul Dragons 4K-8K
SkySight - Smelter Ultra HD 4K and 2K
Textures
Stunning Statues of Skyrim
Superior Rock Textures - Hiqh Quality
HD 2K and 4K and 1K replacers
Tamriel Reloaded Trees
The Beauty of Skyrim
- Caves and Mines
The Beauty of Skyrim - Dungeons
Thieves Guild Armor HD
revival
Ultimate HD Fire Effects
Vivid Landscapes - Castle
Volkihar
Weathered Road Signs
White Phial Replacer
Appropriately
Attired Jarls
Inconsequential NPCs
Killable Children
OBIS - Organized
Bandits In Skyrim
Better Vampires 6-6
BLEED - A Blood
Overhaul
LFArmors_Compatibility_Patch
Moonlight Tales - Werewolf
Essentials
T3nd0's Perkus Maximus
Civil War Overhaul
Disparity --
Player Class - Race and Gender Diversity - Character Enhancements
Audio
Overhaul for Skyrim 2
Fantasy Soundtrack Project
Immersive Sounds -
Compendium
A Matter of Time - A HUD clock widget
Better Dialogue
Controls
Better MessageBox Controls
Extended UI
Immersive HUD -
iHUD
Main Font Replacement
moreHUD
RaceMenu
Smaller
Cursor
Warburgs 3D Paper World Map
Auto Unequip Ammo
Automatic
Variants
Fuz Ro D-oh - Silent Voice
SUM - SkyProc Unified Manager
Dark
Dungeons for ENB
Dust Effects
ELE - Lite
Enhanced Blood
Textures
Footprints
More Rain
More Snow
Natural Lighting and
Atmospherics for ENB
Pure Waters
Pure Waters - Waterfalls
Relighting
Skyrim FULL - Tailored for ELFX
The Skyrim Distance Overhaul LOD Improvement

 

[TheMerryPloughboy]

Is the following statement true? Except for meshes and textures, install order generally doesn't matter since LOOT will sort plugins?

[Halde]

With STEP mods, you should just follow their installation order, which it appears you haven't done, at least with some of the mods?

[TheMerryPloughboy]

Well, I suppose I've wandered far enough away from the STEP procedure as to make it inappropriate for me to be asking about this install order on STEP forums. I guess that's because as to STEP Core, I don't know the theory so much as the order. But I just wanted to know if there are any glaring problems.

[GrantSP]

Is the following statement true? Except for meshes and textures, install order generally doesn't matter since LOOT will sort plugins?

Generally speaking, yes, that statement is true. Any asset can be positioned in the left-hand pane and therefore it doesn't matter too much in what order you install mods.

However, all the STEP guides were initially devised before MO, so the order they are written is closest to what the final order should be.