SkyrimSE:2.3/changelog
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NOTE
Upgrading from 2.2.0? Review the 2.2.0 Post-Release Changes to ensure things are ready for the upgrade to 2.3. Then use this changelog to update the remainder of the build.Post-Release Changes
Guide
- Nothing interesting yet
Mods
- Nothing interesting yet
End of Post-Release Changes
Highlights
A new game is recommended but if continuing a 2.2.0 playthrough, it's important to use the clean save procedure to ensure things will work as well as can be expected in 2.3. Always create a new MO instance from the previous build, and upgrade the new instance. This preserves the 2.2.0 build if things don't work out.
- To improve viability of any given guide release, a few 'Extenders' mods have been replaced by 'NG' versions. This decision was made for two reasons:
- The NG versions are based on a more progressive version of CommonLib that is more future proof to game updates. In short, they won't need updates as often.
- The original non-NG versions tend not to be updated until many months after game updates, and we just don't want to wait if it isn't necessary.
- Immersive Sounds - Compendium with AOS patches and extensions have been added to complement AOS and comprehensively enrich the soundscape.
- Several other game-enhancing mods have been added (see below for details).
- Step is no longer recommending manual cleaning of Dawnguard.esm. The "quick auto clean" (QAC) procedure is all that's necessary.
- It is now recommended to set Particles to 7500 in SkyrimPrefs.ini ('Detail' section of the BethINI Setup).
- Step's DynDOLOD implementation now relies on DynDOLOD DLL NG (and related scripts) rather than Papyrus. This allows use of some automated large-reference fixes now available via DynDOLOD processing.
- WACCF is now a hard requirement of the Step SSE guide (as it had been prior to 2.1.0), because this mod essentially 'fixes' corresponding vanilla inconsistencies.
- Step will maintain support for CCOR, CACO, and TCIY as optional installs, since these mods do make some changes that align with but do not strictly adhere to the Step Mandate or can present compatibility issues with using the Step SSE build as a foundation for a custom mod build.
Step ENB
- Nothing interesting yet
Guide-Level Changes
- Nothing interesting yet
Mod-Level Changes
Legend
Added - new mod added (add these mods)
Moved - mod priority was changed (change the priority of these mods in the MO left pane)
Updated - mod instructions updated (reinstall these mods)
Incorporated - mod is included in the Step Patches (remove these mods)
Dropped / Replaced - mod was removed (remove these mods)
01-Tools
- No changes
02-Extenders
Added
Replaced
- Crash Logger | Replaced by Crash Logger SSE AE VR - PDB support
- Scaleform Translation++ | Replaced by Scaleform Translation Plus Plus NG
03-Resources
Added
04-Foundation
Added
Updated
- Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes | Updated instructions (CACO patch is now redundant)
Replaced
05-Animation and Physics
- No changes
06-Models and Textures
Added
Updated
- AMidianBorn Book of Silence | Updated instructions to work with AMidianBorn Content Addon
Replaced
- ElSopa - HD Keys SE | Replaced by ElSopa - HD Keys Redone SE
Dropped
- Better Dyndolod Red Mountain Plume | Dropped in favor of vanilla to better fit Mandate.
07-Sounds and Music
Added
08-Character Appearance
Moved
- Vanilla Body with UNP Textures | Installed just before (i.e., lower priority in left pane of MO) Tempered Skins for Females - UNP
Updated
- Tempered Skins for Males | Updated instructions, removing hide files procedure since the mods following were dropped
Dropped
09-Fixes
Added
Replaced
- I'm Walkin' Here | Replaced by I'm walkin' here NG
10-Gameplay-General
- No changes
11-Gameplay-AI and Combat
- No changes
12-Gameplay-Economy
- No changes
13-Gameplay-Immersion
- No changes
14-Gameplay-Quests
- No changes
Added
- Not So Fast - Main Quest | Reintroduced to replace At Your Own Pace - Main Quest
15-Gameplay-Skills and Perks
Added
16-Interface
Added
Replaced
- Who's Quest Is It Anyway | Replaced by Whose Quest is it Anyway NG
- Viewable Faction Ranks | Replaced by Skyrim Character Sheet
- Yes I'm Sure | Replaced by Yes I'm Sure NG
17-Locations
Added
Updated
- Hearthfire Extended | The instructions no longer include the Mediafire download of the HFE CC Fishing Patch. The patch is now updated on the Nexus mod page and included in 20-Patches.
- NOTE: If updating from a previous version of the Step SkyrimSE Guide, remove
movedaquarium.esp
from this mod in the MO left pane.
- NOTE: If updating from a previous version of the Step SkyrimSE Guide, remove
- Hearthfire Extended | The instructions no longer include the Mediafire download of the HFE CC Fishing Patch. The patch is now updated on the Nexus mod page and included in 20-Patches.
Dropped
- Helarchen Creek - the mod doesn't add anything of substance to the game, mainly a generic location.
- Oakwood - the mod doesn't add anything of substance to the game, mainly a generic location.
18-Lighting and Weather
- No changes
19-Utilities
Added
20-Patches
The Step Conflict Resolution Patch is now delivered as separate files to fix MO's update tracking features. The optional files that apply should be installed into separate mods just after Step Patch - Conflict Resolution. Going forward, this will allow each file to be flagged by MO if it has been updated.
Added
Updated
- Kryptopyrs Patch Hub | Updated instructions - Nordic Jewelry (CC) __ CCOR is no longer needed.
- Realistic Boat Bobbing Patch Hub | Updated instructions - Added Realistic Boat Bobbing - Bring Out Your Dead Patch
Dropped
- AI Overhaul SSE Official Patch Hub
- Step Patch - No Plume | No longer needed with the latest update to Worldspace Transition Tweaks
Step Patch Masters
The following are masters to the Step Patches. Changes coming from 2.2.0 to 2.3 are indicated using green (added), red (removed), or unchanged (no color). The vanilla DLC and CC plugins are excluded, because all are required: Step Patch - Conflict Resolution
- unofficial skyrim special edition patch.esp
- Worldspace Transition Tweaks - Skyrim To Solstheim.esp
- RealisticWaterTwo - Resources.esm
- Better Dynamic Snow SE - DisableRefs.esm
- SimpleChildren.esp
- dD - Enhanced Blood Main LITE.esp
- Audio Overhaul Skyrim.esp
- Immersive Sounds - Compendium.esp
- Book Covers Skyrim.esp
- Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp
- cutting room floor.esp
- AI Overhaul.esp
- hearthfireextended.esp
- Embers XD.esp
- Odin - Skyrim Magic Overhaul.esp
- At Your Own Pace - College of Winterhold.esp
- AcousticTemplateFixes.esp
- Cathedral Landscapes.esp
- Better Stealth AI for Followers.esp
- EVE - Savos Aren's Regrets Restored.esp
- DeadlySpellImpacts.esp
- Elemental_Staffs.esp
- EVE - Ghost Mechanics and Shaders Restored.esp
- Frost Meshes Patch.esp
- IHSS.esp
- imp_helm_legend.esp
- Realistic AI Detection 3 - Medium Interior, Medium Exterior.esp
- SPTConsistentOlderPeopleSE.esp
- Trade & Barter.esp
- Vokrii - Minimalistic Perks of Skyrim.esp
- alternate start - live another life.esp
- RealisticWaterTwo.esp
- Atlas Map Markers.esp
21-Post-Processing
Added