SkyrimLE:3.0.1/changelog
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SkyrimLE:3.0.1/changelog
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What's New
New Direction
STEP Guides are taking a new direction. Please read the article to understand how future Guides will be handled and released.
Improved Guide Flow
The flow of the STEP Guide has been completely rebuilt. A great deal of consideration was taken from the workflow of the user while following the Guide. Thus, v3.0 has been restructured for a start to finish experience that flows from start to finish; whereas, previous versions of STEP Guides had users jumping back and forth too often.
A New Prerequisite
A new guide as been created that is meant for users to follow and complete before completing any STEP Guide. This new guide is the System Setup Guide. Users should visit there and complete it before completing any STEP Guide.
Guide Cleanup
As part of the flow change and a desire to reduce information that should be centralized, we've pulled several of the setup sets out of the Guide itself, and moved them to a new System Setup Guide. Users are required to complete this new guide before completing any STEP Guide. The remainder of the detailed instructions within the Guide are now hidden by spoilers. This cleans up the Guide and helps users to focus on one thing at a time. To reveal the instructions, users simply need to click the links in the Guide.
Wrye Bash has also been removed from the Guide. The STEP Patches now serve the content in place of the Bashed Patches.
New Mod Groups
STEP Skyrim LE and the other new guides to follow have new mod groups based on Mod Picker's categories. This greatly improves mod list organization while also reducing the need to hide individual mod assets compared to previous STEP Guides.
LOOT Rules Removed
In an effort to reduce user steps and simplify Guide, the LOOT Rules from previous STEP Guides have been removed. The STEP Patches are now entirely designed around a LOOT sorted load order. This improves workflow for both the users and for the STEP Team. Now users simply need to accept a default LOOT load order and STEP takes care of the rest with the Guide patches.
STEP Patches
In a desire and need to reduce maintenance overhead, the STEP Patches available have been reduce to 2 from 8. This is also in part due to Skyrim LE including all the DLC. Mods included in the STEP Patches are indicated on the mod tables. The Patches provided include:
STEP Skyrim LE - Conflict Resolution Patch
This is the conflict resolution patch for main Guide and is now all or nothing; whereas, before we were providing multiple patches for various mods users didn't want to use. It includes the following additional edits beyond simple patching:
- Increases arrow speed to ~1.5x that of vanilla.
- Increases the chances of recovering arrows from dead NPCs to 50%; vanilla is 33%.
- Increases the time that passes during fast travel. It will be similar to the take it takes to walk the distance; time is accurate within 2-3 min deviation.
- Reduces the distance NPCs will greet the player to 60; vanilla is 160. This prevents the constant NPC greeting while walking around cities.
- Reduces the distance requires for NPCs to detect crimes to 2000; vanilla is 4000. This provides for more realistic gameplay as guards won't catch you as often from seemingly out of nowhere.
- Reduces the maximum chance that NPCs can dodge projectiles to 66%, vanilla is 100%. This reduces the uncanny dodging abilities of hostile targets.
- Reduces the game's timescale to 15; vanilla is 20. This results in longer day/night cycles.
STEP Skyrim LE - Lighting & Weather Patch
This is the conflict resolution patch specifically for the new Lighting & Weather mod group. It's provided separately for users who wish to use different lighting and/or weather mods than what STEP has chosen for the Guide.
Most of the patch information can now be found on their forum topic.
MCM Recommendations
With STEP 3.0 the STEP Guides now include MCM recommendations. This is something the users have asked for since MCM existed. The wait is over!
Release Changes
Though v3.0 is nearly an entirely new Guide, we've listed the major changes since v2.10.0 below. Considering the large mod group change from the previous versions of the Guide, mod movements from one group to another were not recorded.
Guide Changes
- Nothing here yet.
Mod List Changes
Tools
Extenders
Resources
Foundational Mods
- STEP Optimized Vanilla Textures Template:Removed
- Static Mesh Improvement Mod - Updated mod instructions to v2.07.
- Skyrim Realistic Overhaul - Updated mod page with clarification on which files to download.
Audiovisual - Animations & Effects
Audiovisual - Models & Textures
- Dragon Masks Retextured Template:Added
- High Quality Food and Ingredients - Added a note to hide one of the textures.
- HQ Paper Template:Replaced by Realistic Paper
- Realistic HD Baskets Template:Added
- Realistic HD Pickaxe Template:Added
- Realistic HD Woodcutter's Axe Template:Added
- RUSTIC COOKING STATION Template:Added
- RUSTIC DAEDRA Template:Added
- RUSTIC SPRIGGAN Template:Added
- Skygazer Moons {{}}
- Vivid Clouds and Fogs Template:Replaced by ETHEREAL CLOUDS
Audiovisual - Sounds & Music
Character Appearance
- FAR-Forgotten Argonian Roots - Updated installation instructions to include 'no glow skin' option.
Fixes
- Wiseman303s Critter Fixes - Updated options for the installer since 101Bugs was removed.
Gameplay - General
Gameplay - AI & Combat
Gameplay - Economy & Item Balance
Gameplay - Immersion & Role-playing
Gameplay - Quests & Stories
Gameplay - Skills & Perks
User Interface
- Skyrim Skill Interface Re-Texture - Corrected the language for an option in the installer.
Locations
- Farmhouse Chimneys - Updated the FOMOD instructions for the latest version of the mod.
Audiovisual - Lighting & Weather
Locations
Utilities
Patches
Post Release Changes
The changes below have been made since the Guide's current version release.