SkyrimLE v2.2.8

Changelog | Release Date: September 28th, 2013

WARNING

This guide is out of date and is NOT supported! It may contain information that is incorrect or not in line with the current state of the game.
Go to the latest supported SkyrimLE Guide.

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Interim Release #2

STEP 2.2.8 marks the second release in bridging our move to a new paradigm that will officially be unveiled as STEP 2.3.0. Thus, this marks our second interim release with a more strict STEP:Core.

The 2.2.8 Guide is more streamlined now. We have set our users onto a fast-track to configuration and installation by trimming out many of the setup details that existed in previous guides. The more detailed information is now linked from within each section, and each section now has a quick-setup blurb applicable to all users, whether upgrading from a previous 2.2.5+ release or installing STEP for the first time. This guide is reliant more on the vanilla configuration in order to get all STEP:Core mods installed as simply and efficiently as possible to achieve a stable and working game. Performance and stability are the focus and quality is secondary. For those interested in polishing STEP (or any modded setup) to optimal quality, be sure to click on the prominent links to the ancillary guides underneath each applicable heading.

Finally, STEP now recommends Mod Organizer as the preferred mod manager for modding, as it not only has features that simplify installation and maintenance, but it is the only mod manager that isolates profile-specific mods and configuration files from the actual game resources. This means that there is no chance of the user contaminating or breaking Skyrim game or configuration resources. All mods and altered files are effectively isolated from the default game directories using virtualization (mods) and profiles (configuration). The interface is also intuitive, and the application is under active development. The software is open source, and extensible via third-party plugins.

About STEP

A Foreword

Created by TheCompiler, STEP is a collaborative project with input from the modding community, technical volunteers, and project administrators. The goal is to provide tested and validated methods for establishing and maintaining an enhanced modded Skyrim. Thus, the Guide provides detailed, well-tested build instructions for a solid modding template. New modders can follow STEP explicitly, or more experienced modders may use it as general guide.

The STEP team collects information from the modding community through extensive mod testing, detailed reviews, feedback, and suggestions exchanged on the STEP Community Forums. Posting rules apply, so be sure to read and follow them and enjoy a warm welcome and plenty of high-quality support from a large community of experienced STEPers. Check out the comparison screenshots on the Nexus.

Minimum System for STEP:Core

It is tentatively planned that STEP:Core (and Extended, by proxy) will continue to provide a performance-friendly version in tandem with a standard version. Given what we know about the memory limits for 32-bit applications (aka the "3.1 GB limit for Skyrim"). This will most likely entail installation options associated with many of the Core mods and possibly even two performance patches (TBD).

For this release, we recommend the following as a minimum hardware configuration for running STEP:Core (installing "Baseline" versions of "Core" mods only). For those wishing to use higher-quality options and/or to install the non-Core mods (tentatively, STEP:Extended Beta), be advised that a more powerful system is likely necessary. The Baseline install that we recommend will provide the best quality-performance trade-off.

Hardware	Minimum	Recommended
Windows OS	Windows XP	Windows 7
CPU	Intel Core i3 (dual core)	Intel Core i5/i7 (quad core)
System RAM	4 GB	8 GB
GPU	HD, 1 GB VRAM	HD, >= 2 GB VRAM
Monitor Resolution	1366x768	1920x1080

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NOTE: It is particularly important that novice modders begin with clean installations of Steam & Skyrim in order to be successful with the 'quick' setup first time around, so PLEASE READ EACH SECTION CAREFULLY, as no information included in this guide is irrelevant!

STEP 1

Pre-Installation Setup

1.A. Install Steam & Skyrim

Detailed Information --> Skyrim Installation Guide

This guide assumes that the user is beginning with a clean Skyrim installation. Please take some time to properly set up and configure Steam and install Skyrim as recommended by the guide before continuing.

1.B. Install Utilities

1.B.1. Better Oblivion Sorting Software

Better Oblivion Sorting Software (BOSS) is an essential utility for managing mod plugins for Skyrim. The primary function of BOSS is to reorder esp/esm plugins based on a master plugin order list. In addition, BOSS identifies plugins (ESPs/ESMs) that need cleaning with TES5Edit or other special treatment (more on this below), and adds Bash Tags to plugins that are later used by Wrye Bash when creating a bashed patch. Download BOSS and install according to the instructions provided by the author.

1.B.2. Mod Organizer

While mods can be installed manually, this is not recommended. A mod-management utility is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED in order to keep track of a complex setup like STEP. These utilities also make it exponentially simpler to deconstruct a STEP install in order to update to a new STEP version, and to update versions of the mods. This is impossible to do simply or efficiently (or even correctly) otherwise.

There are several utilities that may be used to manage the STEP setup; however, STEP now officially supports only Mod Organizer for reasons stated int he guide introduction. For this reason, only Mod Organizer setup will be addressed briefly her. Wrye Bash users can use the Wrye Bash Guide for detailed instructions on setting up that exceedingly excellent modding utility package.

Download and install the Mod Organizer (MO) installer version.
When first started, MO will present a window asking for input to select the game to manage (select Skyrim)or use the browse function to find the Skyrim game folder if necessary.
First time users will receive a message to show a tutorial. It is highly recommended to do so.
Click the tools icon ("Configure settings and workarounds"), and select the "Nexus" tab.
Check "automatically log in" box, insert your Nexus username and password, and click OK.
Click the globe icon in the toolbar ("Search nexus network for more mods"). This allows MO to download mods when the "Download with Manager" button is clicked on the Nexus.

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1.C. Skyrim Launcher Options

Detailed Information --> Skyrim Launcher Guide

As a quick-start to installing STEP, simply launch Skyrim from Steam to initialize the auto-detection process, accept the preset, and continue to section 1.C. Make certain that the preset Antialiasing is no greater than 4x; otherwise, keep the preset. This is a conservative preset that will facilitate a smooth game once STEP is configured initially according to this guide (i.e., what does not tax performance now may be burdensome later). More extensive INI tweaking can be done after STEP is set up and verified as running smoothly.

Know-it-alls and professional tweakers, feel free to tweak away now using the link above as a starting point.

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1.D. INI Tweaks

Detailed Information --> Skyrim INI Guide

The Skyrim INI files are located in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\. As in the previous section above, it is highly recommended that no other INI settings be configured at this point, because the conservative presets are a good starting point for accommodating a performance-friendly initial STEP setup. The detailed INI guide can be referenced once a stable setup is verified after completing this guide.

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The following INI tweaks are recommended for all users and affect gameplay without impacting performance (except minorly where indicated). Create the following at the end of each of the indicated INI sections. Sections are marked by names within square brackets '[ ]', and some of these sections may already exist, but for those that do not, create the section. Carefully check that ...

... no duplicate entries are created,
that all entries are placed into the correct section, and
that all sections are properly defined

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1.D.1. Skyrim INI

Each of the following entries can be pasted directly into the INI (if editing manually). The entry descriptions are commented, so they will not be interpreted by the game at startup. Alternatively, these descriptions can be omitted.

[General]
sIntroSequence=    ;Disables the intro sequence for a faster startup
fFlickeringLightDistance=8192    ;Helps prevent lighting “pop-in”

[Display]
;Improves shadow changes as the sun moves through the sky
fSunShadowUpdateTime=0 
fSunUpdateThreshold=.0.1

[Combat]
;Shift the point of aim to the center of the aiming reticule for arrows and crossbows.
f1PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7 
f3PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7 
f1PBoltTiltUpAngle=0.7 
f3PBoltTiltUpAngle=0.7   ;this tweak is not present in the default INI and needs to be entered manually

[Actor]
fVisibleNavmeshMoveDist=12288.0000    ;allows arrows to hit objects as far as the appear to fly.

1.D.2. SkyrimPrefs INI

YOU CAN HELP!

[Display]
iMaxAnisotropy = 0    ;Anisotropic Filtering - set this to zero, as it should be controlled via the graphics driver.
iMultiSample = 4    ;Antialiasing - keep the value set by the Skyrim Launcher for now
bTreesReceiveShadows=1    ;Enables shadows rendering on trees (insignificant performance impact)
bDrawLandShadows=1    ;Enables shadows rendering on land (insignificant performance impact)
bFloatPointRenderTarget=1    ;ENB users ONLY!

[Controls]
bMouseAcceleration=0    ;Disable mouse acceleration

1.E. Display & Video Card Settings

Often under-appreciated, display and driver settings have a huge potential impact on graphic quality of Skyrim and anything else that is displayed on the monitor in 2D or 3D. So it is important to get this done correctly. Below are the essentials, and no further tweaking is necessary; although, people will do what they must. Again, it is highly recommended that the bare minimal tweaking be done until after STEP is installed and configured according to the Baseline dictated by this guide.

Update Video Drivers

If there is any reason to believe that the latest drivers are not the latest available or that they are not already installed correctly ...

Download the latest beta or stable AMD drivers / Nvidia drivers.
If installing/re-installing new drivers, download DDU and install it (DDU forum Page).
Boot into safe mode by repeatedly pressing F8 once the boot check initializes and before the OS begins loading (no need to uninstall the current drivers, but it will not hurt at all).
Launch DDU, and select the appropriate driver from the drop-down combobox.
Note the recommendations in DDU and initialize the cleanup.
Reboot normally and install the latest drivers.

1.E.1. Configure Driver Settings

STEP has both an AMD-CCC guide as well as an Nvidia Inspector guide, but both need some minor updates/corrections (feel free to help out!), and other AMD-CCC and Nvidia Inspector / Control Center guides exist for the inquisitive user. The following information is sound advice, and users are encouraged to add to this advice via the AMD-CCC Talk and Nvidia Inspector Talk pages.

1.E.1.1. AMD Users

The AMD driver configuration utility, Catalyst Control Center (CCC), is installed along with the graphics drivers by default.

Within CCC , select |Gaming| > |3D Application Settings|.
Click |+ Add| and brows to and select TESV.exe. Then click on this new profile (these settings will only apply to Skyrim now).
Set Anti-Aliasing Mode to "Use application settings" (driver-side AA has no impact on Skyrim, as it is a function only of iMultiSample in SkyrimPrefs.ini). If set to "Override application settings", AA will be turned off in Skyrim, regardless of the Skyrim INI setting!
Set Anti-Aliasing Method to "Multisampling" (for better performance), or set equal to Supersampling if your video card can handle it (for better quality). For some reason, driver-side AA method does work, just not sample rate.
Force Anisotropic Filtering Mode by setting Anisotropic filtering to "Override application settings".
Set Anisotropic filtering setting to 16x.
Save and close, accepting any overwrite when prompted.

1.E.1.2. Nvidia Users

Download Nvidia Inspector. This is a portable program and requires no installation. Simply place in a convenient location and create a shortcut to the executable.
Within Inspector, select the "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" profile and keep all of the default settings except for the following changes:

Set Antialiasing - Mode to "Application-controlled". Apparently, SkyrimPrefs.ini dictates the level of AA, but the video card drivers can dictate the method of AA. If set to "Override", AA will be turned off in Skyrim, regardless of the Skyrim INI setting!
Set Antialiasing - Setting to "Application-controlled / Off" (for better performance), or set to use Sparse Grid Supersampling if your video card can handle it (for better quality).
Force Anisotropic filtering mode by setting Anisotropic filtering to "User-defined / Off".
Set Anisotropic filtering setting to 16x. Higher values may cause texture shimmering in mid to long range texture LODs. If this happens, adjusting the LOD bias (below) can help to remedy the issue.
Texture filtering - LOD Bias (DX) Should be left alone for now. Increase later for a performance gain or to reduce texture simmering if that is a problem. Lower is better quality at a performance cost.

1.E.2. Display Calibration

Configure the monitor's display settings using Windows Display configuration utility (Control Panel > Display > Calibrate Color).

First use the monitor's built-in configuration to "restore factory preset" or something similar.
Configure the monitor's display settings using Windows Display configuration utility (Control Panel > Display > Calibrate Color) using the GPU's driver configuration settings:

AMD-CCC: |Desktop Management| > |Desktop Color| (click "Reactivate AMD color controls").
Nvidia Control Panel: Access from the Windows Control Panel. |Display| > |Adjust desktop color settings|

Be certain to execute all calibrators with particular attention to gamma, brightness and contrast. Most users' monitor output will be significantly darker and slightly more color-saturated than the original presets.

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1.F. Performance Benchmarking

Detailed Information --> Benchmarking STEP

Baseline performance benchmarks help us to assess performance variation across a range of computer configurations, which is useful for all users. User contributions in this regard are highly valued and much appreciated! Database-comparison benchmarks will be available as sufficient numbers of user-submitted data accumulate (and once we construct the system that wi9ll contain this information).

YOU CAN HELP!

Points during setup that benchmarking is suggested will be indicated by:

Benchmark

Use the following checklist to calculate the standard STEP benchmark:

Reminder - Essential Guides

The following guide forms the base from which STEP builds and provide details on many of the topics mentioned in this Guide. Skyrim Installation Guide (SIG) – Comprehensive installation and configuration guide to Skyrim and its DLCs, mods, extensions, and utilities.

The instructions that follow are not specific to a mod manager, but the details of how these steps are accomplished are sometimes different as discussed in the guides for Wrye Bash and Mod Organizer. It is recommended that the user read at least the second and third tabs in the referenced mod manager guide (WB or MO) since these tabs include step-by-step mod installation instructions for each mod manager.

Final Notes

A Final Consideration

Install mods in the order that they are presented in the following tables in order to achieve an aesthetically and mechanically well-vetted result. More experienced or adventurous modders may want to use STEP as a loose guide.

Information from certain mods used can write additional information into save games. Thus, some mods can continue to affect the game even after the mods are removed or updated.

From the Bethesda document, Skyrim Mod Troubleshooting: Best Practices:

"When you play Skyrim with a mod, in most cases, the new data for the mod will be written into any new saved games you create. For example, if you play Skyrim with Mod X and create a save, the next time you load that save, the game will expect Mod X to also be loaded. If you no longer want to play Skyrim with Mod X, it is best to unload Mod X (by unchecking the plugin under Data Files in your Skyrim launcher) and loading a save that does not require Mod X, usually an older save or a backed up save."

The short version is “Never continue with a save once a mod it relies upon has been removed.” Although this is good advice, there are often occasions when it is inconvenient to revert to an older save especially for games with significant progress. The Troubleshooting Guide provides a "best-practice procedure" for attempting to ‘clean’ the effects of a removed mod from a save game.

FINALLY... ALWAYS read the ReadMe and other mod-related documentation that comes packaged with most mods. This includes the mod description on the Nexus. If the mod author has seen fit and taken time to create these reference materials, then they are relevant and important in the eyes of the mod author. This means that they are relevant and important to you!

STEP 2

Mod Installation

	Mod Name	Baseline	Quality Options	DLC Required	Notes
	Mod Name	Baseline		DG	Notes

	Core Mod	Core mods are indicated by the presence of a green vertical bar in the row at the immediate left-hand column of the table.
	Mod Name	Nexus mod name (where applicable) presented as a link links to Nexus for download.
		Link to the mod's Wiki page.
	Baseline	This notes the STEP Baseline version or option of the corresponding mod, and usually only refers to graphical quality choices. Stylistic or mechanical suggestions are located in the "Notes" section.
	Quality Options	Indicates if there are performance-friendly or performance-unfriendly versions of the mod relative to the Baseline recommendation:
		Relative to Baseline, a lower quality, less demanding version of the mod is also available.
		Relative to Baseline, a higher quality, more demanding version of the mod is also available.
		Relative to Baseline, both lower and higher quality versions of the mod are available.
	DLC Required	Any DLCs listed here are required for the mod to function. If all DLCs listed are not present do not use this mod.
	Notes	Brief notes that apply to the mod or installation. In some cases, mods with many alternative options will include a suggested option. These suggestions will take the form of: "STEP recommends 'Option A'." In other cases, there may only be one appropriate alternative option that fits the STEP Mandate. These instructions will take the form of: "Use 'Option A'."

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2.B.

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Benchmark

Wrye Bash Realistic Crime Radius fix

Once all mods have been installed, locate Bashed Patch on your Mods tab in Wrye Bash. Follow these steps to apply the crime radius tweak:

Right-click on Bashed Patch and select Rebuild Patch.
(optional) You can merge your mods into Bashed Patch via Merge Patches.
Check the box next to Tweak Settings then click on Tweak Settings.
Check the box next to Crime: Alarm Distance.

To change the distance, right-click on Crime: Alarm Distance and select your desired distance. STEP recommends 1000.

Next click Build Patch at the bottom of the window and let Wrye Bash rebuild the patch.
You can close the summary window and congratulations! You've just applied the Crime Radius fix.

Post-Installation Housekeeping

Once all mods have been installed and are ready to play, be certain to either:

Start a brand new character, or
load the save game generated just after character creation if it exists, or
load an existing character after clean saving the relevant save game.

STEP 3

Tips & Troubleshooting Common Issues

3.A. Technical Tips

The following is a good place to begin, but be certain to also check the Troubleshooting Guide. Also, search the support & Troubleshooting forum on the STEP Boards,

3.A.1. Maximizing STEP

A heavily modded Skyrim can bring even a very powerful system to its knees. Maximum visual quality is highly dependent upon total on-card graphics-dedicated video memory (VRAM), the number of GPUs, and monitor resolution. The goal should be to maintain 32 or more FPS on average without any noticeable stuttering. Following are some enhancements that users with rather powerful systems might be able to take advantage of:

Try using SSAO (using video driver settings) for better quality graphics and note the performance hit.
Use one of the STEP-recommended ENB configurations.
Make sure Skyrim.ini and SkyrimPrefs.ini are writable and, using the Skyrim Launcher, max out ...

- anti-aliasing
- anisotropic filtering
- view distances
- shadow quality
- texture quality

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3.A.2. Fix game launch crash after installing STEP

For crashes to desktop (CTDs),

Set the Skyrim executable "TESV.exe" to run as administrator (right click TESV.exe > Properties > Compatibility > Check Run this program as administrator).
If using RCRN or any other FXAA-Injector/ENB mod, turn off any on-screen display programs and monitoring tools such as Fraps, ATI Tray Tools, MSI Afterburner, GPU-Z, etc.
Get the latest DirectX runtime installed.

3.A.3. Defrag the Hard Drive

For hard drives (not SSDs), this is a very important task once most/all mods are installed. The Windows defrag utility may be used, but it is sub-standard. A couple of the best free utilities are Defraggler and Auslogics Disk Defrag. Do NOT defrag an SSD as it will detrimentally affect its lifetime.

3.A.4. Semi-Invisible People & Misbehaving Walls

Be certain that ATI Antialiasing is set to Multi-Sample and NOT Adaptive. Also, remember to download the latest ATI drivers. Also be certain that bFloatPointRenderTarget=1 in the SkyrimPrefs.ini if using ENB.

3.A.5. Using Windowed Mode (ATI)

If having stuttering problems or CTDs in full screen mode, try "full screen" windowed mode by downloading Simple Borderless Window. The "Simple Borderless Window" launcher SBW.exe launches SKSE, so start the game through SBW.exe.

3.A.6. Increase Overall Performance

If after following the whole guide and installing the enhanced graphics, the game is unplayable due to low performance, try one or more of the following:

Disable SSAO or Supersampling AA (or both) if enabled.
Reduce shadow quality from the Skyrim Launcher.
Install the performance-friendly versions of textures where applicable.
Consider texture optimization.
Reduce The [View Distance] settings in the game launcher (see 1.B.1).

3.A.7. Texture Shimmering, Etc.

Refer to the Z-Fighting Guide.

3.B. In-Game Tips

The console can be activated by pressing the tilde ([~]) key, often located just below [Escape], while in-game.

3.B.1. Optimize Field of View (FOV)

In the console enter the following using a number from 66-100, depending on resolution and screen ratio. Default is 65 (4:3 screens), but 70-75 works nicely for 16:10 screens and 75-80 works nicely for 16:9 screens:

FOV ##

This change will be permanent in the saved game. Other INI FOV tweaks don't require opening the console, but they don’t 'stick' and can corrupt the game. Also note that high FOV can cause a performance drop for some configurations.

3.B.2. BIG Frame Drops During Cell Loading

This is a likely indicator that VRAM is too often operating at or beyond capacity (see 3.A.6).

User Contributions

How YOU Can Help

STEP can only get bigger and better with help from the user community. Even simply maintaining the current STEP is too much work for the core STEP team to ensure that the highest quality is maintained. We need people to help us identify mods that are thought to improve Skyrim while adhering to the STEP Mandate. We also need ongoing reviews and updates on mods that may be causing problems or that stray from the STEP philosophy. Finally, we need help from the community in terms of testing, benchmarking and analysis. More detail is presented in the Mod Testing Guide.

In order to suggest a mod, visit the Mod Suggestions section of the STEP Forums.

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Call for Wiki Content Editors

The STEP Community Wiki is open to editing by all registered community members; however, we need assistance maintaining and creating new supporting content. We are particularly interested in obtaining a few people with a passion for writing and editing. Familiarity with wiki markup is preferable but not necessary. Interested parties please contact one of the STEP Admin via PM on the forums (Please register on the forums and see the very bottom of the Forum Team page).

Call for STEP Mod Testers

STEP users interested in becoming testers, please contact one of the STEP Admin via PM on the forums (Please register on the forums and see the very bottom of the Forum Team page). Once registered, record your system specs by clicking on the button and filling out the form. These specs will be associated with performance data by tester.

Call for STEP Benchmarks

Users interested in helping out with the STEP Benchmarking Project, see our benchmarking guidelines and submit results on the forums (see link at upper left of site header bar).

Call for Forum Moderators

Regular STEP forum users interested in becoming moderators, please contact one of the STEP Admin via PM on the forums (Please register on the forums and see the very bottom of the Forum Team page).

Thank you for reading and enjoy the game!

Special Credits

The STEP administrators would sincerely like to thank (from the bottoms of our fuzzy little hearts):

The authors of mods recommended in STEP
The core STEP Community for feedback, suggestions and input
The STEP beta testers ... for their good humor and rigorous analyses
The Nexus community
Bealdwine, EisDrache & Frihyland - site founders on indefinite leave (we hope you guys are well!)
Outstanding v2.2.6 contributors - EssArrBee, gamingsrc, Omalong, Quitch, rpsgc, W3aponiz3d, Wormheart, and many others.
Bethesda Softworks for Skyrim (and TES in general)

The core STEP team is:

Farlo - Mediawiki developer & extraordinaire, Mod-list co-compiler, forums admin, site founder
MontyMM - Solutions developer (Semi-Automatic STEP), site founder
stoppingby4now - Main site developer, Semantic Mediawiki developer & extraordinaire, site founder
TheCompiler - STEP creator, mod-list extraordinaire
z929669 - Wiki & forums content editor, main site administrator, hosting maintenance, site founder
STEP Forum moderators: Aiyen, EssArrBee, deathneko11, rootsrat, torminater (MO Forums - GSDfan, Tannin, Uhuru, wolverine2710)
Kelmych (Associate administrator and significant contributor to the DDSopt wiki and support forums)
techangel85 (Associate administrator, STEP release coordinator, Moderator and significant contributor to the wiki and support forums)
WilliamImm (Associate administrator, BOSS Masterlist contributor and compulsive mod author/patch-BCF creator for STEP)

SkyrimLE:2.2.8

Interim Release #2

About STEP

Minimum System for STEP:Core

STEP 1

1.A. Install Steam & Skyrim

1.B. Install Utilities

1.B.1. Better Oblivion Sorting Software

1.B.2. Mod Organizer

1.C. Skyrim Launcher Options

1.D. INI Tweaks

1.D.1. Skyrim INI

1.D.2. SkyrimPrefs INI

1.E. Display & Video Card Settings

Update Video Drivers

1.E.1. Configure Driver Settings

1.E.1.1. AMD Users

1.E.1.2. Nvidia Users

1.E.2. Display Calibration

1.F. Performance Benchmarking

Reminder - Essential Guides

Final Notes

STEP 2

2.A.

2.B.

2.C.

2.D.

2.E.

2.F.

2.G.

2.H.

2.I.

2.J.

2.K.

2.L.

2.M.

Wrye Bash Realistic Crime Radius fix

Post-Installation Housekeeping

STEP 3

3.A. Technical Tips

3.A.1. Maximizing STEP

3.A.2. Fix game launch crash after installing STEP

3.A.3. Defrag the Hard Drive

3.A.4. Semi-Invisible People & Misbehaving Walls

3.A.5. Using Windowed Mode (ATI)

3.A.6. Increase Overall Performance

3.A.7. Texture Shimmering, Etc.

3.B. In-Game Tips

3.B.1. Optimize Field of View (FOV)

3.B.2. BIG Frame Drops During Cell Loading

User Contributions

Call for Wiki Content Editors

Call for STEP Mod Testers

Call for STEP Benchmarks

Call for Forum Moderators

Special Credits

The core STEP team is: