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Welcome to the S.T.E.P. Community Wiki
What STEP is about:
- Texture replacements, vanilla friendly and possibly scalable in quality and performance.
- Graphical mods (esp's) which also can add new stuff that doesn't interfere with the vanilla feel (lanterns near bridges, for example).
- Gameplay mods that only enhance a vanilla aspect of Skyrim, bug-free and with minimal edits.
- Interface mods which improve the menus/UI both in utility and graphics.
- Sound mods which improve the game atmosphere.
- Fix mods, like "Unofficial Skyrim Patch" or the "Shadow Striping Fix".
What STEP isn't about:
- Content mods: new weapons, armors, spells, monsters, npcs, etc (aside from pure aesthetic mods which do not alter the vanilla feel, for example "Birds and Flocks").
- Gameplay content mods such as new plot lines, quests, races, factions, cities, dungeons, etc.
- Gameplay mods which add new game mechanincs/features, or that deeply change the vanilla gameworld/gameplay.
- Texture mods which differ too much from the vanilla feel, even if they're very well done.
- Music replacers.
- Overhauls.
This creates a stable STEP foundation. Multiple optional "STEP packs" designed with specific themes, for example a "Hardcore pack" can easily be added to this base. A pack will be a set of mods selected to work together and with STEP to achieve a specific goal (in some cases possibly following less strict guidelines than those listed above).
STEP will remain a template, a base for a more complex modded Skyrim, or a safe and complete experience itself.
S.T.E.P.-Community Citizenship
A guide detailing our philosophy and recommended best practices for contributing to the community.
Core S.T.E.P. Guides
- A fairly detailed and comprehensive installation and configuration guide to Skyrim and its dlcs, mods, extensions, and utilities. It is written as an overview and introduction and includes general information providing context to the guides recommendations. It is not a step by step walkthrough, links will be provided to such supplemental material if and when it is written. Graphics and video may follow as required.
- Brand spanking new, just covers a few items at the moment.
- A practical, hands-on introduction to Wrye Bash using STEP as a working example. Anxious to install STEP? Wish you knew how to use Wrye Bash as a mod organizer? Learn Wrye Bash while you accomplish the task you would otherwise find yourself doing anyway!
Additional S.T.E.P. Guides
ATI Catalyst Control Center (CCC)
- A WIP pictorial guide to 3D Application Settings in Catalyst Control Center.
- A simplified guide to using DDSopt to improve texture quality & performance, including an assessment of all of the big Skyrim texture overhauls.
- This is a in depth hardware upgrade guide to help you decide what will give you the greatest performance boost per dollar.
