User:Eberkain/SystemSpecs
User:Eberkain/Benchmark Testing
I am going to use this page to document what mods I use that are not a part of the current STEP release, how to make them compatible with each other and STEP, and give the reasoning behind each choice. This is a personal list primarily gathered from the excellent GEMS site, not everyone will agree with all the choices or changes. I am doing this really for myself and since I so love the STEP experience, I felt this would be a good place to catalog what I am going to use. The criteria by which I select mods are as follows...
- Increased immersion and realism, but not breaking with the Skyrim world
- Enhancing the gameplay to be more engaging and difficult to the player
- To conflict with STEP as little as possible, I would like to keep every step mod
Go down the following list and install them in order after a finished STEP setup. I recommend jumping in and playing for a bit after each section to ensure things are working correctly still. The following sections are presented with tables of information, this is a breakdown of what it means.
Mod Name |
Conflicts |
Patches |
Notes
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The name of the mod with a link to Nexus |
Disable these downloaded mods to make this addition compatible, my goal is to have nothing here. |
Download and enable these patches to make this addition compatible, place directly after this mod unless otherwise stated |
this will detail any install notes or suggested options
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SECTION A - VISUAL ENHANCEMENTS
For visual enhancements I am looking for a set of mods that both enhance the game's appearance and keep the computer system from slowing to a crawl. This is a very subjective topic, and each person will have their own likes and dislikes. After much testing I have determined that ENB is really just not worth the performance hit. The things that make the most difference in the appearance of a scene are, AO, Bloom, DOF, AA, Contrast, Saturation, AF. I can only speak to Nvidia users, but you can enable AO->Performance, AFx16 and FXAA using the hardware and all with very little performance impact. The following mods cover the remaining items and I think the screenshots below demonstrate best. Personally I feel the mods look more interesting, and also consider you have the flexibility of drastically changing the settings in game. This coupled with the superior performance make the choice simple in my opinion.
SECTION B - GAMEPLAY ENHANCEMENTS
THE FOLLOWING IS NOT COMPLETE
Frostfall - Hypothermia Camping Survival
Realistic Needs and Diseases
TK Recoil
TK Dodge
TK HitStop
The Dance of Death - A Killmove Mod
Dual Wield Parrying
Hunterborn
Farm everywhere
Amazing Follower Tweaks
Harvesting animation
SECTION C - CHARACTER OPTIONS
Knapsack Enhanced
Greatsword Sheaths and Scabbards with Thinner Blades
SECTION D - WORLD ADDITIONS
Mod Name |
Conflicts |
Patches |
Notes
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Placeable Statics - Move Anything
Interesting NPCs
Glowing Ore Veins 300
Unread Books Glow
Improved Container Names
SECTION E - LOOT EXPANSION
Mod Name |
Conflicts |
Patches |
Notes
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Immersive Armors
Immersive Weapons
Heavy Armory - New Weapons
Winter Is Coming - Cloaks
Cloaks of Skyrim
Left Hand Rings
ON THE FENCE
The following mods are not currently recommended.