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PlayBuild

The Songs of Jodene Sparks, Vol I

_{A journey from STEP to custom play-build.}

What follows below is a journal of my choices, mistakes, successes and other notes as I put together a build of Skyrim I've come to enjoy playing*.

Part of this may appear the unintelligible ramblings of a madman, others parts more finely polished.

At times I'll throw an update or note here for myself, then come back later and edit/revise the ramblings into something more understandable.

_{* Your mileage may vary.}

• Installed vanilla Skyrim with all DLCs
• DDSopt'd textures using High Quality constraints (H1, H2, H3) using guide <<here>>.
• Installed modding pre-reqs (SKSE, MO, BOSS, Wyre Bash, etc..)
• Benchmarked results for vanilla, then each section of STEP:Core using STEP recommendations.
• Verified a complete and stable STEP Core build.

Notes
- 2.F. Conflicting Graphics - Bethesda Hi-Res DLC Optimized was NOT installed.
  As suggested in the guide, having 2GB of VRAM means I could have used the stock HRDLC.
  Since I've already DDSopt'd the stock textures, I'll use them instead, at the top of my MO priority order.

- 2.J. Animations & Effects Skyrim Sunglare is no longer available and was NOT installed.