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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
Optimized* DLC textures using the DDSopt Guide

* Used suggested constraints settings for High Quality (H1, H2, H3)

Installed modding pre-reqs (SKSE, MO, BOSS, Wyre Bash, etc..)
Vanilla Benchmarks
Complete* STEP Core Installation and Benchmarks, using baseline and recommended** configuration options.

* All STEP core mods were installed EXCEPT:

- 2.F. Conflicting Graphics - Bethesda Hi-Res DLC Optimized
  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 list in MO.

- 2.J. Animations & Effects Skyrim Sunglare is no longer available for download.

** Recommended settings: I selected the red tomato texture, personal preference.

STEP Core Benchmarks

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 * Installed vanilla Skyrim with all DLCs
-* DDSopt'd textures using High Quality constraints (H1, H2, H3) using guide <<here>>.
+* Optimized* DLC textures using the [[Guide:DDSopt|DDSopt Guide]]
+ * Used suggested constraints settings for High Quality (H1, H2, H3)
 * Installed modding pre-reqs (SKSE, MO, BOSS, Wyre Bash, etc..)
-* Benchmarked results for vanilla, then each section of STEP:Core using STEP recommendations.
+* Vanilla Benchmarks
-* Verified a complete and stable STEP Core build.
+* Complete* STEP Core Installation and Benchmarks, using baseline and recommended** configuration options.
+ * All STEP core mods were installed EXCEPT:
- Notes
+  - 2.F. Conflicting Graphics - Bethesda Hi-Res DLC Optimized
-  - 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.
+    Since I've already DDSopt'd the stock textures, I'll use them instead, at the top of my list in MO.
-  - 2.J. Animations & Effects Skyrim Sunglare is no longer available and was NOT installed.
+  - 2.J. Animations & Effects Skyrim Sunglare is no longer available for download.
+ ** Recommended settings: I selected the red tomato texture, personal preference.
+* STEP Core Benchmarks