Mega Modded Skyrim: 240+ mods.

peacefulmoments · December 31, 2012

THE FINAL 100% WORKING CONFIGURATION OF MODS + DOWNLOAD LINKS + INSTALL & LOAD ORDER CAN BE FOUND HERE (page 4, post #35)

Screenshots Part 1 of 2:
Skyrealism ENB & Riverwood area.
~A~B~C~D~E~F~

Screenshots Part 2 of 2:
Project ENB & M.A.T.S.O SMAA
Whiterun, Riften, Windhelm, Solitude.
~A~B~C~

Farlo · December 31, 2012

o.O

TechAngel85 · December 31, 2012

I think he missed your note about the spoiler tags....

peacefulmoments · December 31, 2012

I think he missed your note about the spoiler tags....

how do I do this spoiler tag thing and where should I use it?

I had trouble just getting the text formatting readable...

TechAngel85 · December 31, 2012

I think he missed your note about the spoiler tags....
how do I do this spoiler tag thing and where should I use it?

I had trouble just getting the text formatting readable...

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stoppingby4now · December 31, 2012

I just got crit by a wall of text!

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peacefulmoments · December 31, 2012

I just got crit by a wall of text!

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thanking you, I still need to make a couple of quick grammar edits, also, hopefully this mod build may prove helpful in figuring out mods you might want to include in future projects. I'm happy to answer any questions anyone has about why I made the selections I did & I'll check back every once in a while to do so.Â

Peace.

Farlo · December 31, 2012

I just got crit by a wall of text!

Lol, you can almost feel it hitting you.

z929669 · December 31, 2012

Mega Modded Skyrim 254 active mods + Bashed Patch (Work in Progress.)

99% complete - 3 mods may be included in the future and 3 taken out of the current config to make room for them. Also some armor/weapon mods may be removed much later after playing the game long enough to figure out if they're too overpowered or not. likewise anything that proves buggy incl. town expansions may be removed also, I'll post any changes as I make them, for now though I'm 99% sure that this config will work.

the 3 potential mods for inclusion in the future are - automatic variants - adding the deadlyspellimpacts.esp back to the list (currently using mesh/textures only) and the personalized music mod. Also testing for optimization - currently using an enb & default ultra settings but shadows on high and far more modest slider settings. no game booster software for pc. radeon hd6970 i7 processor & 8gb ram. skyrim with no DLC updated to latest updates.

INTRODUCTION

The following is a complete list of every texture, script, SKSE, interface, mesh & sound replacer i've installed in skyrim followed by every esm/esp mod installed. the selection & testing process literally took months to complete & the list of excluded mods is nearly as long as this one. Everything is listed in the exact order its installed with a few notes here & there on downloading & installing these; though for the texture pack combiner & STEP mods I'll refer you to the guides available online. If you want a config of mods exactly the same as I use then cross reference this list against the STEP guide as some mods they list I haven't included in my own game; other STEP mods have been moved to later in the install process or are to be installed more then once in the install process.This is a mod build for vanilla skyrim without any downloadable content installed (dawn guard etc) as such it is not compatible with any DLC's except the high res texture pack.

I'll add the skyrim nexus mod number where ever I can so you can look up the mods for download. For e.g. https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8236 is the HD texture DLC Fix V1.3 the mod number is 8236, for a different mod just replace that part of the internet address with the different mod number.I'm leaving out the mod version info as the mods may get updated but they will keep the same internet address/mod number; and its less typing. apologies ahead of time if any of the mod numbers listed for the mods are incorrect or missing. google searching the mod name + syrim nexus should be able to find any of these mods.

all mods except monster mod v11 are available on skyrim nexus. I'm also 90% of the time only mentioning mods by the name of the mod folder after they're downloaded & extracted, if you can't tell what a mod is from the names given, use the mod number to check it out on skyrim nexus.All references to STEP are regarding Version 2.2.0a & the Texture pack combiner is Version 1.81. All mods are installed manually, sorted with boss then activated & bashed with wyrebash. also, although the STEP version I'm following is 2.2.0a I have included/excluded some textures etc according to the change logs at the STEP forums, i.e the new content proposed for the next version of STEP; and also the new textures in the TPC 1.81 that weren't included in STEP 2.2.0a. For details on what to download and how to install the TPC & STEP mods, follow the STEP guide that can be downloaded here - https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/11

Part 0 Basic Install

0 Graphics card
I use AMD so thats what I'm describing a config for, this config will work for all cards though its just more modest then all the options available to nvidia users. Set everything to 'let application decide" set AA to "mult-sample", AA filtering mode "standard" rather then edge-detect, morphological filtering OFF, V-Sync OFF, triple buffering ON (if present) texture filtering quality - high + surface format optimization enabled. tessellation is set to let application decide but has an amd optimized option I currently have disabled and will test later.
1 Initial installÂ
Install Skyrim.
2 Updates Â
update to 1.8.151.0
3 official HD texture packsÂ
3a add the "HD texture packs .bsa + texture fix.bsa & the archive lines to the skyrim.ini + HD texture fix loose files 8236 + High Res Texture Pack DLC Tweaks 14719"
&/or "Optimized texture pack, hybrid + high res secondary (i *think* those were the options I selected but can't remember exactly :S)
4 Set launcher optionsÂ
graphics to high from launcher - antialiasing 4 anistropic filtering 16, all reflections on, texture quality, radial blur & shadow detail on high, decals on ultra, fxaa off, distant object detail ultra, object detail fade off, object fade 10 (minimum setting has to be 10 or more if using the rainbows mod) actor fade 6 grass fade 5 specularity fade 10 light fade 25 item fade 4. These view distances are working with hi-res textures, but after optimizing textures with the optimizer these view distances can most likely be increased. with no enb running you could probably max them all out and ini tweak your grass fade from 7000 to 14000. the screen resolution for my monitor is 1366x768 16:9 widescreen. (means I also set my FOV=81.34 in game via console - i got that figure from the morrowind overhaul thing, think it was called morrowind mgso or something, one of the steps had an automatic field of view function that calculated the perfect FOV setting for your screen resolution, the figures given should still work for skyrim as far as I can tell)
4a Run from launcher & quitÂ
creates ini files. Perform ini tweaks from S.T.E.P (version 2.2.0a) but set the decals tweak to the lower setting of 350 as recommended by enhanced blood mod (for *hopefully* better performance).
5 Install Simple borderless window, Script Dragon & SKSEÂ
install the quicksave hotkey F11 & autopotions mods for script dragon. Run SKSE & quit to create SKSE files.
autopotion uses a health/stamina/magicka potion when you run out health/stamina/magicka if you have any potions available (better combat flow - adds an element of chance as to whether you can drink a potion in time) and savehotkey is a quicksave that creates a new save each time rather then overwriting the same save all the time.
5a - Install utilitiesÂ·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
5aa Boss, Wyrebash, Xpadder, ccleaner, smart defrag.
5b follow instructions in STEP guide regarding these. Xpadder isn't mentioned but is needed for using the script dragon version of duel weild parrying with an xbox controller. the needed files & instructions are available on skyrim nexus as a mod. google search duel wield parrying skyrim mod xbox controller and you should be able to find it.
Â 6 - Texture/mesh base for TPC & STEP

I install these next replacers prior to anything from step as these were all previously removed from STEP or never were part of it and I didn't want to accidentally overwrite any better looking STEP textures with any of the following. Therefore there's a chance that many of the textures/meshes from the mods in this section (6 - texture/mesh base for TPC & STEP) will be overwritten later during the install process.Â
6a No Stretching rock textures 26126
6b More Dwemered Textures 2K 5827
6c High Definition Better Dwemer Ruins 5007
6d HQ collage of winterhold 2552
6e Softer animal fur 2084
6f Terrain bump 4964
PART 1 TPC & STEP

7 - Install STEP fixes.
7a Ancient Nord Armor Fix 2808
7b Bowlegged Jump Fix 7416
7c Fuz Ro Doh 14884
7d Invincible Hawk Fix
7e Linwes Arms 1956
7d Nitpick 19556
7e Trainer Gold Exploit Fix 8627
7d Unofficial Skyrim Patch
8 - Texture Pack Combined (version 1.81) 20801

All of the following are included - the following list is taken from the TPC page at nexus: https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20801 here you'll find detailed download & install guide, follow it exactly, and cross reference it against the STEP install guide here: https://wiki.step-project.com/Texture_Pack_Combiner and the STEP 2.2.0a .pdf guide. Get all the latest versions of the following mods (as of 2012-12-21).

Required mods:
Skyrim HD - 2K Textures by NebuLa
Serious HD Retexture Skyrim by Z4G4
Skyrim Realistic Overhaul by Starac (non dawnguard version - no longer available at nexus, if you get a copy and notice missing files in the log file after combining, these are just the dawnguard specific files that you don't need)
Optional mods:
AOF Detailed Mountains by AnOldFriend
AOF Farmhouses by AnOldFriend
Ash Pile Retex by Raymond Murphy
Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack by Bellyache
Better Dynamic Snow by OpticShooter and Brumbek
Better Rocks and Mountains by Four Leaf Clover
Designs Of The Nords by KEBW1144
Detailed Chests by Clintmich
Enhanced Distant Terrain by OpticShooter
Enhanced Night Skyrim by CptJoker
HD Linens by Rivybeast
HD Misc by Calav3ra
HD Ore And Ingots by BioProd
HD Sacks Retexture by Mazarin
High Quality Food and Ingredients by Iraito
High Quality LODs by Ethatron
High Realistic Tundra Moss for AOF Detailed Mountains by Aron
HQ Milky Way Galaxy by Manesse
HQ Skyrim Map V2 by Grace Darkling and Paddyy
HQ Towns and Villages by Anarin
Hybrids HD Plants and Herbs Retexture by Gabriel "Mystikhybrid" Gullbergh
Intricate Spider Webs by Isoku
Langleys Wood Metal and Stone Textures Workshop by Langley
Lush Grass by OpticShooter
Lush Trees by OpticShooter
Project Parallax Markath, Solitude, Whiterun, Windhelm by Osmodius
Quality SnowFlakes V2 by Yuril
Radiant and Unique Potions and Poisons HD by XRC
Real Ice ALL-IN-ONE by Yuril
Real Ice and Snow by grVulture
Realistic Instruments by InwardScreams
Realistic Smoke and Embers by Isoku
Re-Defined Dungeons WIP by Gizmo
Riften HQ Textures by Erik
Ruins Clutter Improvement HD by Raiserfx
Septim HD by Crypton
Silly Level of Detail - Potions and Poisons by Narmix
Silly Level of Detail - Wine Cellar by Narmix
Skyrim Flora Overhaul by Vurt
Skyrim Redesigned WIP by Dracomies
Skyrim Sunglare V4 by Laast
Snow and Rocks Textures HD by Darevix
Soul Gems Differ - Full and Empty by Utopolyst
Static Mesh Improvement Mod (SMIM) by Brumbek
Super Realistic Ore Textures by Kman420
Tobes Highres Textures by Mr Bravo aka Tobe
TreesHD Skyrim Variation by Namotep
WATER by SparrowPrince
Weathered Road Signs by Nimbli Bimbli
Whiterun Trellis Redesigned and HQ by Toby S
Visible Windows by Isoku
9 - STEP Graphics In Order
9a Better Beast Races 944
9b Better Bedrolls 400
9d Better Circlets MD1k 6495
9e Better Turn Animation only one pose 8080
9f Fix Crossed Swords & Turn with leg move 8080
9g Cover Khajiit Male & Female (1024 version) 5941
9h Psychosteves golden gods shrines 6538
9i Realistic hair 3397
9j running with a bow 3rd person 12426
9k Pine needles, rainfall snowfall & aspen leaves fx 6387
9l XCE 2356
9m Yuri rings gold circle HQ 7034
9n AOF believable hair female & male 4307
9o Dragon Chiseled 27095
Â 10 - STEP Graphics No Order
10a Animated Weapon enchants 12668
10b Ants In My Pants 18855
10c better bones 12085
10d better freckles 4502
10e better shadowmarks 10056
10f birds & flocks 11555
10g female without bbb & male breathing idles 7093
10h BFS effects 14692
10i chimneys for skyrim 17919
10j HD fire fx 2692
10k Climates of Tamriel (default - no optionals used) 17802
10l Deadly spell impacts medium res (delete esp if experience freeze ups or crashes during combat) 2947
10m distant detail 12866
10n elemental staffs 15152
10o enchantment effect replacer 1345
10p Enhanced blood textures 60
10q Closer match eyebrows 627
10r Rans Eye reflection extender 20343
10s finer dust 2636
10t HD baskets fixed 2782
10u HD light version beards 21620
10v Improved foot wraps for females 4473
10w improved torches textures 534
10x block sparks 10445
10y lanterns of skyrim CoT Version (default setting)
10z lockpick inventory remodel 13901
10za moon size tweeks (I leave these until last & only use them if I have free esp spots in the modlist - currently i have no room for these) 1037
10zb new thinner torch 6950
10zc no spinning death anim & no twitch dragon anim 17214
10zd display case smudged glass version 3693
10ze hd keys with normal maps 2875
10zf mask of clavicus wrecked 3375
10zg pilgrims delight 10940
10zh pondfish retexture 4786
10zi real effect candle 7643
10zj realistic paper main - dark 937
10zk skyrim weapon deLARPification project 16072
10zl Vibrant auroras 6675
10zm warmer magic lights 4419
11 - FIXES
11a Enhanced blood textures hotfix (scripts)
11b Warmer magic lights compatability patch (cleaned esp - boss will tell you if you need this or any others and provide the links to download)
12 - STEP INTERFACE MODS
12a Cartographers map markers 15489
12b categorized favorites menu 4862
12c catergorized favourites menu oni edition config for widescreen 22307
12d dungeon quest awareness 9720
12e HQ3DMap - normals original & hi res meshes 4817
12f interfacehardcodedtweaks - standard onlyÂ 88
12g without wings around keyhole lockpick retexture 2845
12h main menu font - fertigo pro
12i no smoke loading screens 7901
12j a quality world map all roads 4929
12k skill interface texture 7308
12l skyUI 2.2 3863
12m smaller cursor 2317
12n main menu spinning emblem 7801
12o a thinner compass 12804
12p time on loading screen 98
13 - STEP SOUND MODS
13a activate noise removal 210
13b ambient seagulls 1306
13c better horse pain sounds 12608
13d BWS 17903
13e FSS better bards (use sounds + fss slight pause) 6496
13f improved combat sounds 5289
13g smooth draw and sheathe sfx 1117
13h sounds of nature Redux 19333
14 - STEP GAMEPLAY MODS
14a better quest objectives 11135
14b convenient horses (in game I suggest setting player horse- health +30, stamina +40 speed +20 AI smart & followers horses on) 14950
14c dark brotherhood forever misc 10194
14d deja vu 19008
14e gildergreen regrown 12254
14f more interactive items 3562
14g move it less wait time 4020
14h realistic ragdoll reduced force 601
14i dynamic fires 17969
14j slighty reduced npc greetings 746
14k the paarthurnax dilemma 18465
PART 2 Custom animation, mesh, texture & sound replacers

A - animations.
a1 elegent bow animaitons (can use the sneak animations only if preferred) 24589
a2 bow animations 1370
a3 bow animations tweak 389
a4 running with a bow 3rd person 12426
a5 new animation 1 handed weapon female & male 18981
a6 two handed animations redone 859
a7 duel wield animations 248
a8 dual wield sprint animations
a9 werewolf sprint animation
a10 3rd person spell sprinting animation tweak 404
a11 2hm better run forward 15703
a12 VHH walk 13272
a13 feminine running animation 11447
a14 momo dash no effect 11447
a15 higher jumping (choose 125 option) 164
a16 YYanimreplacer natural jump 18504
a17 get up animation replacer (needed for combat mods - can be killed if take too long to stand up) 19315
B - Sounds & Music
b1 PSYRIM (if you prefer a more ambient & otherworldly soundtrack) 1041
b2 icebreakers improved reverb 16907
b3 guard dialogue overhaul 23390
b4 respectful lydia (3 options) 4806
b5 thundering shouts 3799
b6 Bow sounds 27208
b7 better animal footsteps 24805
b8 real arrow sfx
b9 victory cry version new 13850
b10 swearing mudcrabs 1709
b11 alpha wearwolf sounds (most aggressive version) 13779
b12 the real fus ro dah 2973
b13 barenziah sound 14018
b14 catacomb ambience loop 16018
b15 HD quality Default base ambience 4336
b16 hidden blade SFX 24977
b17 lower volume thieves guild door 1836
b18 nighteye quieter activate sound 7892
b19 clanking armor (with optional lower pitch clanks)
b20 quieter dog 1579
b21 quieter groans 1580
b22 quiet zombies 2097
b23 underwater sfx fix 3488
b24 silent equipped healing spells 691
C - Weapons & armor rextextures
c1 HQ Shields 225
c2 High-Res 7045
c3 Complete HAR 3261
c4 Weapon retexture project 1754
c5 amidianborn book of silence 24909
c6 amb hide & studded 26770
c7 amb iron and banded 19340
c8 amb leather 22065
c9 amb steel 18272
c10 amb fur 27810
c11 amb steelplate 20792
c12 ancient nord armor fix 2808
c12 deadric no glow+royal 3104
c13 perfect legionnaire+sword & shield 6085
c14 shrouded armor HD orignal grey fixed 2260
c15 glass armor & weapons packs 526
c16 better glass helmet mesh 4085
c16b Longer Arrows 5164
c17 Iron arrowhead retex 2944
c18 steel arrowhead retex 2960
c19 wehr silver weapons 3301
c20 elven weapons for silence
c21 AMB elven dark & shield dark 23125
c22 weapon ebony gold 573
c23 armor ebony gold female 493
c24 armor ebony gold male 549
c25 amb dwarven 24398
c26 hectrol dwarven shield hi res 3996
c27 greatswords sswtb 27178
c28 shield of ysgramor 2121
D - Clothes & Guards retextures
d1 various guard outfits 6770
d2 diverse guards skyrim 8943
d3 open face guard helms 9514
d4 improved NPC clothing + expansion 2674
Â E - Creatures Retextures
e2 3 willows 101 bugs hi res 4955
e3 posh mudcrabs 5932
e4 enhanced horse skins 596
e5 new werewolf model & texture 12687
e6 werewolf eye texture - ice blue no glow 13779
e7 new parthurnax ancient dragon & ohdaviing with LOD files 3740
e8 dragon texture pack 62
e9 Alduin Evid HD 3011
e10 Realistic horse shape 21378
e11 better skeevers 16291
e12 skeever tail 16291
e13 creepy nightmother & coffin (black medium gore+1 eye open) 4762
e14 Frost atronach HD 27643
F - Items Retextures
f1 Chopper axe HD 2127
f2 pick axe HD 2258
f3 makers mark ingots 3524
f4 realistic instruments pack 8027
f5 nightinggale hd 28899
f6 nightingale skull mask - mask only 917
f7 hd dragonpriest masks 3432
f8 fractal dragon priest masks 15052
f9 jewels of the nords hi res 27038
f10 yuri rings gold circle HQ 7034
f11 bumpy inn & shop signs 4470
f12 ultimate HD fire spells 28642
f12 ultimate HD torch 28060
G - Misc World Textures
g1 High realistic tundra moss yellow variant 28185
g2 lush trees+flora overhaul patch 3385
g3 a lush aspen tree half size version for flora overhaul (any 'taller trees' mods will clash with mods that add trees to towns/cities) 15309
g4 taller Fall Forest Grass 15309
H - XCE & EEO Replacers
h1 better beast races 944
h2 cover khajiit male & female 5941
h3 ethereal elven overhaul (don't use the hi res textures or neck seams happen when used with XCE) 24273
h4 XCE full + clean skin patch for females
h5 high res scars (skip this step if you happen to know whether these are included in XCE full) 4784
h6 HQ warpaint + dirt for men
h7 HQ eyebrows 21451
h8 realistic hair 3397
h9 aof believable hair 4307
h10 light version hi res beards 21620
h11 natural eyes 3589
h12 eye reflection extender 20343
h13 longer eyelashes
h14 better freckles 4502
h15 Take the femalehead_s.dds from XCE and install that over the one already installed (this is a fix for shiny skin, if you have no shiny skin problems you can skip this step)
PART 3 Interface & Game play mods

A - Quests & Hostile places
a1 milans dungeon pack 13969
a2 moonpath to elsweyr 9782
a3 much ado about snow elves 102812
a4 sea of ghosts 15862
a5 skyrims unique treasures 12766
a6 COD waking nightmare II 13960
B - Misc World Mechanics
b1 deadly traps & sickly diseases 2905
b2 economics of skyrim (activate in game) 11919
b3 fully equipped blacksmiths 9511
b4 hardcore lockpicking 7395
b5 morrowloot 19353
b6 no leveled item rewards 22996
b7 realistic crime radius (replaces ERSO crime radius as it seemed to cause bugs/glitches) 8078
C - Main Menu Randomizer
I can't list everything I've used for this mod but I can try to explain it. using this mod I have 86 different main menu wallpapers, main menu songs, moon textures for both moons & galaxy/nebula replacers which appear in game at random; a different selection everytime I launch the game. This means whenever I start a game I will see one of 86 different moon combinations, nebulas, galaxies & starfields in the sky. there are *almost* enough moon texture replacers on skyrim nexus for different textures every time the game is loaded, about half as many menu music options (some not great quality), almost enough *quality* wallpaper options; & a different nebula/galaxy/star combination for each of the 86 folders. setting this up can be time consuming and a bit confusing and is difficult for me to explain - but go to skyrim nexus & read the readme's for the mainmenurandomizer, install it with the stock selection. examine the folder structure to learn how it works then use the same method the mod uses for selecting wallpapers to add music, moons, skies or other statics to the mod for randomizing.
D - Interface & Fixes
d1 beyond tom new decap gore 4285
d2 faster mining (faster mining only, no bonus ore) 9465
d3 subliminal traps 2653
d4 glowing ore veins 193
d5 better dialogue controls 27371
d6 better message box controls 28170
d7 fast travel timescale fix 19389
d8 increased bounty rewards normal 11278
d9 lockpick pro (deselect everything in the config except lockpick health) 219
d10 NACMIM coloured map markers 26822
d11 no boring sleep/wait menu 12625
d12 Quickstart 8207 (gives skyrim a chance to activate all these mods in a quiet area at the end of helgens keep with nothing happening, and gives you a chance to config these mods in game)
d13 show race menu alternative 20394 (so you can skip through the character selection menu asap, configure the mods in game and then go back and create your character properly before leaving helgens keep)
d14 smart souls 14559
d15 unlimited bookshelves 10891
d16 vanilla mannequin script fix alternative 10652
Â E - Immersive world & weather fx
e1 footprints 22745
e2 enhanced lights & fx 27043
e3 Ice Floes 26195 (needed due to hypothermia mod, allows travel in northern icy regions without swimming)
e4 remove ambient interior fog final version 9571
e5 beautiful whiterun (use both esp) 12110
e6 destructible bottles extended 26017
e7 expanded towns & cities (full/complete) 13608
e8 expanded snow systems CoT 28110
e9 Get Snowy 19660
e10 Hypothermia (use console in game: Set HypoBaseBodyHeat to 40 to avoid hypothermia if it starts raining before you reach riverwood at start of game - compatable with COT makes this the choice rather then frostfall) 6745
e11 improved fish 14320
e12 minty's lightning mod+CoT Patch (set lightning to do damage in game) 15506
e13 morning fogs 24810
e14 rainbows 25666 (object fade must be 10 or more for this mod to work)
e15 real rain CoT 16541
e16 shooting stars 25022
e17 supreme storms for CoT 27022
e18 towns & villages enhanced - riften 20185
819 trees for solitude 10698
e20 wet & cold 27563 (turn on both options for followers & disable cloaks ability for npcs)
e21 rainfall & snow Fx (overwrite other weather mods textures for performance) 6387
F - Immersive NPC
f1 ERSO 10 RUS SIM Travellers & adventurers
f2 People have torches 14019
f3 populated cities 0928
f4 run for your lives 23906
G - Homes
g1 Hunters cabin of riverwood 15878 (can't be used until you find the key)
g2 limbwood manor with forge 27250 (can't be accessed until you find it)
g3 Dev aveza airship 24234 (can't be accessed until you visit it - is home + working fully flyable airship - guarded by thalmor prevents lower exp level access)
g4 the twilight forest 11007 (accessable straight away - doubles as alchemy resource garden, too impressive not to include)
g5 buildable house 18480 (build your own house, can't access until visited)
H - Enemies & Hostile creatures
h1 Deadly Dragons 3829
h2 Skree less dragons (less dragons 25) 16724
h3 dragons diversified 13930
h4 enhanced high level gameplay 14449
h5 skyrim monster mod v11 (install the enhanced blood textures patch also)
h6 bellyaches new dragon species 20889
h7 dragon lords 11206
h8 dwarven resistances 27340
h9 dwemer spectres 17011
h10 ERSO 03 mighty dragons (slightly mighty dragons + MD with DeadlyD & DDiversified patch)
h11 erso 07 mighty dragon priests (slightly)
h12 erso 08 RUS Main
h13 erso 09 RUS npcs overhaul
h14 erso 11 rus assassins & thieves
h15 erso 12 RUS werewolves
h16 JAWS (in game - use only black, rock & greatwhite + disable new music) 16981
H17 Monster wars V5 (requires monster mod v11) 18997
h18 real wildlife skyrim (+ TRO basic needs patch) 9778
H19 Warzones Civil unrest (set spawns to low in game) 9494
I - Companions, Spouses & followers
i1 Atvir Dres 19348
i2 companion valfar 25360
i3 Hoth 24666
i4 my home is your home 18045 (give your followers a place to live)
i5 odavar 25968
i6 specialized followers 4034
i7 summon animal pets (immersive) 4034
i8 ultimate followers overhaul 14037
i9 vilja in skyrim 26393
J - Combat Mechanics, Perks & skills
j1 ACE - (armor, enchanting, magic, melee, realistic fighting, speech, synergy) 10037
j2 balanced magic (balanced magic - all skill trees + master) 2275
j3 skyrim community uncapper 1175
j4 complete crafting overhaul 8003
j5 magic duel (set chances to average) 18763
j6 arrows in the everywhere (high longer) 11165
j7 weapons & armor fixes (use the hacks also) 4719
j8 smithing perks overhaul (balanced version) 6047
j9 arrows & bolt tweaks Â (use the ones recommended by mod author + ini tweaks don't use the bolt esp/tweaks) 1194
j10 brawl bugs compatibility edition (needed by some mods) 24020
j11 binocular vision for npcs while sneaking 8719
j12 dual wield parrying (use script dragon version, V key on keyboard or use xbox controller & the mod to assign a parry button to the controller) 9247
j13 eagle eye perk 522
j14 JK crafting breakdown 13116
j15 path of shadows (full version, check readmes for possible in game config) 10456
j16 uncapped perks (balanced magic version) 7015
j17 tales of lycanthropy 12687 (i leave this on default setting will test later in game)
j18 better vampires for master difficulty non dawnguard version (I leave this on default setting, will test later in game) 9717
j19 Sneak tools (check readme's for possible in game config) 19447
j20 critical charge fix 5961
j21 yet another werewolf improvement 19924
j22 PISE - AI tweaks only, NPC equipment tweaks only, NPC tweaks & potions (asis does not work at all for me)
j23 scriptless werewolf bonus 12817
j24 deadly combat + giants ai fix & Pise patch 5485
j25 locational damage (disable the deadly combat locational damage in game) 12615
j26 Bloodier combat (place directly below/after the skyrimmonstermod EBT patch.esp in the load order, boss will put this somewhere else so remember to correct it everytime you boss sort & rebuild the bashed patch) 9330
j27 bloody facials 19718 (activate in game)
j28 Dragon souls to perks 11623
j29 ERSO 20 standing stones overhaul (non essential but makes for a different/new experience & new strategizing)
j30 NPCS use ammo all bows 14125
j31 predator vision vampires & werewolves 22274
j32 the dance of death (set killmove chance to 40%) 10906 (replaces advanced kill moves which caused a bug with my magic casting)
j33 Bullseye to dragonslayer perk
K - Alchemy & Food
k1 Alchemy & food overhaul (alchemy only) 11481
k2 alchemical apparati 9141 (ala morrowind)
k3 cannabis skyrim 8732 (alot of fun)
k4 fishing in skyrim 16139 (new fishing system + quest)
k5 ingredients of tamriel 15442 (1000+ ingredients from previous games added)
k6 recipes pack 4 1268 (80+ recipies, the complex recipies are awesome, require making ingredients first, I don't use material recipies or simple recipies but use all other .esp's)
k7 skyhighrim 22287 (very trippy screen effects for mushrooms albiet pointless, usefull flower recipies, adds interesting hinderence system - 'prepared flowers' can boost health etc, but your screen shifts hues - all blue, all red, etc which can be disconcerting, its a cool effect/system in that the negetive fx experienced effect the person playing rather then the character itself)
k8 TRO basic needs (set progression to 0.25 in game (you start game with no water), up to 0.5 or more once levelled up a few levels or obtained some food & water, also activate 3rd person animations) 10843
L - Weapons, Armor, Magic & Items
l1 apocalypse spells 16225
l2 arrows of magicka 9799
l3 bandolier bags & pouches 16438
l4 camping kit lite 11526
l5 cloaks of skyrim 12092 (necessary for hypothermia mod - also use compatibility patch for immersive armors, winter in skyrim, people have torches 27145)
l6 deadly dragons armory
l7 dwarven power armor 23530
l8 dwarven exoskeleton 19212
l9 Immersive armors 19733
l10 Immersive armors for npc 27679
l11 Immersive weapons 27644
l12 its a trap 9463 (adds 'cheat' chest to riverwood - ignore it)
l13 left hand rings 21720
l14 Midas Magic 3413 (overwrite the SMIM animated barrels added by TPC with the non animated vanilla barrels from SMIM to avoid/fix the conflict with midas magic)
l15 sheogorath shout 12752
l16 siege bow collection 12034
l17 skyrim spells & powers 19270
l18 Tera weapons 27463
l19 the revenge of colette 17353
l20 throwing weapons 14176 (adds 'cheat' chest to riverwood - ignore it)
l21 Winter in skyrim cloaks (use WIC cloaks patch) 13486 (necessary for hypothermia, can't install without cloaks, otherwise cloaks would not be included; install patch for people have torches)
M - late additions, final mix of miscellaneous mods
m1 Birds of skyrim 17723
m2 Dagger Craft pack 6494
m3 Diamond weapon smithing 19068
m4 dread knight weapon set 15494
m5 hell sword 20022
m6 jaysus swords 1002
m7 lost longswords 1 handed version 26261
m8 nicoroshi creations 13122
m9 Liliths tools 26335
m10 sky birds airborne perching birds 23771
m11 skyrim coin replacer 8611
m12 drop lit torches 10394
m13 tribunal masks & robes 20077
m14 wearable lanterns (don't install optional lanterns for guards, people have torches covers this) 17416
m15 Tera Armors UNP 25846
m16 Tera Armors Hotfix for Divinesight & GIldhorn 25846
m17 Tera Armors Hotfix for rysio & skysoar 25846
m18 Tera Armors 3rd & final beta male armor pack 25846
m19 Tera Armors optional level list plugin 25846
m20 Horns are forever 20861
m21 Realistic werewolf speed 13779
m22 auto unequip arrows
m23 chesko lore based loading screens
m24 armored skeletons 26706
m25 back off barbas 2686
m26 better skill & quest books 10125
m27 breezehome ladder fix plus 9659
m28 bucklers complete 5315
m29 Fires hurt 28202
m30 more firewood per chop (i use "4") 11119
m31 more locked containers 9829
m32 roosters at dawn 17257
m33 SIDT - squiggly line + hint 5770
m34 Spouses can live everywhere 11370
m35 optimizer 12801 (optional - only use if can't play game due to crashes, freeze-ups & stuttering - set to minimum/skyrim and set texture reduction to "if:>2048")
N - ENBÂ
n1 I use enb 119 with the "skyrealism cinematic" mod
n2 disable SSAO from the ini
PART 4 Optimize & Play
a1 activate individual mods with wyrebash or launcher
a2 sort mods with boss
a3 manually move bloodier combat below the monstermod EBT patch in the load order in wyrebash
a4 create bashed patch
a5 check for any unactivated mods in the list and if there are, activate them & recreate the bashed patch
a6 [OPTIONAL- may cause visual bugs with the parallax mapping] run texture optimizer - settings - "minimum & skyrim", activate the textures option and select "if >2048"
a7 run ccleaner clean & registry fix
a8 run smart defrag
Here is the Complete Load order copied from wyrebash, 255 active mods including the bashed patch which itself comprises of 7 mods for a total of 262. mods with a ++ infront of them are included in the bashed patch (noleveledlistrewards is marked nomerge, wyrebash says to merge it but doesn't, so activate this as normal after making the bashed patch)

Active Mods
â€¢Â 00 Skyrim.esm
â€¢Â 01 Update.esm
â€¢Â 02 ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
â€¢Â 03 CoD Waking Nightmare II.esm
â€¢Â 04 EagleEyePerk.esm
â€¢Â 05 ETaC - RESOURCES.esm
â€¢Â 06 JSwords.esm
â€¢Â 07 Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
â€¢Â 08 LB_MuchAdoSnowElves.esm
â€¢Â 09 MagicDuel.esm
â€¢Â 0A moonpath.esm
â€¢Â 0B More Interactive Items.ESM
â€¢Â 0C SkyMoMod.esm
â€¢Â 0D SPIKE.esm
â€¢Â 0E WARZONES - Civil Unrest.esm
â€¢Â 0F TERAArmors.esm
â€¢Â 10 Brawl Bugs CE.esp
â€¢Â 11 BreezehomeLadderFix.esp
â€¢Â 12 CriticalChargeFix.esp
â€¢Â 13 fFastTravelSpeedMult_4.esp [Version 1.0]
â€¢Â 14 invinciblehawkfix.esp
â€¢Â 15 Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp [Version 1.2.4]
â€¢Â 16 ExpandedSnowSystems-CoT.esp
â€¢Â 17 Morning Fogs.esp
â€¢Â 18 Rainbows.esp
â€¢Â 19 BWS.esp
â€¢Â 1A Clanking Armor.esp
â€¢Â 1B IceBreaker's Improved Reverb-v0.02-Cleaned.esp [Version erb]
â€¢Â 1C Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp
â€¢Â 1D Rooster At Dawn v1.0.esp
â€¢Â 1E Thundering Shouts.esp
â€¢Â 1F realrainCoT.esp
â€¢Â 20 RemoveAmbientInteriorFog.esp
â€¢Â 21 Warmer Magic Lights v2.esp
â€¢Â 22 MintyLightningMod.esp
â€¢Â 23 MintyLightningMod_COT_Patch.esp
â€¢Â 24 Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp
â€¢Â 25 EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
â€¢Â 26 Weapons and Armor fixes.esp
â€¢Â 27 Weapons and Armor fixes - Hacks.esp
â€¢Â 28 StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp
â€¢Â 29 Economics of Skyrim.esp
â€¢Â 2A 83Willows_101BUGS_V4_HighRes.esp
â€¢Â 2B Armored Skeleton.esp [Version v2]
â€¢Â 2C Arrows of Magicka.esp
â€¢Â 2D AV1Dragon_Lords.esp
â€¢Â 2E Back off, Barbas!.esp
â€¢Â 2F Better Skill and Quest Books Names.esp
â€¢Â 30 BellyachesNewDragonSpecies.esp
â€¢Â 31 Birds.esp
â€¢Â 32 Birdsofskyrim.esp
â€¢Â 33 Cannabis.esp
â€¢Â 34 Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
â€¢Â 35 dbmisc.esp
â€¢Â 36 DragonSoulsToPerks.esp
â€¢Â 37 Dwemer Spectres.esp
â€¢Â 38 DungeonQuestAwareness.esp
â€¢Â 39 FishingInSkyrim.esp
â€¢Â 3A FullyEquippedBlacksmiths.esp
â€¢Â 3B HigherLevelEnemies.esp
â€¢Â 3C ImprovedFish.esp
â€¢Â 3D IngredientsOfTamriel.esp
â€¢Â 3E itsatrap!.esp
â€¢Â 3F JAWS.esp
â€¢Â 40 JK Crafting Breakdown.esp
â€¢Â 41 Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Climates of Tamriel - default.esp
â€¢Â 42 UnlimitedBookshelves.esp
â€¢Â 43 mcCampingLite.esp
â€¢Â 44 more locked containers.esp
â€¢Â ++ NoSaltRecipes.esp
â€¢Â 45 People Have Torches.esp
â€¢Â 46 PilgrimsDelight.esp
â€¢Â 47 Radiant and Unique Potions Poisons and Booze.esp
â€¢Â 48 Real Wildlife Skyrim 0.1.esp
â€¢Â 49 ShootingStars.esp
â€¢Â 4A SIDT.esp
â€¢Â 4B skyBirds - Airborne Perching Birds.esp
â€¢Â 4C Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â 4D SMDropLitTorch.esp
â€¢Â 4E SPTDiverseGuardsSkyrim.esp [Version 4.3]
â€¢Â 4F Wolfs_Buff_Recipes.esp
â€¢Â 50 Wolfs_Intermediate_Recipes.esp
â€¢Â 51 Wolfs_Advanced_Recipes.esp
â€¢Â 52 Convenient Horses.esp
â€¢Â 53 Destructible_bottles.esp
â€¢Â 54 Auto Unequip Arrows.esp
â€¢Â 55 Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp
â€¢Â 56 Footprints.esp
â€¢Â 57 WetandCold.esp
â€¢Â 58 Bucklers-Complete.esp
â€¢Â 59 Cloaks.esp
â€¢Â 5A 1nivWICCloaks.esp [Version 2.1b]
â€¢Â 5B 1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp [Version 2.1]
â€¢Â 5C daedric_phelm.esp
â€¢Â 5D DaggerCraft.esp
â€¢Â 5E DiamondWeaponsN.esp
â€¢Â 5F Dread Knight Weapon Set.esp
â€¢Â 60 DwarvenPowerArmor.esp
â€¢Â 61 Elemental Staves.esp
â€¢Â 62 Hell Sword.esp
â€¢Â 63 hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
â€¢Â 64 JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp
â€¢Â 65 LeftHandRings.esp [Version 1.2]
â€¢Â 66 LostLongSwords.esp
â€¢Â 67 Nicoroshi Creations.esp [Version 1.2]
â€¢Â 68 royal_daedric.esp
â€¢Â 69 Siege Bow & Backpacks.esp
â€¢Â 6A Skyhighrim.esp
â€¢Â 6B Space Wiking's Dwemer Exoskeleton.esp
â€¢Â 6C SummonAnimalPets_immersive.esp
â€¢Â 6D TERAArmors.esp
â€¢Â 6E throwingweapons.esp
â€¢Â 6F Tribunal Maskes by Zairaam.esp
â€¢Â 70 Tribunal Robes by Zairaam.esp
â€¢Â 71 Dr_Bandolier.esp
â€¢Â 72 IA6npc01.esp
â€¢Â 73 Smithing Perks Overhaul - Balanced.esp
â€¢Â 74 Complete Crafting Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â 75 PISE-NPC Tweaks and Potions.esp
â€¢Â 76 PISE-AI Tweaks Only.esp
â€¢Â ++ PISE-NPC Equipment Tweaks Only.esp
â€¢Â 77 DeadlyDragons.esp
â€¢Â 78 DragonsDiversified.esp
â€¢Â 79 ERSO 03 - Slighty Mighty Dragons.esp
â€¢Â 7A ERSO 03.2 patch - MD with DeadlyD and DDiversified.esp
â€¢Â 7B DeadlyDragonsArmory.esp
â€¢Â 7C ERSO 07 - Slighty Mighty Dragon Priests.esp
â€¢Â 7D ERSO 08 - RUS-00 Main.esp
â€¢Â 7E ERSO 09 - RUS-Npcs overhaul.esp
â€¢Â 7F ERSO 10 - RUS-(SIM)-Travellers and Adventurers.esp
â€¢Â 80 ERSO 11 - RUS-(SIM)-Assassins and Thieves.esp
â€¢Â 81 ERSO 12 - RUS-(SIM)-Werewolves.esp
â€¢Â ++ ERSO 17 - Training cost 2.0x.esp
â€¢Â 82 ERSO 20 - Standing Stones Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â 83 Monster Wars.esp
â€¢Â 84 Beautiful Whiterun.esp
â€¢Â 85 buildablehouse.esp
â€¢Â 86 CoD Waking Nightmare II.esp
â€¢Â 87 DA_Skyship.esp
â€¢Â 88 DSAMG - Greybeard Fix.esp
â€¢Â 89 Gildergreen Regrown.esp [Version 1.2.3]
â€¢Â 8A LB_MuchAdoSnowElves_Quest.esp
â€¢Â 8B LimbwoodManor.esp
â€¢Â 8C Milan's PAck.esp
â€¢Â 8D moonpath_questdata.esp
â€¢Â 8E RealisticWhiterun.esp
â€¢Â 8F RiverwoodHuntingCabin.esp
â€¢Â 90 Run For Your Lives.esp [Version 1.1.2]
â€¢Â 91 Quest_SeaOfGhosts.esp
â€¢Â 92 SkyrimChimneysRW.esp
â€¢Â 93 The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp [Version 1.2.3]
â€¢Â 94 Trees for Solitude V1.1.esp
â€¢Â 95 Twilight Forest - Ambient Lighting.esp
â€¢Â 96 SkyrimCoinReplacer.esp
â€¢Â 97 Morrowloot.esp
â€¢Â 98 ArrowInTheEverywhere_High_Longer.esp
â€¢Â 99 Better Dynamic Snow.esp
â€¢Â 9A BetterQuestObjectives.esp
â€¢Â 9B Binocular Vision For NPCs while Sneaking.esp
â€¢Â 9C BlockSparkles.esp
â€¢Â 9D Deadly Traps.esp
â€¢Â 9E Distant Detail.esp
â€¢Â 9F dynamic fires.esp
â€¢Â ++ FSS-Slight pause between lines.esp
â€¢Â A0 Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â A1 Hypothermia.esp
â€¢Â A2 Immersive Weapons.esp
â€¢Â A3 LessDragons25.esp
â€¢Â A4 dD-No Twitching Dragon Death Animation.esp
â€¢Â A5 OpenFaceGuardHelmets.esp
â€¢Â A6 ReadIt.esp
â€¢Â A7 Realistic werewolf speed.esp
â€¢Â A8 Sickly Diseases.esp
â€¢Â A9 dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
â€¢Â AA dD-SkyrimMonsterMod EBT Patch.esp
â€¢Â AB bloodierCombatv1.1.esp
â€¢Â AC Soul Gems Differ - NS - E.esp
â€¢Â AD VariousGuardReplacer.esp
â€¢Â AE ETaC - Villages Complete.esp
â€¢Â AF TAVERiften.esp
â€¢Â B0 AIMP - Antz in my Pantz.esp
â€¢Â B1 icefloes.esp
â€¢Â B2 Populated Cities 2.esp
â€¢Â B3 abotFiresHurt.esp
â€¢Â B4 dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Reduced.esp
â€¢Â ++ Jump125.esp
â€¢Â B5 NPCsUseAmmoAllBows.esp
â€¢Â B6 TRO_BasicNeeds.esp [Version 0.94]
â€¢Â B7 TR-Basic Needs & RWS Patch.esp
â€¢Â B8 Better Vampires ML - No DawnGuard.esp
â€¢Â B9 Predator Vision.esp
â€¢Â BA Scriptless werewolf bonus.esp
â€¢Â BB ToL_Core_by_Brevi.esp [Version 1.5]
â€¢Â BC YetAnotherWerewolfImprovement.esp
â€¢Â BD Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp
â€¢Â BE MidasSkyrim.esp
â€¢Â BF ColettesRevenge.esp
â€¢Â C0 SSAPBWK.esp
â€¢Â C1 sheogorath_shout.esp
â€¢Â C2 BFSEffects.esp
â€¢Â C3 ShowRaceMenuAlternative.esp
â€¢Â C4 PTAlchemyOverhaul_ONLY.esp
â€¢Â C5 Hardcore Lockpicking1-12.esp
â€¢Â C6 Path of Shadows.esp
â€¢Â C7 Realistic crime report radius.esp
â€¢Â C8 Sneak Tools.esp
â€¢Â C9 ACE Realistic Fighting.esp
â€¢Â CA DeadlyCombat_GiantsAIFix.esp
â€¢Â CB Dual Wield Parrying_ScriptDragon.esp
â€¢Â CC Locational Damage.esp
â€¢Â CD The Dance of Death.esp
â€¢Â CE ACE Speech.esp
â€¢Â CF Balanced_Alteraton.esp
â€¢Â D0 Balanced_Conjuration.esp
â€¢Â D1 Balanced_Destruction.esp
â€¢Â D2 Balanced_Illusion.esp
â€¢Â D3 Balanced_Restoration.esp
â€¢Â ++ Balanced_Magic_Master.esp
â€¢Â D4 ACE Armor.esp
â€¢Â D5 ACE Enchanting.esp
â€¢Â D6 ACE Magic.esp
â€¢Â D7 ACE Melee.esp
â€¢Â D8 ACE Synergy.esp
â€¢Â D9 AT - Loot Arrows HARDCORE.esp
â€¢Â DA AT - Faster Arrows Improved +50%.esp
â€¢Â DB AT - Merchants Arrows HARDCORE.esp
â€¢Â DC AT - Progressive Damage (BS and CCO).esp
â€¢Â DD Uncapped Perks - Magic.esp
â€¢Â DE Uncapped Perks - Combat + Stealth.esp
â€¢Â DF Bullseye to Dragonslayer Perk.esp
â€¢Â E0 dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp
â€¢Â E1 hornsareforever.esp
â€¢Â E2 EMCompViljaSkyrim.esp
â€¢Â E3 HothFollower.esp
â€¢Â E4 UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â E5 My Home Is Your Home.esp
â€¢Â E6 Slightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp
â€¢Â E7 specializedfollowers.esp
â€¢Â E8 Atvir.esp
â€¢Â E9 CompanionValfar.esp
â€¢Â EA Odvar.esp
â€¢Â ++ moveitLWT.esp
â€¢Â EB Spousetocustomhome.esp
â€¢Â EC QuickStart3_NoHelmet.esp
â€¢Â ED True Giants v4.esp
â€¢Â EE ethereal_elven_overhaul.esp
â€¢Â EF BloodyFacials.esp
â€¢Â F0 Animated Weapon Enchants.esp
â€¢Â F1 getSnowy.esp
â€¢Â F2 WATER.esp
â€¢Â F3 Barenziah.esp
â€¢Â F4 Cartographers Map Markers.esp
â€¢Â F5 DeadlyCombat_PISE_Patch.esp
â€¢Â F6 Compatibility patch - PHT, IA, CoS & WIC.esp
â€¢Â F7 TRO_BasicNeeds_WATERPatch.esp
â€¢Â F8 Alchemical Apparati.esp
â€¢Â F9 DwarvenRes.esp
â€¢Â FA lilithstools.esp
â€¢Â FB TERA Weapons.esp
â€¢Â FC TERAArmors - Leveled Lists.esp
*Bashedpatch.esp

You can save yourself a bunch of time and copy all of your mods and plugins from Wrye Bash using the context menu... right click on the header bar and select "List Installers" or "List Mods". This includes both XML and spoiler tags for posting into forums and web pages alike.

peacefulmoments · December 31, 2012

Mega Modded Skyrim 254 active mods + Bashed Patch (Work in Progress.)

99% complete - 3 mods may be included in the future and 3 taken out of the current config to make room for them. Also some armor/weapon mods may be removed much later after playing the game long enough to figure out if they're too overpowered or not. likewise anything that proves buggy incl. town expansions may be removed also, I'll post any changes as I make them, for now though I'm 99% sure that this config will work.

the 3 potential mods for inclusion in the future are - automatic variants - adding the deadlyspellimpacts.esp back to the list (currently using mesh/textures only) and the personalized music mod. Also testing for optimization - currently using an enb & default ultra settings but shadows on high and far more modest slider settings. no game booster software for pc. radeon hd6970 i7 processor & 8gb ram. skyrim with no DLC updated to latest updates.

INTRODUCTION

The following is a complete list of every texture, script, SKSE, interface, mesh & sound replacer i've installed in skyrim followed by every esm/esp mod installed. the selection & testing process literally took months to complete & the list of excluded mods is nearly as long as this one. Everything is listed in the exact order its installed with a few notes here & there on downloading & installing these; though for the texture pack combiner & STEP mods I'll refer you to the guides available online. If you want a config of mods exactly the same as I use then cross reference this list against the STEP guide as some mods they list I haven't included in my own game; other STEP mods have been moved to later in the install process or are to be installed more then once in the install process.This is a mod build for vanilla skyrim without any downloadable content installed (dawn guard etc) as such it is not compatible with any DLC's except the high res texture pack.

I'll add the skyrim nexus mod number where ever I can so you can look up the mods for download. For e.g. https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8236 is the HD texture DLC Fix V1.3 the mod number is 8236, for a different mod just replace that part of the internet address with the different mod number.I'm leaving out the mod version info as the mods may get updated but they will keep the same internet address/mod number; and its less typing. apologies ahead of time if any of the mod numbers listed for the mods are incorrect or missing. google searching the mod name + syrim nexus should be able to find any of these mods.

all mods except monster mod v11 are available on skyrim nexus. I'm also 90% of the time only mentioning mods by the name of the mod folder after they're downloaded & extracted, if you can't tell what a mod is from the names given, use the mod number to check it out on skyrim nexus.All references to STEP are regarding Version 2.2.0a & the Texture pack combiner is Version 1.81. All mods are installed manually, sorted with boss then activated & bashed with wyrebash. also, although the STEP version I'm following is 2.2.0a I have included/excluded some textures etc according to the change logs at the STEP forums, i.e the new content proposed for the next version of STEP; and also the new textures in the TPC 1.81 that weren't included in STEP 2.2.0a. For details on what to download and how to install the TPC & STEP mods, follow the STEP guide that can be downloaded here - https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/11

Part 0 Basic Install

0 Graphics card
I use AMD so thats what I'm describing a config for, this config will work for all cards though its just more modest then all the options available to nvidia users. Set everything to 'let application decide" set AA to "mult-sample", AA filtering mode "standard" rather then edge-detect, morphological filtering OFF, V-Sync OFF, triple buffering ON (if present) texture filtering quality - high + surface format optimization enabled. tessellation is set to let application decide but has an amd optimized option I currently have disabled and will test later.
1 Initial installÂ
Install Skyrim.
2 Updates Â
update to 1.8.151.0
3 official HD texture packsÂ
3a add the "HD texture packs .bsa + texture fix.bsa & the archive lines to the skyrim.ini + HD texture fix loose files 8236 + High Res Texture Pack DLC Tweaks 14719"
&/or "Optimized texture pack, hybrid + high res secondary (i *think* those were the options I selected but can't remember exactly :S)
4 Set launcher optionsÂ
graphics to high from launcher - antialiasing 4 anistropic filtering 16, all reflections on, texture quality, radial blur & shadow detail on high, decals on ultra, fxaa off, distant object detail ultra, object detail fade off, object fade 10 (minimum setting has to be 10 or more if using the rainbows mod) actor fade 6 grass fade 5 specularity fade 10 light fade 25 item fade 4. These view distances are working with hi-res textures, but after optimizing textures with the optimizer these view distances can most likely be increased. with no enb running you could probably max them all out and ini tweak your grass fade from 7000 to 14000. the screen resolution for my monitor is 1366x768 16:9 widescreen. (means I also set my FOV=81.34 in game via console - i got that figure from the morrowind overhaul thing, think it was called morrowind mgso or something, one of the steps had an automatic field of view function that calculated the perfect FOV setting for your screen resolution, the figures given should still work for skyrim as far as I can tell)
4a Run from launcher & quitÂ
creates ini files. Perform ini tweaks from S.T.E.P (version 2.2.0a) but set the decals tweak to the lower setting of 350 as recommended by enhanced blood mod (for *hopefully* better performance).
5 Install Simple borderless window, Script Dragon & SKSEÂ
install the quicksave hotkey F11 & autopotions mods for script dragon. Run SKSE & quit to create SKSE files.
autopotion uses a health/stamina/magicka potion when you run out health/stamina/magicka if you have any potions available (better combat flow - adds an element of chance as to whether you can drink a potion in time) and savehotkey is a quicksave that creates a new save each time rather then overwriting the same save all the time.
5a - Install utilitiesÂ·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
5aa Boss, Wyrebash, Xpadder, ccleaner, smart defrag.
5b follow instructions in STEP guide regarding these. Xpadder isn't mentioned but is needed for using the script dragon version of duel weild parrying with an xbox controller. the needed files & instructions are available on skyrim nexus as a mod. google search duel wield parrying skyrim mod xbox controller and you should be able to find it.
Â 6 - Texture/mesh base for TPC & STEP

I install these next replacers prior to anything from step as these were all previously removed from STEP or never were part of it and I didn't want to accidentally overwrite any better looking STEP textures with any of the following. Therefore there's a chance that many of the textures/meshes from the mods in this section (6 - texture/mesh base for TPC & STEP) will be overwritten later during the install process.Â
6a No Stretching rock textures 26126
6b More Dwemered Textures 2K 5827
6c High Definition Better Dwemer Ruins 5007
6d HQ collage of winterhold 2552
6e Softer animal fur 2084
6f Terrain bump 4964
PART 1 TPC & STEP

7 - Install STEP fixes.
7a Ancient Nord Armor Fix 2808
7b Bowlegged Jump Fix 7416
7c Fuz Ro Doh 14884
7d Invincible Hawk Fix
7e Linwes Arms 1956
7d Nitpick 19556
7e Trainer Gold Exploit Fix 8627
7d Unofficial Skyrim Patch
8 - Texture Pack Combined (version 1.81) 20801

All of the following are included - the following list is taken from the TPC page at nexus: https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20801 here you'll find detailed download & install guide, follow it exactly, and cross reference it against the STEP install guide here: https://wiki.step-project.com/Texture_Pack_Combiner and the STEP 2.2.0a .pdf guide. Get all the latest versions of the following mods (as of 2012-12-21).

Required mods:
Skyrim HD - 2K Textures by NebuLa
Serious HD Retexture Skyrim by Z4G4
Skyrim Realistic Overhaul by Starac (non dawnguard version - no longer available at nexus, if you get a copy and notice missing files in the log file after combining, these are just the dawnguard specific files that you don't need)
Optional mods:
AOF Detailed Mountains by AnOldFriend
AOF Farmhouses by AnOldFriend
Ash Pile Retex by Raymond Murphy
Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack by Bellyache
Better Dynamic Snow by OpticShooter and Brumbek
Better Rocks and Mountains by Four Leaf Clover
Designs Of The Nords by KEBW1144
Detailed Chests by Clintmich
Enhanced Distant Terrain by OpticShooter
Enhanced Night Skyrim by CptJoker
HD Linens by Rivybeast
HD Misc by Calav3ra
HD Ore And Ingots by BioProd
HD Sacks Retexture by Mazarin
High Quality Food and Ingredients by Iraito
High Quality LODs by Ethatron
High Realistic Tundra Moss for AOF Detailed Mountains by Aron
HQ Milky Way Galaxy by Manesse
HQ Skyrim Map V2 by Grace Darkling and Paddyy
HQ Towns and Villages by Anarin
Hybrids HD Plants and Herbs Retexture by Gabriel "Mystikhybrid" Gullbergh
Intricate Spider Webs by Isoku
Langleys Wood Metal and Stone Textures Workshop by Langley
Lush Grass by OpticShooter
Lush Trees by OpticShooter
Project Parallax Markath, Solitude, Whiterun, Windhelm by Osmodius
Quality SnowFlakes V2 by Yuril
Radiant and Unique Potions and Poisons HD by XRC
Real Ice ALL-IN-ONE by Yuril
Real Ice and Snow by grVulture
Realistic Instruments by InwardScreams
Realistic Smoke and Embers by Isoku
Re-Defined Dungeons WIP by Gizmo
Riften HQ Textures by Erik
Ruins Clutter Improvement HD by Raiserfx
Septim HD by Crypton
Silly Level of Detail - Potions and Poisons by Narmix
Silly Level of Detail - Wine Cellar by Narmix
Skyrim Flora Overhaul by Vurt
Skyrim Redesigned WIP by Dracomies
Skyrim Sunglare V4 by Laast
Snow and Rocks Textures HD by Darevix
Soul Gems Differ - Full and Empty by Utopolyst
Static Mesh Improvement Mod (SMIM) by Brumbek
Super Realistic Ore Textures by Kman420
Tobes Highres Textures by Mr Bravo aka Tobe
TreesHD Skyrim Variation by Namotep
WATER by SparrowPrince
Weathered Road Signs by Nimbli Bimbli
Whiterun Trellis Redesigned and HQ by Toby S
Visible Windows by Isoku
9 - STEP Graphics In Order
9a Better Beast Races 944
9b Better Bedrolls 400
9d Better Circlets MD1k 6495
9e Better Turn Animation only one pose 8080
9f Fix Crossed Swords & Turn with leg move 8080
9g Cover Khajiit Male & Female (1024 version) 5941
9h Psychosteves golden gods shrines 6538
9i Realistic hair 3397
9j running with a bow 3rd person 12426
9k Pine needles, rainfall snowfall & aspen leaves fx 6387
9l XCE 2356
9m Yuri rings gold circle HQ 7034
9n AOF believable hair female & male 4307
9o Dragon Chiseled 27095
Â 10 - STEP Graphics No Order
10a Animated Weapon enchants 12668
10b Ants In My Pants 18855
10c better bones 12085
10d better freckles 4502
10e better shadowmarks 10056
10f birds & flocks 11555
10g female without bbb & male breathing idles 7093
10h BFS effects 14692
10i chimneys for skyrim 17919
10j HD fire fx 2692
10k Climates of Tamriel (default - no optionals used) 17802
10l Deadly spell impacts medium res (delete esp if experience freeze ups or crashes during combat) 2947
10m distant detail 12866
10n elemental staffs 15152
10o enchantment effect replacer 1345
10p Enhanced blood textures 60
10q Closer match eyebrows 627
10r Rans Eye reflection extender 20343
10s finer dust 2636
10t HD baskets fixed 2782
10u HD light version beards 21620
10v Improved foot wraps for females 4473
10w improved torches textures 534
10x block sparks 10445
10y lanterns of skyrim CoT Version (default setting)
10z lockpick inventory remodel 13901
10za moon size tweeks (I leave these until last & only use them if I have free esp spots in the modlist - currently i have no room for these) 1037
10zb new thinner torch 6950
10zc no spinning death anim & no twitch dragon anim 17214
10zd display case smudged glass version 3693
10ze hd keys with normal maps 2875
10zf mask of clavicus wrecked 3375
10zg pilgrims delight 10940
10zh pondfish retexture 4786
10zi real effect candle 7643
10zj realistic paper main - dark 937
10zk skyrim weapon deLARPification project 16072
10zl Vibrant auroras 6675
10zm warmer magic lights 4419
11 - FIXES
11a Enhanced blood textures hotfix (scripts)
11b Warmer magic lights compatability patch (cleaned esp - boss will tell you if you need this or any others and provide the links to download)
12 - STEP INTERFACE MODS
12a Cartographers map markers 15489
12b categorized favorites menu 4862
12c catergorized favourites menu oni edition config for widescreen 22307
12d dungeon quest awareness 9720
12e HQ3DMap - normals original & hi res meshes 4817
12f interfacehardcodedtweaks - standard onlyÂ 88
12g without wings around keyhole lockpick retexture 2845
12h main menu font - fertigo pro
12i no smoke loading screens 7901
12j a quality world map all roads 4929
12k skill interface texture 7308
12l skyUI 2.2 3863
12m smaller cursor 2317
12n main menu spinning emblem 7801
12o a thinner compass 12804
12p time on loading screen 98
13 - STEP SOUND MODS
13a activate noise removal 210
13b ambient seagulls 1306
13c better horse pain sounds 12608
13d BWS 17903
13e FSS better bards (use sounds + fss slight pause) 6496
13f improved combat sounds 5289
13g smooth draw and sheathe sfx 1117
13h sounds of nature Redux 19333
14 - STEP GAMEPLAY MODS
14a better quest objectives 11135
14b convenient horses (in game I suggest setting player horse- health +30, stamina +40 speed +20 AI smart & followers horses on) 14950
14c dark brotherhood forever misc 10194
14d deja vu 19008
14e gildergreen regrown 12254
14f more interactive items 3562
14g move it less wait time 4020
14h realistic ragdoll reduced force 601
14i dynamic fires 17969
14j slighty reduced npc greetings 746
14k the paarthurnax dilemma 18465
PART 2 Custom animation, mesh, texture & sound replacers

A - animations.
a1 elegent bow animaitons (can use the sneak animations only if preferred) 24589
a2 bow animations 1370
a3 bow animations tweak 389
a4 running with a bow 3rd person 12426
a5 new animation 1 handed weapon female & male 18981
a6 two handed animations redone 859
a7 duel wield animations 248
a8 dual wield sprint animations
a9 werewolf sprint animation
a10 3rd person spell sprinting animation tweak 404
a11 2hm better run forward 15703
a12 VHH walk 13272
a13 feminine running animation 11447
a14 momo dash no effect 11447
a15 higher jumping (choose 125 option) 164
a16 YYanimreplacer natural jump 18504
a17 get up animation replacer (needed for combat mods - can be killed if take too long to stand up) 19315
B - Sounds & Music
b1 PSYRIM (if you prefer a more ambient & otherworldly soundtrack) 1041
b2 icebreakers improved reverb 16907
b3 guard dialogue overhaul 23390
b4 respectful lydia (3 options) 4806
b5 thundering shouts 3799
b6 Bow sounds 27208
b7 better animal footsteps 24805
b8 real arrow sfx
b9 victory cry version new 13850
b10 swearing mudcrabs 1709
b11 alpha wearwolf sounds (most aggressive version) 13779
b12 the real fus ro dah 2973
b13 barenziah sound 14018
b14 catacomb ambience loop 16018
b15 HD quality Default base ambience 4336
b16 hidden blade SFX 24977
b17 lower volume thieves guild door 1836
b18 nighteye quieter activate sound 7892
b19 clanking armor (with optional lower pitch clanks)
b20 quieter dog 1579
b21 quieter groans 1580
b22 quiet zombies 2097
b23 underwater sfx fix 3488
b24 silent equipped healing spells 691
C - Weapons & armor rextextures
c1 HQ Shields 225
c2 High-Res 7045
c3 Complete HAR 3261
c4 Weapon retexture project 1754
c5 amidianborn book of silence 24909
c6 amb hide & studded 26770
c7 amb iron and banded 19340
c8 amb leather 22065
c9 amb steel 18272
c10 amb fur 27810
c11 amb steelplate 20792
c12 ancient nord armor fix 2808
c12 deadric no glow+royal 3104
c13 perfect legionnaire+sword & shield 6085
c14 shrouded armor HD orignal grey fixed 2260
c15 glass armor & weapons packs 526
c16 better glass helmet mesh 4085
c16b Longer Arrows 5164
c17 Iron arrowhead retex 2944
c18 steel arrowhead retex 2960
c19 wehr silver weapons 3301
c20 elven weapons for silence
c21 AMB elven dark & shield dark 23125
c22 weapon ebony gold 573
c23 armor ebony gold female 493
c24 armor ebony gold male 549
c25 amb dwarven 24398
c26 hectrol dwarven shield hi res 3996
c27 greatswords sswtb 27178
c28 shield of ysgramor 2121
D - Clothes & Guards retextures
d1 various guard outfits 6770
d2 diverse guards skyrim 8943
d3 open face guard helms 9514
d4 improved NPC clothing + expansion 2674
Â E - Creatures Retextures
e2 3 willows 101 bugs hi res 4955
e3 posh mudcrabs 5932
e4 enhanced horse skins 596
e5 new werewolf model & texture 12687
e6 werewolf eye texture - ice blue no glow 13779
e7 new parthurnax ancient dragon & ohdaviing with LOD files 3740
e8 dragon texture pack 62
e9 Alduin Evid HD 3011
e10 Realistic horse shape 21378
e11 better skeevers 16291
e12 skeever tail 16291
e13 creepy nightmother & coffin (black medium gore+1 eye open) 4762
e14 Frost atronach HD 27643
F - Items Retextures
f1 Chopper axe HD 2127
f2 pick axe HD 2258
f3 makers mark ingots 3524
f4 realistic instruments pack 8027
f5 nightinggale hd 28899
f6 nightingale skull mask - mask only 917
f7 hd dragonpriest masks 3432
f8 fractal dragon priest masks 15052
f9 jewels of the nords hi res 27038
f10 yuri rings gold circle HQ 7034
f11 bumpy inn & shop signs 4470
f12 ultimate HD fire spells 28642
f12 ultimate HD torch 28060
G - Misc World Textures
g1 High realistic tundra moss yellow variant 28185
g2 lush trees+flora overhaul patch 3385
g3 a lush aspen tree half size version for flora overhaul (any 'taller trees' mods will clash with mods that add trees to towns/cities) 15309
g4 taller Fall Forest Grass 15309
H - XCE & EEO Replacers
h1 better beast races 944
h2 cover khajiit male & female 5941
h3 ethereal elven overhaul (don't use the hi res textures or neck seams happen when used with XCE) 24273
h4 XCE full + clean skin patch for females
h5 high res scars (skip this step if you happen to know whether these are included in XCE full) 4784
h6 HQ warpaint + dirt for men
h7 HQ eyebrows 21451
h8 realistic hair 3397
h9 aof believable hair 4307
h10 light version hi res beards 21620
h11 natural eyes 3589
h12 eye reflection extender 20343
h13 longer eyelashes
h14 better freckles 4502
h15 Take the femalehead_s.dds from XCE and install that over the one already installed (this is a fix for shiny skin, if you have no shiny skin problems you can skip this step)
PART 3 Interface & Game play mods

A - Quests & Hostile places
a1 milans dungeon pack 13969
a2 moonpath to elsweyr 9782
a3 much ado about snow elves 102812
a4 sea of ghosts 15862
a5 skyrims unique treasures 12766
a6 COD waking nightmare II 13960
B - Misc World Mechanics
b1 deadly traps & sickly diseases 2905
b2 economics of skyrim (activate in game) 11919
b3 fully equipped blacksmiths 9511
b4 hardcore lockpicking 7395
b5 morrowloot 19353
b6 no leveled item rewards 22996
b7 realistic crime radius (replaces ERSO crime radius as it seemed to cause bugs/glitches) 8078
C - Main Menu Randomizer
I can't list everything I've used for this mod but I can try to explain it. using this mod I have 86 different main menu wallpapers, main menu songs, moon textures for both moons & galaxy/nebula replacers which appear in game at random; a different selection everytime I launch the game. This means whenever I start a game I will see one of 86 different moon combinations, nebulas, galaxies & starfields in the sky. there are *almost* enough moon texture replacers on skyrim nexus for different textures every time the game is loaded, about half as many menu music options (some not great quality), almost enough *quality* wallpaper options; & a different nebula/galaxy/star combination for each of the 86 folders. setting this up can be time consuming and a bit confusing and is difficult for me to explain - but go to skyrim nexus & read the readme's for the mainmenurandomizer, install it with the stock selection. examine the folder structure to learn how it works then use the same method the mod uses for selecting wallpapers to add music, moons, skies or other statics to the mod for randomizing.
D - Interface & Fixes
d1 beyond tom new decap gore 4285
d2 faster mining (faster mining only, no bonus ore) 9465
d3 subliminal traps 2653
d4 glowing ore veins 193
d5 better dialogue controls 27371
d6 better message box controls 28170
d7 fast travel timescale fix 19389
d8 increased bounty rewards normal 11278
d9 lockpick pro (deselect everything in the config except lockpick health) 219
d10 NACMIM coloured map markers 26822
d11 no boring sleep/wait menu 12625
d12 Quickstart 8207 (gives skyrim a chance to activate all these mods in a quiet area at the end of helgens keep with nothing happening, and gives you a chance to config these mods in game)
d13 show race menu alternative 20394 (so you can skip through the character selection menu asap, configure the mods in game and then go back and create your character properly before leaving helgens keep)
d14 smart souls 14559
d15 unlimited bookshelves 10891
d16 vanilla mannequin script fix alternative 10652
Â E - Immersive world & weather fx
e1 footprints 22745
e2 enhanced lights & fx 27043
e3 Ice Floes 26195 (needed due to hypothermia mod, allows travel in northern icy regions without swimming)
e4 remove ambient interior fog final version 9571
e5 beautiful whiterun (use both esp) 12110
e6 destructible bottles extended 26017
e7 expanded towns & cities (full/complete) 13608
e8 expanded snow systems CoT 28110
e9 Get Snowy 19660
e10 Hypothermia (use console in game: Set HypoBaseBodyHeat to 40 to avoid hypothermia if it starts raining before you reach riverwood at start of game - compatable with COT makes this the choice rather then frostfall) 6745
e11 improved fish 14320
e12 minty's lightning mod+CoT Patch (set lightning to do damage in game) 15506
e13 morning fogs 24810
e14 rainbows 25666 (object fade must be 10 or more for this mod to work)
e15 real rain CoT 16541
e16 shooting stars 25022
e17 supreme storms for CoT 27022
e18 towns & villages enhanced - riften 20185
819 trees for solitude 10698
e20 wet & cold 27563 (turn on both options for followers & disable cloaks ability for npcs)
e21 rainfall & snow Fx (overwrite other weather mods textures for performance) 6387
F - Immersive NPC
f1 ERSO 10 RUS SIM Travellers & adventurers
f2 People have torches 14019
f3 populated cities 0928
f4 run for your lives 23906
G - Homes
g1 Hunters cabin of riverwood 15878 (can't be used until you find the key)
g2 limbwood manor with forge 27250 (can't be accessed until you find it)
g3 Dev aveza airship 24234 (can't be accessed until you visit it - is home + working fully flyable airship - guarded by thalmor prevents lower exp level access)
g4 the twilight forest 11007 (accessable straight away - doubles as alchemy resource garden, too impressive not to include)
g5 buildable house 18480 (build your own house, can't access until visited)
H - Enemies & Hostile creatures
h1 Deadly Dragons 3829
h2 Skree less dragons (less dragons 25) 16724
h3 dragons diversified 13930
h4 enhanced high level gameplay 14449
h5 skyrim monster mod v11 (install the enhanced blood textures patch also)
h6 bellyaches new dragon species 20889
h7 dragon lords 11206
h8 dwarven resistances 27340
h9 dwemer spectres 17011
h10 ERSO 03 mighty dragons (slightly mighty dragons + MD with DeadlyD & DDiversified patch)
h11 erso 07 mighty dragon priests (slightly)
h12 erso 08 RUS Main
h13 erso 09 RUS npcs overhaul
h14 erso 11 rus assassins & thieves
h15 erso 12 RUS werewolves
h16 JAWS (in game - use only black, rock & greatwhite + disable new music) 16981
H17 Monster wars V5 (requires monster mod v11) 18997
h18 real wildlife skyrim (+ TRO basic needs patch) 9778
H19 Warzones Civil unrest (set spawns to low in game) 9494
I - Companions, Spouses & followers
i1 Atvir Dres 19348
i2 companion valfar 25360
i3 Hoth 24666
i4 my home is your home 18045 (give your followers a place to live)
i5 odavar 25968
i6 specialized followers 4034
i7 summon animal pets (immersive) 4034
i8 ultimate followers overhaul 14037
i9 vilja in skyrim 26393
J - Combat Mechanics, Perks & skills
j1 ACE - (armor, enchanting, magic, melee, realistic fighting, speech, synergy) 10037
j2 balanced magic (balanced magic - all skill trees + master) 2275
j3 skyrim community uncapper 1175
j4 complete crafting overhaul 8003
j5 magic duel (set chances to average) 18763
j6 arrows in the everywhere (high longer) 11165
j7 weapons & armor fixes (use the hacks also) 4719
j8 smithing perks overhaul (balanced version) 6047
j9 arrows & bolt tweaks Â (use the ones recommended by mod author + ini tweaks don't use the bolt esp/tweaks) 1194
j10 brawl bugs compatibility edition (needed by some mods) 24020
j11 binocular vision for npcs while sneaking 8719
j12 dual wield parrying (use script dragon version, V key on keyboard or use xbox controller & the mod to assign a parry button to the controller) 9247
j13 eagle eye perk 522
j14 JK crafting breakdown 13116
j15 path of shadows (full version, check readmes for possible in game config) 10456
j16 uncapped perks (balanced magic version) 7015
j17 tales of lycanthropy 12687 (i leave this on default setting will test later in game)
j18 better vampires for master difficulty non dawnguard version (I leave this on default setting, will test later in game) 9717
j19 Sneak tools (check readme's for possible in game config) 19447
j20 critical charge fix 5961
j21 yet another werewolf improvement 19924
j22 PISE - AI tweaks only, NPC equipment tweaks only, NPC tweaks & potions (asis does not work at all for me)
j23 scriptless werewolf bonus 12817
j24 deadly combat + giants ai fix & Pise patch 5485
j25 locational damage (disable the deadly combat locational damage in game) 12615
j26 Bloodier combat (place directly below/after the skyrimmonstermod EBT patch.esp in the load order, boss will put this somewhere else so remember to correct it everytime you boss sort & rebuild the bashed patch) 9330
j27 bloody facials 19718 (activate in game)
j28 Dragon souls to perks 11623
j29 ERSO 20 standing stones overhaul (non essential but makes for a different/new experience & new strategizing)
j30 NPCS use ammo all bows 14125
j31 predator vision vampires & werewolves 22274
j32 the dance of death (set killmove chance to 40%) 10906 (replaces advanced kill moves which caused a bug with my magic casting)
j33 Bullseye to dragonslayer perk
K - Alchemy & Food
k1 Alchemy & food overhaul (alchemy only) 11481
k2 alchemical apparati 9141 (ala morrowind)
k3 cannabis skyrim 8732 (alot of fun)
k4 fishing in skyrim 16139 (new fishing system + quest)
k5 ingredients of tamriel 15442 (1000+ ingredients from previous games added)
k6 recipes pack 4 1268 (80+ recipies, the complex recipies are awesome, require making ingredients first, I don't use material recipies or simple recipies but use all other .esp's)
k7 skyhighrim 22287 (very trippy screen effects for mushrooms albiet pointless, usefull flower recipies, adds interesting hinderence system - 'prepared flowers' can boost health etc, but your screen shifts hues - all blue, all red, etc which can be disconcerting, its a cool effect/system in that the negetive fx experienced effect the person playing rather then the character itself)
k8 TRO basic needs (set progression to 0.25 in game (you start game with no water), up to 0.5 or more once levelled up a few levels or obtained some food & water, also activate 3rd person animations) 10843
L - Weapons, Armor, Magic & Items
l1 apocalypse spells 16225
l2 arrows of magicka 9799
l3 bandolier bags & pouches 16438
l4 camping kit lite 11526
l5 cloaks of skyrim 12092 (necessary for hypothermia mod - also use compatibility patch for immersive armors, winter in skyrim, people have torches 27145)
l6 deadly dragons armory
l7 dwarven power armor 23530
l8 dwarven exoskeleton 19212
l9 Immersive armors 19733
l10 Immersive armors for npc 27679
l11 Immersive weapons 27644
l12 its a trap 9463 (adds 'cheat' chest to riverwood - ignore it)
l13 left hand rings 21720
l14 Midas Magic 3413 (overwrite the SMIM animated barrels added by TPC with the non animated vanilla barrels from SMIM to avoid/fix the conflict with midas magic)
l15 sheogorath shout 12752
l16 siege bow collection 12034
l17 skyrim spells & powers 19270
l18 Tera weapons 27463
l19 the revenge of colette 17353
l20 throwing weapons 14176 (adds 'cheat' chest to riverwood - ignore it)
l21 Winter in skyrim cloaks (use WIC cloaks patch) 13486 (necessary for hypothermia, can't install without cloaks, otherwise cloaks would not be included; install patch for people have torches)
M - late additions, final mix of miscellaneous mods
m1 Birds of skyrim 17723
m2 Dagger Craft pack 6494
m3 Diamond weapon smithing 19068
m4 dread knight weapon set 15494
m5 hell sword 20022
m6 jaysus swords 1002
m7 lost longswords 1 handed version 26261
m8 nicoroshi creations 13122
m9 Liliths tools 26335
m10 sky birds airborne perching birds 23771
m11 skyrim coin replacer 8611
m12 drop lit torches 10394
m13 tribunal masks & robes 20077
m14 wearable lanterns (don't install optional lanterns for guards, people have torches covers this) 17416
m15 Tera Armors UNP 25846
m16 Tera Armors Hotfix for Divinesight & GIldhorn 25846
m17 Tera Armors Hotfix for rysio & skysoar 25846
m18 Tera Armors 3rd & final beta male armor pack 25846
m19 Tera Armors optional level list plugin 25846
m20 Horns are forever 20861
m21 Realistic werewolf speed 13779
m22 auto unequip arrows
m23 chesko lore based loading screens
m24 armored skeletons 26706
m25 back off barbas 2686
m26 better skill & quest books 10125
m27 breezehome ladder fix plus 9659
m28 bucklers complete 5315
m29 Fires hurt 28202
m30 more firewood per chop (i use "4") 11119
m31 more locked containers 9829
m32 roosters at dawn 17257
m33 SIDT - squiggly line + hint 5770
m34 Spouses can live everywhere 11370
m35 optimizer 12801 (optional - only use if can't play game due to crashes, freeze-ups & stuttering - set to minimum/skyrim and set texture reduction to "if:>2048")
N - ENBÂ
n1 I use enb 119 with the "skyrealism cinematic" mod
n2 disable SSAO from the ini
PART 4 Optimize & Play
a1 activate individual mods with wyrebash or launcher
a2 sort mods with boss
a3 manually move bloodier combat below the monstermod EBT patch in the load order in wyrebash
a4 create bashed patch
a5 check for any unactivated mods in the list and if there are, activate them & recreate the bashed patch
a6 [OPTIONAL- may cause visual bugs with the parallax mapping] run texture optimizer - settings - "minimum & skyrim", activate the textures option and select "if >2048"
a7 run ccleaner clean & registry fix
a8 run smart defrag
Here is the Complete Load order copied from wyrebash, 255 active mods including the bashed patch which itself comprises of 7 mods for a total of 262. mods with a ++ infront of them are included in the bashed patch (noleveledlistrewards is marked nomerge, wyrebash says to merge it but doesn't, so activate this as normal after making the bashed patch)

Active Mods
â€¢Â 00 Skyrim.esm
â€¢Â 01 Update.esm
â€¢Â 02 ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
â€¢Â 03 CoD Waking Nightmare II.esm
â€¢Â 04 EagleEyePerk.esm
â€¢Â 05 ETaC - RESOURCES.esm
â€¢Â 06 JSwords.esm
â€¢Â 07 Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
â€¢Â 08 LB_MuchAdoSnowElves.esm
â€¢Â 09 MagicDuel.esm
â€¢Â 0A moonpath.esm
â€¢Â 0B More Interactive Items.ESM
â€¢Â 0C SkyMoMod.esm
â€¢Â 0D SPIKE.esm
â€¢Â 0E WARZONES - Civil Unrest.esm
â€¢Â 0F TERAArmors.esm
â€¢Â 10 Brawl Bugs CE.esp
â€¢Â 11 BreezehomeLadderFix.esp
â€¢Â 12 CriticalChargeFix.esp
â€¢Â 13 fFastTravelSpeedMult_4.esp [Version 1.0]
â€¢Â 14 invinciblehawkfix.esp
â€¢Â 15 Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp [Version 1.2.4]
â€¢Â 16 ExpandedSnowSystems-CoT.esp
â€¢Â 17 Morning Fogs.esp
â€¢Â 18 Rainbows.esp
â€¢Â 19 BWS.esp
â€¢Â 1A Clanking Armor.esp
â€¢Â 1B IceBreaker's Improved Reverb-v0.02-Cleaned.esp [Version erb]
â€¢Â 1C Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp
â€¢Â 1D Rooster At Dawn v1.0.esp
â€¢Â 1E Thundering Shouts.esp
â€¢Â 1F realrainCoT.esp
â€¢Â 20 RemoveAmbientInteriorFog.esp
â€¢Â 21 Warmer Magic Lights v2.esp
â€¢Â 22 MintyLightningMod.esp
â€¢Â 23 MintyLightningMod_COT_Patch.esp
â€¢Â 24 Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp
â€¢Â 25 EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
â€¢Â 26 Weapons and Armor fixes.esp
â€¢Â 27 Weapons and Armor fixes - Hacks.esp
â€¢Â 28 StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp
â€¢Â 29 Economics of Skyrim.esp
â€¢Â 2A 83Willows_101BUGS_V4_HighRes.esp
â€¢Â 2B Armored Skeleton.esp [Version v2]
â€¢Â 2C Arrows of Magicka.esp
â€¢Â 2D AV1Dragon_Lords.esp
â€¢Â 2E Back off, Barbas!.esp
â€¢Â 2F Better Skill and Quest Books Names.esp
â€¢Â 30 BellyachesNewDragonSpecies.esp
â€¢Â 31 Birds.esp
â€¢Â 32 Birdsofskyrim.esp
â€¢Â 33 Cannabis.esp
â€¢Â 34 Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
â€¢Â 35 dbmisc.esp
â€¢Â 36 DragonSoulsToPerks.esp
â€¢Â 37 Dwemer Spectres.esp
â€¢Â 38 DungeonQuestAwareness.esp
â€¢Â 39 FishingInSkyrim.esp
â€¢Â 3A FullyEquippedBlacksmiths.esp
â€¢Â 3B HigherLevelEnemies.esp
â€¢Â 3C ImprovedFish.esp
â€¢Â 3D IngredientsOfTamriel.esp
â€¢Â 3E itsatrap!.esp
â€¢Â 3F JAWS.esp
â€¢Â 40 JK Crafting Breakdown.esp
â€¢Â 41 Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Climates of Tamriel - default.esp
â€¢Â 42 UnlimitedBookshelves.esp
â€¢Â 43 mcCampingLite.esp
â€¢Â 44 more locked containers.esp
â€¢Â ++ NoSaltRecipes.esp
â€¢Â 45 People Have Torches.esp
â€¢Â 46 PilgrimsDelight.esp
â€¢Â 47 Radiant and Unique Potions Poisons and Booze.esp
â€¢Â 48 Real Wildlife Skyrim 0.1.esp
â€¢Â 49 ShootingStars.esp
â€¢Â 4A SIDT.esp
â€¢Â 4B skyBirds - Airborne Perching Birds.esp
â€¢Â 4C Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â 4D SMDropLitTorch.esp
â€¢Â 4E SPTDiverseGuardsSkyrim.esp [Version 4.3]
â€¢Â 4F Wolfs_Buff_Recipes.esp
â€¢Â 50 Wolfs_Intermediate_Recipes.esp
â€¢Â 51 Wolfs_Advanced_Recipes.esp
â€¢Â 52 Convenient Horses.esp
â€¢Â 53 Destructible_bottles.esp
â€¢Â 54 Auto Unequip Arrows.esp
â€¢Â 55 Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp
â€¢Â 56 Footprints.esp
â€¢Â 57 WetandCold.esp
â€¢Â 58 Bucklers-Complete.esp
â€¢Â 59 Cloaks.esp
â€¢Â 5A 1nivWICCloaks.esp [Version 2.1b]
â€¢Â 5B 1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp [Version 2.1]
â€¢Â 5C daedric_phelm.esp
â€¢Â 5D DaggerCraft.esp
â€¢Â 5E DiamondWeaponsN.esp
â€¢Â 5F Dread Knight Weapon Set.esp
â€¢Â 60 DwarvenPowerArmor.esp
â€¢Â 61 Elemental Staves.esp
â€¢Â 62 Hell Sword.esp
â€¢Â 63 hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
â€¢Â 64 JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp
â€¢Â 65 LeftHandRings.esp [Version 1.2]
â€¢Â 66 LostLongSwords.esp
â€¢Â 67 Nicoroshi Creations.esp [Version 1.2]
â€¢Â 68 royal_daedric.esp
â€¢Â 69 Siege Bow & Backpacks.esp
â€¢Â 6A Skyhighrim.esp
â€¢Â 6B Space Wiking's Dwemer Exoskeleton.esp
â€¢Â 6C SummonAnimalPets_immersive.esp
â€¢Â 6D TERAArmors.esp
â€¢Â 6E throwingweapons.esp
â€¢Â 6F Tribunal Maskes by Zairaam.esp
â€¢Â 70 Tribunal Robes by Zairaam.esp
â€¢Â 71 Dr_Bandolier.esp
â€¢Â 72 IA6npc01.esp
â€¢Â 73 Smithing Perks Overhaul - Balanced.esp
â€¢Â 74 Complete Crafting Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â 75 PISE-NPC Tweaks and Potions.esp
â€¢Â 76 PISE-AI Tweaks Only.esp
â€¢Â ++ PISE-NPC Equipment Tweaks Only.esp
â€¢Â 77 DeadlyDragons.esp
â€¢Â 78 DragonsDiversified.esp
â€¢Â 79 ERSO 03 - Slighty Mighty Dragons.esp
â€¢Â 7A ERSO 03.2 patch - MD with DeadlyD and DDiversified.esp
â€¢Â 7B DeadlyDragonsArmory.esp
â€¢Â 7C ERSO 07 - Slighty Mighty Dragon Priests.esp
â€¢Â 7D ERSO 08 - RUS-00 Main.esp
â€¢Â 7E ERSO 09 - RUS-Npcs overhaul.esp
â€¢Â 7F ERSO 10 - RUS-(SIM)-Travellers and Adventurers.esp
â€¢Â 80 ERSO 11 - RUS-(SIM)-Assassins and Thieves.esp
â€¢Â 81 ERSO 12 - RUS-(SIM)-Werewolves.esp
â€¢Â ++ ERSO 17 - Training cost 2.0x.esp
â€¢Â 82 ERSO 20 - Standing Stones Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â 83 Monster Wars.esp
â€¢Â 84 Beautiful Whiterun.esp
â€¢Â 85 buildablehouse.esp
â€¢Â 86 CoD Waking Nightmare II.esp
â€¢Â 87 DA_Skyship.esp
â€¢Â 88 DSAMG - Greybeard Fix.esp
â€¢Â 89 Gildergreen Regrown.esp [Version 1.2.3]
â€¢Â 8A LB_MuchAdoSnowElves_Quest.esp
â€¢Â 8B LimbwoodManor.esp
â€¢Â 8C Milan's PAck.esp
â€¢Â 8D moonpath_questdata.esp
â€¢Â 8E RealisticWhiterun.esp
â€¢Â 8F RiverwoodHuntingCabin.esp
â€¢Â 90 Run For Your Lives.esp [Version 1.1.2]
â€¢Â 91 Quest_SeaOfGhosts.esp
â€¢Â 92 SkyrimChimneysRW.esp
â€¢Â 93 The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp [Version 1.2.3]
â€¢Â 94 Trees for Solitude V1.1.esp
â€¢Â 95 Twilight Forest - Ambient Lighting.esp
â€¢Â 96 SkyrimCoinReplacer.esp
â€¢Â 97 Morrowloot.esp
â€¢Â 98 ArrowInTheEverywhere_High_Longer.esp
â€¢Â 99 Better Dynamic Snow.esp
â€¢Â 9A BetterQuestObjectives.esp
â€¢Â 9B Binocular Vision For NPCs while Sneaking.esp
â€¢Â 9C BlockSparkles.esp
â€¢Â 9D Deadly Traps.esp
â€¢Â 9E Distant Detail.esp
â€¢Â 9F dynamic fires.esp
â€¢Â ++ FSS-Slight pause between lines.esp
â€¢Â A0 Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â A1 Hypothermia.esp
â€¢Â A2 Immersive Weapons.esp
â€¢Â A3 LessDragons25.esp
â€¢Â A4 dD-No Twitching Dragon Death Animation.esp
â€¢Â A5 OpenFaceGuardHelmets.esp
â€¢Â A6 ReadIt.esp
â€¢Â A7 Realistic werewolf speed.esp
â€¢Â A8 Sickly Diseases.esp
â€¢Â A9 dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
â€¢Â AA dD-SkyrimMonsterMod EBT Patch.esp
â€¢Â AB bloodierCombatv1.1.esp
â€¢Â AC Soul Gems Differ - NS - E.esp
â€¢Â AD VariousGuardReplacer.esp
â€¢Â AE ETaC - Villages Complete.esp
â€¢Â AF TAVERiften.esp
â€¢Â B0 AIMP - Antz in my Pantz.esp
â€¢Â B1 icefloes.esp
â€¢Â B2 Populated Cities 2.esp
â€¢Â B3 abotFiresHurt.esp
â€¢Â B4 dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Reduced.esp
â€¢Â ++ Jump125.esp
â€¢Â B5 NPCsUseAmmoAllBows.esp
â€¢Â B6 TRO_BasicNeeds.esp [Version 0.94]
â€¢Â B7 TR-Basic Needs & RWS Patch.esp
â€¢Â B8 Better Vampires ML - No DawnGuard.esp
â€¢Â B9 Predator Vision.esp
â€¢Â BA Scriptless werewolf bonus.esp
â€¢Â BB ToL_Core_by_Brevi.esp [Version 1.5]
â€¢Â BC YetAnotherWerewolfImprovement.esp
â€¢Â BD Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp
â€¢Â BE MidasSkyrim.esp
â€¢Â BF ColettesRevenge.esp
â€¢Â C0 SSAPBWK.esp
â€¢Â C1 sheogorath_shout.esp
â€¢Â C2 BFSEffects.esp
â€¢Â C3 ShowRaceMenuAlternative.esp
â€¢Â C4 PTAlchemyOverhaul_ONLY.esp
â€¢Â C5 Hardcore Lockpicking1-12.esp
â€¢Â C6 Path of Shadows.esp
â€¢Â C7 Realistic crime report radius.esp
â€¢Â C8 Sneak Tools.esp
â€¢Â C9 ACE Realistic Fighting.esp
â€¢Â CA DeadlyCombat_GiantsAIFix.esp
â€¢Â CB Dual Wield Parrying_ScriptDragon.esp
â€¢Â CC Locational Damage.esp
â€¢Â CD The Dance of Death.esp
â€¢Â CE ACE Speech.esp
â€¢Â CF Balanced_Alteraton.esp
â€¢Â D0 Balanced_Conjuration.esp
â€¢Â D1 Balanced_Destruction.esp
â€¢Â D2 Balanced_Illusion.esp
â€¢Â D3 Balanced_Restoration.esp
â€¢Â ++ Balanced_Magic_Master.esp
â€¢Â D4 ACE Armor.esp
â€¢Â D5 ACE Enchanting.esp
â€¢Â D6 ACE Magic.esp
â€¢Â D7 ACE Melee.esp
â€¢Â D8 ACE Synergy.esp
â€¢Â D9 AT - Loot Arrows HARDCORE.esp
â€¢Â DA AT - Faster Arrows Improved +50%.esp
â€¢Â DB AT - Merchants Arrows HARDCORE.esp
â€¢Â DC AT - Progressive Damage (BS and CCO).esp
â€¢Â DD Uncapped Perks - Magic.esp
â€¢Â DE Uncapped Perks - Combat + Stealth.esp
â€¢Â DF Bullseye to Dragonslayer Perk.esp
â€¢Â E0 dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp
â€¢Â E1 hornsareforever.esp
â€¢Â E2 EMCompViljaSkyrim.esp
â€¢Â E3 HothFollower.esp
â€¢Â E4 UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â E5 My Home Is Your Home.esp
â€¢Â E6 Slightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp
â€¢Â E7 specializedfollowers.esp
â€¢Â E8 Atvir.esp
â€¢Â E9 CompanionValfar.esp
â€¢Â EA Odvar.esp
â€¢Â ++ moveitLWT.esp
â€¢Â EB Spousetocustomhome.esp
â€¢Â EC QuickStart3_NoHelmet.esp
â€¢Â ED True Giants v4.esp
â€¢Â EE ethereal_elven_overhaul.esp
â€¢Â EF BloodyFacials.esp
â€¢Â F0 Animated Weapon Enchants.esp
â€¢Â F1 getSnowy.esp
â€¢Â F2 WATER.esp
â€¢Â F3 Barenziah.esp
â€¢Â F4 Cartographers Map Markers.esp
â€¢Â F5 DeadlyCombat_PISE_Patch.esp
â€¢Â F6 Compatibility patch - PHT, IA, CoS & WIC.esp
â€¢Â F7 TRO_BasicNeeds_WATERPatch.esp
â€¢Â F8 Alchemical Apparati.esp
â€¢Â F9 DwarvenRes.esp
â€¢Â FA lilithstools.esp
â€¢Â FB TERA Weapons.esp
â€¢Â FC TERAArmors - Leveled Lists.esp
*Bashedpatch.esp

You can save yourself a bunch of time and copy all of your mods and plugins from Wrye Bash using the context menu... right click on the header bar and select "List Installers" or "List Mods". This includes both XML and spoiler tags for posting into forums and web pages alike.

thanks for the tip, but I'm never doing this again lol, it took an hour and a half & I'd already written the thing. :P

I made this mod build for myself and a few friends who aren't familiar with modding, it had to be good enough that I could install it on their computers & not have to go back and fix things all the time, after writing an in game mod setup guide for them & realizing that I'd successfully modded a game to its limits and it was still playable I decided to write up this minimal install guide/mod list & share it online. hopefully someone out there will find it useful & at the least it proves it can be done.

Peace.

z929669 · December 31, 2012

Yep, I have modded Oblivion to about 350 before by merging into the BP and ghosting. My current setup has over 270 mods included (not fully tested yet though)

Kelmych · December 31, 2012

fortunately it's easy to add those tags after it has been initially posted

rootsrat · December 31, 2012

Amazing work, chapeau bas!

peacefulmoments · January 1, 2013

firstly, Happy new year! :)

secondly, there have been some changes to my install & I also discovered that deadly spell impacts works without the esp, not only do the textures appear when they're meant to during combat, but the corpses still take on the burnt flesh effect when zapped or burnt, which is awesome as this was the feature that I thought I had lost by deleting the esp, apparently all the effects from this mod that i'm aware of still work without the esp. also, including the esp makes my game freeze when using magic; so the esp stays off the list.

Mods Removed:

AIRBORNE PERCHING BIRDS -

I still use this mod but deleted the optional .ini file that comes with it - seemed to have an instantly noticeable effect, more bird flying about added by the mod and the game was less glitchy around them.

EXPANDED TOWNS & CITIES COMPLETE -

causes freeze ups & stuttering in Riverwood whereas trees for solitude, TAVE Riften, realistic whiterun & beautiful whiterun run smoothy.

Conclusion: riften solitude & white run have a gate which takes you to a loading screen before entering the towns, riverwood on the other hand is an open area that can be freely run through, I believe that expanding or enhancing towns like riverwood or nearby area to towns like these will cause CTDs, stuttering or freezes. I also base this on the airship located outside solitude and the fact that the airship does not cause similar issues & while anywhere in that whole area the game is running smoothly. this may be in part to the clever idea of putting the airship up high & far away from everything.

RIVERWOOD HUNTERS CABIN -

very cool balanced home that comes with a quest but causes the same stuttering, freezing & CTDS as ET&C. There are several mods that are activated in or modify riverwood already so its a 'busy' area for mods - ACE synergy, midas magic, AIMP, its a trap, UFO & throwing weapons all modify riverwood; and there may simply be too much going on in that area for house mods as well.

TWILIGHT FOREST -

Cheat house. Didn't realize how much overpowered gear you instantly got just from fast traveling there the moment you start a new game. a cool alchemy garden is not worth the broken balance. Also this mod looks really bad if you use texture optimizer to reduce textures to 1024

HALF SIZE LUSH ASPEN TREES -

for some reason this broke aspen trees everywhere incl. the ones added by realistic/beautiful whiterun. removing the meshes added by this mod fixes it.

FULLY EQUIPED BLACKSMITHS -

floating objects & bad textures, stands out from everything else and not as uselful/needed as I thought.

NOLEVELEDITEMREWARDS -

can't bash, can't not bash, can live without.

FALL FOREST GRASS -

removed for better performance from game. replaced the uninstalled files with those found in TPC/STEP.

Before removing these mods I tried solving the freezing, ctds & stuttering with very low slider settings, no enb & textures optimized with the Max/skyrim preset on the optimizer with textures reduced to 1024. This helped but didn't solve the problem, so i think it was a mod problem more then anything else. after removing the mods I rolled back the textures to the higher res versions (varied range from 1024 - 4096) began using ENB without DOF & SSAO, no AA or AF, etc then added these features back, finally i've restored the sliders back to full & the game is still running smoother then before.

Currently testing:

Hialgo boost
performance ini tweak - vsync
background FPS booster
tuneup utilities (fixes what CCleaner doesn't - I use both together)
razor game booster
'max performance' option from windows advanced settings
Wilds ENB for CoT/SkyrealismENBCinematic/ProjectENB for CoT

Peace.

peacefulmoments · January 1, 2013

Hey guys this is my final post,

just to let everyone who might read this know I've reduced this build significanlty due to too many problems with crashes and freezing.

The build is now around 233 mods, doesn't crash, no odd behavior from creatures or NPCs everything works as intended with no meshes or textures missing. The only thing I can think of that could be called a bug is that the monster mod v11 adds a huge battle outside riften when you first get there and apparently if the guards don't survive they can't talk to you to unlock the gates into riften.

here's the list of mods removed from initially posted build-

autopotion (seems to have fixed the looping out of breath sound bug I was having)

psyrim

breezehome ladder fix (boss said it was full of unrepairable bugs)

lush aspen trees

taller forest grass

deadly traps & sickly diseases

no levelled item rewards

fully equipped blacksmiths

fast travel timescale fix

rainbows

expanded towns & cities

hunters cabin of riverwood

twilight forest

Â dragons diversified

bellyaches new dragon species

Â dwarven resistances

Â dwemer spectres

Â ERSO 03 mighty dragons (slightly mighty dragons + MD with DeadlyD & DDiversified patch)

Â erso 07 mighty dragon priests (slightly)

Â erso 08 RUS Main

Â erso 09 RUS npcs overhaul

erso 11 rus assassins & thieves

Â erso 12 RUS werewolves

real wildlife skyrim (+ TRO basic needs patch)

Â Bloodier combat

Â bloody facials

throwing weaponsÂ

Hialgo boost

tuneup utilities

Wilds ENB for CoT

SkyrealismENBCinematic

I've added

skippys book overhaul

sweeping weapons 1&2 handed

bucklers complete

bring out your dead

clams drop pearls

back off barbas

fires hurt

armored skeletons

erso 13 lower skill gain -40%

more village animals

more locked containers

SIDT

smash it up functional mills

spouse to custom home.

and thats it, I've fixed most of the bugs I was having & am finished with this project.

here is the final mod load order list from wyrebash, 233 mods + 7 in a bashed patch for 240 mods.

Â 00 Skyrim.esm
â€¢Â 01 Update.esm
â€¢Â 02 ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
â€¢Â 03 CoD Waking Nightmare II.esm
â€¢Â 04 EagleEyePerk.esm
â€¢Â 05 JSwords.esm
â€¢Â 06 Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
â€¢Â 07 LB_MuchAdoSnowElves.esm
â€¢Â 08 MagicDuel.esm
â€¢Â 09 moonpath.esm
â€¢Â 0A More Interactive Items.ESM
â€¢Â 0B SkyMoMod.esm
â€¢Â 0C SPIKE.esm
â€¢Â 0D WARZONES - Civil Unrest.esm
â€¢Â 0E TERAArmors.esm
â€¢Â 0F Brawl Bugs CE.esp
â€¢Â 10 CriticalChargeFix.esp
â€¢Â 11 invinciblehawkfix.esp
â€¢Â 12 Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp [Version 1.2.4]
â€¢Â 13 ExpandedSnowSystems-CoT.esp
â€¢Â 14 Morning Fogs.esp
â€¢Â 15 BWS.esp
â€¢Â 16 Clanking Armor.esp
â€¢Â 17 IceBreaker's Improved Reverb-v0.02-Cleaned.esp [Version erb]
â€¢Â 18 Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp
â€¢Â 19 Thundering Shouts.esp
â€¢Â 1A realrainCoT.esp
â€¢Â 1B RemoveAmbientInteriorFog.esp
â€¢Â 1C Warmer Magic Lights v2.esp
â€¢Â 1D MintyLightningMod.esp
â€¢Â 1E MintyLightningMod_COT_Patch.esp
â€¢Â 1F Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp
â€¢Â 20 EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
â€¢Â 21 Weapons and Armor fixes.esp
â€¢Â 22 Weapons and Armor fixes - Hacks.esp
â€¢Â 23 StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp
â€¢Â 24 Economics of Skyrim.esp
â€¢Â 25 83Willows_101BUGS_V4_HighRes.esp
â€¢Â 26 Armored Skeleton.esp [Version v2]
â€¢Â 27 Arrows of Magicka.esp
â€¢Â 28 AV1Dragon_Lords.esp
â€¢Â 29 Back off, Barbas!.esp
â€¢Â 2A Better Skill and Quest Books Names.esp
â€¢Â 2B Birds.esp
â€¢Â 2C Birdsofskyrim.esp
â€¢Â 2D Bring Out Your Dead.esp [Version 1.1.3]
â€¢Â 2E Cannabis.esp
â€¢Â 2F Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
â€¢Â 30 ClamsDropPearls.esp
â€¢Â 31 dbmisc.esp
â€¢Â 32 DragonSoulsToPerks.esp
â€¢Â 33 DungeonQuestAwareness.esp
â€¢Â 34 FishingInSkyrim.esp
â€¢Â 35 HigherLevelEnemies.esp
â€¢Â 36 ImprovedFish.esp
â€¢Â 37 IngredientsOfTamriel.esp
â€¢Â 38 itsatrap!.esp
â€¢Â 39 JAWS.esp
â€¢Â 3A JK Crafting Breakdown.esp
â€¢Â 3B Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Climates of Tamriel - default.esp
â€¢Â 3C UnlimitedBookshelves.esp
â€¢Â 3D mcCampingLite.esp
â€¢Â 3E more locked containers.esp
â€¢Â 3F morevillageanimals.esp
â€¢Â ++ NoSaltRecipes.esp
â€¢Â 40 People Have Torches.esp
â€¢Â 41 PilgrimsDelight.esp
â€¢Â 42 Radiant and Unique Potions Poisons and Booze.esp
â€¢Â 43 ShootingStars.esp
â€¢Â 44 SIDT.esp
â€¢Â 45 skyBirds - Airborne Perching Birds.esp
â€¢Â 46 Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â 47 SMDropLitTorch.esp
â€¢Â 48 SPTDiverseGuardsSkyrim.esp [Version 4.3]
â€¢Â 49 Wolfs_Buff_Recipes.esp
â€¢Â 4A Wolfs_Intermediate_Recipes.esp
â€¢Â 4B Wolfs_Advanced_Recipes.esp
â€¢Â 4C Convenient Horses.esp
â€¢Â 4D Destructible_bottles.esp
â€¢Â 4E Auto Unequip Arrows.esp
â€¢Â 4F Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp
â€¢Â 50 Footprints.esp
â€¢Â 51 WetandCold.esp
â€¢Â 52 Bucklers-Complete.esp
â€¢Â 53 Cloaks.esp
â€¢Â 54 1nivWICCloaks.esp [Version 2.1b]
â€¢Â 55 1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp [Version 2.1]
â€¢Â 56 daedric_phelm.esp
â€¢Â 57 DaggerCraft.esp
â€¢Â 58 DiamondWeaponsN.esp
â€¢Â 59 Dread Knight Weapon Set.esp
â€¢Â 5A DwarvenPowerArmor.esp
â€¢Â 5B Elemental Staves.esp
â€¢Â 5C Hell Sword.esp
â€¢Â 5D hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
â€¢Â 5E JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp
â€¢Â 5F LeftHandRings.esp [Version 1.2]
â€¢Â 60 LostLongSwords.esp
â€¢Â 61 Nicoroshi Creations.esp [Version 1.2]
â€¢Â 62 royal_daedric.esp
â€¢Â 63 Siege Bow & Backpacks.esp
â€¢Â 64 Skyhighrim.esp
â€¢Â 65 Space Wiking's Dwemer Exoskeleton.esp
â€¢Â 66 SummonAnimalPets_immersive.esp
â€¢Â 67 TERAArmors.esp
â€¢Â 68 Tribunal Maskes by Zairaam.esp
â€¢Â 69 Tribunal Robes by Zairaam.esp
â€¢Â 6A Dr_Bandolier.esp
â€¢Â 6B IA6npc01.esp
â€¢Â 6C Smithing Perks Overhaul - Balanced.esp
â€¢Â 6D Complete Crafting Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â 6E PISE-NPC Tweaks and Potions.esp
â€¢Â 6F PISE-AI Tweaks Only.esp
â€¢Â ++ PISE-NPC Equipment Tweaks Only.esp
â€¢Â 70 DeadlyDragons.esp
â€¢Â 71 DeadlyDragonsArmory.esp
â€¢Â 72 ERSO 10 - RUS-(SIM)-Travellers and Adventurers.esp
â€¢Â 73 ERSO 13.02 - Lower Skill Gain -40percent.esp
â€¢Â ++ ERSO 17 - Training cost 2.0x.esp
â€¢Â 74 ERSO 20 - Standing Stones Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â 75 Monster Wars.esp
â€¢Â 76 Beautiful Whiterun.esp
â€¢Â 77 buildablehouse.esp
â€¢Â 78 CoD Waking Nightmare II.esp
â€¢Â 79 DA_Skyship.esp
â€¢Â 7A DSAMG - Greybeard Fix.esp
â€¢Â 7B Gildergreen Regrown.esp [Version 1.2.3]
â€¢Â 7C LB_MuchAdoSnowElves_Quest.esp
â€¢Â 7D LimbwoodManor.esp
â€¢Â 7E Milan's PAck.esp
â€¢Â 7F moonpath_questdata.esp
â€¢Â 80 RealisticWhiterun.esp
â€¢Â 81 Run For Your Lives.esp [Version 1.1.2]
â€¢Â 82 Quest_SeaOfGhosts.esp
â€¢Â 83 SkyrimChimneysRW.esp
â€¢Â 84 The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp [Version 1.2.3]
â€¢Â 85 Trees for Solitude V1.1.esp
â€¢Â 86 SkyrimCoinReplacer.esp
â€¢Â 87 Morrowloot.esp
â€¢Â 88 ArrowInTheEverywhere_High_Longer.esp
â€¢Â 89 Better Dynamic Snow.esp
â€¢Â 8A BetterQuestObjectives.esp
â€¢Â 8B Binocular Vision For NPCs while Sneaking.esp
â€¢Â 8C BlockSparkles.esp
â€¢Â 8D Distant Detail.esp
â€¢Â 8E dynamic fires.esp
â€¢Â ++ FSS-Slight pause between lines.esp
â€¢Â 8F Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â 90 Hypothermia.esp
â€¢Â 91 Immersive Weapons.esp
â€¢Â 92 LessDragons25.esp
â€¢Â 93 dD-No Twitching Dragon Death Animation.esp
â€¢Â 94 OpenFaceGuardHelmets.esp
â€¢Â 95 Realistic werewolf speed.esp
â€¢Â 96 dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
â€¢Â 97 dD-SkyrimMonsterMod EBT Patch.esp
â€¢Â 98 Soul Gems Differ - NS - E.esp
â€¢Â 99 VariousGuardReplacer.esp
â€¢Â 9A TAVERiften.esp
â€¢Â 9B AIMP - Antz in my Pantz.esp
â€¢Â 9C icefloes.esp
â€¢Â 9D Populated Cities 2.esp
â€¢Â 9E abotFiresHurt.esp
â€¢Â 9F dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Reduced.esp
â€¢Â ++ Jump125.esp
â€¢Â A0 NPCsUseAmmoAllBows.esp
â€¢Â A1 TRO_BasicNeeds.esp [Version 0.94]
â€¢Â A2 Better Vampires ML - No DawnGuard.esp
â€¢Â A3 Predator Vision.esp
â€¢Â A4 Scriptless werewolf bonus.esp
â€¢Â A5 ToL_Core_by_Brevi.esp [Version 1.5]
â€¢Â A6 YetAnotherWerewolfImprovement.esp
â€¢Â A7 Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp
â€¢Â A8 MidasSkyrim.esp
â€¢Â A9 SSAPBWK.esp
â€¢Â AA sheogorath_shout.esp
â€¢Â AB BFSEffects.esp
â€¢Â AC ShowRaceMenuAlternative.esp
â€¢Â AD PTAlchemyOverhaul_ONLY.esp
â€¢Â AE Hardcore Lockpicking1-12.esp
â€¢Â AF Path of Shadows.esp
â€¢Â B0 Realistic crime report radius.esp
â€¢Â B1 Sneak Tools.esp
â€¢Â B2 ACE Realistic Fighting.esp
â€¢Â B3 DeadlyCombat.esp
â€¢Â B4 Dual Wield Parrying_ScriptDragon.esp
â€¢Â B5 Locational Damage.esp
â€¢Â B6 The Dance of Death.esp
â€¢Â B7 ACE Speech.esp
â€¢Â B8 Balanced_Alteraton.esp
â€¢Â B9 Balanced_Conjuration.esp
â€¢Â BA Balanced_Destruction.esp
â€¢Â BB Balanced_Illusion.esp
â€¢Â BC Balanced_Restoration.esp
â€¢Â ++ Balanced_Magic_Master.esp
â€¢Â BD ACE Armor.esp
â€¢Â BE ACE Enchanting.esp
â€¢Â BF ACE Magic.esp
â€¢Â C0 ACE Melee.esp
â€¢Â C1 ACE Synergy.esp
â€¢Â C2 AT - Loot Arrows HARDCORE.esp
â€¢Â C3 AT - Faster Arrows Improved +50%.esp
â€¢Â C4 AT - Merchants Arrows HARDCORE.esp
â€¢Â C5 AT - Progressive Damage (BS and CCO).esp
â€¢Â C6 Uncapped Perks - Magic.esp
â€¢Â C7 Uncapped Perks - Combat + Stealth.esp
â€¢Â C8 Bullseye to Dragonslayer Perk.esp
â€¢Â C9 dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp
â€¢Â CA hornsareforever.esp
â€¢Â CB EMCompViljaSkyrim.esp
â€¢Â CC HothFollower.esp
â€¢Â CD UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â CE My Home Is Your Home.esp
â€¢Â CF Slightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp
â€¢Â D0 specializedfollowers.esp
â€¢Â D1 Atvir.esp
â€¢Â D2 CompanionValfar.esp
â€¢Â D3 Odvar.esp
â€¢Â ++ moveitLWT.esp
â€¢Â D4 Spousetocustomhome.esp
â€¢Â D5 QuickStart3_NoHelmet.esp
â€¢Â D6 True Giants v4.esp
â€¢Â D7 ethereal_elven_overhaul.esp
â€¢Â D8 Animated Weapon Enchants.esp
â€¢Â D9 getSnowy.esp
â€¢Â DA WATER.esp
â€¢Â DB Barenziah.esp
â€¢Â DC Cartographers Map Markers.esp
â€¢Â DD DeadlyCombat_PISE_Patch.esp
â€¢Â DE Compatibility patch - PHT, IA, CoS & WIC.esp
â€¢Â DF TRO_BasicNeeds_WATERPatch.esp
â€¢Â E0 Alchemical Apparati.esp
â€¢Â E1 lilithstools.esp
â€¢Â E2 Skippy's Book Overhaul.esp
â€¢Â E3 Smash It Up - Functional Mills.esp
â€¢Â E4 Sweeping Onehanders lite.esp
â€¢Â E5 Sweeping Twohanders lite.esp
â€¢Â E6 TERA Weapons.esp
â€¢Â E7 TERAArmors - Leveled Lists.esp

I also used the optimizer on minimum/skyrim preset + if >2048 reduced textures option. Also use background fps booster and razor game booster & project enb for climates of tamriel NO DOF+NO SSAO option and disabled forced 16xanistropic filtering from the enbseries.ini. finally from the launcher my slider settings are default for the 'high' setting, all reflections on, no fxaa, aa4, af 16 'high', object detail fade activated & distant object detail 'ultra'.

Peace & happy gaming.

Mega Modded Skyrim: 240+ mods.

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