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xanderdunn / skaar

Mods for Skyrim: Hardcore Mode, Soul Displays, Skaar House Mod
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Mod Installation #19

Closed xanderdunn closed 6 years ago

xanderdunn commented 10 years ago
  1. Create testing save games
    • [ ] Inside the Whiterun temple basement where all the smoke is
    • [ ] Whiterun outdoor plains in day-time with water, grass, sky, and distant mountains
    • [ ] Whiterun outdoor plains during a thunderstorm
    • [ ] Whiterun outdoor plains in night-time
    • [ ] Screenshot-able save game where a lot of sky, distant areas, water, and grass are visible in the current view
    • [ ] Store these on a thumb drive
  2. Skyrim fresh install with high resolution texture pack DLC and all settings maxed-out
    • [ ] Update Windows
    • [ ] Update DirectX 9
    • [ ] Update NVIDIA driver. Don’t use NVIDIA 320.xx drivers. User earlier or later.
    • [ ] Install Skyrim with all DLCs
    • [ ] Install Creation Kit and set auto save to 1 minute
    • [ ] Install TES5Edit
    • [ ] Install WryeBash
    • [ ] Install Nexus Mod Manager and select all the DLCs
    • [ ] Test
  3. NVIDIA Settings
  4. Install Mod Requirements
    • [ ] SKSE
      • [ ] Add Data\SKSE\skse.ini to enable memory improvements:
    • [ ] LOOT = Included in Mod Organizer
  5. Install Bug Fixes and Realism Fixes
  6. UI
  7. Final clean-up and performance tuning
  8. Game Balance
    • [ ] Requiem = Harder at higher levels, rebalanced potions, re-order perk tree, Carry weight made more difficult, Enchantment balanced, item weight balanced, rebalanced lock picking
    • [ ] Run LOOT and Test
    • [ ] Backup the Skyrim installation
  9. ENB + Basic Improved Visuals
  10. If the minimum FPS is still above 40, install Improved Textures
  11. If the minimum FPS is still above 40, install further improved textures
  12. Gameplay Settings
    • [ ] Disable fast travel (Requiem does this)
    • [ ] Disable compass
    • [ ] Disable cross hairs
    • [ ] Disable map markers
    • [ ] NVIDIA Inspector: Limit the FPS to 60
  13. Content
    • Quests
    • Temple of Kruziik
    • Wheeze's Dungeon Pack 1
    • Heimfeigr
      Mods to Consider
    • Real Clouds. Be very cautious. There isn't
    • The Paarthurnax Dilemma = Change the Blades main quest
    • ShowRaceMenu Precache Killer = Use if any of your mods add extra hair or eyelashes to the game
    • Shadow Striping Fix = Unnecessary if you have an ENB that fixes this. Unnecessary with Realistic Lighting Overhaul.
    • Flawless Widescreen Try this if you're having trouble with the 3D fixes
    • People are Strangers
    • 2X Clothing Re-Mix Do I not already have a clothing texture mod?
    • Immersive Citizens = NPCs have intelligent lives and react as expected to combat
    • SWIFT - Wayshrines = Lore friendly teleportation with a quest
    • Immersive Music
    • True Storms
    • Dragon Carved Set
      Performance
    • ENBoost
    • SSME Memory Patch or just use SKSE for it if it's working
    • Or, use SKSE's instructions from their whatsnew: [Memory] DefaultHeapInitialAllocMB= <default heap initial allocation size in megabytes, vanilla size is 512> ScrapHeapSizeMB= <scrap heap size in megabytes, vanilla size is 256>. Then check \My Games\Skyrim\SKSE\skse_steam_loader.log to see if you have configured the pool sizes correctly.
    • Follow this guide
      Rejected/Not Needed
    • Lush Trees and Grass
    • Don’t use STEP because it is simply too large and therefore too bloated.
    • Helix does not work with more recent versions of ENB because the fake video card option was removed.
    • Mods to avoid
    • Mods made obsolete by the Unofficial Patches
    • Mod Organizer = Not compatible with Creation Kit
    • Follow the tips in this Performance Guide
      Test Procedure
  14. What To Do
    • Take a screenshot immediately after each load and record the initial FPS
    • Use FRAPS to log FPS to file
    • Use a Windows tool to log CPU and GPU loads
    • Look at the game map
    • Cast some fireball spells
  15. What to look for
    • Everything feels smooth
    • FPS doesn't go below 40
    • Look at GPU load, CPU load, and FPS together. Is the CPU or GPU under greater stress?
xanderdunn commented 10 years ago

SKSE.ini settings:

[Display]
iTintTextureResolution=2048

[General]
ClearInvalidRegistrations=1

[Memory]
DefaultHeapInitialAllocMB=768
ScrapHeapSizeMB=256
xanderdunn commented 6 years ago

Move to a wiki page