Skyrim

Zaphid · Nov 1, 2016

Blackreach, definitely Blackreach. That place blew my mind first time I found it, since I was good at avoiding spoilers.

zignor 4 · Nov 1, 2016

Is there any point in grabbing the special edition to replace a graphically modded PC version?

I've heard that it's barely better than the vanilla game, and worse if you've already modded with high res textures and such. It's a free download for me, but obviously I'll steer clear if there aren't any benefits to be found.

Skanda · Nov 1, 2016

At this moment I'd say stick with old Skyrim. With mods it still looks better than the minor additions that came with SSE. In a year? Depends on how the SSE mod scene has caught up.

khalid · Nov 1, 2016

So the remastered doesn't work with SkyUI?

hodj · Nov 1, 2016

The only reason to play the new version is because its way more stable, but that's almost irrelevant without large modifications.

But it is way more stable. Hope they do to Fallout 4 whatever they've done to Skyrim to make it run so rock solid.

Caliane · Nov 1, 2016

its probably just all your mods are broken, so the base game is way more stable. haha.

Varia Vespasa · Nov 1, 2016

radditsu said:
Did they expand the houses in the new edition ?

Its a mod- Lakeview Extended - Hearthfire at Skyrim Nexus - mods and community

You might like this one too- Tel Nalta II - Telvanni Home - Hearthfire Dawnguard Dragonborn at Skyrim Nexus - mods and community

hodj · Nov 1, 2016

Nah they did make some stability improvements. I have a separate install for older version of Skyrim with Enderal mod, and then I have this install that's completely clean.

Funkor · Nov 1, 2016

khalid said:
So the remastered doesn't work with SkyUI?

Not yet, SKSE has to be updated to work with Special Edition first as SkyUI depends on it for some stuff. There are a few versions kicking around that sorta bridge the gap in the meantime, try this: Limited Working Version of SkyUI for PC • /r/skyrim

sadris · Nov 1, 2016

Did they recompile for 64bit so we don't have a retarded 4GB memory limit?

Funkor · Nov 1, 2016

sadris said:
Did they recompile for 64bit so we don't have a retarded 4GB memory limit?

Yes, it should be running a similar updated engine to what Fallout 4 has.

Quote from r/skyrimmods:

PC users will also benefit from the improved memory availability compared to the base game. With the massive size of mods available on PC, many PC users are running up against a 4 GB VRAM limit due to a bug in dx9. With the upgrade to dx11, this bug will no longer affect them. In addition, the 64bit executable will be able to use an unlimited amount of RAM. While very few PC users run out of RAM currently, some do manage it and this will improve their performance and stability. It's not known whether the memory bug that SKSE/crash fixes addresses is fixed in the SSE. It's reported that this is fixed in FO4, so it's probable that it's fixed in SSE as well, but it's not a guarantee.

Skanda · Nov 1, 2016

sadris said:
Did they recompile for 64bit so we don't have a retarded 4GB memory limit?

Yeah, the memory thing is fixed by moving to 64 bit. They kept the old Skyrim scripting system instead of using the F4 system (and having to rewrite all of Skyrim's scripts) so that part is still just as finicky as ever.

Rafterman · Nov 1, 2016

This version of SkyUI works well, and has the warning message removed:

Dropbox - SkyUI - Ported Version 2.2 -Removed Warrning-855-1-0.zip

As far as which version is better, I like the changes in the new version, there are various graphical improvements and a few behind the scenes changes will allow for mods that just weren't possible on the old version.

Jabberwhacky · Nov 1, 2016

The biggest 'hidden' graphical improvement I've noticed from just a few short minutes in game is that OUTDOOR SHADOWS DON'T TICK EVERY 6 SECONDS!! I always thought this was ridiculously de-immersing and never found a fix for it (one of you will probably link something that changes it) but now the base game has continually slowly moving sunlight shadows. Frankly I'm surprised it's not in that brodual video!

Skanda · Nov 1, 2016

Jabberwhacky said:
(one of you will probably link something that changes it)

Smooth sun-shadow transitions
fSunShadowUpdateTime sets the speed of sun-shadow transitions in seconds. It is recommended to be adjusted to minimize the transitions. The value here increases the speed of the transition from one second to a quarter second. fSunUpdateThreshold sets the time between sun-shadow transitions. A value of 0.05 is equal to 1 second, so a value of 1 equals 20 seconds. Increasing this also increases the distance the shadows will move during the transition. It is recommended to be adjusted to minimize the transitions. The tweak here increases the time between transitions from 10 to 30 seconds, causing the transition to move the shadows three times as far.

Default Sun Shadow Transitions
Default Sun Shadow Transitions

Tweaked Sun Shadow Transitions
Tweaked Sun Shadow Transitions

fSunShadowUpdateTime=0.25
fSunUpdateThreshold=1.5

There were settings in one of the INI files to smooth it out a bit but never actually fix it.

Chanur · Nov 1, 2016

In my original play through I went 2 handed which I loved. Trying to mix it up now and go dual wield with a bit of magic. The dual wielding seems super awkward. Is it just me? Not loving it.

Also made a pure caster but spells not scaling suck. I didn't see scaling mentioned in the two mods linked does either of them scale the spells?

The Dauntless One · Nov 1, 2016

Chanur said:
In my original play through I went 2 handed which I loved. Trying to mix it up now and go dual wield with a bit of magic. The dual wielding seems super awkward. Is it just me? Not loving it.

Also made a pure caster but spells not scaling suck. I didn't see scaling mentioned in the two mods linked does either of them scale the spells?

There's a mod that adds % scaling to spells. It's very simple and makes spell casting not tedious.

Skanda · Nov 1, 2016

Chanur said:
Also made a pure caster but spells not scaling suck. I didn't see scaling mentioned in the two mods linked does either of them scale the spells?

The Ordinator mod does rework magic damage with a whole slew of perk changes.

Bandwagon · Nov 1, 2016

Regime · Nov 2, 2016

Zaphid said:
Blackreach, definitely Blackreach. That place blew my mind first time I found it, since I was good at avoiding spoilers.

Same here. Hell it still blows me away. I think I spent 30 hours down there and still didn't see everything.

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