Our guides provide detailed, well-tested build instructions for a very stable game with an enhanced, vanilla experience. The goal is to provide tested and validated methods for establishing and maintaining an enhanced SkyrimSE mod build. Donate to support hosting and maintenance of the Step website.Ĭreated by TheCompiler (Daniele Ferraro), Step is a collaborative project with input from the modding community, technical volunteers, and project administrators.Visit the forums, and provide feedback related to this guide.Many grammar and text clarifications throughout the Guide.A huge number of mesh enhancements and fixes are now included to resolve many long standing lighting and texture-stretching issues.Solstheim and Tamriel worldspaces have been seamlessly merged using Worldspace Transition Tweaks.Updated BethINI and DynDOLOD configuration recommendations for better results with and without ENB.Significant improvements to the Step ENB and the ENB weather configuration.Step-customized version of Cathedral Weathers to enhance foggy and rainy weathers for the Step build with and without ENB.Swapped Luminosity for a Step-customized version of Ambiance as a more vanilla-friendly lighting overhaul supporting more realistic stealth gameplay.Updated the ModList with new mods and engine-level mods that finally support Skyrim v1.6.xxx.A new game is required if updating from any previous Step SSE guide, due to certain mod changes included in this release.See the Step Versioning Documentation for more information on Step's versioning methodology: This is our second iteration of the Step Skyrim Special Edition guide for Skyrim Anniversary Edition. 6.22.1 Performance/Quality Optimization.6.2.2.1 Mod Installation Considerations.5.2.3 Restore the Original Vanilla Masters.4.1 Mod Organizer - SkyrimSE Initialization.

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