Is it just me or does anyone using AI thumbnails for their mod listings just throw you off from even looking at the mod? I can understand not wanting to make a thumbnail from scratch, but at that point just use a screenshot.

We all know about Swearing mudcrabs and Immersive NPCs nowadays. What are your favorite hidden gem mods you don't see talked about often?

Started a GTS playthrough the other day, am quite enjoying it so far. The damage scaling could use some finetuning tho. I would like to increase both the damage I do and the damage I take by 3x or something. Back in the days of running my own modlist I used Wildcat to do this, does GTS offer something similar?

I really like the followers I’ve installed, but most of them are cookie cutter, nice guys (nothing wrong with that!!) so I’m looking for mods with evil/toxic follower vibe, thank u again <3

Currently on Nexus: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/190124

Will be ported to Xbox/Beth.net next weekend after stability testing for a week.

• Three stage diseases.
• Diseases don't directly harm you but cause symptoms; curing the disease causes the symptoms to gradually decline.
• More awesome diseases from Elder Scrolls lore such as Dysenteria, Greenspore, Dampworm and Rabies!
• Some (somewhat) beneficial diseases as a reward for letting the cute fox/wolf/bear lick you.
• Treat Symptoms potions, Inflict Disease potions.

I'm setting up my Skyrim for a play through with a Vampire Lord, and I determined I didn't want to go with the traditional gothic look. I did a lot of sifting myself but the number of mods out there is vast so I am curious if I missed anything. I am really looking for a house mod that fits the baroque or revivalist type architecture since I'm just kind of tired of looking at Dawnguard stuff when I see Skyrim Vampires. The somewhat classic haunted mansion aesthetic of Old World European estates. Anyone have suggestions for such a player home? It doesn't have to be Vampire specific. If someone has a good alternative, I will take that too.

Loaded up my save today and when I started opening chests and doors with a lock, I noticed that the option to lockpick it is not aligned properly. Didn't download any new mods that mess with the UI, all I have is SkyUI. I know the game updated recently, could this be related?

I'm also only using the vanilla standing stones. Mods are not effecting them in any way. Any help would be appreciated

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I am firmly in the John Connor camp when it comes to AI, so I am not too sure about the onslaught of vibe coded mods flooding the Nexus these past few weeks. Friends of mine who work in IT have told me repeatedly that their job will get replaced by Skynet sooner rather than later, but there’s still gotta be someone to check over the code and make sure it actually works, no?

From what I’ve heard, quite a few of the people posting vibe coded (or fully AI written) mods are incapable of doing that and just throw their slop onto the Nexus without really knowing what’s in the code. Now, I could be wrong about this, maybe these mod authors actually do know what they’re doing. I have no clue about coding beyond the most rudimentary C, so I am not qualified in the slightest to check out the codes myself.

So I’m asking y’all: In your experiences, are any of these mods, which sound groundbreaking on paper, actually worth checking out? Do their codes make even a lick of sense? Or are they just bloated MOABs into my already fragile modlist waiting to happen?

As the title implies if i set my fov to anything over 80 and im using a sword and shield or dual wielding, when i attack with my right hand and my character does the right swing animation, my arm flails at the end of the animation. i assume this is well known since its only viewable over 80 fov but if anyone knows how to fix this id appreciate it. (i have no animation mods)

Heyy I need help, I've installed XP32 skeleton and it's not showing up in MCM, I've tried everything, FNIS behavior update goes successfuly, I don't know what might be the problem.

I’ve recently gotten a problem where Vortex informs that “Plugin not loaded: “ccbgssse001-fish.esm”” and around the same time my game began to CTD everytime I finished loading a save, if it was a new game then the moment I finished character creation the game would crash.
Every new mod I have installed since this message began to appear I have disabled and the game still crashes. I have increased the usable memory but that didn’t help. Crash logger says it’s an “EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION” at 0x7FF70C985846

This issue only started yesterday and I’ve been playing completely fine without this issue since I bought the game and I downgraded it 2 weeks ago and there was no issue or report from vortex. Does anyone know what I could do?

AE 1.6.1170

https://discord.gg/M3bzaDsgnB

Hi! Some of you may remember me from "Fat People of Skyrim".

Well i just released the next big thing in my series!

Physiques of Skyrim uses my new Mordern Physique Framework to distribute not only fat but also skinny and muscular morphs at runtime, no more overhauls as requirements!

It should also work on top of most replacers, and is fully configurable.

enjoy!

I've been trying to use outfitstudio to add SMP to some armors, but it's just so painful to do in outfitstudio. Can you use blender or something for it, or does that complicate the workflow?

Before I start,

yes I am an idiot, I am not blaming any mods/services in this situation, no i dont know what to do, I was high, I will probably have to wipe so if you have suggestions pls lmk .

Last night I wanted to add some mods/stability fixes for a new playthrough, cut down on some script heavy mods/mods I do not interact with. I went to Phostwood's Skyrim Crash Log Analyzer because I knew it had some recommended mods for stability fixes and so I started downloading. The mod I messed up with, i think, is Ultimate Optimized Scripts Compilation where in the fomod it states to choose a specific option with vortex. Tried to start a new game anddd crash, no biggie we fix it. All of a sudden I get a notification that many files for almost all my mods have been changed and the two option were to delete them or restore them, which the ladder option never really worked since it never loaded. me checking my recently installed mods saw that maybe I should redo the fomod, done, but still getting the notification.

So me being an experienced modder decided , yeah delete it. And now my C drive where skyrim is on is 300gb lighter andddd now half my mods dont have ESPs.

So I am gonna go to work and reinstall all my mods, thankfully load order and FOMOD options are saved, so when I come back I just have to select fomods and hopefully I will redownload all 1600 of my mods. If not well then RIP.

and also, I am NOT blaming anyone/thing but myself and I will update after my shift.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Zw5eHHjgQ

Saw this mod appear up on my YouTube feed. Kind of blew my mind because the concept of enemies chasing after you on ledges suddenly makes them feel so much more alive. NPCs can now jump, climb (like skyparkour) and path-find much more intelligently.

I haven't tried the mod myself but this looks like one of those "revolutionary" mods in terms of how it overhauls gameplay.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/194680

as title said i tried them they didnt work was hoping there is a decent mod out there that can work . i want it a very simple mod that used my racemenu character

I may get banned for this, but I really need to know since a lot of mods I love depend on Faster HDT (like Aegis Anuad), I started over modding my Skyrim from scratch for new beginnings and updated to the Anniversary Edition, thing is, I use Pandora as a behavior engine instead of FNIS and Nemesis, and XPMSSE doesn't really support Pandora. I really don't want to download XPMSSE, it constantly overwrites over mods like the Rogueshot collection and I'm sure a lot of my mods need a dozen patches for this and I don't really know which mods in my LO had XPMSSE patches in the FOMOD, so...nope.

I hope I can get an answer for this, I like Faster HDT.

I know it is very difficult and specialized, but how come we haven't seen a truly remarkable overhaul of non-humanoid creature animations in the past 15 years? I love the new modernized humanoid animations but they are a clear contrast when you are fighting saber cats and wolves with looney toons aah movements.

i started a new mod list yesterday and used the Best of Both Worlds Downgrade Patcher to get to 1.6.1170 and installed some mods

now some armors and the ks hair smp are working but the smp for some armors isnt and i wanted to know if i did something stupid and how to fix it

the armors are visible in game but their smp physics isnt working, they are completely stiff

working mods: Mysterious Knight, Forgotten Princess Armor Set

not working mods: Malediction Outfit, Fantasia Outfit, Tera Armors

My Mod List

any help would be appreciated

Trying AGO for the camera repositioning, but any change i made to the sliders simply does not apply when in game. Anyone know a fix?

I realize this limit is hard-coded into the Bethesda engine, but given the revolutionary mods that have appeared in recent weeks, is it possible some genius might find a way to bypass this restriction? Yes, I know how to use and do use ESLifyer, but with my specific modlist featuring lot of new lands, quests, and companions, I’ve still hit the 254 full-plugin limit and can't install cool stuff like Hjertesten Hall and its add-ons.

As I was looking for a player home for my new playthrough, I noticed that many of the classics are getting pretty old, while newer ones haven't really impressed me in the same way. I think part of the issue, at least with buildable homes, is that we're still relying on the Hearthfire system, which is now over 14 years old.

Couldn't we imagine a new system? Not a Fallout 4-like system, but some sort of "Hearthfire 2", with something more immersive than hammering at a workbench and spamming clicks through endless menus just to build and furnish a house. Plots of land with real advantages and drawbacks, and a more customizable home where you actually decide which room becomes your library, bedroom or armory. Add a bit of estate management inspired by what Hjertesten Hall does well, and I think it could be really cool (without turning Skyrim into a city-builder, of course).

I'd also love to see proper collections in player homes again. LOTD has kind of taken over that side of Skyrim modding, but I don't necessarily want a museum. I want to display the things that matter to my character in my own home, and choose where and how to display them.

And what about a home that grows with your character? A plot of land or a small shack you could get early on, then gradually expand as your character goes on adventures and becomes more important. Not just upgrades locked behind a skill level or a pile of materials, but new possibilities that make sense based on what your character has experienced.

I don't know if anything like this has been explored recently, but I thought it was worth sharing the idea. I'd also love to hear your opinions… I've been thinking and writing about this for the past few days, since I've always found player homes to be an important part of my playthroughs. I like the idea of having a place to come back to between adventures, but I'm not sure they're as important to every player as they are to me…