Modding
Main category for posts about modding, on Windows or Steam Deck
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Review of Moon and Star mod (non-spoiler version)
Spoiler-free review of the Moon and Star mod, which I'm running as part of Kendeshel's Legacy of the Dragonborn playthrough. Mostly enjoyed it, but found it kind of flimsy and too short. Not sorry I tried it, but not likely to play it again (though I reserve the right to change my mind here). Spoiler review to come with Kendeshel's next post.
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Making my first patch in xEdit
I interrupt my usual playthrough posts for some in-depth modding geekery, as I learned how to make my very first patch in xEdit! This let me correct a cell height problem that was causing a stupidly high number of dragon attacks in Solitude.
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Experiment: Trying to run Gate to Sovngarde
I was very intrigued by a huge Nexus Mods collection called Gate to Sovngarde, which has over 1,000 mods in it and does a major overhaul of how Skyrim works. However, nothing I have to game on is currently capable of fully running it! This is a writeup of my experiments with this, and includes a few screenshots taken while trying it on the Steam Deck.
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Review of Project AHO mod (non-spoiler version)
An almost entirely spoiler-free review of the Skyrim mod Project AHO. Includes one spoiler about the core idea of the mod, but no story specifics, because I want that in here as a content warning for benefit of other players. I have very mixed feelings--I liked some aspects of the mod a lot, and other aspects not so much. Two and a half stars out of five.
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Revised Kendeshel load order
Post to document version 2 of the official load order for my Legacy of the Dragonborn playthrough. Contains the conents of the loadorder and plugins files generated by Vortex.
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Needing to redo Kendeshel’s starting session
Having to redo Kendehel's starting session in my new Legacy of the Dragonborn playthrough, because I discovered breaking mod problems. This post is about what I found and what steps I took to deal with it.
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Prep and load order for Legacy of the Dragonborn playthrough
Overview of the mods I'm pulling in to run a Legacy of the Dragonborn playthrough! Includes links off to the new mods I've chosen, and to critical resources used like the official Legacy of the Dragonborn Full Guide.
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Switching to Pikdum scripts for modding my Steam Deck
I've had to switch out my setup for mods on my Steam Deck, because doing it in steamtinkerlaunch was getting in the way of my ability to update Vortex to new versions. I now have a working new install based off of scripts written by Pikdum on Github! Deets in this post for the interested.
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Mods List for Elessir’s Playthrough
Elessir's playthrough is officially launching, so here's a post doing a roundup of the mods I'll be using for his run. Keeping a bunch of the mods from Harrow's run, but bringing in some new ones as well. Links included for all the new ones.
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Mods review for Harrowhark’s run
A writeup of final thoughts on the various mods I ran in Harrowhark's now canceled playthrough, calling out which ones I want to keep for the future, which ones I'm ambivalent about, and which ones I'm definitely ditching.