"How To Remaster Skyrim Special Edition - Part 1: Landscapes, Lighting and Architecture"

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In this video, I cover remastering Skyrim Special Edition by using a combination of high quality lighting, weather, landscapes, architecture mods that enhance but keep the original look and feel of the game.

Step 1. Install Vortex Mod Manager.

https://www.nexusmods.com/about/vortex/

Since this is a series aimed at beginners, I recommend using Vortex Mod Manager to download, install and manage all mods.

Step 2. Mod List.

Azurite Weathers and Seasons

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/42731

This mod overhauls the lighting and weather by introducing new weathers, audio, precipitation effects, cloud textures and night sky textures.

Blended Roads

This mod blends roadstones to ground meshes, simulating a 3D effect.

Community Shaders

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/86492

This mod allows applying several post processing graphic modifications for Skyrim.

For the best combination, I recommend using the below effects.

Tree LOD Lighting
Grass Lighting
Grass Collision
Screen-Space Shadows
Water Blending
Light Limit Fix

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/99768

I also recommend installing the LLF Particle Lights instead of Fake Glow mod as this removes the fake glow effect that can occur when using the Light Limit Fix effect.

ERM - Enhanced Rocks and Mountains

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/85196

This mod provide a 3D texture effect to landscapes.

Fantasia Landscapes.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/107256

This mod drastically improves the visuals of several landscape objects, including bridges, mountains, caves, cliffs, mines, and snow and ice surfaces.

Grass Sampler Fix.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/91285

This mod applies anisotropic filtering to grass causing it to look sharper and more lush.

Landscape Fixes for Grass Mods.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/9005?tab=description

This mod prevents grass from appearing inside of objects, when using grass overhaul mods.

No Grass in Objects.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/42161?tab=files

This mod prevents grass from appearing inside of objects such as rocks.

Simplicity of Sea.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/56520?tab=description

This mod replaces the existing water textures with something more realistic, and makes it so that water now reflects light in a natural manner.

Simplicity of Snow.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/56235

This mod removes snow from appearing underneath sheltered buildings and disables the shiny white paint snow effect found on rocks.

Skoglendi.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/93944

This mod massively overhauls the quantity and quality of grass in the game, and adds in new grass varieties.

Skyland AIO.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/34179

This mod includes re-textures for objects such as landscapes, buildings, mines, caves, towns and cities, Nordic ruins, Standing Stones, and forts.

Skyland Bits and Bobs - A Clutter Overhaul.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/95032

This mod includes re-textures for clutter, such as furniture, pottery, soul gems, spell tones, bones, books, and smithing or enchanting tables.

Skyland LODs.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/87412

This mod contains a premade level of detail preset designed to be used with the previous Skyland mods.

Skyrim is Luminous.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/110471

This mod adjusts the lighting in-game but also adds in more sources of light depending on the objects emitting.

Static Mesh Improvement Mod – SMIM

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/659

This mod takes several of the static flat architecture, clutter, furniture, and landscape objects models in the game and replaces them with 3D models.

Traverse the Ulvenwald

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/57874

This mod adds in adds in over 300 new unique animated tree models based on real life trees found in Europe.

Twilight

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/82665?tab=description

This mod implements twilight for all weathers.

Step 3. Vortex Resolution and Mod Load Order.

Although Vortex includes a tool called LOOT that will arrange an optimal load order, sometimes you may need to resolve mod conflicts.

These can be viewed by clicking on the Manage Rules tab at the top of Vortex, and often Vortex will offer a solution.

However for this mod list, I would recommend using a load order of Static Mesh Improvement, Skyland AIO and then Blended Roads.

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