I want to thank redditor Aleithian for providing me with the best help I have gotten to solidify the load order structure. It doesn’t matter if you’re on PC, Xbox or PS4. I truly hope that this guide benefits all players who decide to use it.

Mods that mod creators request should appear last (e.g.

Patches that disable content or purport to improve performance.

the Apocalypse-Ordinator Compatibility Patch) Seraphim, Beautiful Mistresses, Dimon99 and Maevan2 Female body) This is caused from using conflicting mods which edit the same NPC without Proper Conflict Resolution ( PCR ) in your game.

Mods that add distributed or worldwide content (Dolmen Ruins or Oblivion Gates) The most common way to get a broken face for NPC is when the facegen files loaded in your game do not match the record changes in the last esp which also modified them.

This has also been tested by myself as providing a smooth gameplay with minimal crashing (only in Lake View Manor) and occasional harmless freezing while traversing the land of Skyrim. Bethesda as always is fantastic as well.īelow is a mod load order structure that has been borrowed from reddit’s Aleithian and his research. I want to thank the many mod authors who are actively at work to bring us some truly amazing content. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Are there any others This thread is archived. Hopefully with this guide, you will better understand some of the terminology. Showracemenu for npcs (edit NPC appearance in game) The only mod I know of that does this is alternate actors, but it broke my characters appearance and level when I used it.

Usually on Nexus Mods, you can find a more detailed description of where to put mods in the load order.

If the author has been around for a while, you’ll find his mod there. If you are ever in doubt about a mod, go to the Nexus Mods website and search the mod title. Some mods will require to be the lowest mod, or at the bottom of the load order. They are considered lower in the mod load order. On the other hand, mods at the bottom of the list are loaded last. Some mods will say they require to be the highest mod, or at the top of the load order. They are considered higher in the mod load order. Mods at the top of the list are loaded first.

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