Updating the guide

Before updating the guide perform the following simple steps:
  1. Disable the finishing line.
  2. Use Merge Plugin Hide to unhide all merges.
  3. Pay close attention to the mods name in MO2 when updating.
  4. Hide whatever merges that aren’t regenerated.
  5. Regenerate any merges listed. Make sure for each merge to uncheck then recheck any plugin in zMerge to update its internal loadorder.
  6. Regenerate any Finishing Line stuff listed.

    Mod Installation Page 2

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - Awesome Potions Simplified by Revoith


  • Mod Installation Page 4

  • NPCs and Behaviours - Sleeping Expanded - Animations and NPC reactions.

  • New Followers and NPCs - Kaidan 2 Follower Voice Fixes and Additional Dialogue.

  • New Followers and NPCs - Sofia - Typo Grammar and Dialogue Fixes.

  • New Items - Simple Wearable Lanterns.


  • Mod Installation Page 5

  • Recipe and Stat Changers - CACO - Awesome Potions Simplified (Patch).

  • ENB Particle Lights - Awesome Potions Simplified -ENB Lights.

  • MCM Settings Loader - Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul - Settings Loader.

  • MCM Settings Loader - Predator Vision - Night Eye and Thermal Vision Overhaul - Settings Loader.

  • MCM Settings Loader - Ultimate Combat SE - Settings Loader.

    Mod Installation Page 1

  • Other Bug Fixes - Point The Way - Decided to remove cos I have had enough of Arthmoor's stubbornness.

  • Modified and Expanded Quests - - Cutting Room Floor - Decided to remove cos I have had enough of Arthmoor's stubbornness.

  • Modified and Expanded Quests - Gildergreen Regrown - Decided to remove cos I have had enough of Arthmoor's stubbornness.


  • Mod Installation Page 2

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - Rustic Animated Potions and Poisons - Replaced with Awesome Potions Simplified by Revoith

  • Ice and Snow - Cutting Room Floor - No Snow Under the Roof SE.


  • Mod Installation Page 4

  • Clothing and Jewellery Retextures - 2K Ring Of Khajit.

  • New Items - Quick Light SE - Replaced with Simple Wearable Lanterns

  • New Items - (SJG) Quick Light Patch - Replaced with Simple Wearable Lanterns


  • Mod Installation Page 5

  • MCM Settings Loader - Quick Light SE - Settings Loader.

    Prerequisites Page

  • Official Bethesda Content - Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Downgrade Patcher - Updated to version 1.5.1

  • Tools - Synthesis - Updated to version 0.20.6

  • Tools - Lexy's LOTD Synthesis Profile for v0.20.5 - Updated to version 0.20.6

  • Tools - Cathedral Assets Optimizer - Updated to version 5.3.7

  • Tools - Lexy's LOTD SE CAO Profiles for v5.3.5 - Updated to version 5.3.7

  • DynDOLOD - DynDOLOD Standalone 3.00 - Updated to version Alpha 56

  • ENB Series - ENB Series Binaries - Updated to version 0.466


  • Mod Installation Page 1

  • Essential SKSE Plugins - Address Library - Added special installation instructions.

  • Essential SKSE Plugins - Equip Enchantment Fix - Updated to version 1.3.3

  • Essential SKSE Plugins - powerofthree's Papyrus Extender - Updated to version 4.5.5

  • Essential SKSE Plugins - powerofthree's Tweaks - Updated to version 1.4.1

  • Essential SKSE Plugins - Simple Offence Suppression - Updated to version 2.1.0

  • Essential SKSE Plugins - Spell Perk Item Distributor (SPID) - Updated to version 5.2.0

  • Essential SKSE Plugins - SSE Display Tweaks - Updated to version 0.5.6b

  • Essential SKSE Plugins - SSE Engine Fixes (skse64 plugin) - Updated to version 5.8.3

  • Essential SKSE Plugins - Skyrim Priority SE AE - skse plugin - Updated to version 3.2.0

  • Perks and Leveling - Experience - Updated to version 2.0.2

  • Other Bug Fixes - Horns Are Forever (Persistent Argonian Horns) - Updated special installation instructions.

  • The World of Skyrim - Dynamic LOD - DynDOLOD Resources SE 3 - Updated to version Alpha-16

  • World Encounters - The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal SE - Addons and Patches - Updated version 1.3

  • World Encounters - The Tools of Kagrenac - Updated to version 1.58d

  • Modified and Expanded Quests - Even Better Quest Objectives SE - EBQO SE - Removed Cutting Room Floor Patch.

  • Modified and Expanded Quests - Obscure's College of Winterhold - Removed Cutting Room Floor Patch.

  • Legacy of The Dragonborn - Legacy of the Dragonborn SSE - Updated to version 5.5.5

  • Legacy of The Dragonborn - Legacy Safehouse Plus - Updated to version 3.2


  • Mod Installation Page 2

  • Weather Systems - Storm Lightning for SSE and VR (Minty Lightning 2019) - Updated to version 1.4.12

  • Lighting Improvements - Enhanced Lighting for ENB (ELE) - Special Edition - Removed Cutting Room Floor Patch.

  • Lighting Improvements - ELFX Fixes - Updated to version 6.1

  • Lighting Improvements - Lanterns Of Skyrim II - Added update file LoS II - Giant Campfires textures update. Removed Cutting Room Floor Patch.

  • Lighting Improvements - Windhelm Brazier Replacer - Updated to version 2.31

  • Mesh Fixes - Assorted Mesh Fixes - Updated to version 0.36

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - CC's Enhanced Ore Veins SSE Edition - Updated to version 9.0.1

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - JS Dragon Claws AE (Anniversary Edition) - Updated to version 1.1

  • Clutter and Miscellaneous - Snazzy Furniture and Clutter Overhaul SE - Patches - Removed Cutting Room Floor and JK's Interiors Patches.

  • Water - Realistic Water Two SE - Updated to version 5.2.1

  • Grass - Landscape Fixes For Grass Mods - Patches for Arthmoor's Town add-ons - Removed Cutting Room Floor Patch.

  • Grass - Landscape Fixes For Grass Mods - Added Patches for Expanded Towns and Cities.

  • Location - Stendarr Rising - The Hall of the Vigilant Rebuild - Removed Cutting Room Floor Patch.

  • Location - Engorged Robber's Gorge - A Lawbringer Module - Updated to version 1.1.1

  • Locations - Unique Border Gates SE - Removed Point The Way Patch.


  • Mod Installation Page 3

  • Expanded Cities, Towns, and Villages - Farmhouse Chimneys SE - Updated to version 4.1.1 also added optional USSEP Patch.

  • JK’s Interior Overhauls - Solitude - JK's Temple of the Divines - Updated to version 1.1.0

  • JK’s Interior Overhauls - Solitude - JK's The Winking Skeever - Updated to version 1.4.0

  • Late Loaders - My Road Signs are Beautiful - Multilingual HD Retexture - SE - Removed Cutting Room Floor and Point The Way Patches.

  • Morthal City Overhauls - The Great City Of Morthal SSE Edition - Moved CFTO Patch to Travel section on Mod Installation part 5 so it is installed after CFTO.


  • Mod Installation Page 4

  • NPC Retextures - Diversity - A Character Overhaul - Updated Special Installation Instructions.

  • NPC Retextures - WICO - Windsong Immersive Character Overhaul - Updated Special Installation Instructions.

  • NPC Retextures - Metalsabers Beautiful Orcs of Skyrim - Updated Special Installation Instructions.

  • NPC Retextures - Patches for Northbourne NPCs - Removed Cutting Room Floor Patch.

  • NPC Retextures - The Ordinary Women - Updated to version 4.1

  • NPC Retextures - NPC Retexture Merge Consistency Patch - Updated to version 2.08

  • Animations and Skeleton - CBPC - Physics with Collisions for SSE and VR - Updated to version 1.4.6

  • Dual Sheath - Simple Dual Sheath - Updated to version 1.5.1

  • NPCs and Behavior - True Hunter - fewer animals per square meter - Updated to version 4.0

  • Dialogue and NPC Interaction - Relationship Dialogue Overhaul - RDO SE - Removed RDO - RDO - CRF + USSEP Patch.esp, Added RDO - USSEP Patch.esp.

  • New Weapons and Armours - Armor of Intrigue SE Updated - Updated to version 1.3.2

  • New Weapons and Armours - Bosmer Armor Pack - Updated Special Installation Instructions.

  • Basic Needs and Survival - iWant RND for CACO - Updated to version 2.24


  • Mod Installation Page 5

  • Recipe and Stat Changers - Weapons Armor Clothing and Clutter Fixes - Updated to version 2.8

  • Recipe and Stat Changers - Armor and Clothing Extension - Updated to version 1.3

  • Recipe and Stat Changers - kryptopyr's Patch Hub - Bandoliers __ CCOR - Updated to version 1.3

  • Recipe and Stat Changers - kryptopyr's Patch Hub - Removed Cutting Room Floor __ TCIY.

  • Recipe and Stat Changers - Mostly HA Inconsistency Fixes - Updated to version 1.06

  • Combat and Traps - Skyrim Revamped Rebalanced and Releveled - Updated to version 2.37

  • Gameplay - Completionist - Quest Tracker (SE-AE) - Updated to version 3.5c

  • Travel - Carriage and Ferry Travel Overhaul - Fixes and Winterhold - Swapped to vanilla version.

  • Immersion - Dynamic Things Alternative - Updated to version 0.15.1

  • Immersion - Your Own Thoughts - Removed Cutting Room Floor Patch.

  • Compatibility Patches - JK's Interiors Patch Collection - Updated to version 5.2

  • Compatibility Patches - Joseph Russell's Writing Patches - Removed Cutting Room Floor Patch.

  • Compatibility Patches - RS Children Patch Compendium - Removed Cutting Room Floor Patch.

  • Compatibility Patches - Pre Bash Consistency Patch - Updated to version 1.01

  • Compatibility Patches - Legacy of the Dragonborn Patches (Official) - Updated to version 2.5.9, also updated special installation instructions

  • Compatibility Patches - Legacy of the Dragonborn - Followers Patch (Inigo-Auri-Kaidan-M'rissi-Hoth-Vilja) - Updated to version 2.1

  • MCM Settings Loader - Farmhouse Chimneys SE - Settings Loader - Updated to version 2.0

  • MCM Settings Loader - Storm Lightning for SSE and VR (Minty Lightning 2019) - Settings Loader - Updated to version 2.0

  • Consistency Patches - Lexy's LOTD Consistency Patches - Updated to version 1.47

  • Consistency Patches - Kaidan - Consistency Patch - Updated to version 1.01

  • Conflict Resolution - Lexy's LoTD SE OMEGA - Conflict Resolution - Updated to version 1.66


  • Merge Page

  • Animals Merged - Removed True Hunter from merge.

  • Landscape Fixes For Grass Patches Merged - Remove Landscape Fixes For Grass mods - Cutting Room Floor Locations.esp, Added Landscape For Grass Mods - ETaC Darkwater Crossing PATCH.esp and Landscape For Grass Mods - ETaC Riverwood PATCH.esp

  • Miscellaneous Merged - Removed QuickLight.esp and SJG Quick Light Patch.esp

  • No Snow Under The Roof Merged - Removed No Snow Under The Roof - CRF Patch.esp

  • NPC Retexture Merge SSE - Removed NbNpcs - CRF Patch AIO.esp

  • RS Children Patches Merged - Remove RSC CRF Patch.esp

  • Snazzy Patches Merged - Merged Updated.

  • YOT - Your Own Thoughts Merged - Remove YOT - Cutting Room Floor.esp


  • Finishing Line Page

  • LOOT Rules - Load After LOOT Rules - Removed Point The Way.esp load after UniqueBorderGates-All.esp

  • Bash Override - Lexy's LOTD SE - Bash Override - Updated to version 1.21

Regenerate

Animals Merge, CCOR Patches Merge, Landscape Fixes For Grass Patches Merge, Miscellaneous Merge, No Snow Under The Roof Merge, NPC Appearance Output, NPC Retexture Merge SSE, Pre Bash Merge, RS Children Patches Merge, Snazzy Patches Merge, Weapons and Armour Merge, YOT - Your Own Thoughts Merge, Bash Patch, Ruddy88, Synthesis, DynDOLOD

Note

This update requires a new game.