# Description *I'm setting up this mod list, so we can build and maintain a stable modded build for Skyrim Together. Being Bugthesda, we will probably hit bugs or crashes at times as we try mods and move through the game. This should help track and filter out things causing issues.* ### **CRITICAL THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT SKYRIM TOGETHER** 1. F2 brings up the main server, player, and party online menu for joining servers and parties. 2. Questing is synced through the party leader. It is recommended one person forms party and is leader for the current save/build and handles all main quests initiations and interactions for the whole playthrough. All party members can be considered "guests" to the quest and should not interact for the quest to move forward without possible bugs. See this link on questions: 3. Misc. quests do not sync. This means a player (including party leader) can initiate a misc. quest and walk through it with another player, but the other players will not see any quest show up in their journal, get any quest rewards/notifications, or possibly not see NPC's or other parts of misc. quests (if its tied to it being synced in some way). 4. To ensure max stability, each playthrough should have the same party leader for the whole play through. Also, if we want a new playthrough, it is recommended we setup another server to host it to ensure there is no interactions between the two different playthroughs. See this link on Party Forming: [https://shockbyte.com/billing/knowledgebase/840/How-to-Create-a-Party-on-your-Skyrim-Together-Server.html](https://shockbyte.com/billing/knowledgebase/840/How-to-Create-a-Party-on-your-Skyrim-Together-Server.html#:~:text=Creating%20a%20Party,Click%20Player%20Manager.) 5. You will lose all gold when you die. This is to make gold little more needed and dying a little more punishing. I think you can recover it from your body though. 6. House syncing can be odd and is still a little experimental. I have enabled it. From reports online, as long as everyone buys the same house with the same upgrades, it should sync the cell so we all can see the same house and share it, including its storage. Standard homes from mods that add player homes automatically sync it is reported. 7. There are still reported syncing issues at times, even though it has improved dramatically. Nothing game breaking from reports. If quests don't sync right away, they will on the next quest stage. If NPC's don't sync, they may be naked or, if related to a quest, not there for certain people. *** # Main features This will be centered around a semi-realistic survival build with a harder skill level. The main features being focused on for this server build through modding: - **Death Overhaul:** You lose all gold when you die to make dying a little more harsh. I also want to install some death alternative mods, that make it so instead of dying, you have random scenarios/quests play out (Unsure if they will work with shared questing system in place right now, but lets try).

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- **Changing Seasons and Weather Patterns:** I want to install the season changing mods and the weather overhaul mods that couple so we can get real seasons and shifting weather patterns and temperatures throughout Skyrim based on the time of year.

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- **Trading/Resource Overhaul:** *I want to install mods that make resources and items tied more to the locations actual history and geographical resources. I also want to install trade mods that make resources and items change value based on numerous market factors, like if the war has started, what time of year it is, ect.*

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INSTALLED MODS: - Trade & Barter - Trade Routes

- **Magic Overhaul:** *I want magic to feel more rewarding and harder to master. I'm testing a spell researching and crafting system combined with added magic spells and overhaul of the original system and related perks to up the long term reward for investing the time into researching and building a mage and spell list.*

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- Apcoplpse Magic Overhaul (Adds tons of new spells) - Odin Magic Overhaul (Overhauls and balances base spells better) - Immersive College of Winterhaol (First and I my preferred mage college overhaul) - Spell Research (Spells are no longer consumable books you buy super easy. Now you must collect, research, and create your own spells from thesis's and spell tomes that tell you their composition components) - Spell Research Book (Adds a graphical Book to the mod for tracking research progress in an immersion way) - Apoapse's Arcana (Spellforge for Spell Research) (Adds a completely framework to the spellforges around skyrim so you can use them to also try and research/make spells in spell research mod). - Caranthir Tower Reborn SE (A buildable/quest driven mages tower). - Caranthir Tower Spell Research Expansion ( Hooks spell research MOD ingredients and framework to the tower quest) - Caranthir Tower In Wyrmstooth (Moves the tower to this added mods island. This makes it more immersive, take less base map space, and makes the Wyrmstooth mod quest and area even more important).

- **Survival Aspects:** *I want to include realistic survival mechanics as much as I can. As of now, there is no clear way to sleep, so sleep needs will probably not be workable. However, I plan on installing and testing survival needs for hunger, thirst, and body temperature. Along with this, it will include a mod that overhauls and makes diseases better, progress longer, but cause more serious effects if not treated.*

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- Frostfall: Wet/Cold/Weather hypothermia mod. Get wet, watch your exposure, or risk freezing to death. Adds glacial cold waters to certain water bodies too that will drown you fast if not prepped. - Campfire: A survival skills/camping mod that connects to frostfall. Adds a whole new survival perk system, a hunting senses system to find ingredients and living/dead things. Other mods expand on it too. - Last Seed: A needs, disease, alcohol overhaul mod, that also affects npc party members. SLEEP NEEDS ARE DISABLED TO ENSURE WORKS WITH ONLINE.

- **Farming/Building Aspects:** *I want to test a building mod of some type and farming expansion mods. I would enjoy it if users could build things and expand their holdings where ever they wanted through some form of building, including more farming in this way. I'm unsure how this will work, if at all right now.*

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- Skryim - Settlement Builder: Adds a building system that requires resources. Gives access to most in game assets to allow placement and building of whatever you can imagine, if you have the resources for it.

- \*\*Combat Overhaul: \*\**I want to make combat much more realistic and deadly, so we have to think and work together more before running into dungeons or dangerous areas. I plan on installing and trying updated combat mechanic mods that will add actual hit detection to swing arcs, so weapons parry off objects and walls and create realistic hit arcs. I will install some npc combat AI upgrade mods to see if any work. And, I would like to try a basic injury type mod system of some type.*

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- Precision: Adds an actual physics based hit detection system meaning the weapon trace actually follows the model and reacts according to the hit distance and placement. Weapons now bounce off solid objects when hitting them up close. - Wounds: Adds a combat injury system to make combat more interesting for both PC and humans. - Wounds - Some Improvements: Adds actual locational hit detection to Human npcs using precisions node system. Animals are included too, but are calculated in a more rudimentary way because of a lack of precision nodes right now for creatures. - Wounds Animations: Adds NPC and player wounded animations to the wounds system, so players and npc show wounds through animations. - Animation Revolution: Uses newest Nemisis animation system to blend all animations into smooth seamless transitioning animations. Makes combat feel smoother, more responsive, and accurate. MUST RUN NEMSISIS ONCE AFTER INSTALLING.

- \*\*NPC Overhauls: \*\**I want to install some NPC AI overhauls that make NPCS behave more naturally and give them much more realistic life patterns and interactions. I also want to add some extra npcs and followers for more options for everyone.*

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- AI overhaul: First time trying. Newest complete overhaul of base NPC AI to both make them more engaging in their backstory and life and add more general humanistic behaviors (May replace with Immersive AI if it doesn't work how I want). - Immersive Patrols: Adds differing patrolling and npc groups between settlements and on roads for more dynamic times out of town.

- **Dragon Overhauls:** I want to see if any of the Dragon overhaul mods play nice with this. *** # Before you start *Vital information regarding this collection.* **Requirements** - Ensure SKSE64 was downloaded and installed on your mod list. Ensure SKSE64 is downloaded and installed. SKSE64 is on the collection mod list, but if you have issues, ensure SKSE64 is installed and enabled properly. PapyrusUtil should always overwrite other mods. - Ensure PapyrusUtil is downloaded and installed. PapyrusUtil is on the collection mod list, but if you have issues, ensure PapyrusUtil is installed and enabled properly. PapyrusUtil should always overwrite other mods. - *Ensure you have downloaded all listed mods and they are installed in the same order. Recommend paying the 7 bucks and just using the vortex collection system so you don't have to try to setup all of it yourself. I may try to provide presetup mod packs after stable build is running and tested with all wanted mods.* - *A higher CPU speed will help, as this build will be a little more script heavy.* **Best practices** - *Disable any background programs that may stop skyrim together from connecting to server.* - Before connecting to the server, load into any cell/area completely (if possible go into a small interior cell like an inn or house), ensure all mods are loaded and running stable (it can take a moment upon loading a game/cell some times), once the cell and all mods are completely loaded and running stable, connect to the server. *** # Recommended specs *Hardware setup suitable for this collection.* - GPU: As fast as you can get. - RAM: As much as you can get. - CPU: As fast as you can get. *** # Compatible collections *NONE*

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