Why isn't this upgrade free? (Anniversary Edition)

[Littlefatcat]

I don't get it and it seems like some mods won't work unless I buy this?!

[worm_master]

They gave those who owned skyrim a free update, and now it's known as special edition, they then released a paid "upgrade" called AE or Anniversary Edition, this we have to pay for.

AE is just SE bundled with a ton more free stuff,

[mikk011]

Are you 100% sure about your terminology? The "Anniversary Upgrade" is just a dlc bundle of 70+ Creation Club items. Most mods do not need that at all.

Skse and some mods claim to need "Anniversary Edition". This is just a confused way of saying they need Skyrim Special Edition version 1.6+. Our general advice is to read the modpages carefully to see which version of SkryimSE.exe the mod needs and otherwise just ignore Special Edition vs. Anniversary Edition distinctions.

[Synopse]

There is a common misconception between version number and AE.
Mods often use AE to give a hint that you need a version of 1.6.x and they use SE to hint that you need version 1.5.97.

Only mods that modify creation club content need the DLC "Anniversary Edition".

[Littlefatcat]

Originally posted by Synopse:

There is a common misconception between version number and AE.
Mods often use AE to give a hint that you need a version of 1.6.x and they use SE to hint that you need version 1.5.97.

Only mods that modify creation club content need the DLC "Anniversary Edition".

Yeah Mod authors had me confused for a second. Thanks

[Synopse]

Originally posted by Littlefatcat:

Originally posted by Synopse:

There is a common misconception between version number and AE.
Mods often use AE to give a hint that you need a version of 1.6.x and they use SE to hint that you need version 1.5.97.

Only mods that modify creation club content need the DLC "Anniversary Edition".

Yeah Mod authors had me confused for a second. Thanks

Chears. IMHO, it's a terrible habbit, because everyone new to modding gets confused and some never understand why their version number matters, because of this.

[Synopse]

Originally posted by Zero McDohl:

Well, I believe that if they had simply patched it in, then it would ruin anyone's game who was using mods on the 1.5+ Special Edition version.

In this way, both versions are separate.

edit:
As to free vs not free, why wouldn't they charge for it?

Bro, they patch SE anyway. AE is a bundle of mods to promote the creation club. There are no two version separated.

[Zero McDol]

Originally posted by Synopse:

Originally posted by Zero McDohl:

Well, I believe that if they had simply patched it in, then it would ruin anyone's game who was using mods on the 1.5+ Special Edition version.

In this way, both versions are separate.

edit:
As to free vs not free, why wouldn't they charge for it?

Bro, they patch SE anyway. AE is a bundle of mods to promote the creation club. There are no two version separated.

Serious? Ouch, I didn't know that. I had figured that SE had stayed at 1.5+. I appreciate the info, and I'll remove my comment .