Must have mods?

[The Diddler]

?

[Mickey 33]

CBBE ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[Kencko]

haha

[Predacious]

2017 textures
open cities
enhanced blood
killable childrend (though it doesn't seem to be working for me)
run for your lives
immersive sounds
improved eyes
obsidian mountain fogs
beyond skyrim (DLC, unconfirmed if it works with VR)
diverse dragons collection
stunning statues of skyrim
vivid weather
3d trees (some prefer floral overhaul)
realistic water two
Zim's immersive artifacts
realistic lighting overhaul
immersive merchants


There's a lot more but those are some of the important ones for better immersion. (as you might already know, just know which ones you want to install last in case it overrights some others.)

[One Eye Jack]

Alternate start...... whenever I get around to figuring out how to mod this version.....

and aquisitive soul gems Those are the only two have to have mods..... but right now I am still getting used to these funky controllers..... sigh

[Predacious]

oh I'd also add a sign post mod. It makes reading signs easier. Until we get our hands on a Vive pro, extra clearity is important. There's mods for changing shop signs and regular sign posts.

[Predacious]

Here's my plugin.txt if you want some ideas

*Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp
*RSkyrimChildren.esm
*Gray Fox Cowl.esm
*SMIM-SE-Merged-All.esp
*Killable Children.esp
*dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
*Footprints.esp
*Run For Your Lives.esp
*Immersive Sounds - Compendium.esp
*Bring Out Your Dead.esp
*HoldBorderBanners.esp
*Book Covers Skyrim.esp
*WICO - Immersive Character.esp
*WICO - Immersive People.esp
*WICO - Immersive Dawnguard.esp
*WICO - Wild Hunt Gears.esp
*dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
*RSChildren Patch - BS Bruma.esp
*RSChildren.esp
*Skyrim Immersive Creatures Special Edition.esp
*DiverseDragonsCollectionSE.esp
*Improved Eyes Skyrim - Serana.esp
*Improved Eyes Skyrim - Vamp.esp
*Improved Eyes Skyrim.esp
*Realistic-Voice.esp
*MagicalCollegeofWinterhold.esp
*MajesticMountains.esp
*MajesticMountains_Moss.esp
*RLO - Interiors.esp
*RLO - Exteriors.esp
*RLO - Effects.esp
*RLO - Illuminated Spells.esp
*Skyrim Sizes.esp
*Unique Uniques.esp
*ZIA_Complete Pack_V4.esp
*immersivemerchants.esp
*Vivid WeathersSE.esp
*Vivid Weathers SE - Bruma Patch.esp
*Vivid Weathers SE - LightingDuringStorm Patch.esp
*Vivid Weathers SE - Extended Snow.esp
*Vivid Weathers - Extended Rain.esp
*Lore Weapon Expansion - Daedric Crescent.esp
*Lore Weapon Expansion - Goldbrand.esp
*Lore Weapon Expansion - Relics of the Crusader.esp
*Lore Weapon Expansion.esp
*Open Cities Skyrim.esp
*RealisticWaterTwo.esp
*RealisticWaterTwo - Open Cities.esp

[applemop2000]

Id say immersive armours, whiterun enhanced for some reason riften,solitude,and windhelm enhanced i had to repack for them to stop ctd. Riverrun enhanced and if you want to take 15 minutes to get it working immersive weapons.

Immersive armours adds tons of new armours to the npcs and crafting stations same with immersive weapons.

If you want to get immeraive weapons working i followed this guide https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/11579 the mod adds hundreds of new weapons.

[malorob]

and soon bethesda will create creation club for this and no more free mods all paid ....

[Kragwulf]

I am currently using:

CBBE (Obviously)

Better Vampires (Seriously, use this. It's SO much better than the vanilla Vampire/Vamp Lord gameplay)

Acquistive Soul Gems (It makes it to where a grand soul gem will ONLY hold a grand soul. No risk of filling a good gem with a petty soul.)

Essential Lydia (She's my favorite follower other than Serana.)

Full Magic Scaling (This makes your level determin the power of your spells so no spell ever becomes too weak to use. At level 15, my flames spell is still powerful enough to use if I really want too.)

Realistic Water Two

Zim's Immersive Artifacts (Makes all unique items actually something that you'd want to use at higher levels. Unlevels all artifacts, changes their effects to something unique and cool, and even changes how they look slightly.)

Volkihar Knight Armor. (An armor specificly designed for vampire characters.)

[Panthera Tigris]

This may be a dumb question but I would like to know if the 2017 textures only improve the landscapes or everything that is visually rendered in the game (like weapons, items, characters, animals etc.)

[Predacious]

I think it's just the enviroments. I have other mods added for the other stuff so I'm not 100% sure if they just overrode some of the 2017 mod.
I think a safe bet would be to load up the 2017 and then if you find mods you really like for specific things like weapons, animals, etc then add that on top of it.

[Crankor]

Has anyone by chance replaced the horrendus stone (wall and walkway) textures from hd 2017 with ones from say noble?