Morrowind

Oblivion

Shadowrun Returns

Skyrim

Fallout 3

Fallout New Vegas

Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age 2

The Witcher

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

The Witcher 2

X: Rebirth

World of Tanks

Legend of Grimrock

Dark Souls

Fallen Enchantress

Far Cry 3

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

Dungeon Defenders

Neverwinter Nights

Neverwinter Nights 2

Mount & Blade

Mount & Blade: Warband

Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword

Left 4 Dead 2

Minecraft

Knights of the Old Republic II

Warcraft 3

Mass Effect 3

Sins of a Solar Empire

State of Decay

Saints Row 4

Savage XR

Faster Than Light

Knights of the Old Republic

Mass Effect

Starbound

Deus Ex

Torchlight II

Grand Theft Auto IV

Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis

Mafia 2

Zoo Tycoon 2

Thief 2: The Metal Age

Mass Effect 2

Halo: Combat Evolved

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Kerbal Space Program

Game Dev Tycoon

Battlefield 2

DmC: Devil May Cry

Madden NFL 08

Batman: Arkham Origins

Black and White 2

X3: Terran Conflict

Just Cause 2

Disciples 3: Reincarnation

Towns

The Sims 3

RPG Maker VX Ace

Remember Me

Crysis

Team Fortress 2

Jade Empire

Euro Truck Simulator 2

3089

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Drox Operative

Risen

Crysis Warhead

Crusader Kings 2

Half-Life 2

Borderlands

Myst Online: Uru Live

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3

Thief 3: Deadly Shadows

Doom 3

Arx Fatalis

Batman: Arkham City

Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force

Command & Conquer: Generals

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

The Elder Scrolls Online

Rimworld

Men of War

Borderlands 2

Fallout 2

South Park: The Stick of Truth

ArmA 3

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Resident Evil 4

Rodina

War Thunder

Star Wars: Empire at War

Sacred

Tabletop Simulator

TUG: The Untitled Game

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

Space Engineers

Skyrim Special Edition

# Making it work

**This does work**, I've tested it, and I know personally that it works for hundreds of people. (Including on Steam, keep reading)\
**What doesn't work is Vortex.** People, especially recently, are having a lot of issues downloading and getting collections to work. Vortex currently has a lot of bugs. \
**If it doesn't work for you** (After you've read the instructions below) **just join the Discord**, link below, post a message wherever that you need help, and we'll get it working, fairly quickly.

Discord: <https://discord.gg/MWqDpjFuup>\
If you have Steam you may need to update some things, as Bethesda hates you and would rather push CC content updates to break your game than make reasonable efforts to avoid breaking mods. Even still, we can get it working if it doesn't "just work" after updating, just join the Discord, and daddy will fix it.&#x20;

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# Before you start

**SKSE is required for most mods for Skyrim, you will need to either manually install it, or install it under the optional mods section via Vortex.** Just follow the "How to Install" section below, its easy and it works, if you need help, discord info: https://discord.gg/MWqDpjFuup

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# Description

This is a personal collection, intended to act as The Definitive Edition of Skyrim. It feels like Skryim if Bethesda actually cared enough to put effort into the Anniversary edition. That being said, this is anything but Vanilla. Nearly everything is Overhauled to work and feel great. During my playthrough, I find myself playing mostly the modded content, it's just that good. I've experienced minimal bugs, and no crashes to desktop.

**If you have issues/bugs you can reach me (Dr. Gaming) here: https://discord.gg/MWqDpjFuup**

I update this regularly, mainly to keep everything working perfectly. Updates will never require you to restart your save and are always more stable than the last build.

This is intended to be installed onto the GOG.com version of the Anniversary Edition, it runs flawlessly. Should also work with any 64-bit version of Skyrim (Skyrim Special Edition). In my opinion, it runs better than the steam version, you don't have to worry about updates killing your game, I'd recommend picking it up.

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# How to install

It's incredibly easy, it's basically plug-and-play.

1. **Add the collection, and allow it to run through the installation.**
2. **Install SKSE 64. Go to the collection in vortex (Under the collections tab) select "View" and under "Required" select "Recommended". The game needs to be run from the SKSE Launcher. You can set that to primary under the tools section, or, you can create a shortcut. There are additional steps to do that in the collection if you want to set that up. SKSE can be found here: https://skse.silverlock.org/**
3. **Due to Steam and GOG being slightly different, you need to manually select Fuz Ro D'oh, and Race Manu. Go to the collection in Vortex (Under the collections tab) select "View" and under "Required" select "Recommended". The GOG version has "GOG" in the name, the steam doesn't Install the right one for your game. (NOT BOTH)**
4. **See if you want to install any of the 'not required' mods. They are additions like easy pickpocket/lock pick, and so on. They are the other mods seen in steps 2 and 3**
5. **If you have ANY  mods installed that are not a part of this collection (if you don't skip this), right-click on "Legacy of the Dragonborn Patches (Official)" and reinstall it, go through the installer, make sure that for the sections with grayed-out boxes, you check the newly white boxes for the mods you have that are outside of the collection. If there's not a patch for your mod, you're probably good.**
6. **If you don't have the AE edition, you may be "Missing dependencies" You can resolve this issue or ignore it. It won't make a big difference.**
7. **(Optional): If you want Nude females, right-click "Reinstall" the mod "Caliente's Beautiful Bodies Enhancer" and choose the appropriate settings for your preferences.**

You're now good to launch the game **with SKSE64,** you can link it in a vortex and set it to primary, or you can run from the desktop, just make sure whenever you launch it doesn't give you the popup that modding will disable achievements. That means that you don't have SKSE installed properly.

- As a little note, if you're new to modding Skyrim, or new to Skyrim in general. Vortex sometimes doesn't fit everything together perfectly. For most people, "It just works"; but, If you're new, you might not see a problem. Best practices are going to be to check to make sure there are no notifications showing errors, make it didn't accidentally disable every single plugin (only some are disabled intentionally), and make sure you're running the game from the skse launcher/not getting dll errors on launch.\
  Other than that, if you have an issue, just reach out on discord, where you can get substantially better support.

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# How to update

1. Check to see if there are any new optional mods you want
2. Check to see if there are any duplicate mods if vortex failed to remove the old version.
3. Check here for any notes.

If something goes wrong, see above Discord contact information.

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# Best practices

It's best to start this with a fresh save, if you mod it, it's best to stay away from mods that have "Conflicts" with any of the installed mods.\
**You could slap this on top of an existing save,** somethings might not work, but I'm not aware of anything that would be particularly broken.

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# Recommended specs

- GPU GTX 1080
- RAM 16GB
- CPU 7th gen or better intel

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# Compatible collections

You tell me.

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# A Breakdown of What's Included

**Optional Choices:**

- Follower Tweaks
- Map Marker System Overhaul
- Longer Wait Menu Options
- Easy Lockpicking and Pickpocketing
- Renamer For Anything in The Game
- Get Quest Rewards Regardless of Choice
- Stormcloak Flags For Buildable Castle
- Knight Armor

**Followers:**

- Sofia (Whiterun Stables)
- INIGO (In Riften Jail)
- Lucien (Falkreath Inn)
- Serena Completly Overhauled (Probably my favorite upgrade in the collection)

**New Quest Locations:**

- Legacy of The Dragonborn
- Beyond Reach
- Beyond Skyrim
- Clockwork
- Falskaar
- Moon and Star
- Moonpath to Elsweyr
- Project AHO
- The Forgotten City
- The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal
- Undeath
- Wyrmstooth

**Quest Improvements/Additions:**

- Opening Scene Overhauled
- Siege Damage Repairs after Civil War.
- Werebear Transformation for Solstheim
- Additional Quests in Windhelm
- Rebuild Castle Volkihar
- Rebuild Helgen (One of my favorites)
- Companions Quest Fixes
- Divine Crusader Armor Quest
- Stones of Barenziah Quest Markers
- Paarthurnax Dilemma Resolved
- Improved Companions Questing

**Player Homes:**

- Build a Noble House/Village Near Falkreath (My Favorite)
- Breezehome (Whiterun Player Home)
- A Cottage Near Riverwood
- Skaal Player Home
- Scarlett A Buildable Ship

**Mechanical Improvements:**

- SkyUI
- Achievements Enabled
- Multiple Adoptions (6)
- Children Can Wear Armor/Clothing
- Smithing Improvements
- Dark Brotherhood Rewards made reasonable
- More Enchants Allowed Per Item
- Enchants allowed On Any Item
- More Enchants Added
- No Spinning Death Animations
- Race Menu
- Rich Merchants
- Player Journal Added
- Player Customizable Timing for Level Required Quests
- Unread Books Glow
- Viewable Faction Ranks
- Most items are weightless
- Children Can Wear Armor (When Given)

**Player Overhauls:**

- Better Beards
- More Hairstyles
- Multiple Mods Adding Spells
- Complete Perk Point Overhaul
- Spell Crafting (Like in Oblivion)
- Stormcall made useful

**NPC Overhauls:**

- CBBE (With Upgrades)
- Male Body Overhauled
- Companion NPC's Overhauled
- Dawnguard Guards Added to Capitals
- Guard Armor Overhaul
- Immersive Citizens (AI Overhaul)
- Immersive Patrols
- Dawnguard NPC's Overhauled
- Dragonborn DLC NPC's Overhauled
- Children Overhauled
- Serana Dialogue Overhauled
- Serana Overhauled
- Companion Follower Overhaul
- Wenches For Inns
- Added Tons of Interesting NPCs
- Nearly All Other NPC Visualls Overhauled

**Enemey Overhauls:**

- Diverse Dragons
- Better Frost King
- Seakers Overhauled
- Vampire Beasts Added

**Location Overhauls:**

- Tel Mithryn Overhauled
- Fort Dawnguard Overhauls
- Windhelm Expanded and Overhauled
- Jorrvaskr Overhauled (Companions)
- Castle Volkihar Overhaul
- Daedric Shrine's Overhauled
- Dark Brotherhood's Dawnstar Overhauled
- Thieves Guild Overhauled (Once Rebuilt)
- Forgotten Vale Overhauled
- College of Winterhold Overhauled
- JK's Skyrim (Overhauling Nearly every City and Town)
- Bards College Overhauled
- Temple of Talos Overhauled
- Palaces and Castles Overhauled
- Soulstheim Overhauled
- Raven Rock Overhauled
- Skaal Village Overhauled
- Daedric Shrine Locations Overhauled

**Visual Improvements:**

- Improved Night Sky
- Improved World Map
- Better Divine Crusader Armor (Also makes it a quest)
- Higher-quality Caves
- Apocrypha Retextured
- Soul Cairn Retextured
- Main Menu Overhauled
- Striders Retextured
- Blood Textures Improved
- Lighting Overhaul
- Dawnguard Armor Retextured
- Hermaeus Mora Overhauled
- Paragon Gems Overhauled
- Dragon Claws Retextured
- Weapons Ramesh
- Masque of Clavicus Vile Rebuilt
- Readable Road Signs
- Water Visual Improvements
- Skaal Clothing Overhauled
- General Texture Overhauls
- Static Mesh Improvements
- Weather Overhaul
- Dragon Priest Mask Updates
- Mammoth Cheese Retextured
- Masque of Clavicus Vile Retextured
- Better Looking Main Menu

**Added Items/Armors/Weapons:**

- Amulets of Skyrim
- Dawnguard Arsenal
- Immersive Armors
- Immersive Weapons
- Armored Circlets
- Oblivion Artifacts

Skyrim, The Definitive Edition (GoG)

Experience Skyrim in the timeline where Bethesda cared about the game. (Working 2024)

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