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

# Table of Contents
~Please at least read the entire installation instructions~
1)	Description
2)	Mod Overview
3)	Installation Instructions
4)	FAQ


# Description:

#### Requires paid Anniversary Edition

I originally uploaded this collection for my own personal use; however, people seem to enjoy it just as much as I do.  The collection contains mods that range from small visual tweaks all the way up to whole new lands and overhauls.  This is an all-in-one pack that overhauls systems, quests, visuals, and gameplay while also adding hours of additional content.

# Mod Overview:


#### **The World**

Skyrim is a darker place with this collection.  Signs of the civil war are now prevalent throughout the landscape.  You will encounter past battles and small stories of tragedy as you travel. 

The world is still beautiful and both urban and natural areas have been enhanced to provide many breathtaking moments as you travel.

#### Daily Life

The way you interact with the world has been slowed down.  You will not be constantly running from point A to point B, only stopping to kill the occasional dragon.  You will need to eat, drink, and sleep in order to keep yourself ready to face Skyrim.  You will also no longer gain experience until you sleep.  This gives you another reason to go into town and gives inns a purpose.  

The wilds of Skyrim have been made more harsh, dangerous, and interesting.  Campfire and Frostfall work together to make you feel as if you are travelling across a cold, northern landscape.  With Hunterborn, hunting is no longer a boring task with no rewards or progression.  Processing animals now takes time and skill.  Animal behaviors have been improved and you will encounter many new, lore-friendly creatures as well.

#### Combat

Combat is fast paced and intense, especially on harder difficulties.  Wildcat increases damage, improves AI, and adds injuries.  Combat Gameplay Overhaul provides fluidity within combat by adding grip changes and duel-wield blocking.  Archery Gameplay Overhaul makes ranged combat smooth and rewarding with new animations and fewer restrictions.

Enemies will no longer be as dumb.  They will block, detect you easier, attack in groups, and overhaul be much more challenging to overcome.  They will level higher with the player and have access to more perks, spells, and equipment.  Vampires will feel like the supernatural, undead, murdering machines they are.  Bosses: let’s just say they’re going to feel like actual bosses now.  

#### Magic

Magic is has become fleshed out with spell packages such as Apocalypse and Odin.  Ordinator also helps add depth to the magic system.  You will no longer instantly learn spells by smashing the book against your face; instead, you will have to spend time studying spell tomes.  This helps to give a better sense of progression and adds value to the spells you know.
Visuals

#### Visuals

Obsidian Weathers, ELFX, and ELFX Shadows provide the baseline look for the game.  In my opinion, these are the best lighting mods available short of an ENB (feel free to install one if you would like).  Dyndolod and Skyrim Flora Overhaul provide a great enhancement for the world around you.  Vivid Landscapes, Static Mesh Improvement, 3D Rocks and Landscapes, Majestic Mountains, High Poly Project, and many more texture mods have been included to make you feel better about playing a 10-year-old game after seeing Elden Ring.

#### Quests

Skyrim is a fantastic game with many memorable quests.  However, there are still some flaws in vanilla questlines that can be fixed with a few simple mods.  More Campaigns Radiant Quests makes it so that you cannot become the harbringer of the Campanians in the same afternoon you join.  Don’t Be a Milk-Drinker also removes those “go beat up a farmer” quests.  The College of Winterhold questline also now features a delay between joining and the Saarthaul expedition.  There are also more quests to discovered in the college.  All Thieves Guild Jobs Concurrently allows you to go out with more than just two jobs which makes the guild master armor set much more obtainable.

New quests and lands have also been added.  These include Legacy of the Dragonborn, Beyond Skyrim Bruma, Wyremestooth, Undeath, and many others.  You should have enough content to play with for a very long time.

# Installation:

0) Have a clean install of Skyrim Anniversary Edition with all creation club content installed.  If you're not sure what I mean by "clean install", GamerPoets can break it down for you [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ5uNCKOKmI).

1)	Ensure you have Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2019 (16.9) installed.  You likely already do but, if not, you can download it [here](https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Visual%20Studio%202019). 

2) [Download](https://skse.silverlock.org/) and [install](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdiFIL_02dI) latest AE of SKSE.


2)	[Download](https://github.com/TES5Edit/TES5Edit/releases/) and [install](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA5IlESvtCM) xEdit if you do not already have it.


3)	Download the collection and let Vortex do its thing.

4)	Disable the following plugins(they are added in packs that we only need a few from):

- RW2 SRCAIO AE Patch.esp

- RW2 SolLostLevelsPatch.esp

- RW2 MillWaterRetreat AE Patch.esp

- RW2 MoonStar AE Patch.esp

- RW2 Oakwood AE Patch.esp

- RW2 JK RagFlag Patch.esp

- RW2 Telengrad AE Patch.esp

- RW2 Winterview AE Patch .esp

- Lore Weapon Expansion- Relics of the Crusader.esp

- Lore Weapon Expansion- Goldbrand.esp

- Lore Weapon Expansion- Daedric Crescent.esp

6)	Part 2 of SSE Engine Fixes must be installed manually, download [here](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/17230), and follow instructions on the mod page.


7)	FNIS needs to be installed correctly and linked to Vortex.  Because of this, I do not have it included in the collection itself as that has led to problems for many people.  Instead, download it [here](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/3038) and a great guide for installation can be found [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYEAnTdZb-s).  Ensure that you select the Archery Gameplay Overhaul patch when configuring FNIS.


8)	Run LOOT! If not installed, download [here](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/1918), and learn about it [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I35nNK8PWlw).


9)	Run the Nemesis Engine which should be found in: (SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\Nemesis_Engine) if you have Skyrim installed via a default pathway.  Instructions can also be found on the Nemesis mod page [here](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/60033). You can also use [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UIUrlxp12k) Youtube video. We are patching Combat Gameplay Overhaul.

10) Last (and scariest) Undeath contains wild edits that need to be cleaned in xEdit. This can either be done with a script found on the mod page [here](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/40802) (recommended) or manually in xEdit via instructions given after running loot.
- Download script and extract files
-  Navigate to you SSEdit installation folder
- Open Edit Scripts, and place the extracted files inside
- Run SSEdit, load Undeath.esp
- Right click on undeath.esp and select "apply script"
- Select Hishy_UndeathCleaner and click Okay
- That that you're an Xedit expert, you might wanna check [this](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/33278) out if you want all your snowy things to look the same.
- I also recommend using the quick clean tool from xEdit on all the plugins loot tells you to.

11) I also highly reccomend you download and install [BethINI](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/4875).  It solves many weird little problems and can improve performance. I use BethINI high settings and recommended tweaks

#### In-game:

1) Do not activate survival mode.  We have Frostfall, Campfire,  and iNeed which combine to a far better experience than survival mode.  These can also all be turned off in their MCMs if you want the official Bethesda experience instead.

2) Take the time to go through and configure your all your MCMs to get the experience you want.
- Hotkeys
- Mod Activation
- Mod Settings

# FAQ

Q:  “Why isn’t x mod included?”

		A:  I didn’t include it.  If you would like to add it to your game, all the power to you.

Q:  “Why is x mod included? I don’t like it”

		A:  Because I like the mod? You can remove it if you would like, I won’t judge.

Q: Can I add x mod or will it break the game?

		A:  If you know what you're doing then do anything you want at your risk.  There are several large patch mods that you will want to ensure you're checking.  Look at the mods compatibility and cross check it with mods in this collection.  LOOT can also usually let you know if mods are incompatible or are missing patches; however, it does not register patches included in patch packs.

Q:  “Why am I getting this issue/error/bug?”


		A:  I have no idea, there is a lot you could be doing wrong and the collections feature is almost as buggy as Skyrim.  I have installed this collection fresh several times for testing and sometimes mods will download with empty folders.  This does not usually happen but just know, Vortex is buggy. Ensure you read through the entire installation instructions.  If the issue is related to one particular mod, go to that mod’s page and see of you can find anything helpful.  Also check out the first few pages of comments on the forums, many questions are answered there.  If you are having issue running any of the programs this collection requires, find a guide for it.  GamerPoets and Gopher are excellent resources.  Some of this stuff can be tricky if you don’t have experience with these tools already but you got this.




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2022 Modded Up

Added Artful Dodger and All Thieves Guild Jobs concurrently which was absent.  

A handful of mods were updated and I changed some of the installation options so now you can choose how dark you want your nights.

1) Mod Changes:

a) FNIS and SKSE will no longer come in the collection and will need to be installed by you instead.  Links are included in the installation steps.

b) Ultimate Dragons has been removed.  Disable in MCM prior to upgrading.  This mod does not function properly in AE.

c) CC Unofficial Patch is now a merged patch.

d) Improved Closed Faced Helmets has been removed.  It caused problems with several mods that was not resolved by patches.

e) Ultimate Shouts has been removed.  It makes shouts overpowered at lower levels.  Ordinator Perks allow for shouts to scale better than in vanilla, without letting you one-shot everything with fus.  

f) Revamped Enemies has been added.  Leveling and boss fights are now much more enjoyable.

g) Many mods have been updated such as Immersive Equipment displays, ELFX Shadows, and Legacy of the Dragonborn.

2)  Updating

a) If you do not want to and are not experiencing any issues and are enjoying you playthrough, do not feel compelled to update.  I believe this revision is an improvement and will make future downloads easier.

b) Go into an interior, disable Dyndolod and Ultimate Dragons in the mcm, save, then update collection.



-Updated mods
-Switched from Geared Up Derivative to immersive equipment displays as it seems to be better 
-Fixed many mistakes that were likely giving people some trouble, should be better now
-Probably other stuff 

Added additional installation instructions.

Added Fast Travel Overhaul and associated patches.
Also added Enhanced First Person Combat Animations

This collection is the result of many *many* hours of installing and testing mods. The goal of this collection is to make a comprehensive, all-around, improved and expanded Skyrim experience. Requires paid AE. This is also not a super simple collection to

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