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

# Description

*This collection is an attempt to bring Skyrim to 2023 with upgrades to the game's stability, graphics, and gameplay that attempt to stay true to the core vanilla experience.*

*Visual upgrades were also carefully selected to upgrade visuals, without making too significant an impact on performance and stability of the game-- while we all love looking at an 8k ENB enhanced Skyrim, none of us want to put up with low FPS and CTDs.*

*I also made careful selection to make this collection as compatible with the current build of Skyrim Together as possible. This is included in the collection as an optional add-on, so feel free to still play this collection solo if Skyrim Together doesn't peak your interest. In the future I may make an add-on for this collection that includes some of the additional mod's that I would have enjoyed using, but would have compromised its compatibility with Skyrim Together, but we will see.*

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# Big Changes

*Ignoring the graphical upgrades, and non-core upgrades like True Directional Movement, here are the biggest impacts to the vanilla experience:*

- *Ultimate Dragons* - Dragon fights will be more difficult than vanilla. Seeing as they are the game's main antagonist, I always felt they quickly became underwhelming in vanilla once the player earned a few levels. This should fix that.
- *Beyond Skyrim Bruma* - This beautifully crafted DLC-sized and lore-friendly mod integrates so well into vanilla Skyrim, that it just felt like a must have.
- *Mihail Monsters* - A careful selection of various lore-friendly Mihail Monsters have been included to give some new encounters for long-time players.
- *Valhalla Combat* - Likely the biggest change on this list, but it felt like the best compromise to modernizing combat without adding too many new features that stray from vanilla-- making stamina more vital to combat, adding rewards for timed blocks, and a stun meter to enemies that rewards aggressive gameplay-- for more details check out the mod's page [here](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/64741).
- *Combat Gameplay Overhaul* - This works in tandem with Valhalla Combat to modernize combat, creating smoother combat and adding an lite-weight dodge system.
- *Cult of the World Eater* - This simple but genius mod expands the main quest by rewarding the player for killing the Dragon Priests before they kill Alduin. For detail check out the mod's page [here](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/83274).
- *Realistic Armor* - While this may be a slightly controversial addition as it strays a bit from vanilla visuals, as someone who enjoys the look of more grounded and historical armor and sidearms, and wanted to mix up the vanilla experience a little bit, this one replaces some the low-tier vanilla armor like leather and iron with more grounded looking models that also felt more fitting for Skyrim's cold climate.
- *SM Essential (Optional) *- This optional add-on is highly recommended for multiplayer-- it makes it so that instead of dying and respawning in multiplayer, the player will instead take a knee, similar to essential NPCs, when their health reaches 0. It can also be customized to apply various penalties for dying, making for a more smooth multiplayer experience.

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# Before you start

*Make sure you have a clean install of Skyrim Anniversary v1.6.640+ before downloading.*

*I also highly recommend using Nexus premium to ease the download process and time, but it is absolutely not required.*

**PLEASE READ FOR MULTIPLAYER:**

*While this isn't an issue when playing single player using the SKSE to launch the game, on multiplayer when launching the from SkryimTogether.exe the game will sometimes take anywhere up to a minute to load on initial startup as the game syncs all the mods. Unfortunately this is the price to pay if you want to experience Skyrim with friends-- but as I said, for single player users, this hasn't been an issue for me.*

*Also, if using the SM Essential mod with multiplayer, make sure to go into MCM and set it to 'Essential Death Only' mode. While ghost mode works in singleplayer, it isn't well tested in multiplayer, and seems to cause synchronization issues.*

**Recommended MCM Settings:**

*These are my personal preferences that I feel fit the collection, but customize as you see fit (note: I only listed changes from the default MCM settings).*

- *True Directional Movement* - Face Crosshair (Attack & Shout): True *- Makes 3rd person combat less frustrating*
- *TrueHUD* - Player Bars Scale: True - *Nice UI touch that helps the player visualize their character's growth better*
- *Valhalla Combat *- Stun Settings -> Downed State: True - *Since killmoves have been disabled (due to occasionally causing issues in Skyrim Together) this makes it so that stunning an enemy is still worthwhile*
- *Better Third Person Selection* - Steal Only While Sneaking: True - *This will save you a lot of accidental thefts*
- *SM Essential *- Essential Death Only mode; 50% Gold Penalty - *Makes death that much more punishing*

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# Multiplayer Guide

I highly recommend reading the Skyrim Together guide if you are new to it, [here](https://wiki.tiltedphoques.com/tilted-online/guides/getting-started).

A play guide can also be found [here](https://wiki.tiltedphoques.com/tilted-online/general-information/playguide).

**Key points are as follows:**

- Launch game from the SkyrimTogether.exe (sometimes it can take 30-60 seconds to startup as it loads all mods-- this is normal)
- Escape the Helgen caves **before** starting multiplayer-- it will break the game if you do so before
- **Before** joining a game for the very first time, you should lock in your character customization-- this is due to minor synchronization issue with the race menu that occasionally might happen, causing you to have a white face-- use '~' to bring up the command menu and type in 'racemenu'. Press Done and submit your character's name. That's all!
- By default the 'right crtl' will bring up the Skyrim Together menu-- from there you will connect to a server
- From that same menu, one player will create a party and all other players should join the party.&#x20;
- Always play with the same party leader, and the party leader should always be the one to start quests with NPCs and progress the story, so as to avoid issues.
- If you ever run into questing issues, use 'F3' and then 'F2' to open the quest debugger-- fingers crossed you don't have to use it often, but you never know.
- Then just have fun! And save often!

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# Expansions

- [RPG Addon](https://next.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/collections/breihj/revisions/1?tab=about\&utm_source=copy\&utm_medium=social\&utm_campaign=share_collection) - *Static leveling, unleveled encounters, and expanded perks and enchantments!*



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# Special Thanks

[![](https://avatars.nexusmods.com/37910400/100)Ja1zinZamp](https://www.nexusmods.com/users/37910400)

While creating this collection, his collection ["Truly Essentials for AE 1.6.640"](https://next.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/collections/llafgc/revisions/12?utm_medium=vortex\&utm_source=vortex\&utm_campaign=view_collection) along with a few of his other collections were used as jumping off points to curating this collection.

Skyrim 2023 - Stable Coop Experience

Graphical and stability upgrades, combined with lore friendly additions such as Bruma and Mihail Monsters, and upgrades to the core gameplay while attempting to stay true to core gameplay. Additionally, full support for Skyrim Together Reborn!

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