Was just passing by looking for a preset but whatever. I know skyrim modding can be hard for newbies.
There are basically 3 main versions of skyrim.
- the old skyrim, it is definitely not worth using anymore.
- skyrim special edition (SE): this is one of the 2 versions of skyrim that people use.
- skyrim anniversary edition(AE): this is the other main version.
Today most people would tell you to buy SE or AE, and as it so happens they are both the same game. if you buy the game you get the AE, and then you can downgrade to SE using mods.
for mods, the game actually gets quite complicated, either way the main source of mods are
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, nexus is by far the most popular but it doesn't have a lot of NSFW mods, loverlab is where you get most of the NSFW animations, quests...
Since you are new, I would advise you to start with a normal playthrough, by normal I mean without the NSFW mods for the following reasons:
- NSFW mods tend to be less polished than popular nexus mods so more risk of having bugs which will make your experience less enjoyable. A veteran modder can troubleshoot their mods, patch, order their mods manually.... but you are no veteran.
- Nexus being more popular, the mods have more users, and as a result, compatibility issues, bugs... are discovered much quicker.
- Nexus is a cleaner and better designed site so it is easier to browse, easier for modders to publish their mods, patches are easier to find...
- loverlab is less severely moderated, which plays in its favors for the purposes of NSFW mods but it is also pretty wild, this ties to reason number 1.
- lastly, the tools that are used by modders (more on that below) have better integration with nexus mods and close to no integration with loverslab.
a list of tips in no particular order, might seem confusing for you at first but keep it in the back of your mind if possible:
- when downloading any mods read their description. Particularity their compatibility section, requirements, and installation.
- for some mods, AE vs SE version makes a lot of difference so you have to know what version you are using or you will end up with a game that might not even launch.
- SKSE is a must have, make sure you install the right version for your skyrim and test your game before anything.
- for mod managers, the 2 most popular ones are Mod Organizer 2 and Vortex, generally speaking MO2 is considered superior to vortex, but it is also harder to get into if you have no experience. MO2 also is older so more guides about it, eaiser to find solutions if you run into troubles.... but again vortex is easier to use, so up to you.
- Test your game often when modding.
and as a side note, there is wabbajack (google it if interested), which is a modlist ready-to-use, there are some NSFW wabajack lists out there. the advantage is obviously that you don't have to deal with all of what I said above, it requires less time to setup. the downside is that since it is a compilation of mods, so if it fails to work for some reason, it would be much harder to troubleshoot because you didn't mod it yourself, you don't chose what mods to use so if you want to alter it, it is going to be much harder than a normal mod list. for that reason I tend to avoid wabbajack, in fact I never used it, I mod my own game, one mod at a time.
if you want to go straigh to the NSFW modding and have control over your mod list despite everything I said above then your best bet IMO is
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