Body Replacer: Caliente's Beautiful Bodies Enhancer.ENBSeries: Using ENB is optional, there are instructions to add a preset and related mods.Distant Level of Detail (LOD): DynDOLOD is included and mandatory, 3D tree LOD is optional.Textures: Skyrim Realistic Overhaul as base, then Noble Skyrim 2K overwritten by dozens of smaller mods.Visuals: Obsidian Weathers, Luminosity and Relighting Skyrim, Cathedral Landscapes.It is a matter of preference and there are guides with different approaches out there for those who are tired of Skyrim's core gameplay.
The concept of "vanilla plus" simply refers to a mod or mod setup that improves the existing game without attempting to turn it into something entirely different. Through INI changes, reasonable texture resolutions, a performance-friendly grass overhaul as well as optional ENB installation and the choice to use low settings in DynDOLOD you can tweak your game until you reach a stable 60FPS. For higher resolutions, better hardware is required.
Other mods come with extensive customisation options usually provided ingame through Mod Configuration Menus.
The Phoenix Flavour strives to provide a solid upgrade of the vanilla experience with modern visuals and additional content.
A Better Skyrim: The guide includes hundreds of mods across forty categories, all carefully selected to fit my vision of a lore-friendly, improved but not radically changed Skyrim.Regardless of whether you build the setup manually with the Classic Guide or automated with the Wabbajack Installer, here is what the resulting mod setup will feature: You will miss out on the Customisation options that the Classic Guide features. You will learn nothing about modding or utilising the required tools. Since most of the process is automated, it's unlikely that you will make a mistake that takes time to track and fix.Īt least one month's Nexus Premium subscription is required for Wabbajack to automatically download the files. The actual mod installation can be done over night with zero effort.Īll additional instructions will take much less time to follow and complete than a full run of the Classic Guide would. It requires virtually no modding experiences and little effort, although the automated download process does require a Nexus Premium account.Īdvantages and Disadvantages of Wabbajack Wabbajack is an auto-installer capable of "cloning" a full mod setup including all tweaks and changes to someone else's system. WabbajackĪnyone who does not want to or is unable to invest large amounts of time into modding Skyrim SE should look into the Wabbajack version of The Phoenix Flavour instead of the Classic Guide (manual installation). If you are unwilling to dig deep into the topic of modding Skyrim, there is always the Wabbajack option (more on that below). Whenever you feel confident about your knowledge in a certain area, feel free to skip ahead. The guide was written with the assumption that most readers have little previous knowledge about modding and supplies the basics before going more in-depth. The less experience you have with modding Skyrim, the more important it is that you read everything carefully. Overall, the guide is highly accessible for modding beginners with its countless additional notes, explanations and screenshots. Unlike other modding guides, it contains many optional mods as well as a dedicated Customisation section.
The Phoenix Flavour, at it's core, is a modding guide like many others, teaching you how to set up a certain set of tools and mods for best results.