I'm a friendly guy, but I put a good bit of brainstorming and number-crunching into Reqtifying various mods. If you want to use part of my work, some of my tweaks, or something to that effect, drop me a PM. If the things you're looking to borrow weren't made by me, you should talk to the original authors. For clarity; Most of the things I publish are patches, almost none of the assets are mine and the credit for them goes to the original authors in full.

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Show Entirely reworked weather across Skyrim utilizing all COT, PW, and ESS-added weathers, complete with Minty's lightning where appropriate. [WAO]

utilizing all COT, PW, and ESS-added weathers, complete with Minty's lightning where appropriate. [WAO] A new world of ambient sounds incorporating the best of Sounds of Skyrim and Audio Overhaul for Skyrim 2. [WAO]

incorporating the best of Sounds of Skyrim and Audio Overhaul for Skyrim 2. [WAO] Meticulously reworked item balance across the board , powered and inspired by Weapon and Armor Fixes Remade and Clothing and Clutter Fixes. [KFR]

, powered and inspired by Weapon and Armor Fixes Remade and Clothing and Clutter Fixes. [KFR] Integrated reworked versions of WAFR's True Orcish and Daedric Weapons, Faster Arrows, and dragon priest mask changes. [KFR]

Thoroughly revamped crafting systems as provided by Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade. [COR]

as provided by Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade. [COR] Advancing the Smithing skill is no longer a dreadful chore , due to the new experience formula used in Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade. [COR]

, due to the new experience formula used in Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade. [COR] Carefully integrated camping and hypothermia systems ala Frostfall (and soon Campfire as well)! [RSE]

Improved hunting realism with Hunterborn's kill processing and scrimshaw systems. [RSE]

Painstakingly tweaked needs and disease systems via Realistic Needs and Diseases (soon with iNeed and Last Seed editions also)! [RSE]

[FUTURE]Character creation renewed; Imperious and Disparity together will give your early choices more importance than ever![*TBA*]

[FUTURE]Retooled dragons uniting Dragon Combat Overhaul and Deadly Dragons with Enhanced Mighty Dragons and Elemental Dragons. [*TBA*]

[FUTURE]A fresh take on combat, bringing together Ultimate Combat, Combat Evolved, Revenge of the Enemies and High Level Enemies. [*TBA*]

[FUTURE]A weapon mashup unlike any other, with offerings from the likes of Heavy Armory, Weapon Variants Expansion and Weaponizer. [*TBA*] Spoiler:

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BASIC INSTALLATION:

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1. Install the Unofficial Patches. [WAO, KFR, COR, RSE, CFR]

2. Install Climates of Tamriel . If using lighting mods, don't select dungeons, interiors, or night level options. [WAO]

3. Install SkyUI. [WAO, KFR, COR, RSE, CFR]

4. Install Weapon and Armor Fixes Remade. [KFR]

5. Install Clothing and Clutter Fixes. [KFR]

6. Install Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade. [COR]

7. Install Frostfall. [RSE]

8. Install Hunterborn. [RSE]

9. Install Realistic Needs and Diseases. [RSE]

10. Install Cloaks of Skyrim, Cloaks - Dawnguard and Winter is Coming (assets only; optional for COR users). [COR, CFR]

11. Install Climates of Tamriel - Sounds, Sounds of Skyrim (all 3), and Audio Overhaul for Skyrim 2 (DG+DB, no weather mod patches). [WAO]

12. Install Supreme Storms for Climates of Tamriel 3.1, True Storms - Vanilla , or both. [WAO]

13. Install Expanded Snow Systems for CoT, Pure Weather - Brighter Nights, and Minty's Lightning during Thunderstorms. [WAO]

14. Install Vivid Clouds and Fogs or Vividian ENB , making sure the "Vividian - Weather Patch CoT - ESS.esp" plugin is installed. [WAO]

15. Install Requiem - The Roleplaying Overhaul. [KFR, COR, RSE, CFR]

16. Install Requiem - Unofficial Patches Restored. [KFR, COR, RSE, CFR]

17. Install Requiem 1.8 - Hearthfires Patch. [KFR, COR, RSE]

18. Install NRM Dragonborn - Requiem Patch. [not required but recommended]

19. Install KFR - Kryptopyr's Fixes Reqtified. [KFR]

20. Install RSE - Requiem Survival Experience. [RSE]

21. Install COR - Crafting Overhaul Reqtified or CFR - Cloaks for Requiem. [COR or CFR]

22. Install WAO - Weather and Ambience Overhaul , selecting STEP or lighting mod options and additional patches when appropriate. [WAO]

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BASIC INSTALL LOAD ORDER:

Show Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp [WAO, KFR, RSE, COR, CFR]

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp [COR]

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp [COR]

ClimatesOfTamriel.esm [WAO]

SkyUI.esp [WAO, RSE, COR]

Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp [KFR]

Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp [KFR]

Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp [COR]

Chesko_Frostfall.esp [RSE]

Hunterborn.esp [RSE]

RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp [RSE]

ClimatesOfTamriel-Sound.esp [WAO]

AOS.esp [WAO]

SoS - The Wilds.esp [WAO]

SoS - The Dungeons.esp [WAO]

SoS - Civilization.esp [WAO]

Immersive Sounds - Compendium.esp (Optional) [WAO]

[WAO] Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp (Optional; see installation step 12, above.) [WAO]

[WAO] ExpandedSnowSystems-CoT.esp [WAO]

Pureweather.esp [WAO]

RealisticNights.esp (Optional) [WAO]

[WAO] TrueStorms.esp (Optional) [WAO]

[WAO] mintylightningmod.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Weather Patch CoT - ESS.esp [WAO]

Requiem.esp [KFR, RSE, COR, CFR]

Requiem - Unofficial Patches Restored.esp (OR Requiem - USKP + UDGP.esp) [KFR, RSE, COR, CFR]

Requiem - HearthFires.esp [KFR, RSE, COR]

NRM Dragonborn - Requiem Patch.esp [KFR, RSE, COR, CFR]

KFR-Kryptopyr'sFixesReqtified.esp [KFR]

RequiemSurvivalExperience.esp [RSE]

COR-CraftingOverhaulReqtified.esp [COR]

WAO-WeatherAndAmbienceOverhaul.esp [WAO]

WAO-NL+TS+ISC.esp (or other WAO merged patch) [WAO]

[WAO] WAO-RN+TS+SS.esp (or WAO-TS+SS.esp) [WAO] Spoiler:

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OPTIONALS:

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Hardcore.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Hazardous.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Cold.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Warm.esp

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Show 1nivWICCloaks.esp [COR]

1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp [COR, CFR]

AOS_SoS-Civ Patch.esp [WAO]

AOS_SoS-Wilds Patch.esp [WAO]

AOS2_CoT3_1_patch.esp [WAO]

AOS2_SupremeStorms Patch.esp [WAO]

AOS2_SupremeStorms_CoT Patch.esp [WAO]

CCO_Frostfall_Patch.esp [RSE]

CCO_WAFTrueWeapons_Patch.esp [COR]

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp [WAO]

ClimatesOfTamriel-Sound-Dawnguard-Patch.esp [WAO]

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp [WAO]

Cloaks.esp [COR]

Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp [COR, CFR]

Consistent Stars - CoT.esp [WAO]

COS_WIC_CCO_patch.esp [COR, CFR]

CoT ESS SoSciv Patch.esp [WAO]

CoT ESS SoSw Patch.esp [WAO]

CoT ESS CoTsounds Patch.esp [WAO]

CoT_SnowPatch.esp [WAO]

CoT_SnowPatch_ESS.esp [WAO]

CoT-WeatherPatch_DB.esp [WAO]

CoT-WeatherPatch_SupStorms.esp [WAO]

CoT-WeatherPatch_ESS.esp [WAO]

ESS Patch for CoT DG Patch.esp [WAO]

ESS Patch for CoT DG Patch with SoSw.esp [WAO]

ESS Patch for CoT Sound DG Patch.esp [WAO]

Hunterborn_Dawnguard-Patch.esp [RSE]

Hunterborn_Frostfall-Patch.esp [RSE]

Hunterborn_Requiem-Patch.esp [RSE]

Hunterborn_RND-Patch.esp [RSE]

MintyLightningMod_COT_Patch.esp [WAO]

Pureweather_AOS2 Patch.esp [WAO]

Requiem - Cloaks.esp [COR, CFR]

Requiem - Cloaks of Skyrim.esp [COR, CFR]

Requiem - Cloaks of Skyrim Patch.esp [COR, CFR]

Requiem - Cloaks WICCloaks CCFR USKP.esp [COR, CFR]

Requiem - Dragonborn - CCOR Patch.esp [COR]

Requiem - Frostfall.esp [RSE]

Requiem - RND - Frostall AiO Patch.esp [RSE]

Requiem - WAF+Clothing and Clutter Fixes Patch.esp [KFR]

Requiem - WAF+CCF+TrueWeapons Patch.esp [KFR]

RND Requiem Food Patch.esp [RSE]

RND_AnimalLoot.esp [RSE]

RND_Dawnguard-Patch [RSE]

RND_Dragonborn-Patch.esp [RSE]

RND_Hearthfires-Patch.esp [RSE]

RND_Requiem-Patch.esp [RSE]

RND_USKP-Patch.esp [RSE]

SoS RLO Patch.esp [WAO]

SoS - Civilization-PatchCoT.esp [WAO]

SoS - Civilization -PatchCoTSounds.esp [WAO]

SoS - Civilization-PatchELFX.esp [WAO]

SoS - Civilization-PatchRLOMajorCityInteriors.esp [WAO]

SoS - Civilization-PatchRLOMinorCities.esp [WAO]

SoS - The Dungeons-PatchELFX.esp [WAO]

SoS - The Dungeons-PatchRLODungeons.esp [WAO]

SoS - The Dungeons-PatchRLOMajorCityInteriors.esp [WAO]

SoS - The Wilds-PatchCoT.esp [WAO]

SoS - The Wilds-PatchCoTSounds.esp [WAO]

SoSConfigMenu.esp [WAO]

SoS-ELEPatch.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Diverse Weathers.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Diverse Weathers - AOS.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Diverse Weathers - CoT + PW + AOS.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Diverse Weathers - CoT + PW.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Extended Groundfogs.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Extended Groundfogs - CoT.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Extended Groundfogs - Pure Weather.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Extended Weathers.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Extended Weathers - CoT.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Extended Weathers - Pure weathers.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Windy Clouds.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Windy Clouds - CoT.esp [WAO]

Vividian - Windy Clouds - Pure Weather.esp [WAO]

Vividian Vanilla - Pure Weather patch.esp [WAO]

Weapons & Armor_DragonPriestMasks.esp [KFR]

Weapons & Armor_FasterArrows.esp [KFR]

Weapons & Armor_TrueDaedricWeapons.esp [KFR]

Weapons & Armor_TrueOrcishWeapons.esp [KFR]

Weapons & Armor_TrueOrcish&DaedricWeapons.esp [KFR]

Weapons & Armor_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp [KFR] Spoiler:

Show New Lands ClimatesOfTamriel Falskaar.esp

Immersive Sounds - Compendium ISCompendium-AOS.esp

True Storms TrueStorms-ClimatesOfTamriel.esp TrueStorms-PureWeather.esp TrueStorms-SupremeStorms-CoT.esp

Realistic Water Two AOS2_RealisticWaterTwo Patch.esp

Realistic Nights RealisticNightsDG.esp RealisticNightsDB.esp RealisticNightsCOT.esp RealisticNightsCOT_DB.esp

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MCM STUFF:

Hunterborn: For starters, enable everything. If there's a box you can check, check it (except the compatibility page). Pelt values - Default Material yield - Moderate or Conservative Meat yield - Conservative or Single Cut Knives at Merchants - Common or Uncommon Disable 're-weigh vanilla meat' Disable hunter's caches (Optional; I like them.) Be sure to SET YOUR HOTKEYS! It's much more immersive and much less troublesome.

Realistic Needs and Diseases Disable RND's eating animations if using the Animations mod. Disable travel gear in favor of Frostfall's.

Minty's Lightning during Thunderstorms: [WAO] Enable hostile fork lightning. Set Frequency of both lightning types to 50.

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Perk overhaul mods (SkyRE, PerMa, SPERG, Ordinator); not compatible with KFR, RSE, COR, or CFR.

Needs mods other than RND (iNeed, Last Seed, IMCN); not compatible with RSE (for now, excepting the latter).

Crafting overhauls (Crafting 300 - Armoury of Tamriel, Immersive Jewelry); not compatible with COR (for now, in the case of the former). Spoiler:

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and any other files mentioned in the requirements section(s).This page is intended to provide information for, as well as links to, all of my projects, intended for use as a total Skyrim overhaul. Though at this time, the majority of the works I've completed are reliant on Requiem - The Roleplaying Overhaul, I've plans to segregate some of my works from Requiem in the future.So you've come to the hub of my modding projects, have you? This page is to be a continual work in progress, as it will likely need be updated much more often than any of my others; to be expected, considering its purpose. At long last, I give you my Ultimate Skyrim Experience - Maximum Edition.(No, I reallyresist using that acronym.)Ultimate Skyrim Experience - Maximum Edition is to be a comprehensive overhaul of Skyrim, ensuring an immersive and consistent gameplay experience that can be as brutal and unforgiving as one would expect the Frozen North to be, while ensuring that things stay relatively balanced and entertaining enough to feel rewarding. For the most part, as of my writing this, the experience revolves rather heavily around Requiem, excepting my Weather and Ambience Overhaul, which provides the mix with a great deal of atmosphere.Eventually, this page will host a proper modular compilation of all of my works; "USE-ME" in its completest form. For the time being, I'll be using it to amass for my users the wealth of information involved in using them in combination, as well as links to their respective pages. Anyone who is familiar with my projects knows that this will, indeed, take some time, but I'll do my best to remain diligent and keep it up-to-date.So what all does it consist of? Right now, USE-ME encompasses Requiem with my three major patches (Requiem Survival Experience, Crafting Overhaul Reqtified, and Kryptopyr's Fixes Reqtified) and my Weather and Ambience Overhaul. For those who opt not to use C/COR, Cloaks for Requiem offers cloaks compatibility. In the Files section, users can find additional plugins I've made that I've not yet released elsewhere.That's quite a list I just made there, so let's have a little breakdown of what these things actuallySo now that you know what USE-ME is about. My work is to make all of these things work together for you with the least effort possible, but to do that, you have to work with me. We'll now have a quick breakdown of the rest of this page. Below is a section for each of my current projects. In each section, you'll find the details for the requirements and an abridged guide for installing that specific work; much more detail can be found on the respective mod pages, accessible by the link at the beginning of the section.After this, you will find a section regarding the full experience, giving a quick breakdown of the install process, followed by with not only load order and recommended MCM settings, but a lengthy 'Redundancy List', which is a list of plugins you no longer need if using my work. Below that lies a section for my recommended mods, with an equally thorough article that will guide you through installing USE-ME along with all ofmods. Last, but certainly not least, you'll find the credits, and a short list of other mods I would recommend that don't quite fit into this compilation.So.. Let's take it from the top.WAO is a plugin that unites a number of the best weather and ambient sounds mods for Skyrim. One of the most powerful and versatile weather systems created yet combines beautifully with a broad range of ambient audio to create an all-new level of atmosphere.KFR is a carefully revised plugin that combines many of the various fixes to items that Kryptopyr included in her fix mods, and integrates a number of her optional fixes as well, customized for use with Requiem's unleveled game world and granting a much-needed level of consistency to items one encounters.RSE is a combination patch that seamlessly integrates various survival-related features for Requiem, involving everything from camping and hypothermia, to hunting and scrimshaw, and, of course, needs and diseases, all rolled into one package.COR is a revamped plugin that rebalances crafting recipes, followering Kryptopyr's crafting ideals while retaining Requiem's perk requirements and extending these requirements to encompass many other newly craftable items, as well as offering some custom functionality with certain new recipes.CFR amounts to a number of patches that make the two major cloaks mods for Skyrim entirely compatible and balanced for use with Requiem. This file is not needed if using my Crafting Overhaul Reqtified, mentioned above.Here is a short but sweet list of installation instructions for USE-ME. The related mods are indicated in brackets next to each step.COMING SOON!!I recommend using LOOT as a starting point. You may need to arrange some metadata or even do a bit of manual sorting to get things just right. Below, I have a reference load order for the required files (with the related mod indicated in brackets next to the plugin). I highly recommend loading most of my patches very near the bottom of your load order; WAO, particularly, I suggest loading after any mod that contains cell edits, as it carries a lot of cell data to ensure that audio and lighting changes take effect.For reference, here is the related load order that I would use, personally (if my laptop wasn't a laptop). This is the order the masters are sorted in, but isn't explicitly required. That said, if you're experiencing CTDs, you're missing one of these files, most likely.It won't suit every setup, but generally, you can load stuff in that order for best results.The following (WAO-related) optional plugins need to be loaded after WAO, or merged. (If merged as a new file, load after WAO, just to be sure.)use the Climates of Tamriel Dungeons or Interiors with lighting mods, they generally aren't compatible.The following patches are resolved (and made unnecessary) by my patches (with the specific patch listed in brackets next to the plugin), or its lighting editions (so don't load them!):Make sure they aren't active in your load order.Additionally, if using WAO's compatibility patch(es), there may be additional plugins you won't require:Please note, again, that the original mods are the property of their respective authors and these works arepatches. You must use the listed requirements and my patches do not contain all the contents of any of the originals.Suggested MCM settings for related mods. [To be updated soon; I've yet to load up Skyrim again to go through my MCM setup.]At this time, the different parts of USE-ME don't have too much in the way of compatibility issues, except where obvious; WAO, for example, isn't compatible with weather mods I've not mentioned here (or that it doesn't offer lighting editions/patches for), and my Requiem patches aren't compatible, with other overhauls like PerMa or SkyRe. For other mods..All of the original works are required and listed as masters. I did not make any of them, I only made the patches, so all credit for the original content goes to the authors thereof. I'd like to thank the following people for creating these (absolutely amazing) things for me to incorporate. Without them, none of this would be possible.I'd like to thank, as well, all of the modders who created the awesome mods recommend for the various "Extended installs" for my projects (visible on their respective pages, until I complete the combined version), and the people who've helped me test my mods at various points throughout their development cycles, most notably Teabag86, who was the sole beta tester for WAO 2.0 and participated extensively in testing RSE as well. Finally, I'd like to recognize all of those who contributed to my more recent updates, such as Hishutup for making the WAO installer and WAO STEP plugin, and meltyc, BenPen and Arakhor (among several others) who helped me do a huge deal of brainstorming which allowed me to complete KFR and COR in a (somewhat) timely fashion! Thanks a bunch, guys!!So, should you have made it this far.. Thanks for checking out my Ultimate Skyrim Experience!! If you like my work and decide to endorse it, you should consider endorsing the original mods too (it might seem a little silly not to). There will be more to come in the future, as noted in the features list; my projects are neverending, so make sure to either track the page or stop back by from time to time.Below are a few mods that didn't fit in up above just yet, but will probably make their way into the extended install soon enough. Living Takes Time by Akezhar Epic Gameplay Overhaul by Apollodown Equipping Overhaul (v3.13) by DragonDude