Post Installation
CPU Optimization
BE CAREFUL! THIS PART CAN BE CAUSING CRASH AND THE PLUGIN IS NOW DISABLED BY DEFAULT. YOU CAN RE-ENABLE IT IN PLUGINS SECTION OF MO2 SETTING, BUT DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISKS!
A change you can make using the Skyrim Priority mod is boosting your CPU performances, in order to get a smoother game. Before doing anything, consider there is a chance of making the game crash so if after making the changes you get a crash, just set the value back to default. Here is how to enable the optimization through Mod Organizer 2:
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On Mod Organizer, click on the puzzle icon:
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On the pop-up menu, select "Set CPU Affinity":
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It will open a menu telling you how much logical processors and automatically proposing you a change to the CPU Affinity. Click OK:
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If successful, it will open this pop-up. Click OK, and you're done!
BethINI and INIs
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Antivirus reports a virus:
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Windows 10/11 may automatically quarantine a key file which is needed for Mod Organizer. You can fix this by adding an exclusion for Mod Organizer in windows defender.
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BethINI is a really useful tool to edit your Skyrim.ini, SkyrimCustom.ini and SkyrimPrefs.ini. I already provided you my INIs, but some lines might not be set up correctly for your computer. However, BethINI is making changes to ini settings it isn't supposed to, so i removed it from the list. I advise you to make the changes by hand, but if you really want you can install BethINI yourself. Here are the lines you must check before starting your game:
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SkyrimPrefs.ini:
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[Display]
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iSize H=1080 -> Change this with your screen resolution Height
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iSize W=1920 -> Change this with your screen resolution Width
Those 2 lines can be changed directly through the Skyrim Launcher or BethINI
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[Launcher]
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sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060TI" -> Change this with you GPU name
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Skyrim.ini:
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[Display]
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sScreenShotBaseName=C:\Games\The Elder Scrolls - Skyrim - Special Edition\Screenshots\Screenshots -> Create a folder called Screenshots and replace this line with the path leading to the new folder.
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SSEDisplayTweaks.ini
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Resolution=1920x1080 -> Change this with your screen resolution
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Changing screen resolution
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It is recommended to check the ini files in Beth-Ini to make sure that your screen resolution matches what the files are set to. To do this, complete the following:
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Close Mod Organizer 2.
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Navigate to the tools folder and launch BethIni
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In the Basic section on the first page, make sure the screen resolution matches.
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In the General section, make sure the Screenshots Directory is set to where you want your screenshots to go.
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Navigate back to the basic tab.
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Press Save
ENB
Wunduniik was designed and set up to be used with Cabbage ENB for NAT III Weather, but you can change it if you don't like it.
Now since Chapter IV, Wunduniik makes use of Root Builder. This allows mods modifying game root to be installed as mods, like ENBs or Reshade. If you wish to modify the current ENB, you must:
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Disable the current active preset ((ENB) Cabbage ENB - Wunduniik Edit - Clear by default):
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Enable the preset you want to use from the list;
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Clear overwrite to delete the ENB Shader Cache as it needs to be regenerated when changing ENB:
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It works the same for Reshade, exept you don't need to clear the cache and can have multiple presets installed at the same time
Increasing Wunduniik Performance
Performance Options
Try different profiles.
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Potato PC: Has the advantages of Performance Profile plus 2D LODs
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Potato PC - VOSTFR: French translation profile.
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Performance: A profile with lower settings and based on Community Shaders to help with performance
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Performance - VOSTFR: French translation profile.
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Standard: This is the default profile.
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Standard - VOSTFR: French translation profile.
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Ultra: A more graphically pleasing, but demanding profile (adds 43 0000 more trees to the game).
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Ultra - VOSTFR: French translation profile.
Note - Community Shaders is less demanding than ENB.
SSE Display Tweaks
Use the server command /displaytweaks to see how to access and use this file.
Set BorderlessUpscale = True. Remove the # if present.
Remove the # from #ResolutionScale=0.75. You can play with this 0.75 number to tweak the scaling value.
VRAMr mod
VRAMr is a tool that allows you to downscale and optimize textures, especially by adding mipmaps to them, which will make them take more storage space, but allow the game to perform better.
You can follow this guide to install and configure VRAMr yourself.
Magpie Window Scaling Tool (free)
https://github.com/Blinue/Magpie
Follow the provided How To Use steps on the github.
PureDark's DLSS Mod $5
'Google it'
Follow the provided guide on the Patreon or check the appropriate channel on their Discord.
THS Lossless Scaling Steam Program $7
Search for it on Steam.
After purchasing, go to the Guides section to set it up.
Disable ENB In-Game
Open ENB GUI with shift+enter.
Under enbseries.ini section go to GLOBAL and uncheck UseEffect. Then click on the ---SAVE CONFIGURATION--- box above.