Changelog

Update notes for Legends of the Frost.

Release 3.3

30/08/2023

Regenerating DynDOLOD with the latest version fixed the glowing lights in Raven Rock and possibly the missing windmill fan at Goldenhills Plantation (in the latter case I was never able to replicate the issue, but I did verify that the fan definitely shows up now).

Documentation: Some improvements were made to the LOTF doc, including an updated screenshot for the Installation page and updated links for our new Discord server, Aetherius Modding.

Added Vanilla Script (micro)Optimization 1.16a - Adoption Bug Fix
Added USSEP Caravan Stuck Fix
Added DPI Scaling Fix
Added Green Water Cubemap Fix
Added Simply Optimized Scripts AIO
Added Water Blending
Updated powerofthree’s Papyrus Extender to 5.6.1
Updated Keyword Item Distributor to 3.0.4
Updated Base Object Swapper to 2.6.1
Updated Universal Unwanted Effects Clearer to 0.3.1
Updated Unofficial Skyrim Creation Club Content Patch to 7.7
Updated Navigator - Navmesh Fixes to 1.4.7
Updated RemoveAllItems Freeze Fix to 1.1
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.90
Updated Word Wall Transparency Fix for ENB to 0.3
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to 3 Alpha 41
Updated DynDOLOD Scripts and DLL (NG) to 3 Alpha 12
Updated LOD Model Library for DynDOLOD to 1.3.2
Updated Particle Patch for ENB to 1.2.6
Updated Community Shaders to 0.4.3
Updated Relighting Skyrim to 2.2
Updated Skyrim Remastered - Glaciers and Ice - IMR Edition to 1.30
Updated Run For Your Lives to 4.0.4
Updated Open Animation Replacer to 1.3
Updated Assorted Animation Fixes to 1.02
Updated CELL Record Overwrite
Removed dunFolgunthurBossBattle Script Fix
Removed Shroud Hearth Barrow Script Fix
Removed Soul Cairn Script Tweaks
Removed The Taste of Death Improved Shutdown
Removed DLC2TribalWerebearScript Fix
Removed DLCdunNchardakDoorSeal Script Infinite Loop Fix
Removed DLC2dunSeekerInvisScript Fix
Removed DLC2dunFrostmoonTriggerScript Optimisation
Removed DLC2PillarBuilderActorScript Tweak
Restored enemy widget below the compass (health, name, level)
Disabled the sped-up book-opening/page-turning animations from Convenient Reading
Disabled Fixed Mesh Lighting for the time being
Replaced Keyboard Shortcuts Fix with the original version of the mod
Created a blank ControlMap_Custom.txt for easier modification of hotkeys
Regenerated TexGen and DynDOLOD

Release 3.2.2

28/06/2023

With this update I am dropping GOG support again. Technically, it already happened with 3.2 when I switched to DynDOLOD NG as cleaning masters for Steam and GOG versions in combination with Wabbajack is a bit complicated right now and the list should currently not be installable for GOG folks. The fact that I only had one report about that to date shows that most people use Steam anyway and I am happy to streamline the list further.

Mod Changes

Added Rogue Master Detector
Added Universal Unwanted Effects Clearer
Added SkyUI - 3D Item Offset Fix
Added Fish Plaque Fixes and Improvements
Added Stats of Stealing
Added Screen-Space Shadows
Added Open Animation Replacer
Added Assorted Animation Fixes
Updated Kezyma’s Root Builder to 4.4.3
Updated ConsolePlusPlus to 1.3.0
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to 3 Alpha 37
Updated xLODGen Resource - SSE Terrain Tamriel to 2.0
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.82
Updated Fixed Mesh Lighting to 1.9
Updated Community Shaders to 0.3.3
Updated Tree LOD Lighting to 1.0.1
Updated Grass Lighting to 1.1.1
Updated TAA Deblur to 1.0.1
Updated Icy Mesh Remaster to 2.20
Updated 3D Junipers - Trees and Berries to 0.2
Updated Misc Dialogue Edits to 1.9.2
Removed Dawnstar - Fixed Fences (covered by BDS)
Removed Dynamic Animation Replacer

Website Changes

Introduction: Removed mention of GOG.
Installation: Removed GOG-related instructions.
Customisation: Added note to disable SkyUI - 3D Item Offset Fix when on widescreen

Release 3.2.1

30/05/2023

Mod Changes

Added Dual Casting Fix
Added ICR Updated Meshes (merged with Icy Cave Remaster)
Updated Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch to 4.2.9a
Updated High Gate Ruins Puzzle Reset Fix to 0.3
Updated World Encounter Hostility Fix to 0.3
Updated Grass Sampler Fix to 1.0.1
Updated TAA Deblur to 1.0.1
Removed Beneath Bronze Waters Start Fix
ReShade is now disabled by default to prevent warnings about missing shaders
Enabled AO in the backup of the default SkyrimPrefs.ini to match the active version

Website Changes

Installation: Removed a section about the performance profile (which was removed)

Release 3.2

21/05/2023

Requires a new save.

As far as LOTF updates go, this is a big one. It adds the final two ‘features’ I had wanted in the list and will (presumably?) be the last major update for the forseeable future. Other than mod updates, minor additions, and fixes if necessary, I have no further plans for LOTF.

Replaced ENB with the Community Shader suite. Enjoy the performance boost! No ReShade preset included yet because I haven’t found one that I’m 100% happy with.
Regenerated DynDOLOD with the NG plugin which means (hopefully) no more large ref bugs. This required ‘cleaning’ plugins which has also been done.

The ENB lights related mods removed in this update will be re-added once ENB light support is added to the Community Shader suite.

I also added a bunch of script fixes, some tweaks for specific eyesores (shrubs and juniper trees), and the gorgeous Icy Cave Remaster because vanilla ice caves are ugly as sin.

Mod Changes

Added Vanilla Script (micro)Optimizations
Added DynDOLOD Scripts and DLL (NG)
Added RemoveAllItems Freeze Fix
Added World Encounter Hostility Fix
Added The Taste of Death Improved Shutdown
Added dunFolgunthurBossBattle Script Fix
Added Shroud Hearth Barrow Script Fix
Added Soul Cairn Script Tweaks
Added DLC2PillarBuilderActorScript Tweak
Added DLC2TribalWerebearScript Fix
Added DLC2dunNchardakDoorSeal Script Infinite Loop Fix
Added DLC2dunSeekerInvisScript Fix
Added DLC2dunFrostmoonTriggerScript Optimization
Added DLC2MiraakScript Fix
Added Butterflies Land True - CC Tundra Homestead Patch
Added Butterflies Land True - CC Myrwatch Patch
Added Beneath Bronze Waters Start Fix
Added Bone Wolf Shutdown Fix
Added moreHUD Inventory Edition - Low Resolution Fix
Added Skyland AIO - Better Imperial Forts
Added Enhanced Blood Textures (Lite)
Added SSE Parallax Shader Fix (BETA) - d3dcompiler_47
Added ReShade
Added SSE ReShade Helper
Added Community Shaders
Added Vanilla HDR
Added Soft Shadows
Added Twilight
Added Tree LOD Lighting
Added Grass Lighting
Added Grass Collision
Added Grass Sampler Fix
Added TAA Deblur
Added Icy Cave Remaster
Added Shrubs Redone AIO
Added 3D Junipers - Trees and Berries
Added Markarth Road Finished
Added Water Effects Brightness and Reflection Fix
Added Water Effects Brightness and Reflection Fix - Realistic Water Two Patch
Added Enhanced Landscapes - Grass Overhaul - LOTF Tweaks
Added HQ Vanilla Tiny Rocks
Added Audio Overhaul for Skyrim - EBT Lite Patch
Added Werewolf Claws Affect Spider Webs
Added LOOT Warning Checker (to quickly clean plugins for Dyn NG)
Updated Keyword Item Distributor to 3.0.2
Updated Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes to 7.9
Updated Mannequin Management to 4.0
Updated Universal Cured Serana Eye Fix to 0.4
Updated Complementary Grass Fixes to 1.1
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.79
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to 3 Alpha 36
Updated LOD Model Library to 1.2.2
Updated CoMAP - Common Marker Addon Project to 4.0
Updated Icy Mesh Remaster to 2.18
Updated Audio Overhaul for Skyrim to 4.1.3
Removed DynDOLOD Scripts and DLL
Removed DynDOLOD Scripts and DLL (GOG)
Removed Nchuanthumz Papyrus Load Fix (part of USCCCP)
Removed Enable Filmic Curve (redundant without ENB)
Removed Radiant - Candles
Removed ENBSeries - Binaries
Removed ENBSeries - LOTF Settings
Removed ENBSeries - Weather Is Sacred ENB
Removed ENBSeries - Weather Is Sacred ENB - LOTF Edits
Removed ENB Helper
Removed ENB Helper Plus
Removed ENB Input Disabler
Removed ENB Lights For Effect Shaders
Removed ENB Particle Lights - Dwemer Lanterns
‘Cleaned’ the official master files
‘Cleaned’ various Creation Club plugins
Created new “Script Fixes” separator and reshuffled some mods
Renamed the “ENBSeries” separator to “Community Shaders”
Disabled some bugged assets from High Poly Vanilla Hair
Deleted CRC32s from ModGroups
Regenerated all LODs

Release 3.1

09/04/2023

In addition to a number of mod updates, LOTF 3.1 is adding the new(ish) Inventory Interface Information Injector, a mod to disable the bugged werewolf killmove, and a few other improvements that complement the setup. I also reverted to the (very pretty) default textures from Majestic Mountains as the Skyland textures (which I also quite like) were not made for MM 4. LODs were regenerated accordingly, also for Icy Mesh Remaster and Skyland updates.

I have also removed the DynDOLOD performance output. The standard output is already using medium mesh rules and should be appropriate for most users. If you struggle with performance, you can always switch to the performance INI set for an extra ~10-15FPS. If that is not sufficient, disable the ENB preset. I adjusted the instructions for using the performance INIs accordingly. This also means LOTF only has a single profile now.

Mod Changes

Added LOTF-themed splash screen for Mod Organizer 2
Added Keyword Item Distributor
Added Inventory Interface Information Injector
Added Scrambled Bugs - Script Effect Archetype Crash Fix
Added Dragonactorscript Infinite Loop Fix
Added Sprint Sneak Movement Speed Fix
Added Ore Vein Cube Map and Shader Fixes
Added Disable Annoying Werewolf Killmove
Added CC Horse Armor Stays Token
Added LOD Model Library for DynDOLOD
Added Prisoner Cart Opening Fix - Ruins Clutter Improved Patch
Added Afflicted Female Hand Fix
Added Improved Table Transition Animations
Updated the ENBSeries Binaries to 0.488
Updated Spell Perk Item Distributor to 6.5.2
Updated Quest Journal Limit Bug Fixer to 0.2.1
Updated Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes to 7.7
Updated Papyrus Tweaks NG to 4.1
Updated Scrambled Bugs to 21
Updated Scrambled Bugs - Settings
Updated Bug Fixes SSE to 10
Updated Actor Limit Fix to 9.0
Updated Rock Traps Trigger Fixes to 1.2
Updated Robber’s Gorge Fixes to 1.3
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to 3 Alpha 34
Updated Particle Patch for ENB to 1.2.3
Updated Misc. SMIM Fixes to 1.4
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.78
Updated Static Mesh Improvement Mod Improvement Mod to 1.7.1
Updated Skyland AIO to 4.1
Updated Stones of Solitude - Majestic Mountains Rocks to 1.1
Updated Icy Mesh Remaster to 2.11
Updated Skyrim Remastered - Glaciers and Ice - 4K Textures to 1.20
Updated Misc Dialogue Edits to 1.8.6
Updated Thieves Guild Dialogue Fix - USSEP Compatible to 1.0.1
Updated Acoustic Space Improvement Fixes to 1.2.1
Updated Simple Dual Sheath to 1.5.6
Removed Horse Armor No Longer Disappears
Removed Main Menu Design Replacer (was never supposed to be in LOTF)
Removed Nemesis Creatures Behaviour Compatibility (not needed without Precision Creatures)
Flagged SkyUI_SE.esp as ESL
Deleted out-of-scope edit to iron ingot crafting from Hearthfires House Building Fix
Restored Majestic Mountains mountain textures
Set SleepWaitTime to False in SSE Engine Fixes
Fixed mod order for Majestic Mountains - LeanWolf’s Better-Shaped Weapons Patch
Increased grass fade distance in both INI files
Regenerated Nemesis Output
Regenerated terrain LOD
Regenerated TexGen and DynDOLOD

Release 3.0.1

20/02/2023

Just a quick follow-up to the big release.

What changed?

I swapped back to Enhanced Landscapes Grass, for one. During 3.0 development I went back and forth a lot, to the point where my inability to settle on a grass overhaul was a major reason for why it took me so long to finish the update. Ultimately, I just kind of gave up and stuck with Cath Landscape; however, following some feedback and comparisons between EL/Cath, I decided to switch back after all. EL Grass is the better fit for LOTF.

In addition, I also tweaked some aspects of the UI. Item descriptions should no longer be cut off and, while I was at it, I also downsized some of the other widgets.

This update is save safe.

Mod Changes

Added Custom Window
Added Enhanced Landscapes - Grass Overhaul
Added Discord Rich Presence (disabled by default)
Removed Cathedral Landscapes - Grass
Removed Cathedral Landscapes - ENB Complex Grass
Removed Cathedral Landscapes - Grass - Mipmap Fix
Removed Cathedral Landscapes - Grass - ModGroups
Removed Landscape Fixes For Grass Mods - Generic Grass Limiter
Updated Navigator - Navmesh Fixes to 1.4.4
Updated powerofthree’s Tweaks to 1.8
Disabled ENBComplexGrass and ENBGrassCollision in WISE ENB (this will improve performance)
Fixed cut-off text on moreHUD widgets due to interaction with Better Third Person Selection
Fixed missing skyhud.txt in SkyHUD - Alternative White Dot Crosshair
Changed back to the default arrow count widget and slightly reduced its size
Downsized and slightly repositioned the moreHUD player widget

Release 3.0

19/02/2023

This update requires a new game.

LOTF 3.0 is the culmination of a year’s worth of updates and expansions, finally wrapping up the list as a complete vanilla-like experience. It was extended to cover the entirety of the Anniversary Edition content, i.e. all creations; however, my philosophy on creations in LOTF has somewhat changed. All integration mods were removed, leaving only fixes and tweaks which is more in line with LOTF’s overall concept. You get a plug-and-play experience of the original thing, a little prettier and minus some annoyances.

This update took a ridiculously long time to complete. I originally scheduled it for September 4, 2022, which would have been the one year anniversary of the list, but then university happened (oh no! how could I have possibly forseen that?) and everything got derailed. Specifically, this means that all work on LOTF 3.0 was done with significant gaps in between sessions and often at times when I hadn’t done any modding in a bit. Then, in January 2023, I tore it all down and started from scratch. Development on this version was turbulent to say the least, but I am quite pleased with the result and hope you will be, too!

Major Changes

This is not an exhaustive list of changes.

Full mod list on Load Order Library.

Skyrim version: Now running Skyrim SE 1.6.640 with SKSE 2.2.3 (latest), updated all relevant mods.
Creations: All creations are supported and required; light tweaks were added, integration removed.
Files: Using Root Builder to manage the root folder files, fully self-contained and no more manually moving files.
Overall size: Slimmed down the list, no copy of the game files and no tools are included (68GB > 34GB).
Ease of use: LOTF 3.0 is more plug-and-play and less customisable than previous versions.
Compatibility: Optional support for the GOG version and for Windows 7 users was added.
WACCF: Yes, by popular request, the mod Weapons, Armor, Clothing and Clutter Fixes was removed.
Better visuals: Both textures (Skyland!) and distant terrain (snow!) saw substantial improvements.
World map: Higher quality version of the Skyrim map plus new maps + markers for other worldspaces.

LOTF 3.0 switched from Wander to RAID Weathers which is a gorgeous weather overhaul with the added benefit of having been optimised for stealth gameplay in combination with Realistic AI Detection. As such LOTF is now one of relatively few mod lists with a weather + lighting combination specifically for balanced detection.

Considering the enormous amount of relatively minor mesh tweaks released recently, I had to reconsider my approach to such mods. Ultimately, I decided to take the same one as with retextures; that is, use a small amount of comprehensive mesh overhauls without diving too deeply into the tiny tweaks with a great deal of overlap requiring careful mod order management and occasionally patches. To keep LOTF from becoming too bloated, I removed some minor (though noticable) mesh tweaks and refrained from adding new ones. Not to worry though, SMIM and Assorted Mesh Fixes are here to stay.

I decided to remove Unofficial High Definition Audio Project as it adds a whopping 8.3GBs and was thus the single largest mod. I understand that the audiophiles among you may be unhappy (you can easily re-add it!), but in the interest of slimming down the list it was a fairly easy decision.

Website Changes

The documentation for 3.0 was be heavily reworked:

The Installation page now once again covers a full clean install for Skyrim SE as LOTF 3.0 is using the default game folder. Instructions for the GOG version were added as well.
The Customisation was updated to reflect the updated widescreen support and optional tweaks sections.
The Documentation was updated for LOTF 3.0 changes (though it could still use some expanding).
The Screenshots were replaced with new shots from LOTF 3.0 with RAID Weathers + WISE ENB.
The instructions for adding Creations, Obsidian Weathers, and The Truth ENB were all removed as they are now redundant.

Release 2.9

11/08/2022

This is (probably) the final LOTF update before 3.0 drops on 4 September 2022. Please check this Patreon post for more info on the upcoming update (which will require a new save).

Added support for the following creations:

Bone Wolf
Goblins
Pets of Skyrim
Plague of the Dead
Saturalia Holiday Pack
Wild Horses

Mod Changes

Added Kezyma’s Profile Sync
Added Ore Vein Texture Fix
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to 3 Alpha 28
Updated Contextual Crosshair to 1.2.2
Updated Landscape Fixes to Grass Mods to 5.0 (silent update)
Updated Simplicity of Snow to 0.7
Updated Tempered Racial Textures to 1.1
Updated Slightly Better - Old People Consistency to 1.1
Removed deorder’s plugins
Disabled a CC mod that was accidentally enabled on the regular/performance profiles

CC Profile

Added Bone Wolf and Plague of the Dead - Spawns Corrected
Reinstalled the USCCCP for the newly added creations
Reinstalled CC Misc Patches for the newly added creations

Release 2.8.1

31/07/2022

In 2.8, I switched to SSE Display Tweaks for controlling the monitor resolution; however, as it turns out this does not currently seem to work in Wabbajack. Apologies for the inconvenience - I reverted the change for now.

Mod Changes

Added Combat Music Fix SKSE
Added Enhanced Reanimation
Added Enhanced Invisibility
Added dunPOISoldiersRaidOnStart Script Tweak
Added Faster Reanimation
Updated College of Winterhold Quest Start Fixes to 0.4
Commented out resolution in the SSE Display Tweaks cusom INI again

CC Profile

Updated Terrain Fixes for CC Mods to 1.2
Fixed missing Myrwatch Home Fix - UCCCP plugin

Release 2.8

30/07/2022

This update is coming with some site changes. Most notably, we are beginning to group list documentation by game so LOTF is now in the “Skyrim SE Lists” category. Hopefully, I updated all internal and external links, but I might have missed some. If you find one leading into the void, let me know on Discord please.

Added support for five new creations:

Ghosts of the Tribunal
Arcane Accessories
Arcane Archer Pack
Necromantic Grimoire
Staves

Mod Changes

Added Sound Fix for Large Sector Drives
Added Freed Prisoner Uses Items
Added Mage Armor Script Fix
Added First Person Sneak Strafe-Walk Stutter Fix
Added Lights Out - Solitude Lighthouse Fix
Added Hawk Patch - Base Object Swapper Remake
Added Complemented Vanilla Smithing
Added No Crime Teleport RE
Added No Crime Teleport - Voice Consistency Fix
Added Simple Player Home Improvements - Proudspire Manor Fix
Updated the ENBSeries binaries
Updated More Informative Console to 1.1.0
Updated Better Jumping SE to 1.7.3
Updated Landscape Fixes for Grass Mods to 5.0
Updated Realistic Water Two to 5.4.1
Updated College of Winterhold Quest Start Fixes to 0.3.3
Modified the SSE Display Tweaks config file (controls resolution, added downscaling options which are commented out by default)
Removed unnecessary Creations folder from the Stock Game folder

CC Profile

Added Less Ridiculous Arcane Archer Quivers
Reinstalled the UCCCP for the new creations
Reinstalled Creation Club - Misc Patches for the new creations
Updated Myrwatch - Editable Home Cells to 1.1.1

Website

Moved the entire LOTF documentation to /skyrim-se/lotf/
Updated the MO2 requirements section, added .NET Framework 4.8
Fixed wrong version number for Skyrim in the Installation section
Removed Microsoft .NET 5.0 as a prerequisite (no longer required for Scrambled Bugs)

Release 2.7

14/07/2022

Today’s update is adding support for five more creations:

Fearsome Fists
Spell Knight Armor
Vigilant Enforcer
Redguard Elite Armaments
Nordic Jewelry

Mod Changes

Added Use Or Take SKSE
Updated Read Or Take SKSE to 1.1
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.68
Updated Major Cities Mesh Overhaul to 1.3a
Updated CoMAP to 3.4.2
Updated Majestic Mountains - More Accurate Collision - AME Patch to 1.2
Updated Project Clarity - Effects Textures Done to 3.3
Fixed USSEP being disabled on the performance profile (sorry ‘bout that)

CC Profile

Added Spell Knight Armor - WACCF Patch
Added Fearsome Fists - Innate Unarmed Bonus
Reinstalled the UCCCP for the new creations
Reinstalled Creation Club - Misc Patches for the new creations
Updated Morrowind Threads to 2.0
Updated Pirate’s Life For Me to 3.1
Fixed Fists of Randulf not being temperable

Release 2.6

28/06/2022

So the USSEP recently updated and, as previously announced, now requires the four free creations (Survival, Fishing, Saints & Seducers, Rare Curios). But not to worry - I cleaned out the dependencies so that the default profile remains free of CC content. However, this development encouraged me to add support for Survival and Fishing to the CC profile which are the big additions of this update.

The CC profile now also supports:

Survival
Campsite
Fishing
Farming

Mod Changes

Added NIF Preview (irrelevant for users)
Added Optimized USSEP Valdr Quest
Added Glowing Mushroom Collision Fixes
Added Thaumaturgy - Weapon Enchantment XP Tweaks
Added Read Or Take SKSE
Added Project Clarity - Effects Textures Redone - Hotfix 3.2.7
Added HearthFires - Customisable Fertile Soil
Updated SKSE (no version change)
Updated SSE Display Tweaks to 0.5.10
Updated the Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch to 4.2.7
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.65
Updated Major City Mesh Overhaul to 1.2

CC Profile

Added CC Survival Mode - WACCF Patch
Added SkyUI - Survival Mode
Added Survival Mode Prompt Removed
Added Matching CC Draugr Weapons
Added Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes - CC Farming Compatibility Patch
Updated the Unofficial Skyrim Creation Club Content Patches to 6.7
Reinstalled Creation Club - Misc Patches for the new CCs
Reinstalled Terrain Fixes for CC Mods (now using the AIO plugin)

Release 2.5.1

08/06/2022

Here is another smaller update for you guys as we are ever so slowly inching toward full Creation Club support. Of course, we’re not quite there yet (check the spreadsheet to see the progress so far). If you are running the CC profile, all you need to do to update is run the Creation Organizer again as per the instructions on the Creation Club page. This will move the new CCs automatically from your data folder into Mod Organizer 2.

As ever, the update is save-safe.

The CC profile now also supports:

Bittercup
The Contest
Civil War Champions

Mod Changes

Added Project Clarity - Effects Textures Redone - Hotfix 3.2.6
Added Better Blended Mushrooms
Updated Static Mesh Improvement Mod Improvement Mod to 1.4.2
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.59
Updated moreHUD to 4.1.1
Updated Simplicity of Snow to 0.6.4.1
Updated Simple Dual Sheath to 1.5.3
Updated DynDOLOD to 3 Alpha 94
Flagged one ultrawide patch as WABBAJACK_ALWAYS_ENABLED so it is actually installed for users
Wabbajack should no longer fail due to missing ENB files

CC Profile

Added Grass Fixes for Creation Club Mods
Added Fixed Mesh Lighting - Creation Club Backpacks
Added Jelidity’s Oblivion Style Dwarven Mail Shield for Crimson Trail
Added UCCP and Creation Club Misc Patches for the new creations
Updated Creation Club Asset Patch to 1.2

Release 2.5

25/05/2022

This update is admittedly smaller than I had intended for it to be. Blame it on university having monopolised my time over the past few months (and TPF monopolising it now). I did update a bunch of mods, fix some minor issues, and add support for the following creations:

Adventurer’s Backpack
Horse Armor - Elven
Horse Armor - Steel

I also integrated the excellent new Creation Organizer which vastly simplifies the process of installing creations for those who own the Anniversary Edition DLC.

Mod Changes

Added Ghost Pile Seam Fix
Added Critter Spawn Congestion Fix
Added Embers HD
Updated More Informative Console to 1.0.1
Updated Particle Patch for ENB to 1.0.9
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to 3 Alpha 27
Updated Static Mesh Improvement Mod Improvement Mod to 1.4.1
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.54
Updated Fixed Mesh Lighting to 1.8.0
Updated Equip Enchantment Fix to 1.3.5
Updated Contextual Crosshair to 1.2.0
Updated Oxygen Meter 2 to 1.0.5
Updated Better Jumping to 1.7.2
Updated Project Clarity - Creatures Redone to 1.8
Updated Project Clarity - Effects Textures Redone to 3.2.2
Updated Simplicity of Snow to 0.6.1
Updated College of Winterhold Quest Start Fixes to 0.3.1
Updated Cathedral Assets Optimizer to 5.3.13
Updated ENB binaries to 0.475 (only relevant if you are using Truth ENB)
Updated DynDOLOD to 3 Alpha 92 (did not regenerate LOD)

CC Profile

Added Creation Organizer
Added Pack It Up - An Adventurer’s Backpack CC Improvement
Added CC Horse Armor - No Blacksmith Dialogue
Updated Curated Curios - A Creation Club Integration Mod to 1.0.2.1
Installed the Simplicity of Snow - Nchuanthumz Patch separately
Fixed some CC mods not having WABBAJACK_ALWAYS_ENABLE flags (ouch, sorry)
Fixed a duplicate chest at one of the locations from On A Crimson Trail
Disabled a USSEP-added bed roll blocking a cellar entrance for a CC location

Website

Creation Club: Updated the installation instruction (it’s much easier now!)

Release 2.4

16/04/2022

Another round of New Stuff (tm) in honour of this amazing showcase of LOTF by DroppedIceCream. In addition to a bunch of mod updates, I added support for more creations and simplified the instructions for installing said creations.

All creations adding unique artifacts are now supported:

Arms of Chaos
Bow of Shadows
Dawnfang & Duskfang
Headman’s Cleaver
Lord’s Mail
Ruin’s Edge
Shadowrend
Staff of Hasedoki
Staff of Sheogorath
Stendarr’s Hammer
Sunder & Wraithguard
The Gray Cowl Returns!
Umbra

Check out the new spreadsheet to see which creations are support by LOTF, including links to the UESP.net pages with instructions on how to find the content ingame.

Also the patches for ultrawide support were never actually included with the WJ installation and I fixed that now. Sorry!

Mod Changes

Added Proving Honor Companions Quest Progression Fix
Added King Olaf’s Fire Festival Not Ending Fix
Updated DynDOLOD to Alpha 88
Updated Base Object Swapper to 1.5
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to Alpha 24
Updated Static Mesh Improvement Mod Improvement Mod to 1.4
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.48.1
Updated Windhelm Fence 3D to 0.3.3
Updated Better Windhelm Ground Meshes to 1.3.5
Updated Fixed Mesh Lighting to 1.7.4
Updated Oxygen Meter 2 to 1.0.4
Updated Realistic Water Two to 5.3.0
Replaced Particle Patch for ENB with the new Nexus version
Regenerated Blacksmith Forge Water Patch
Added WABBAJACK_ALWAYS_ENABLE flags to the ultrawide mods so they’re actually present …
Fixed facegen for snow elves

CC Profile

Updated Unofficial Skyrim Creation Club Content Patches to 6.5
Removed Survival Mode as a master for the Dawnfang & Duskfang and Bow of Shadows USCCP plugins
Reinstalled Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - Creation Club for the new creations
Reinstalled Creation Club - Misc Patches for the new creations
Regenerated facegen for all CC-added NPCs, including the new ones
Added Blacksmith Forge Water Patch - CC (replaces one trough in Nchuanthumz)

Website

Introduction: Embedded DroppedIceCream’s amazing new LOTF showcase video
Creation Club: Now using Anniversary Edition Content Picker for a more user-friendly installation process.

Release 2.3.1

27/03/2022

Some fixes for 2.3.

Mod Changes

Added Oxygen Meter 2
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.46
Updated 3D Solitude Trellis to 2.0
Removed Oxygen Meter
Fixed INIs for the default profile (had ENB settings)
Actually disabled Majestic Mountains - More Accurate Collision in the performance profile
Removed the xLODGen 85 archive from my downloads folder (caused installations to fail)

Release 2.3

27/03/2022

Finally another big update for LOTF! Here’s what’s new:

LOTF no longer includes an ENB preset. There are detailed instructions for the (highly recommended) Truth ENB preset.
Better frame rate with new set of performance INIs that can be used on any profile.
xLODGen and DynDOLOD settings were lowered for better performance across the board.
Added Widescreen support with instructions on the Customisation page.

Added support for ten more Creations, including all the CC player homes:

Myrwatch
Tundra Homestead
Hendraheim
Shadowfoot Sanctum
Bloodchill Manor
Gallow’s Hall
Nchuanthumz
Dead Man’s Dread
Goldbrand
Dwarven Armored Mudcrab

Mod Changes

Added Windhelm Fences 3D
Added Bleak Falls Barrow - No Ice Meshes in Troll Pit
Added Majestic Mountains - More Accurate Collision
Added Snowy Landscapes in Snowy Regions
Updated DynDOLOD to Alpha-84
Updated BethINI to 3.6
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to Alpha-23
Updated Fixed Mesh Lighting to 1.7.1
Updated Bug Fixes SSE to 6
Updated Actor Limit Fix to 5
Updated powerofthree’s Tweaks to 1.6.0
Updated Scrambled Bugs to 17
Updated Screenshot Helper to 1.2.2
Updated Contextual Crosshair to 1.1.6
Updated Relighting Skyrim to 1.3.1
Updated Tavern AI Fix to 1.2
Updated Quests Are In Skyrim to 1.3
Updated College of Winterhold Quest Start Fixes to 0.3
Updated xLODGen to Beta 91
Updated the Conflict Resolution Patch
Removed LOD Unloading Bug Fix (not necessary with Dyn 3)
Recreated all INIs (default and performance)
Regenerated terrain LOD with xLODGen
Regenerated tree and object LOD as well as occlusion with DynDOLOD
Now using SSE Display Tweaks to block load screens from DynDOLOD.esm

CC Profile

Added Creation Club - Misc Patches
Added Majestic Mountains Creation Club Landscape Patch
Added Creation Club Asset Patch
Added Myrwatch - Editable Home Cells
Added Hendraheim - Creation Club Patches
Added Dead Man’s Dread - Properly Environment Mapped
Added Pirate’s Life for Me - A Creation Club Integration Mod
Added Dwarven Armored Mudcrab - Properly Environment Mapped
Added Legends of the Frost - Creation Club Patch
Updated Morrowind Threads - A Creation Club Integration Mod to 1.2
Updated Curated Curios - A Creation Club Integration Mod to 1.0.1
Removed The Cause - Majestic Mountains Patch (STEP guys did it much better)
Removed Unofficial Creation Club Updates - Elite Crossbows (turns out Beth removed the quest auto start)
Removed Unofficial Creation Club Updates - Nix-Hound (turns out Beth removed the quest auto start)
Removed Ayleid Ruins ENB Light (decided not to include ENB lights stuff in LOTF beyond Radiant)
Reorganised the Creation Club section
Reinstalled Creation Club - Cleaned and Upscaled Textures
Reinstalled Unofficial Creation Club Patches
Regenerated facegen for CC-added NPCs

Website

Went over most pages for some tweaks and adjustments.
Installation: Updated disc space requirements.
Customisation: Added Performance INIs section.
Customisation: Added Widescreen Support section.
ENB for LOTF: Moved all The Truth ENB-related instructions to this page.
Documentation: Updated for the latest changes.
FAQ: Added this new page to respond to some common questions and issues.

Release 2.2

27/02/2022

This update took much longer than expected as I am just swamped with uni stuff at the moment. There’s nothing too exciting although I am happy to have added support for three more creations increasing the count to 17/74 creations. I hope to add support for a greater number of creations in the next update.

Features of this update include:

Contextual Crosshair as a fantastic alternative to iHUD, smoothly fades in the crosshair when you need it
Ruins Clutter Improved features significant mesh and texture improvements for dungeons
The Dragon Bridge adds proper road chunks to the, well, Dragon Bridge
Support for the following creations: Expanded Crossbows, Elite Crossbows, Nix-Hound
Fixed messed up landscape at the entrance to Rielle (part of The Cause)

Mod Changes

Added Base Object Swapper
Added ENB Input Disabler
Added Screenshot Helper
Added LOD Unloading Bug Fix
Added WIDeadBodyCleanupScript Crash Fix
Added Neloth’s Experimental Subject Quest (DLC2TTR4a) Fix
Added Ruins Clutter Improved
Added Ruins Clutter Improved - Fixes
Added Floating Ash Pile Fix
Added Stones of Solitude - Better Blended Rock Piles
Added Contextual Crosshair
Added moreHUD Inventory Edition
Added Whiterun Skyforge - Reforged
Added The Dragon Bridge
Added CC Saints and Seducers - Less Obnoxious Elytra Footsteps (CC Profile only)
Added Amber Refossilized (CC Profile only)
Added Tempered Racial Textures - Ring of Disrobing Patch (CC Profile only)
Added CC The Cause - Majestic Mountains Patch (CC Profile only)
Added Ayleid Ruins ENB Light (CC Profile only)
Added LOTF - Knight of the North Patch (minor text adjustments) (CC Profile only)
Updated enbseries to 0.473
Updated Cathedral Assets Optimizer to 5.3.11
Updated DynDOLOD to Alpha-74
Updated SSE Display Tweaks to 0.5.9
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.45.1
Updated Fixed Mesh Lighting to 1.7.0
Updated powerofthree’s Tweaks to 1.5.0
Updated Equip Enchantment Fix to 1.3.4
Updated Charge Dialogue Fix to 1.4
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to Alpha-21
Updated moreHUD - Settings Loader to 2.1.1
Updated Relighting Skyrim to 1.3.0
Updated Simplicity of Snow to 0.5.1
Updated Simple Dual Sheath Redux to 1.5.2
Updated Knight of the North - A Creation Club Quest Overhaul to 2.1.0.3
Updated Morrowind Threads - A Creation Club Integration Mod to 1.1.1.1
Removed Whiterun Mesh Fixes (it’s almost completely overwritten)
Moved Static Mesh Improvement Mod below the TEXTURE BASE separator
Inlined the Obsidian Weathers MCM Preset (must have been missing entirely before)

Website Changes

Creation Club: Updated the list of supported creations.

Release 2.1

07/01/2022

I hadn’t planned to update LOTF again, but the recent SSE update made it necessary. This update was compiled with SSE 1.6.353.0 which is the latest version so please do not use the downgrade patcher.

Mod Changes

Added Optional Round Farmhouse Posts
Added Major Cities Mesh Overhaul
Added 3D Whiterun Trellis
Added 3D Riften Trellis and Roofs
Added 3D Solitude Market Trellis
Updated DynDOLOD to Alpha 60
Updated SSE Display Tweaks to 0.5.8
Updated DynDOLOD Resources Alpha 17
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.41.1
Updated Flickering Meshes Fix to 1.8
Updated Better Windhelm Ground Meshes to 1.3.3
Installed the Majestic Mountains / Skyrim Mountainous patches from Flickering Meshes Fix separately
Moved Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes below the ESSENTIALS separator
Set two meshes in SMIM that were conflicting with SLaWF to hidden
Disabled physics damage via SSE Display Tweaks (new feature)
Removed physics damage threshold command from the Autorun.txt (now covered by SSE Display Tweaks)
Removed bigger sandboxing radius command from the Autorun.txt (has some unintentional side effects)
Better Windhelm Ground Meshes now has priority, fixing a visual bug (thanks Shade088!)
Fixed a minor visual glitch on the shore across from Solitude’s harbor
Fixed Slightly Better - Old People Consistency being disabled on the LOTF CC profile
Restored LOTF’s tweaked version of Minimal ENB for Obsidian Weathers thanks to Slim
Reinstalled MO2 plugins that were lost after the update (deorder’s, LOOT Preventifier)
Disabled the Sort Plugins button in MO2 (another change lost after updating)

Note that while I did update DynDOLOD, I did not regenerate LODs for this update.

Website Changes

Installation: Updated latest version number.

Release 2.0.2

02/01/2022

Of course I forgot to update the SSE version shenanigans in the Installation instructions and probably caused quite a bit of headache because of that. LOTF 2.x requires the latest version of Skyrim SE installed in your Steam folder. Thanks to JanuarySnow for reminding me!

Website Changes

Installation: Fixed a fairly critical oversight, clarified that latest SSE version is required for installing LOTF

Release 2.0.1

01/01/2022

So the initial 2.0 release was unplayable, cool.

After fixing 2.0 and realising that I was still unable to compile, I found out that at some point I had yeeted my backup of the modified Minimal ENB for Obsidian Weathers that LOTF has been using alongside Wander. I ultimately just reinstalled the preset and applied the tweaks that I still remembered but it’s probably not all of them. I honestly don’t know. Either way, I recommend The Truth ENB and the only reason it’s not the default preset is because it was taken off the Nexus.

Mod Changes

Obsidian Weathers and related mods are now actually included
Replaced texture BSAs in Stock Game folder with UPOT (Unofficial Performance Optimised Textures)
Fixed an error in the WABBAJACK_IGNORE_FILES.txt that caused the entire Stock Game folder to be ignored
Reinstalled Minimal ENB for Obsidian, some tweaks were probably lost

Release 2.0

31/12/2021

Support for Obsidian Weathers and Seasons as an alternative to Wander.
Instructions for swapping out the ENB preset for Truth ENB or disabling ENB altogether.
Inclusion of Nemesis as well as a stripped down XPMSSE for Simple Dual Sheath.
Better water (Realistic Water Two), readable road signs (HD Road Signs), new grass overhaul (Enhanced Landscapes).
New Creation Club profile with support for 14 Creations (so far).
New performance profile with lighter INI settings and DynDOLOD setup (not compatible with CC profile).

LOTF 2.0 utilizes the “Best of both worlds” downgrade patcher in order to be able to stay on SKSE 2.0.20 for SSE 1.5.97.0 (pre-AE). This is because not all of LOTF’s SKSE-dependent mods (25/38) were updated yet. With the “best of both worlds” patcher all game files other than the executable are from the latest AE version though, meaning all assets for new creations are present and AE content can be used.

Removal of Immersive HUD: Skyrim’s UI is fairly unintrusive already, but the ability to disable the HUD still comes in handy for taking screenshots. iHUD unfortunately has some issues with the crosshair (it sometimes vanishes completely for me) so I decided to just replace it with Luca’s version of fadingsignal’s Hide UI. It completely disables the UI at the press of a button so it doesn’t ruin a pretty screenshot.

How To Update

Before updating LOTF to 2.0 for an ongoing playthrough, please load your latest save and follow these instructions:

In the Immersive HUD MCM, please uncheck iHUD Active to completely turn off iHUD.
Make sure you are in an exterior location and open the DynDOLOD MCM.
Uncheck DynDOLOD is active and wait for the confirmation box to pop up.
Go into any interior cell and save, then quit the game.
In Mod Organizer 2 under the CRP & PATCHER OUTPUTS separator, uncheck the TexGen and DynDOLOD outputs.
Load your save, click OK to missing masters, and create a new manual save.

Now you can safely update LOTF through Wabbajack and continue your playthrough.

Legends of the Frost

Added Spiders of Solstheim - Transparency Fix
Added HD Road Signs 2K
Added Weather of World
Added Realistic Water Two
Added Blacksmith Forge Water Fix - Realistic Water Two Patch
Added Flickering Meshes Fix
Added Shaders of Solstheim - Ash and Moss
Added Snowy Windhelm Bridge
Added Enhanced Landscapes - Grass Overhaul
Added Tempered Racial Textures
Added Slightly Better - Old People Consistency
Added Nemesis Unlimited Behavior Engine
Added Dynamic Animation Replacer
Added XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended
Added Draw 2 - Dual Weapon Equip-Unequip Animations
Added Simple Dual Sheath
Updated Mod Organizer to 2.4.4
Updated SSELODGen to Beta 85
Updated DynDOLOD to Alpha 56
Updated Cathedral Assets Optimizer to 5.3.8
Updated SSE Display Tweaks to 0.5.6b
Updated Weapons Armor Clothing and Clutter Fixes to 2.8
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to Alpha 16
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.41
Updated powerofthree’s Tweaks to 1.4.1
Updated Spell Perk Item Distributor to 5.2
Updated Charge Dialogue Fix to 1.3
Updated Simplicity of Snow to 0.5
Removed Dlizzio’s Mesh Fixes - Assorted Mesh Fixes Patch (overwritten)
Removed Immersive HUD
Removed Immersive HUD - Settings Loader
Removed Immersive HUD - LOTF Preset
Removed Relighting Skyrim - No Player Homes
Removed Picta Series - Improved Sky Meshes
Removed Cathedral Water Overhaul (replaced by RW2)
Removed Volcanic Tundra - Heat Wave Effects (replaced by RW2)
Removed Skyrim Flora Overhaul - Grass Only (replaced by EL Grass)
Removed Security Overhaul SKSE - Lock Variations (out of scope for LOTF)
Removed cleaned master files
Installed XPMSSE version of Werewolf Claws Affect Spider Webs and moved it lower in the mod order
Moved Ambiance plugin lower in the load order
Moved Skyrim Realistic Overhaul BSAs below Project Clarity BSAs to overwrite
Rebuilt most of the Project Clarity BSAs
Fixed load screen blocker (DynDOLOD load screens should no longer appear)
Hopefully (?) fixed two flickering lights in Honeyside (one remains)
Disabled logging in Keyboard Shortcuts Fix
Changed the ENB FPS display hotkey from F7 to F8
Reinstalled SkyHUD without the Immersive HUD patch
Reinstalled Majestic Mountains without the effect meshes
Installed zEdit in the Tools folder for the SLaWF Remove Crop Ownership script
Completely remove the crop ownership feature in Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes
Re-enabled faction stealing in powerofthree’s Tweaks
Included three custom presets with the CAO installation as requested
Added an icon to the SKSE executable (installation instructions were updated accordingly)
Resolved conflicts between new mods in the CRP
Regenerated facegen for the main and CC profiles
Generated Nemesis output
Regenerated terrain LOD with SSELODGen Beta 85
Regenerated tree and object LOD with DynDOLOD Beta 58

LOTF Wander ENB

The preset is a tweaked version of Minimal ENB for Obsidian 1.1 (now Yuevie’s Minimal ENB).

Incorporated RW2’s recommended ENB water settings
Removed some arbitrary tweaks in the ENB grass section
Removed some arbitrary tweaks in the ENB particles section that made water in interiors at night unnaturally bright

Creation Club Profile

Supported Creations:

Saints & Seducers
Forgotten Seasons
The Cause
Divine Crusader
Netch Leather Armor
Chrysamere
Alternate Armors - Daedric Mail
Alternate Armors - Dwarven Mail
Alternate Armors - Ebony Plate
Alternate Armors - Elven Hunter
Alternate Armors - Stalhrim Fur
Alternate Armors - Steel Soldier
Alternate Armors - Studded Dragonscale
Rare Curios

Additional Mods:

Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - Ayleid Assets
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - Saints and Seducers
Added Unofficial Creation Club Patches - Saints and Seducers
Added Realistic Water Two - Saints and Seducers Patch
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - Forgotten Seasons
Added Unofficial Creation Club Patches - Forgotten Seasons
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - The Cause
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - Knights of the Nine
Added Knight of the North - A Creation Club Quest Overhaul
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - Netch Leather Armor
Added Morrowind Threads - A Creation Club Integration Mod
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - AA Daedric Mail
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - AA Dwarven Mail
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - AA Ebony Plate
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - AA Elven Hunter
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - AA Stalhrim Fur
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - AA Steel Soldier
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - AA Studded Dragonscale
Added On A Crimson Trail
Added Cleaned and Upscaled Textures - Rare Curios
Added Unofficial Creation Club Patches - Rare Curios
Added Curated Curios - A Creation Club Integration Mod
Added The Cause - Rare Curios Patch
Added The Cause - Flawed Varla Stone Integration

Website Changes

Installation: Added references to the new optional profiles.
Customisation: Slightly shuffled the contents of this page around.
Customisation: Added Swap to Obsidian Weathers section.
Customisation: Added Swap to Truth ENB section.
Customisation: Added Completely Remove ENB section.
Creation CLub: Added this page with instructions for the CC profile.
Documentation: Updated for the new additions.
Screenshots: Added eight new screenshots showcasing Obsidian Weathers/Truth ENB.

Release 1.6.1

22/11/2021

Quick update to fix issues with ENB, it should download properly now. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Mod Changes

Compiled with and requiring SSE 1.6.323 (latest)
Updated ENBSeries binaries (no version number change)
Updated Charge Dialogue Fix to 1.2
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.34

Website Changes

Installation: Updated required version of SSE to 1.6.323 (latest)

Release 1.6

20/11/2021

This update introduces Tate Taylor’s superbrain solution for Skyrim AE. It was compiled with the latest version of SAE (1.6.318.0) in my actual root folder and LOTF’s current supported version of SSE (1.5.97.0) in the Stock Game folder. With the small addition of meh’s DLL Plugin Loader for some immensely big-brained binary patching action this allows LOTF to function without having to run the downgrade patcher first. The version in the Stock Game folder installed and used by LOTF will still be 1.5.97.0 until I eventually update to the latest one.

Yes, I intend to update LOTF to SSE 1.6.318 / AE. However, quite a few mods need updating first (currently the counter is at 13/40 and rising steadily). For more information on LOTF 2.0 / AE, please check my November 2021 Update post on Patreon.

The Immersive HUD MCM is now automated for anyone starting a new game (it does nothing for ongoing playthroughs). I also fixed the moreHUD Settings Loader (made a dumb mistake) so it should work as expected now.

LATE NOTE: LOTF 1.6 actually requires Skyrim SE 1.6.318.0 in your own root folder in order to install it. Updated the instructions accordingly.

Mod Changes

Added SkyUI Ghost Bug Fix
Added Animated Static Reload Fix
Added Better Windhelm Meshes
Added Immersive HUD - Settings Loader
Added Immersive HUD - LOTF Preset
Added Oxygen Meter
Added Modern Toggle Walk-Run Fix
Added Picta Series - Improved Sky Meshes
Added Misc Tweaks - More Expensive Inn Prices (only works in new games)
Added Misc Tweaks - More Realistic Animal Loot
Added Sleeves for Guards
Added Security Overhaul SKSE - Lock Variations
Updated SKSE for Skyrim SE 1.5.97.0 to 2.0.20 (STILL NO AE SUPPORT)
Updated SSE Display Tweaks to 0.5.0b
Updated Dear Diary - Better More Informative Console to 1.3
Updated SSE Engine Fixes to 5.8.0
Updated powerofthree’s Tweaks to 1.4
Updated Equip Enchantment Fix to 1.3.2
Updated Spell Perk Item Distributor to 5.1.0
Updated NPC AI Process Position Fix to 4.06
Updated Unequip Quiver SE to 1.6
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.33.1
Updated ENBSeries to 0.465
Compiled with SAE and meh’s DLL Plugin Loader
Now using a SSEDisplayTweaks_Custom.ini for config edits
Enabled Grabbing Is Stealing po3’s Tweaks
Disabled sneak attack and critical hit messages in po3’s Tweaks
Moved Unequip Quiver SE to the SKSE & NET PLUGINS separator
Moved No Lockpicking to the SKSE & NET PLUGINS separator
Fixed moreHUD preset (should now actually auto-load in new saves)
Forwarded HasWater flags for some cells that I’d previously missed in the CRP
Reduced size of map markers by 25%
Changed the Mod Organizer 2 executable icon

Website Changes

Installation: Updated link to NVIDIA drivers to point to the English page rather than the German one
Installation: Added Microsoft .NET 5.0 to the requirements section
Installation: Removed instructions for the downgrade patcher (Skyrim SE 1.6.318.0 is now required)
Installation: Added a reminder to launch the game at least once after (re)installing it
Customisation: Updated “Uncap the framerate” section for the new SSEDisplayTweaks_Custom.ini

Release 1.5

13/11/2021

This is mostly a maintenance update although I did add the fantastic CoMAP by Jelidity and Parapets as well as a brand-new installation guide. It is much shorter than the previous one on account of the Stock Game Folder system allowing us to skip several steps. It also accounts for the AE downgrade patcher.

Please for the love of Talos don’t ask me when LOTF will get AE support.

Mod Changes

Added Common Marker Addon Project (CoMAP)
Updated SSEEdit to 4.0.4
Updated SSE Display Tweaks to 0.4.17
Updated NET Script Framework to 18
Updated Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes to 6.4.1
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.32.3
Updated Static Mesh Improvement Mod Improvement Mod to 1.3.0
Updated powerofthree’s Tweaks to 1.3.3
Updated Radiant - Candles to 2.2.0
Updated Enhanced Vanilla Trees (no version change)
Removed SMIM - Assorted Mesh Fixes Patch (redundant)
Actually included the Blended Roads - Simplicity of Snow Patch

Website Changes

Installation: Newly added with all instructions for LOTF, including the AE downgrade patcher
Screenshots: Added new screenshots and headings for the side bar so the page is easier to navigate

Release 1.4.2

24/10/2021

The butterfly update: In LOTF 1.4.2, I am adding some mods that improve critters in the world, how they move and where they can land. Did you know that Monarch butterfly wings were upside down in vanilla?

Also you no longer get my custom keybinds. I fixed that.

Mod Changes

Added Umgak’s Hanging Elves Ear Mesh Fix
Added Wiseman303’s Critter Fixes
Added Butterflies Land True
Added Butterflies Unchained
Added Simplicity of Snow - Blended Roads Patch
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.32
Updated Radiant - Candles to 2.1.0
Updated DynDOLOD to 3 Alpha 53 (LOD was not regenerated)
Fixed a dumb typo in the WABBAJACK_IGNORE_FILES.txt file name

Release 1.4.1

16/10/2021

After yesterday’s larger update, I have some fixes and previously missed mod updates for you today. Save safe, etc.

Mod Changes

Note that I only updated DynDOLOD and the DynDOLOD Resources, but did not regenerate LODs.

Updated Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes to 6.3
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to Alpha 15
Updated Shadows of Sunlight to 0.5
Updated Simplicity of Snow to 0.4
Updated ENBSeries (no version change)
Updated DynDOLOD to 3 Alpha 48
Added fixed moreHUD Settings Loader script (moreHUD MCM should no longer fail to initialise)
Added my ControlMap_Custom.txt to the list of files ignored by Wabbajack so my keybinds are no longer applied to users’ setups

Release 1.4

15/10/2021

This update brings a number of new addition that fit nicely within the scope of LOTF. I found that I could absolutely not live without moreHUD and added the mod along with a custom preset. You will now be able to see whether you already read a book, whether a book is a skill book and, if it is, which skill it improves. For enemies, their level and soul type is now displayed next to their health bar. When hovering over items that can be picked up, there will now be an indicator in the bottom right corner, informing you about your current carry capacity, how much weight the items would add, and whether you already have any items of the same type.

Please note: The moreHUD preset is applied automatically only in new games. In your ongoing playthroughs, please load it manually via the mod’s MCM.

Visually, LOTF 1.4 adds the following improvements:

Thanks to the new Radiant - Candles mod, candles now give off proper light and illuminate surrounding objects. You can find a comparison slider here. Note that this feature required me to enable Complex Particle Effects in ENB as well as increase the particle count INI setting which may cause a slight performance drop on low-end systems. However, I did not enable the Big Range setting so there will be no noticeable FPS loss on most PCs.
The vanilla woven fences were notorious for their flickering which the Static Mesh Improvement Mod addresses but does not fully fix. I chose to add Mathy’s meshes instead, Skyrim 3D Misc - Woven Fence, which are a lot more loose and should fix the flickering completely. There is a comparison slider here.
Various assets related to spiders were fixed and improved by the mod WEBS. The titular spider webs are of higher quality and should no longer appear overbright. The mod also replaces the meshes for webbed dead bodies as some of them were outright broken in vanilla.
Simplicity of Snow vastly improves the visuals and logic of projected snow on various objects. As a lightweight replacement for the more involved Better Dynamic Snow and No Snow Under Rooftops mods, it is well suited for LOTF’s lightweight nature.

The latest version of the .NET 5.0 Runtime is required. This is because of the Scrambled Bugs update which now relies upon this. Please download it from the official website and install it before updating LOTF.

Mod Changes

Added WEBS
Added High Gate Ruins Puzzle Reset Fix
Added Static Mesh Improvement Mod Improvement Mod
Added High Hrothgar - Fixed
Added Skyrim 3D Misc - Woven Fence
Added moreHUD
Added Radiant - Candles
Added Enhanced Vanilla Trees - Shrine to Peryite Nest Fix
Added Simplicity of Snow
Added Volcanic Tundra - Heat Wave Effects
Added Misc Dialogue Edits
Added Unofficial Material Fix - Improved Traps Patch
Removed Wiseman303’s Flora Fixes - Revamped - SMIM Patch (replaced by Static Mesh Improvement Mod Improvement Mod)
Removed hank’s gamepad and controller fixes
Updated Spell Perk Item Distributor to 5.0.4
Updated Scrambled Bugs to 14
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to 3 Alpha 13
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.30.1
Updated Relighting Skyrim to 1.2.1
Updated College of Winterhold Quest Start Fixes to 0.2-1
Updated DynDOLOD to 3 Alpha 47
Updated ENBSeries (no version change)
Temporarily set the hangingelvesear01.nif mesh (Skyrim Particle Patch) to hidden to fix a bug
Enabled and tweaked ENB complex particle light effects
Increased particle count (iMaxDesired) to 7500 in the SkyrimPrefs.ini
Roboto Font Replacer is now disabled by default
Fixed a few minor plugin conflicts
Regenerated DynDOLOD

Website Changes

Introduction: Added a warning about the new requirement of the .NET 5.0 Runtime.
Customisation: Updated font replacer instructions, Roboto is now disabled by default
Documentation: Updated accordingly for the recent mod changes.

Release 1.3.1

19/09/2021

Just a quick update to fix the current issues with downloading ENB and some outputs.

Mod Changes

Updated ENBSeries binaries to 0.463
Updated Spell Perk Item Distributor to 5.0.3
Updated Fixed Mesh Lighting to 1.4.2
Updated NPC AI Process Position Fix to 4.05d
Fixed TexGen and DynDOLOD output links

Release 1.3

15/09/2021

This is a smaller update and will likely be the last one for the time being. I fixed the message when trying to drop a quest message so it does not just now show the raw string (was missing a dependency), removed the mod causing the purple waterfalls (couldn’t be bothered to find the missing texture), updated a bunch of mods, and regenerated TexGen, DynDOLOD, and Occlusion with the latest version of DynDOLOD. I believe LOTF is in a pretty good place for now.

Mod Changes

Added Scaleform Translation Plus Plus
Added LeanWolf’s Dawnbreaker ENB meshes
Updated .NET Script Framework to 17
Updated Disable USSEP Book to 1.1
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.26
Updated College of Winterhold Quest Start Fixes to 0.2
Updated DynDOLOD Resources to Alpha-12
Updated Simple Horse Tweaks to 1.3
Updated the Blacksmith Forge Water Patch Script and regenerated the patch
Updated DynDOLOD to Alpha 41 and regenerated all LODs
Removed horse walk movement tweak from the CRP
Removed DynDOLOD Bright LOD Waterfall Fix
Disabled the floating pot in High Hrothgar
xLODGen is no longer packaged with the installer

Release 1.2

10/09/2021

After some deliberation, I swapped out the previous skin overhauls (Lucid and Vitruvia) for the Tempered Skins combination. They are closer to vanilla and look better with LOTF’s lighting.

I also fixed the purple waterfalls and improved the book interface.

Mod Changes

Added ENB Helper
Added Realistic Paper
Added Blacksmith Forge Water Patch xEdit Script
Added Convenient Reading
Added Tempered Skins for Males
Added Tempered Skins for Females
Updated Minimal ENB for Obsidian Weathers to 1.2
Updated Scrambled Bugs to 13
Updated Enhanced Vanilla Trees to 2.2.1
Removed Vitruvia - Skin Texture Overhaul for Males
Removed Lucid Skin
Tweaked the updated ENB preset
Classic Sprinting Redone is now optional and disabled by default
Generated the Blacksmith Forge Water Patch
Regenerated TexGen and DynDOLOD

Website Changes

Customisation: Added “Change sprinting from toggle to hold” option
Documentation: Updated accordingly for the recent mod changes.
Screenshots: Added a few more new screenshots.

Release 1.1

06/09/2021

Fixing the intro dialogue:

So apparently increasing horse speed will mess up the intro carriage ride because the horses are too fast for the dialogue - who would have thought? I reverted only the forward walk speed tweak from Simple Horse Tweaks to vanilla which should fix it.

New ENB preset:

I also added an ENB preset in this update. If The Truth was still on the Nexus, it would have been part of the initial release, but with things as they are I had elected not to use an ENB at all. However, after some playing I realised that vanilla ambient occlusion crushes blacks on the character and some shadows to the point where it’s just ugly as hell.

Thankfully, @Shade088 from our Discord server recommended Minimal ENB for Obsidian Weathers which turns out to be the perfect alternative. It does not affect colours (so you can also use it with any weather mod), but implements all those little improvements that ENB can bring to the table such as ambient occlusion. @Shade088 also provided tweaked water values to hide the distant water seams so I didn’t even have to figure these out myself.

Since LOTF is using the Stock Game folder system, ENB is already installed for you and you do not have to move any files.

This update is save-safe.

Mod Changes

Added deorder’s MO2 plugins (largely for myself)
Added Minimal ENB for Obsidian Weathers
Added ENBSeries binaries
Added Skyrim Particle Patch for ENB
Added Skyrim Particle Patch for ENB - Assorted Mesh Fixes - Solitude Mesh Fixes Patch
Added DynDOLOD Bright LOD Waterfall Fix
Added Time Format Changer (disabled by default)
Added Menu and Load Smoke Removed for ENB
Added No Lockpicking (disabled by default)
Removed Loading Screen Smoke Removed
Disabled ambient occlusion in the INI files
Replaced the MO2 splash screen with one specifically made for LOTF
Actually hid the terrain LOD files overwriting AQWM

Website Changes

Introduction: Removed LOTF in numbers section. No point maintaining this.
Introduction: Added ENB Hotkeys section.
Introduction: Fixed MCM instructions referencing removed mods.
Introduction: Moved the customisation section to the new dedicated page.
Customisation: Added new “Enable 24h time format” option.
Customisation: Added new “Skip Lockpicking” option.
Documentation: Added notes on the new ENB preset and my tweaks for it

Release 1.0

04/09/2021

First public release of LOTF.

Mod Changes

Now using the Stock Game folder system
Now packaging all tools with the WJ installer
Added NPC AI Process Position Fix
Added Modern Clap Bug Fix
Added Quality Cubemaps - HD Cube Maps
Added Cathedral Night Sky
Added Waymark - A Road Signs Mod
Added HD Vanilla Tree Bark - ESRGAN AI Upscale
Added Cathedral - Plants
Added Cathedral - Mushrooms
Added LOOT Preventifier
Added Project Clarity - Architecture Textures Redone
Added Project Clarity - Dungeon Textures Redone
Added Project Clarity - Landscape Textures Redone
Added Project Clarity - Clutter Textures Redone
Added Project Clarity - Weapon Textures Redone
Added Project Clarity - Armor Textures Redone
Added Project Clarity - Clothing and Jewelry Textures Redone
Added Project Clarity - Creature Textures Redone
Added Project Clarity - Effect Textures Redone
Added Simple Horse Tweaks
Added Unequip Quiver
Added Auto Input Switch
Added Terrain Tamriel Extend
Updated .NET Script Framework to 16
Updated MCM Helper to 1.3.0
Updated Assorted Mesh Fixes to 0.25
Updated Fixed Mesh Lighting to 1.4.1
Updated Landscape Fixes For Grass Mods to 4.9
Updated Enhanced Vanilla Trees to 2.2.0
Removed Base Coat
Removed Animated Forge Water
Removed Point the Way
Removed Arena - An Encounter Zone Overhaul
Removed Apothecary - An Alchemy Overhaul
Removed Radiant Requirements MCM
Removed Radiant Requirements MCM - TPF Preset
Removed Apothecary as a master from the CRP
Fixed a conflict between Simple Horse Tweaks and Audio Overhaul for Skyrim
Regenerated INI files with BethINI
Regenerated terrain LOD, TexGen, DynDOLOD, Occlusion
New colour theme for the MO2 separators
New MO2 splash screen replacer

Website Changes

Updated the Introduction (noted that LOTF uses the Stock Game folder system)
Updated the Documentation (removal of Apothecary and Arena, etc).
Added one new screenshot to the showcase page.

Wabbajack Test

22/08/2021

Initial release for Wabbajack testing.

Last modified April 12, 2024