Assuming we get a 64bit upgrade in october how will that change things?


Will old mods work if changing to 64 bit


Will certain ways of installibg enbs be less complicated?


Will old saves work


How will memory work? If i have 16gb can i add more or it still wont utilize it?

Things like SKSE and the ENB binary will need to be updated.


Other things will likely no longer be needed, such as the ENBoost speed hack, SKSE memory patch or the Crash Fixes/SKSE preloader malloc memory patch.


Hopefully most mods will still work, but we don't have enough info at this time.


Installing an ENB will still be as complicated, but this is assuming Boris makes a new ENB binary. I am hoping he will.


Old saves won't work.


It will be a new game in your Steam Library, so it will not overwrite any of your old Skyrim stuff.


The Special Edition will be free for anyone who owns the main game and all DLC, whether via Legendary Edition or separate downloads.

In another thread, Pete Hines is quoted as saying that most mods will be compatible, it's those that require SKSE, etc, that will have to wait for the proper tools to be updated.

Which, to me, is EXCELLENT news.

90% of my must have mods need skse...

I am going to hope and pray REALLY hard that the SKSE team will come out with an updated version appropriate to the 64bit flavor, in relatively short order.

majority of mods i use requires skse, skyui and some other tools like skyproc patcher ( dual sheath etc ) and Fnis. Mods will definitely need an update bethesda seems to have made edits to skyrim worldspace too ( new trees, plants, trees etc maybe more we dont know ) so all of the mods that edits worldspace will require an update otherwise we could have old worldspace new worldspace messed up [censored].

Lod's will also have to be regenerated i think and tools like tes5lodgen and dyndolod well i don't know what will happen to them.

It depends on the kinds of updates and modifications were made to the worldspaces. New tree models and textures aren't going to turn Skyrim into the Twilight Zone, but if they added any trees or plants or anything else like that, they may conflict with mod-added objects.

It seems that they did, at least from the E3 video. See this comparison article and video (comparison video does a great job showing it): http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-skyrim-hd-special-edition-compared-to-maxed-out-pc


Credit to rootsrat @ STEP forum for original link. http://forum.step-project.com/topic/10680-rumor-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-remastered-to-be-announced-at-e3/?p=169222.

Schlangster has stated he's not interested in converting SkyUI to x64 version. Maybe some other modder will take the project on.

That is bad news!


Do you have a source link? Or did he just tell you personally? I checked the SkyUI page and I didn't see any info.


Not that I don't believe you, it is just that that is really unfortunate news.


Edit: Also, I have no idea who is who in the zoo. So please don't take any offense. You could have been a part of the original SkyUI team for all I know, lol.

oh no

Ouch. Again, that's kind of a deal breaker for me. There's at least half a dozen of those now. I'm not sure I'm going to mess with the 64 bit Skyrim....

we need source for that sky ui statement

That was shared in the mod author section of the NexusMod forums and probably shouldn't have been mentioned here. But it's true.

The problem is that there's a lot of custom code in SKSE added to make SkyUI work. Schlangster was responsible for that code and he has no interest in doing it again for another version of the game. It's also too soon to tell if there would be any other changes needed.

But there is hope. Schlangster isn't closing down the SkyUI project. It's just sleeping for lack of contributing members on the team. There can be a SkyUI update as long as someone else volunteers to do the hard work this time. Given the importance of SkyUI to so many modders it's likely someone with the right skills will step forward. The problem is that those skills are pretty rare and until the new game is actually available we don't know exactly how hard the problem might be. So I doubt anyone will commit to it in the near future.

well that's understandable. redoing from scratch takes lots of work and most importantly time.

Well In that case it looks like I won't even bother to download the 64bit version.

Has it been confirmed that it's gonna be 64 bit? And I'm guessing most .esp plugins would still work?

This is a massive step for big world space projects, wonder if it'll fix the large worldspace havok bug

It has been confirmed that it is 64-bit.

Why wouldn't it be 64-bit? We are getting all the same bells and whistles as X1 and PS4 versions and since those consoles are 64-bit hardware, it wouldn't make any sense to keep PC version 32-bit.

Common sense, please use it.

No kidding. I can't figure out why so many people keep questioning whether it will be 64 bit. 32 bit would make no sense at all. It was also confirmed by Bethesda that it will be 64 bit.

In case people are wondering where it's been confirmed, here's Pete Hines's tweet: https://twitter.com/DCDeacon/status/743170497752371200

I wonder what the deal will be with the mod section of the start up menu. Will that be on PC and replace NMM/the workshop? It will be interesting to see how it turns out. For me though it does not seem that enough has been put into the new version to make it worthwhile for the majority of players to come back. The textures seem to have changed very little.

Reading through the thread it seems my concerns have merit. Many modders too seem to have lost the will to convert to 64bit. Unsurprising due to the extent of the mods that have been created over the past 5 years.

I've no idea as I have never used the "startup menu" for any purpose. It's not needed. Just edit the desktop shortcut to start the Skyrim.exe through SKSE and you never need to see that startup menu again.



The new version is going to be a seperate game so you can keep using your old version with all your old mods if you want. The new 64 bit engine is going to allow bigger mods than were possible before, that will run smoother with more stability. The Skyrim modding scene is far from dead and will be around for a long time to come. Some people may have retired but exciting new projects are happening all the time.

Bethedsa.net has not replaced the Nexus in FO4. Whatever gave you that idea?

edit: Also most .esp/.esm mods won't need to be updated. However, most mods that use a third party tool (i.e. SKSE, FINIS, etc.) will need updates.