There are a lot of mods available for the Xbox One for Fallout 4. There is a big issue with stolen mods but hopefully by the time Skyrim is released Bethesda has implemented much needed improvements especially with handling stolen mods. They are looking to add the need of linking your Steam purchase of Fallout 4 when uploading a mod. I hope that is the case for Skyrim or other Bethesda games.

~ Updated: Existing Skyrim mods will be (almost) fully compatible with the Special Edition ~

http://www.pcgamer.com/existing-skyrim-mods-will-be-almost-fully-compatible-with-the-special-edition/

~ How does the Skyrim remaster compare to the maxed out PC original? ~

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-skyrim-hd-special-edition-compared-to-maxed-out-pc

That's just the way computer gaming has always been since the days of the Commodore in the 1980's. Both software and hardware move on, and PC gamers have to keep up. That's the bottom line. Heck, my gaming rig is just passing three years and it's having to struggle a bit with 4X strategy games.

It's not Bethesda, it's the entire computer gaming industry.

Thanks a lot for the very detailed answer.

I like the idea of the better FPS. I don't own a 4K TV, and probably won't for quite a while (lack of space, as they tend to need to be rather big), but I'll gladly take the general improved performance.

I thought it automatically logged you in when you use any mods. I don't use mod managers or anything for FO4.Even of Skyrim I manually install and only use LOOT. I'm guessing they or the script extender dodge this. I guess I better get serious and install something if I want to dodge that bullet

It does not. You need to affirmatively log in.

Anyone think that the skyrim draw distance/popins of trees will improve in the remastered edition

That would be nice but I doubt it will happen. They would have to increase the uGrids setting for that, which you can do with the current version but it leads to all sorts of problems with scripts firing too soon and events happening when the PC is nowhere around. Those problems sound hard to fix.


You can generate better LOD for buildings and trees with DynDoLOD but the popin is still very noticeable.

My experience is that uGridsToLoad=7 is perfectly safe to use. However after that, YMMV.

I haven't tried it. A lot of very respectable modders have said that even 7 can cause problems, so I've just stuck with 5.

A reference to uGrids and scripts. Arthmoor>

Doesnt seem to be as noticeable in f4

draw distance will be bigger since it will use dx11 just imagine how nice the game will look then.

I couldn't find this question. But what exact graphics will be upgraded? What I am most curious about personally, if character graphics will be updated at all.

I don't know if the character textures will be more "polished" on that special edition.

They may have tweaked them as well, as the engine uses the DirectX 11 API now, instead of the older DirectX 9 one.

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According to Todd Howard (video game designer), the new textures are even higher resolution than the optional High Resolution Texture Pack that was released for PC by Bethesda.

On top of that, all of the shaders are much more advanced.

As a tech noob how will64 bit and direct x11 help in a new skyrim playthrough?


If i have skyrim with a 100 mods will it


-run better?

-how much memory can i now tap into?

- will i need asmany steps to add say an enb with a weather mod

-will skse and mod manager need updates. Will i have to reinstall all?

-what kind of mods could we now see that werent possible before

SKSE runs in the game, so it needs changing. Mod Manager runs outside (before the game starts) so it's not affected.

Well, the SE will be a separate install. You will need to reinstall all mods anyway.

With 64 bit, the game can use as much RAM as you have on your PC. It's not limited to an allocated memory block like 32 bit, so there won't be any out of memory crashes until you hit the limits of your hardware.


This means you don't need ENBoost anymore. The main point of ENBoost is to hack around the inherent 3.5 GB limit in allocated memory for 32 bit apps.


ENB will have to be rewritten for 64 bit. Assuming Boris does that, your ENBs should still work but they may need to be adjusted for the new system since the new engine will have a lot of ENBs features built into it.


Since the new engine will have a lot of ENB type lighting affects built into the base game, you may find you don't need an ENB. Having these types of effects built into the base game will allow for faster/smoother performance than adding them to a 32 bit app with an ENB. It will also create a better platform for Boris and future ENB preset authors to mod from in the future.


64 bit dx11 will allow bigger mods that use more memory than before and will allow you to use more big performance hogging mods together without slowing performance to a crawl, provided you have the hardware to run it.


Hardware is improving every year, so 64 bit Dx11 extends the life of modded Skyrim into the future since things might be possible with future hardware that would bring current hardware to its knees. 32 bit dx9 is a bottleneck preventing the game from living up to its potential on current hardware. 64 bit dx11 removes the bottleneck.

Khajiit's have a way of putting thing no! This one understands more when Khajiit explain things which are deeficult.


Thank you my furry friend

So hines tweeted that old saves can be transferred. Seems like a tall task for a modded game

You're welcome my friend. This one has no technical background and had to learn many things when switching from console to PC a few years back, so sometimes this one can explain it in a way normal people can understand better than the technological wizards that bring us the biggest and bestest mods.

The best modders banter better than https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5iF7gxQYr8...at least that's what mod talk sounded like to this one at first. Now this one can translate for the nice nords.

Still just for PC?

When does everyone think the big info drop will be for the game? September?

As far as i know Bethesda, most probably just before the game goes live.

So maybe late September or early October.

Of course if nothing gets "leaked" before that...