As some on here may know, I was a long-time console gamer who recently switched over to the PC. I did a lot of studying on what to get and researched a ton of things about mods before I made the leap. And while I could not be more happy about making the change I've been wondering something recently. Do I really need to update mods when they become available?

The reason I ask this is simple. My biggest concern in terms of switching to PC gaming was that I would get constant crashes and mods that I would install would break my game. Well, I have pretty much every mod I want installed and I've logged over 300 hours on the PC version of the game now (I probably logged about 1,000 on the 360). And here's the thing, the game works (nearly) flawlessly. I get the occasional crash, but I can live with it. I'd say I get one crash for every 10-15 hours of play time. Perfectly acceptable by my standards. But I'm worried that if I start updating mods and my RealVision ENB which is due for an update by the way, that something just won't work right. I still have Nexus Mod Manager 49.1 (or whatever) when I think it's up to 51 now. My philosophy has always been, if it's not broke, don't fix it.

The best approach is to read up on the mod before running the update.

First you want to know what it changes, adds, fixes, etc.

Second you want to see what is the procedure for the update. Some mods might need you to start a new character, or follow certain steps to prepare for the update/upgrade.

Third you want to see if any of your other mods might have problems with the updated mod as well.

That sounds great. Stay with what you have unless you run into a bug or need a new feature. If it's stable don't mess with it.

You should update NMM though, websites can change, Skyrim will not.