

There are a few new graphical touches that were added such depth of field, improved shadows, improved lighting, rain occlusion, water flow and a few other improvements to everything else. The differences between the original game, aka LE (Legendary Edition) and SE (Special Editon) are very minor visually. SkyrimVR? What works, what doesn't? -Conclusion, why play Special Edition? In this section, we will discuss: -What's the difference between the original and SE? -What are ".esl" plugins and "espfe" plugins? -What is the Creation Club/? -The state of modding. Mods that are present on the Legendary Edition pages but have been removed from the Special Edition ones, like may still work, they've been removed because they haven't been officially ported yet. The good thing is, updating the mods is normally very easy and only takes 2 minutes.

Let's jump right in! MODS FROM THE ORIGINAL GAME WILL NOT WORK WITH SPECIAL EDITION OUT OF THE GATE, THEY NEED TO BE UPDATED. The bad news is, we have to re-mod almost everything. With an updated 64 bit engine (basically just an outdated Fallout 4 engine) and DX 11 so the game can stop crashing every 10 minutes. Welcome to the Skyrim Special Edition guide! The good news is, Skyrim Special Edition is a (marginally) improved version of the now 6 year old game.
