{"id":1914,"date":"2025-05-17T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upstairsempire.xyz\/dii\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2025-05-17T17:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T01:30:37","slug":"developers-log-may-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upstairsempire.xyz\/dii\/developers-log-may-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Developer&#8217;s Log: May 17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Taking a break from Lux conflicts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Updates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ENB Light<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Installed ENB Light v.98-alpha2\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ticked all options<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Didn&#8217;t tick the two Medieval Toches variations, bc not using that mod<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Didn&#8217;t tick either Lean Wolf&#8217;s Dawnbreaker option because planning on using Believable Weapons instead of Lean Wolf&#8217;s Better-Shaped Weapons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ticked Quickloot patch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Received this error:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/upstairsempire.xyz\/dii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-17-070931-1024x314.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upstairsempire.xyz\/dii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-17-070931-1024x314.png 1024w, https:\/\/upstairsempire.xyz\/dii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-17-070931-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/upstairsempire.xyz\/dii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-17-070931-768x235.png 768w, https:\/\/upstairsempire.xyz\/dii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-17-070931.png 1158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>clicking &#8220;Install anyway&#8221; does nothing, which led me to <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ModOrganizer2\/modorganizer\/issues\/2103\">this MO2 bug report<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I installed the mod by hand, mostly correctly, however there were a few files which would have been overwritten, so I didn&#8217;t install it 100%. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cave Worm textures conflict with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/skyrimspecialedition\/mods\/55790?tab=description\">Kanjs &#8211; Forgotten Vale Cave Worm<\/a> which is ok because in my testing, the Kanjs&#8217;s ones are hidden when they shouldn&#8217;t be. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hiding the following meshes that don&#8217;t fit the aesthetic I&#8217;m going for in Dii\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prefer Rudy HQ &#8211; Miscellaneous SE\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/ruins\/ruinscandlesconceon02.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/ruins\/ruinscandlesconceon01.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/imperial\/impwallsconcecandle02.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/imperial\/impwallsconcecandle01.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/imperial\/impwallsconce02candleon01.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/imperial\/impcandelabracandle02.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/imperial\/impcandelabracandle01.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> \/meshes\/clutter\/silver\/silvercandlestick03.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/silver\/silvercandlestick02.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/silver\/silvercandlestick01.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/ruins\/ruinsfloorcandlelampsmon02.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/ruins\/ruinsfloorcandlelampmidon02.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/ruins\/ruinsfloorcandlelampsmon.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/ruins\/ruinsfloorcandlelampmidon.nif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\/meshes\/clutter\/imperial\/impcandle01.nif\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I prefer the candle here, the texture is pretty bad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prefer Quick Light SE Alternate Meshes (ticked Medieval Lantern in that one)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\/meshes\/magic\/QuickLight\/QuickLightFX.nif<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mostly got this working, although there are still some missing textures which require Embers XD to be intsalled (forge, campfires, etc). I&#8217;ll take care of this later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graphical Conflicts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Noticing that I&#8217;m prefering meshes\/textures piecemeal from mod to mod. Skyland AIO isn&#8217;t something I seem to prefer as much as I expected (the textures are so very flat)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medieval Candlehorns and Sconces, some of them I love, others feel too far from vanilla Skyrim designs. There are many to go through, and I&#8217;m still unsure the best way to resolve my preferences between them all. I&#8217;m afraid to start hiding individual mod files at this point in time becuase I know there&#8217;s so much more work to be done, and more mods to add. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For future reference, I dislike the sconces specifically from this mod<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medieval Silverworks, don&#8217;t like these assets at all, feels way too far from vanilla. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Installed this only as a requirement for ENB Light<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Definitely prefer Rudy Misc (Miscellaneous) models for silver candles, platets, etc. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perhaps I can use Rudy Misc and find an ENBified version of its candles (if it&#8217;s not ENBified already)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Update: It already is ENBified. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decision: Uninstalling  Medieval Silverworks and installing Rudy Misc for silverworks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deactivating Revamped Assets Skyrim because it&#8217;s ovewriting so many other textures that I prefer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installed Mods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>High Poly Gleamblossoms &#8211; ENB Light<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medieval Candlehorns and Sconces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Medieval Silverworks<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rudy HQ &#8211; Miscellaneous SE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JK&#8217;s Blue Palace\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reinstalled LOTD Patches to merge the JK&#8217;s Blue Palace patch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reinstalled Lux Patch Hub to merge the JK&#8217;s Blue Palace patch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conflict Resolution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Modgrouped:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lux &#8211; JK&#8217;s Blue Palace patch + Lux + JK&#8217;s Blue Palace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JKs Belethors General Goods &#8211; Rugnarok patch + JKs Belethors General Goods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JKs Belethors General Goods &#8211; Rugnarok patch + USSEP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lux + ENB Light<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lux &#8211; Legacy of the Dragonborn patch + Lux + LegacyoftheDragonborn.esm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JKs Arcadias Cauldron &#8211; Bow of Shadows Patch + JKs Arcadias Cauldron<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lux &#8211; JK&#8217;s Blue Palace patch + Lux + USSEP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lux &#8211; Legacy of the Dragonborn patch + DBM_TheGrayCowlofNoctural Patch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lux &#8211; JK&#8217;s Angelines Aromatics patch + JKs Angeline&#8217;s Armoatics &#8211; USSEP Patch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lux + JKs Angelines Aromatics &#8211; USSEP Patch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DBM TheGrayCowlofNocturnal Patch + DBM CC Hall of Wonders patch + DBM 3DNPC Patch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DBM STaff of Sheogorath Patch + DBM TheGrayCowlofNocturnal Patch + DBM CC Hall of Wonders patch + DBM 3DNPC Patch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changelog:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MO2 executables: removed all absolute paths <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MO2 executables: removed some backslashes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking a break from Lux conflicts. 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