Skyrim Mods & Instructions

Script extender?

I can't believe the first mod you installed was the nudity mod

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GeForce GTX 760 so I should be able to handle anything at Ultra.

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frick no, you need to be very careful what mods you install. 760 is fine for maxed out vanilla sykrim, but these modders spend less time on optimization vs. making it look fricking awesome. When you start adding 2K or 4K textures or in some cases brand new meshes for completely redesigned objects, your memory bandwidth and/or capacity is going to be a choke point. Start adding new foliage, grass, and extra trees among other things, and your GPU shits the bed. Install one of the better realistic ENBs on top of that and it'll be unplayable with your card.

For many of the outdoorsy mods for grass/trees/foliage, as well as many texture and mesh improvements, modders often have a less resource-intensive ("lite") version of the mod, either with lower res textures or lower density. The mods still look great without overtaxing mid-range GPUs. You should opt for lighter versions of mods when available, and just avoid ENBs for now (they are more complicated than just using the Nexus Mod Manager as described above).

Start slow. Just experiment with one mod at a time. If it runs well, add the next mod on top of it. That way if the game crashes, or your frame rate suffers at any point, you'll know exactly what mod caused it. Nexus Mod Manager makes it very easy to add and remove mods as needed. If you install 20 mods at once and the game doesn't launch or your framerate is garbage, you're in for a headache trying to figure out which mod is causing it, or if it's your load order.

For every mod you install, read the developer's instructions on their page thoroughly. Some mods require the installation of other foundational mods first, such as Skyrim scrypt extender, animation packs, skeletons, mesh improvements, etc. The instructions should clearly tell you whether there's a pre-requisite mod, if the mod is incompatible with certain other mods, if it should be installed before or after another particular mod, or if you need to download a secondary component of that mod in order to be compatible with another mod. It sounds complicated, but all it requires is the ability to read and follow directions to the letter.