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Step 1: Preparations

Preparations to install the modlist.

Last Updated for List Version:
4.2.0

Before you get started installing or playing Living Skyrim, it’s important to note a few things:

Info boxes (ℹ️) give extra details or images about guide steps.
Important notices (⚠️) highlight steps you should be very careful with.
Warnings (🛑) tell you critical steps that you must not miss. If you ignore these, you might face big problems.
  • For a quick look at the big changes this modlist offers, check the Important Mods page.
  • Living Skyrim doesn’t autosave. Use quicksaves often (usually F5 key).
  • Best to save before going through a loading screen. If you save after, wait at least 30 seconds. Don’t save during fights if you can avoid it.
  • Characters in Living Skyrim are never nude - at minimum they will be wearing underwear.
  • The game runs in exclusive fullscreen for better performance.

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Hard Requirements

Ensure you have the following requirements:

Minimum Specs Recommended Specs FG's Specs
CPU Ryzen 3 3300U or higher i5-6600 or higher Ryzen 9 3900X
GPU GTX 1650 or higher GTX 1080Ti or higher RTX 3080 10GB
RAM 8GB or higher 16GB or higher 32GB
Storage >350GB HDD >350GB SSD 2TB NVMe

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Software Requirements

  1. Pagefile Configuration
    • Open sysdm.cpl ,3 (Windows + R).
    • In Performance, click ‘Settings’ > ‘Advanced’ tab > ‘Virtual memory’ > ‘Change…’
    • Don’t let Windows manage pagefile size.
    • Set a custom size on your fastest drive: minimum 20GB.
    • Restart PC after.
  2. Microsoft Visual C++: Needed for many games and programs.
  3. Microsoft .Net Runtime: Essential for some apps and games.

Nexus Premium (Optional)

Not a must, but speeds up mod download and installation.

Skyrim Setup

First you need to update and run Skyrim. This ensures that the files necessary for Living Skyrim exist for the installation.

  1. Select The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition within your Steam Library, and update it if necessary.
  2. Click “Play”.
  3. The Skyrim launcher will offer to auto-detect your settings. When this happens, click “OK” and then click “OK” again. These settings don’t matter, since Living Skyrim uses its own settings.
  4. Click “Exit” to exit the Skyrim launcher.
🛑 Make sure Skyrim: Special Edition is the latest version (1.6.1170) in Steam. If you’ve manually downgraded the game or haven’t updated yet, use Steam’s “Verify Game Files” feature to update the game.
⚠️ Make sure Skyrim’s language is set to English. (Right-click > Properties > Language)
The Steam menu for its overlay and the Language menu.

Wabbajack Preparations

We’ll now setup the folders needed for the installation to proceed smoothly.

  1. Create two empty folders: “Wabbajack” and “Living Skyrim.”
The two folders in the root of example drive F:
🛑 There are some restrictions on install location.

You CANNOT place these folders in:

- Program Files or Program Files (x86), or their subfolders;
- the Users folder, or its subfolders;
- the Steam folder, or its subfolders;
- the Skyrim folder, or its subfolders;
- the Desktop folder, or its subfolders;
- the Documents folder, or its subfolders;
- any folders with non-English characters;
- any cloud storage folders (e.g. Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.);
- inside one another (e.g. [install drive]\Wabbajack\Living Skyrim.)
  1. Download the latest Wabbajack from their website: Wabbajack.
  2. Put the Wabbajack.exe in the “Wabbajack” folder.
Wabbajack.exe in its folder.
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