To play Living Skyrim as I intend, the MCM and Skyrim in-game settings should be set as follows. These aren’t strictly required but are a good baseline to tweak from.
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Settings
- Depth of Field: Minimum/Off
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A Matter of Time
- General
- Show Seasons: Enabled
- Show Moon Phases: Enabled
- Display
- Preset: Show As List
- Set all Transparency options to 70%
- General
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AGO
- Settings
- Persistent Arrows: Disabled
- Settings
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All Geared Up Derivative
- Misc - Player
- Enable Misc Items Display: Disabled
- NPC
- Enable Weapons: Enabled
- Enable Misc Item Display: Disabled
- Misc - Player
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Deadly Dragons
- Dragons
- Difficulty: Expert
- Dragons
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Destructible Display Cases
- Fire & Frost: Disabled
- Arrows: Disabled
- Shouts: Disabled
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Diverse Dragons
- Dragons
- Sanguine: Disabled
- Vile: Disabled
- Dragons
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Farmhouse Chimneys
- Mod support
- Helarchen Creek: Enabled
- Cutting Room Floor: Enabled
- Darkwater Crossing: Enabled
- Ivarstead: Enabled
- Kynesgrove: Enabled
- Rorikstead: Enabled
- Shor’s Stone: Enabled
- Soljund’s Sinkhole: Enabled
- Whistling Mine: Enabled
- Mod support
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Gamepad++
Important!: Gamepad++ only needs to be enabled in MO2 if you are going to be playing the game using a controller. Otherwise, you should disable it in the left pane of MO2. You will not be able to move using mouse/keyboard unless you disable Gamepad++.- Configure Gamepad++ however you want.
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Hunterborn
Important!: Do not configure Hunterborn until after you have selected your Alternate Start and loaded into the game world.- Features
- Click Start Hunterborn, then exit the MCM.
- Features
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Immersive Spell Learning
- Use Fade-To-Black: Disabled
- Destroy Spell Tomes: Disabled
- (Personal Preference) Study Time Modifier: 50%
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Immersive Armors
- Armor Options
- Barbarian Hero Armor Distribution: Disabled
- Extra Options
- Varied Guard Helmets: Disabled
- Armor Options
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Immersive Creatures
- General
- Preset: Purist (Optionally, Purist No Spiders if you’re an Arachnophobe.)
- (Optional) Creature Toggle
- Goblin: Disabled (only use this if it causes issues.)
- Additional spawns
- Ore Guardian Spawns: Disabled
- (Optional) Random event spawns
- Goblin War: Disabled (only use this if it causes issues.)
- Difficulty Adjustments
- Global Difficulty: Adept
- Additional Spawns: Medium
- General
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(Optional) Immersive Horses
- Hotkeys
- Configure these how you want. I use Horse Menu H and Herd Menu N.
- Hotkeys
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iNeed
- Basics
- Hunger/Thirst/Fatigue Rate: 3
- Eat hotkey: <
- Drink hotkey: >
- Advanced
- Follower Needs: Disabled
- Difficulty
- Food Removal: Containers
- Food Spoilage: Words
- (Optional) Death: Enabled
- Notifications
- Style: Alpha/Color based
- Current Needs: Both
- Perspective: 1st person
- Track Disease: Enabled
- Basics
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Lock Overhaul
- General
- Activate Lock Overhaul
- Important!: Exit the MCM after activating Lock Overhaul, then go back into it.
- General
- Enable Crime: Enabled
- Smash Locks
- Activate Smash Locks: Enabled
- Allowed Weapons: One + Two Handed
- Unlock with Magic
- Unlock Spell: Enabled
- General
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LotD settings
- General
- Shipment Crate Locations:
- Carriages: Enabled
- Inns: Enabled
- Player Houses: Enabled
- Shipment Crate Locations:
- Craftloot
- Craftloot Status: Prompt
- General
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(Optional) Lucien
- If you are using one of the names on Lucien’s Player Names list, select the one you’re using.
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Master of Disguise
- Advanced
- Factions Update Auto Run: Disabled
- Advanced
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Nether's Follower Framework
- Activity
- Sandboxing
- Only Sandbox in Towns: Enabled
- Mounts
- Mount Support: Riding Support Only
- Sandboxing
- Important!: DO NOT import Lucien or Inigo into NFF. It will completely break them. Sofia, Auri, and 3DNPCs will automatically import a short time after meeting them and asking them to follow you.
- Activity
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OBIS
- Settings
- Enable?: Enabled
- Settings
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Predator Vision
- Night Vision Color: 50%
- Predator Vision Color Boost: 70%
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Quick Light
- Brightness: Bright
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Realistic Water Two
- Mod Options
- Kynesgrove: Enabled
- Rorikstead: Enabled
- Mod Options
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Sofia
- Sofia Settings
- (Personal Preference) Comments Frequency: 6 hours
- Sofia Settings
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Storm Lightning
- Presets: Realistic
- Settings
- Minimum Fork Distance: 1
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Take Notes
- Controls
- Open Journal: Anything other than X
- Controls
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tK dodge
- Dodge key: Whatever you want. I use Mouse 4.
- Double Tap Input: Disabled
- Optional, Controller Only:
- Input Method: Gamepad
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VioLens
- Profile System
- Load: LS Violens Config
- Profile System
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Wildcat Combat
- Difficulty
- Disable Injuries: Enabled
- Difficulty
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XPMSE
- Styles
- Sword Style: Sword on Back (both left and right)
- Dagger Style: Dagger on Back Hip (both left and right)
- Quiver: Frostfall Quiver
- Styles
Save your game after completing MCM setup, I promise you do not want to have to do this process more than once.