A solid update that is your best option on a modern PC since the original is a nightmare to get running these days. A damn sight more stable but the creation club integration is fucking horrible. Still, it's nice to play a Skyrim that is considerably more stutter-free. Feels like it should have been like this from the start, like it feels significantly less cobbled together and more like a complete game.
Install SKSE64, use Mod Organiser 2, follow this little guide for essential fixes, and most of these are good too. I stay light on graphic mods but I consider these mountain, water, road, and snow texture mods essential to help smooth over the last of the 2011 version jank while keeping the original aesthetic intact. Modding addiction is very real once you realise how easy MO2 makes it for you.
But, if you must install one mod, make it this one. I will forever hate modern AAA games for putting adverts on the fucking main menu, making it feel like a storefront before you've even started playing. Especially diabolical for a game as immersion-focused as this one.
Install SKSE64, use Mod Organiser 2, follow this little guide for essential fixes, and most of these are good too. I stay light on graphic mods but I consider these mountain, water, road, and snow texture mods essential to help smooth over the last of the 2011 version jank while keeping the original aesthetic intact. Modding addiction is very real once you realise how easy MO2 makes it for you.
But, if you must install one mod, make it this one. I will forever hate modern AAA games for putting adverts on the fucking main menu, making it feel like a storefront before you've even started playing. Especially diabolical for a game as immersion-focused as this one.