Current Known Issues - Ultimate Skyrim

Compiled by: Liz

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Known issues with fixes

  • Launch Ultimate Skyrim.bat does nothing / flashes then disappears

Windows UAC is preventing running of this program.

Important: if you get this screen below. This isn't your issue and you should check this guide instead.

If you dont get the above screen then these are the work arounds:

  1. Windows UAC is preventing running of this program. Open a Powershell windows as a administrator from the search bar and type

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass 

Answering yes to All on the  question which follow

  1. If you would prefer not to use powershell to enable the launcher you can run the profiles directly by navigating to the "Content\_shortcut" folder and start one of the batch files matching your prefered graphics settings

  • Skyrim Crashing Graphics card drivers on launch with AMD 5000 & 6000 Series cards

Issue caused by the most recent set of AMD drivers conflicting with the ENB.

Option 1: 5700XT cards (other cards may get similar results) - roll back to Driver - 20.11.2

Option 2: Disable the ENB until AMD releases a fixed driver following These instructions.

Purple water/lakes at some times of the day

Firstly - look up - if the sky is purple - that's why.

If it's not then the issue is caused by BreflectSky being set to 0 in the [Water] section of _content\profiles\<profile you play>\Skyrim.ini.

Solution: Change it to a 1.

Combat music keeps playing after sparing

Download the newest version of https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/108245

(You can just download, double click the download in MO2, and click replace. No new save needed.)

If your music is still playing in game after doing this - toggle the music on and off in the MCM

Camera bug when turning into a lich

This is caused by an incompatible skeleton.

Solution: delete the contents of content\mods\XP32 Maximum Skeleton Extended 4.80\meshes\actors\dragonpriest\character assets

Easywheel hotkey stops working

This is caused by the script freezing/crashing during a save, and not resuming afterwards.

The only fix is to use a 3rdparty save editor to remove the scripts from your save and setup the mods MCM from scratch.

Download https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52363/?. Unzip it into a directory (doesn't matter where) use the savetool.exe to open your save.

In the scripts box (top left) type easy.

 

Use the Delete selected to remove both entries, then use the save button top right to save the changes to your save.

Start Ultksky, and load the edited save. Use the MCM setup guide to reconfigure easy wheel.

Known issues without fixes

  • Drinking from a water source sometimes gives you a full waterskien.

  • Cooked Sabre meat has wrong/repeated Stale labels.

  • When using an item in your inventory, you get a different item behavior  that you expect (e.g using a lantern spawns a carpet, reading a book gives you a pouch instead).
  • Conflicting/Overlapping window/wall placements on the bottom floor of Hjerim.
  • Training using dummies for 1h/2h gives terrible experience in comparison to chopping down trees
  • Fully decorated Hjerim - Excessively bright light sources will be present in both children's room and the one next to it.
  • Bright colorful (flashing) lights near carriages and somewhere near middle of riften which fade as you get close
  • Beehives are glowing at night
  • A randomly placed "Long Crate" can be found clipping with terrain due West of Whiterun, near Bleakwind Basin