Select "Play" and your game is now vanilla. Start SkyrimSE, it will detect your video hardware and will suggest your recommended graphic card settings. The missing file will be a new graphics configuration file that is created when next starting SkyrimSE. When starting the game you can ignore the "1 file missing. This process will also restore any original game files/folders you may have accidently deleted. Select Properties > Local Files > Verify Integrity of Game Cache. Goto Steam's LIbrary view, right click on the game. (Which is why you backed up this folder as well as having a backup of your. The old game saves may not work with a vanilla game because of the missing mods. ini files will be created during the game's hardware detection and launch process. Users\(user name)\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition folder. Delete all the files and folder(s) in the Next goto your Users\(user name)\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition folder and copy it to your desktop or somewhere safe. Update.esm * Note: The language should be the language of your game's download. Video (folder) The Video folder should only contain the BGS_Logo.bik file. The Skyrim Special Edition\Data folder should only contain: (Or from the LIBRARY page, under TOOLS, as Steamworks Common Redistributables.) Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared Ultra.ini* NOTE: Since the initial release of SSE Steam has relocated the folder contents to Skyrim (folder) The Skyrim folder, contains only a SkyrimPrefs.ini The main Skyrim Special Edition folder should only contain: ( you may not see some or all of the file extensions depending on your folder settings.)
Goto Steam\Steamapps\Common\Skyrim Special Edition folder.
, delete and unsubscribe all mods from the SkyrimSE menu or mod manager. Want to transfer your original Skyrim saves over to Skyrim Special Edition? We have a guide for that. You can join the discussion on Skyrim Special Edition on the OC3D Forums.
Please note that saves from Skyrim Special Edition cannot be transferred to the Original PC version of Skyrim, as Skyrim will tell you that these saves use a newer version of the program and tell you to update the program. Please note that Skyrim and Skyrim Special Edition save files have very different naming schemes, which should make it easy to differentiate saves that originated on the older or newer game. Once you navigate to this location paste your file and you should be ready to play your old Skyrim save file in Skyrim Special Edition. My Documents/My Games/Skyrim Special Edition/saves Then users will need to navigate to their save file location for Skyrim Special Edition, which is at the following location on your PC. Simply right-click on this file and hit copy. First, you must enter into your My Games folder within My Documents and find your original Skyrim save files within at the following location.įor the purposes of this guide, we will be copying the "save 14 - harry dresden" save file over to Skyrim Special Edition. The process of transferring Skyrim save data to Skyrim SE is a simple process. Transferring Existing Skyrim Save files to Skyrim Special Edition Incompatible save files will crash Skyrim Special Edition after you try to load them, It is advisable that player who used heavily modded versions of Skyrim should simply start fresh and then gather a new set of Skyrim SE compatible mods. Sadly Skyrim Special Edition is not guaranteed to function with modded Skyrim save files, as right now it is likely that the mods you were using are not released on Skyrim Special Edition yet and even if they are, they might not function in the same way. (Skyrim Original (Left), Skyrim Special Edition (Right)) These images come courtesy of Dicehunter on the OC3D Forums. This is why a lot of existing Skyrim fans want to move to this newer version of the game, as it provides an improved starting point for modding and provides the best vanilla Skyrim experience available.īelow is a set of 1440p screenshot comparison of the original PC release of Skyrim and Skyrim Special Edition. Skyrim Special Edition allows modders to utilise more memory and allows more mods to be used at once and acts as an improved starting point for future graphical enhancements. Yes, it can be argued that the Skyrim Special Edition is just Skyrim's Original PC version with a few graphical enhancement mods, but in reality is a stronger base for future modding.