To play Living Skyrim as intended, 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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Ava
- The first thing that will happen is you'll be asked if you'd like to select your attributes using SkyRem AVA. Select Yes now, this allows you to design your character for a specific build right from the beginning of the game. Assign your points carefully, as this choice is permanent and cannot be changed after completion! Details for Ava can be found on it's NexusMods page
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A Matter of Time
- Presets
- Click on "Load user settings" and confirm.
- Presets
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Archery Gameplay Overhaul (AGO)
- Settings
- Persistent Arrows: Disabled
- Arm Fatigue: 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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Campfire
- Profiles
- Select and enable the LS2 Campfire Config profile
- Profiles
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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
- Darkwater Crossing: Enabled
- Kynesgrove: Enabled
- Shor’s Stone: Enabled
- Soljund’s Sinkhole: Enabled
- Whistling Mine: Enabled
- Helarchen Creek: Enabled
- Mod support
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Follower Framework
- System
- Load from File: Click on "Click Here"
- 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.
- System
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I'm A Customer
- Eating Locations: At Home Only
- Eating Method: With Fork Equipped (If you have trouble finding a fork, click Fork Me.)
- Infinite Food: At Home Only
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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 Encounters
- New Events Toggle
- Custom Voice WE Events: Disabled
- Custom Voice WI Events: Disabled
- Enable Tavern Brawl: Disabled
- Enable Town Thief: Disabled
- Dragon Attack in City: Disabled
- New Events Toggle
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Lucien
- Configuration
- (Optional, only if using one of the names on the list) Player Name: Pick yours
- Configuration
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LOTD Settings
- General
- Shipment Crate Locations
- Carriages: Enabled
- Inns: Enabled
- Player Homes: Enabled
- Shipment Crate Locations
- Craftloot
- Craftloot Status: Prompt
- General
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LOTD: The Curators Companion
- moreHUD & Scan
- Museum Scan Notifications: Disabled
- moreHUD & Scan
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NCGD
- Health leveling rate: 500
- Stamina leveling rate: 500
- Magicka leveling rate: 500
- Carry weight leveling rate: 750
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OBIS
- Settings
- Enable?: Enabled
- Settings
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OBIS Patrols
- 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
- Mod Options
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SkyUI
- General
- Font Size: Small
- General
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Storm Lightning
- Presets
- Realistic
- Settings
- Minimum Fork Distance: 1
- Presets
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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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Thieves Guild Req.
- Main Quest
- Pockets Picked: 10
- Items Stolen: 100
- Main Quest
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Ultimate Combat
- General
- Timed Block
- Effective Time: 0
- Stagger
- Player Stagger: Disabled
- Enemy Poise: Disabled
- NPC's Bow Poise: 0
- Player's Bow Poise: 0
- Game Balance Settings
- Speed Bonus: Disabled
- Locational Damage
- Headshot Damage Mult: 0
- Headshot Message: Disabled
- Locational Damage Sound: Disabled
- Locational Damage Effect: Disabled
- Others
- Swing Effect: Disabled
- Timed Block
- NPC Setting
- NPC
- Dodge: Middle
- Giant
- Max HP Scale: MaxHP * 1.0
- Dwarven Centurion
- HP Mult: HP * 1.0
- Dragon Priest
- HP Mult: HP * 1.0
- NPC
- General
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VioLens
- Profile System
- Load: LS2 Violens Config
- Profile System
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Wildcat Combat
- Difficulty
- Disable Injuries: Enabled
- Allow Wildcat to Manage Difficulty: Enabled
- Timed Block: Disabled
- Difficulty
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XPMSE
- Styles
- Sword Style Player ONLY: Sword on Back (both left and right)
- Dagger Style Player ONLY: Dagger on Back Hip (both left and right)
- Quiver Player ONLY: Frostfall Quiver
- Styles
Finally:
Open your Magic menu and select "Reflect..." from the powers menu. Press your Shout key (usually Z) to activate it. Select whatever background/bonus you like or whatever fits with your character/build.
Important!: The following mods can only be configured after you have selected your Alternate Start and loaded into the gameworld or have escaped the Abandoned Prison. Do not attempt to configure these until you have done so!
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iEquip
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You can configure iEquip how you want, but I recommend the following.
- General settings
- iEquip On: Enabled
- Now exit the menu and wait for the widget to appear.
- Queue Options
- Item caching and blacklisting
- Blacklist Manually Removed Items: Enabled
- Item caching and blacklisting
- Misc UI Options
- Enable Widget Fadeout: Enabled
- Fadeout Delay: 5
- Fadeout Speed: Fast
- General settings
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Genesis Unleashed
- Genesis Settings
- Mod is Active: Enabled
- Max Number of Dungeon Spawns: 20
- Max Number of Surface Spawns: 0
- Disable Surface Spawns: Enabled
- Randomize Number of Dungeon Spawns: Enabled
- Allow Spawning at Player: Disabled
- Spawn if Other Hostiles Near: Disabled
- Dispose of the book Genesis Options from your inventory however you choose, this mod's configuration is handled by MCM and the book does nothing. It's a holdover from the previous version of Genesis by the mod author and is redundant.
- Genesis Settings
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Hunterborn
- Features
- Click Start Hunterborn, then exit the MCM and wait for the "Hunterborn started!" message to appear in the top left.
- Compatibility
- Compatibility with Hunting in Skyrim: Enabled
- Features
Save your game after completing MCM setup, I promise you do not want to have to do this process more than once.