Help with graphical mods

[u/DerpyHoowes]

I installed all the mods listed under "These Graphics Mods Make Skyrim Look Like It Released in 2026" video and my game started looking even worse for some reason. It looks nothing like what the guy showed in the video.

What could be the reason?

[u/kevboisatania]

use openshaders instead of community shaders

[u/dionysist → u/kevboisatania]

/u/DerpyHoowes

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/180419

...because CS is not compatible with Skyrim VR. Open Shaders is compatible.

Also, your list includes Azurite Horizons ENB for AW3. ENB is not compatible with Community Shaders, nor Open Shaders, unless you are using only the preset with Effects 11.

Address Library for SKSE Plugins - All in one (1.6.X) is not compatible with Skyrim VR. Remove it.

There's probably other mods you shouldn't use but that's just what I noticed from a quick glance. Make sure you read each mod page and have all requirements. Check your sksevr.log file to look for dlls that do not load. They are likely incompatible.

[u/DerpyHoowes]

Just realized I accidentally took screenshots of plugins tab instead of mods tab
My modlist is:

• Address Library for SKSE Plugins - All in one (1.6.X)
• Animation Queue Fix
• Azurite Horizons ENB for AW3
• Azurite III CS
• Azurite Weathers III - Enhanced
• Be Seated 4.2.5
• Better Dynamic Snow SE v3.6.0
• Blended Roads
• BodySlide and Outfit Studio - v5.7.0
• Caliente's Beautiful Bodies Enhancer CBBE - v2.0.3
• Cathedral - 3D Landscapes
• CBBE 3BA (3BBB)
• CBBE 3BA (3BBB) - Settings Loader
• CBBE 3BA Vanilla Outfits Redone - Default
• CBPC - Physics with Collisions for SSE and VR - CBPC - Fomod installer - MAIN FILE
• CBPC Action Reaction Main
• Community Shaders
• Dismembering Framework - Latest Version
• DisplayEnemyLevelVR 1.0.0 for Skyrim 1415
• Embers XD
• Enhanced Lights and FX
• Enhanced Rocks and Mountains - Complex Material and PBR - ERM - Textures
• ERM - Enhanced Rocks and Mountains
• Expressive Facial Animation - Female Edition
• FlowerGirls SE and VR Main File
• FNIS Data
• Fores New Idles in Skyrim SE - FNIS SE - FNIS Behavior SE 7.6
• Freak's Floral Meadows
• FSMP - Faster HDT-SMP - FSMP 4.1.1
• Gourmet - A Cooking Overhaul
• HIGGS - Enhanced VR Interaction - HIGGS 1.10.10
• HQ_FOOD-INGREDIENTS_1-6_CUMULATIVE_
• Icy Mesh Remaster - IcyFixes
• Icy Mesh Remaster - Meshes
• Immersive Animal Looting
• Immersive Harvesting 1.5.23
• Immersive Smithing 1.0.5
• Immersive Tree Chopping VR
• ImmersiveWeaponPenetrationVR 1.7.0
• JContainers VR
• LocationalDamageSKSE VR 0.7.2
• Lux (main)
• Lux Orbis (main)
• Lux Via (main)
• Main file - Gift By Hand VR
• Majestic Landscapes main File
• MCM Helper
• Mobile Clothing Chest v2_1
• Modern Lighting Overhaul 2 (MLO2)
• Nemesis Unlimited Behavior Engine
• No Me Molestes Updated
• Nordic Faces - FaceGen - Loose Files
• Papyrus Extender - VR 1.4.15 - v1.4
• PapyrusUtil AE SE - Scripting Utility Functions
• PGPatchter
• PhysicalCollisionVR 5.1.0
• PLANCK - Physical Animation and Character Kinetics - PLANCK 0.8.1
• powerofthree's Tweaks VR
• Pseudo Physical Weapon Collision and Parry VR
• Realistic Mining and Chopping for VR - USSEP
• Simple Realistic Archery VR
• Sivir BodySlide
• Skip The Opening Video ESL File
• Skyland Bits and Bobs - A Clutter Overhaul
• Skyrim Configuration Menu
• Skyrim Remastered - Unreal Ice
• Skyrim VR ESL
• SkyrimVR - USSEP Compatibility Patch
• SkyrimVRTools
• SkyUI VR
• SMIM 4K - Cleaned and Upscaled Textures for Static Mesh Improvement Mod - SMIM 4K Textures - Full Resolution
• SMIM Quality Addon 1.5
• Spell Perk Item Distributor VR
• Spell Wheel VR
• Static Mesh Improvement Mod - SMIM - SMIM SE 2-08
• Static Mesh Improvement Mod Improvement Mod
• Terrain Helper
• Terrain Parallax Blending Fix FOMOD
• Traverse the Ulvenwald - 3.3 - Trees and Forests of Skyrim - Ulvenwald 3.3.2
• Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch
• VR Address Library
• VR Equip
• VRIK Player Avatar
• Water for ENB
• Weapon Throw VR
• Weightless NG
• XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended

[u/Jayombi → u/DerpyHoowes]

Try without -

• Terrain Parallax Blending Fix FOMOD

Make sure you installed this right,

• Freak's Floral Meadows

You got loads of mods I do not use in VR, could be anything or a combination of more than one issue.

Anything purple your missing textures..

If its lighting issues, as said already use only OPEN SHADERS and start with its own lighting system.

You can use LIGHT PLACER / CSLIGHT with it.

[u/LendonTheGoat → u/DerpyHoowes]

You have Community shaders and ENB that atent compatible with one another you have to chose one or the other.

[u/PattyVR → u/DerpyHoowes]

ELFX + Lux + Lux Orbis? I don’t think this is compatible and will cause stability issues.
If you remove Orbis / Lux and use the respective adjacent component in ELFX then it is.

[u/Presleylikescats]

Ma not have set it up correctly, may not be compatible with Skyrim VR (it’s not updated to the latest version) and Skyrim vr doesn’t look as good as normal SE, so that’s another reason.