Starting Skyrim on PC Options

[Renee]

Yes, it looks like it's finally happening. It's raining and lovely outside, and is supposed to do so all through Sundas. I mean Sunday. And I am going to maybe start Skyrim on PC tomorrow.

So what I want to do here is to collect any advice the community here at Chorrol feels like contributing. For instance: I still want to install my game outside of Program Files, right? That sort of advice. I have heard that modding Skyrim is different from Oblivion.

What's the best (easiest, actually) mod manager to use? That's a good place to start. OBMM isn't as fancy as Wrye Bash, for instance, but I still use OBMM most of all because it does what I need it to do. And so I am assuming Skyrim also has several mod managers to try using, right?

I'm pretty excited about my first character. I already know a lot about him, since he is based on a character one of my friends from high school (1980s, lol) created. The only tricky thing is this character will be Asian, and I'm going to want some Asian face-tweaking mod, because I could never create this guy with vanilla tools on Xbox (yes, I tried). Anybody know a mod that adds some Asian elements to faces?

[Renee]

MM hmm, that was my feeling: going from LE to SE is more than just a few simple changes. NOTHING in Skyrim is simple!

I just found the LE at a site called CD Keys. "Code is delivered to you digitally" the site promises.

Get your instant download with CDKeys.com

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition includes:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Hearthfire
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn

Steam is mentioned on the page as a 'platform' but not in the Requirements section. So I am unclear whether or not Steam is needed. But heck, it's only $7.29. I'll give it a try, later at home.