ProjektRED267: Do mods still works if I bought the SSE only version? As this came with a newer(?) game build and not sure if the v1.5.97 is available with this release. Been out of the modding scene for while.

GOG.com: It's time to celebrate the 14 years of making games last forever. We're doing that by releasing one of the most anticipated games by the community – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

The game is widely considered one of the best video games of all time and has received credit for popularizing large open-world role-playing games. After many requests from our users and being released on almost every appliance that is able to run the game, the acclaimed RPG is available on GOG in two versions – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition (-50%) and Special Edition (-67%).

It is worth mentioning that Skyrim on GOG comes with a dedicated build, to give users the best possible adventure in Tamriel. The game is entirely playable offline thanks to GOG’s DRM-free nature and gives users the Anniversary Edition content without the need for Creation Club access.

As the game is recognized as one of the most modded titles in the history of video games, support for community-created content in Skyrim was one of our top priorities. The GOG version is compatible out of the box with most modifications mods via Nexus Mods Vortex v1.6.12 and newer. Support for mods requiring Skyrim Script Extender will be added later today. Additionally, GOG is preparing something special to provide an even smoother experience with mods – expect more details soon.

Take the chance to travel to Tamriel before the discounts on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim editions end on 13th October, 10 PM UTC. Also, join us in celebration of the 14th GOG Anniversary which will last until October 9th, 2022, at 10 PM UTC.

An_dz: SSE Display Tweaks fixes that so you can unlock the FPS while physics work fine, even during the civil war.

Ancient-Red-Dragon: As I do more research about this game and modding it, I seem to have discovered a contradiction between the sentiment behind this statetement which I will now quote from the Nexus Mod announcement about this GOG version, and actual reality which is much less rosey than the quotation makes it sound.

The Nexus Mod announcement says: Ancient-Red-Dragon: But given that GOG/Bethesda won't offer their customers the option to use versions prior version to 1.6 if they want to, then that creates the situation wherein the "don't you hate it when" part of that quotation is already applicable to this brand new GOG release, and the proposed solution to that problem as given in the quoted statement cannot be applied.

For example, I found a bundle of many hundreds of mods put together on Nexus Mods that I would want to use with the GOG version, but I cannot do so, because not all of those mods are compatible with version 1.6. That's really annoying!

Moreover, the situation is also less rosey than the quoted statement makes it sound because the words "have to wait" is a loaded statement that carries within it the highly incorrect and untrue assertion that all mods will eventually be updated to work with new versions sooner or later.

But in reality, that is not so, and some mods will never be updated, and therefore never be usable with the GOG version, in the event that GOG & Bethesda continue not to offer GOG customers who bought the game the option to choose which version of the game that they want to use.

In order to resolve all these very aggravating problems, GOG & Bethesda should let customers who bought the game choose exactly which version of the game that they want to download, including all the versions that have come out for all the years prior to Skyrim's release day on GOG.

And it shouldn't just be a "Galaxy rollback" feature either. Rather, GOG should allow customers to download the original installer files for the previous versions, with no "rollback" required. They could keep the "rollback" option too as well, but that's not a good reason to withhold also offering the full offline installers of older versions of the game.