xEdit Script and Patching Guide (2024)

• Install xEdit and run it for your Skyrim installation. A quick google search should get you sorted.
  Note: As of writing this guide, TES5VRxEdit does not support ESLs in the current release. There are some workarounds to loading .esl mods
  or large load orders using SSExEdit instead.
• Load your load order or the files you want to patch. Additional imagespaces that aren't loaded won't be changed.
• (If making a patch for a mod)
  Copy all imagespace records (not modifiers) from the mod you wish to patch as overrides into a new .esp
  file. This can be safely flagged as ESL.

  (If patching a load order)
  Use the script by SmartToes from github (download the .pas file) to create a patch .esp for your load order. Changes made in this aren't necessarily relevant as we make our own afterwards but it's a nice script that really helps getting all the imagespaces from different files into a single patch .esp easily.

  If you want to use classic style outside lighting loading my mod afterwards or repeating this guide for Skyrim.esm exclusively will overwrite SE values created by including Update.esm (SE changes)

• Run my script from the downloads section on the newly created patch. I left comments in it to help you alter it as you please. You can remove lines to not change values and use the script from Reduced Intensity ImageSpace Settings to lower them instead (to keep tints but make them weaker, for example).
• (Optional but recommended for load order patches) Remove map and any unaltered imagespace records in your patch and flag as ESL in xEdit or your mod manager. I recommend Weather of World for nice map weather and imagespaces so it's better not to accidentally override them with your patch.

Shoutouts to all the people who made mods referred to here and on the main description page as well as the xEdit team! Without you this would've all been harder to do and Skyrim would be less fun!