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Diabolist VR Install Guide


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Diabolist VR Install Guide

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1. INTRODUCTION


Diabolist VR is a high fantasy theme-based mod list that pays homage to the hack-n-slash loot-hoarding Action RPG of the late 90s, it does this by adding Diablo inspired mods and so much more, this includes:



2. PC REQUIREMENTS FOR DVR


DVR should run well on modern PC-VR configurations from medium to high end, I focused heavily on optimizing all performance related settings via ini files, mods, tools and DynDOLOD settings.

This should be a good start for decent performance.

A complete DVR install has a total size of roughly 160 GB, (this size includes the initial DVR file download from the Wabbajack software + the complete install.)

Since I use a Rift S, the skyrimvr.ini files will reflect that, so a few of these .ini settings will need to be adjusted to suit your specific HMD and PC. I will go over that and other recommended settings throughout this guide.


DVR is developed and tested with this PC-VR setup:


3. MOD LIST FEATURES


DVR uses a 4 tier Halgaris RPG loot system.

Tiers and loot drop rates are displayed below.

NOTE: Some hard-coded vanilla gear and quest items still have 1 or more enchants with No Tier Label, this cannot be changed, additionally, there are 12 randomly enchanted item variations on all tiers, EXCEPT Vanilla and 0 Enchant Items.


4. GAMEPLAY PREP


From here forward, I will be using 2 terms Over and Over.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED and CRITICAL.



4A. SkyrimVR and Steam Install


It is CRITICAL to have STEAM INSTALLED ON THE C DRIVE.

It is also CRITICAL to have a 100% Fresh Install of SkyrimVR ON THE C DRIVE.

DVR itself can be installed on the ROOT C Drive.

EXAMPLE:

Steam Install Location:

SkyrimVR Install Location:

Diabolist VR Install Location:



4B. Visual C Runtime Installs



4C. Windows Antivirus and Firewall Settings





4D. Windows Paging File Size



4E. Wabbajack and DVR Install




4F. SkyrimVR ini Tweaker





4G. CPU Threads




5. MCM Recorder Auto-Load Settings



5A. Fine-Tuned Challenge


DVR uses Adept difficulty by default, this is CRITICAL to utilize the Fine-Tuned Challenge mod, because the dmg & spawn multiplier numbers will not function as intended if any other vanilla difficulty setting is used, this mod simply REPLACES the vanilla difficulty settings with detailed % numbers. Experiment if you want, however, Fine-Tuned DEFAULT % with ADEPT set is a good start if you want easy dungeon crawling, but for the best experience you would set the multipliers progressively higher, for example I use: Easy: 130%, Medium: 140%, Hard: 150%, Very Hard: 160%, then adjust the Dmg taken & Dmg inflicted sliders based on your own preferences, I use 80% Dmg Inflicted and 120% Dmg Taken, I also take followers on my adventures, you’ll probably want to do the same..

Fine-Tuned Challenge Settings


5B. Monster Mods


DVR uses several heavily customized monster mods at its core:

Skyrim Immersive Creatures (SiC)
Here There Be Monsters (HTM)
Rogue Like Encounters (RLE)
High Level Enemies Redux
Monster Mod 2022 (MMod)
Scary Night Spawner (SNS)
Creepy Zombies (CZom)
Mihail Monsters
Deadly Dragons

These mods have been cleaned, optimized and all level lists have been overhauled to reflect a Diablo theme, this means very low wildlife population with increased random monster spawns.

Also installed is Skyrim Underground (SU), this mod has it’s own set of monsters spread out between 2 massive underground dungeons, there is also a new dungeon added with 3.0 Reimagined called Dark Glade, which can be accessed through a trap door on a boat sitting at the Solitude docks.

RLE provides 3 Combat modules to pick from and DVR uses the Clean Combat Module, which only alters the enemy combat styles, this module adds NO further difficulty, and it lets Fine-Tuned Challenge handle all base difficulty aspects.


RLE Combat Features, Quoted From The Author:



5C. Nethers Follower Framework


Difficulty Settings for Followers GIVING DAMAGE and TAKING DAMAGE can be adjusted in the Nethers Follower Framework mod settings inside MCM. Please read this very helpful and important Description Page from the author of this mod, as NFF has a slew of options to get acquainted with.

NFF


6. The Sharper Eye


With SteamVR, I Highly Recommend using The Sharper Eye mod with or without TAA, this mod needs to be downloaded manually and simply unziped and placed inside of the main SkyrimVR folder, It includes the preset, the required shader and a custom VR-enabled Reshade build, additionally, these are the settings I use for a relatively sharp image with TAA enabled, There is also performance mode available on the bottom right corner but it is NOT Needed, as My Settings are on par with peformance mode, but click it if you want to experiment anyways.

To Enable or Disable this window shown below, click the HOME Button.

Sharper Eye Settings


7. TAA On or Off


TAA makes the distant image in VR have less jaggies (less shimmer but more blur), but this setting may have a noticable performance impact on your PC performance, personally I dont mind a tiny bit of blur with my newly revised FPS Stabilizer settings, so this mod list comes with TAA Turned ON by default, but if you decide to disable this setting then you must open your SkyrimVR ini Tweaker tool Skyrim ini Tweaker Small and disable these ini 2 settings.

bTAAWater = 0

bUseTAA = 0

NOTE: These steps are Only Needed IF you decide to Disable TAA.

I SUGGEST LEAVING TAA ON FOR THE BEST IMAGE QUALITY WHILE USING SHARPER EYE COMBINED WITH MY CUSTOM FPS STABLIZER TAA SETTINGS.

However, TAA On or Off is ultimately a personal preference.


8. NVIDIA Settings


The SkyrimVR specific nVidia Control Panel settings I have provided are for better visual clarity for the Rift S, but they likely work fine with a range of other HMDs, do some research online and feel free to experiment with your own settings if these are not sufficient for your GPU.

SkyrimVR nVidia Settings 1 smaller SkyrimVR nVidia Settings 2 smaller


9. SkyrimVR and SkyrimPrefs ini


If you want to reset your Diabolist VR .ini files back to install defaults: skyrimprefs.ini & skyrimvr.ini ⬅️️ click this link to get both current files and then overwrite them inside your ‘DVR\profiles\Diabolist VR’ folder, also make sure to grab the Skyrim.ini file and place it inside your root SkyrimVR folder


10. DO NOT SORT DVR WITH LOOT


DVR has been manually sorted from top to bottom & using loot WILL destroy the correct plugin order, if you add more mods, you will NEED to know where to place those new plugins and loose files, you will also need to incorporate them into the many custom made patches (if this is needed), additionally, I WILL NOT provide support with changing ANY aspect of this modlist. DVR support is EXCLUSIVE to the modlist provided, that being said, If you mess up the plugins order somehow, you can simply click the circular icon on the Mod Organizer window to restore the original plugin order based on the most recent date.No LOOT Sorting


11. INSTALL IS COMPLETE



Thanks for downloading Diabolist VR.

…but most importantly …

Have fun Dungeon Crawling, Monster Hunting and Loot Hoarding!

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Latest DVR Guide Update, 07/08/2024.