1.8.2 (2026-08-06)
Bug Fixes
- build: delete stale feature folders from dist (#2609) (609771b)
- effect11: handling when no preset (5ce698c)
- effects11: robust preset loading (#2625) (c655b92)
- features: enable NvAPI passthrough for RenderDoc captures (#2621) (03be785)
- fix discarded dynamic res (#2605) (e07d1cb)
- hdr: gate AutoHDR to the Effects11 tonemap path (#2611) (98baba8)
- ibl: IBL mode 3 specular darkening (#2623) (b49acd3)
- SSGI: flash after loading screens (#2624) (5339cff)
- terrain-helper: guard null material in hook (#2616) (1e00565)
- unified-water: guard hooks against null cache (#2612) (8f27451)
- water: remove water lights specular when llf on (#2403) (1a654fa)
- weather-editor: weather lock guards (#2615) (7810fb4)
Performance Improvements
- tv: TV 2 sample & landscape rendering refactor (#2606) (729c6fe)
Feature Version Audit
Compared to base: v1.8.2
Base commit date: 2026-08-06T11:24:55Z (Thursday, August 06, 2026 11:24 AM)
Generated: 2026-08-06 11:25:51
| Feature |
Prior Ver |
Proposed Ver |
Needs Bump |
Change Types |
Note |
Commit |
| Light Limit Fix |
3-2-0 |
- |
False |
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| Interior Sun |
1-0-2 |
- |
False |
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| Sky Sync |
1-3-0 |
- |
False |
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| Volumetric Shadows |
2-1-0 |
- |
False |
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| Terrain Shadows |
1-2-0 |
- |
False |
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|
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| Extended Translucency |
1-0-0 |
- |
False |
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| Remote Control |
1-0-0 |
- |
False |
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| CS Editor |
2-0-2 |
- |
False |
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|
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| Exponential Height Fog |
1-3-1 |
- |
False |
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| Unified Water |
0-2-0 |
- |
False |
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| Terrain Variation |
1-1-0 |
- |
False |
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| RenderDoc |
1-1-0 |
- |
False |
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|
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| Skylighting |
1-5-1 |
- |
False |
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| Screen Space GI |
4-2-0 |
- |
False |
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| Hair Specular |
1-1-2 |
- |
False |
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| Linear Lighting |
1-2-0 |
- |
False |
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|
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| Subsurface Scattering |
3-2-0 |
- |
False |
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| Skin |
0-2-0 |
- |
False |
|
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| Performance Overlay |
1-2-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| Dynamic Cubemaps |
2-4-1 |
- |
False |
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|
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| Screen-Space Shadows |
2-1-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| Terrain Blending |
1-2-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| Screenshot |
1-1-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| IBL |
1-3-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| Volumetric Lighting |
1-1-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| Grass Collision |
3-1-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| HDR Display |
1-2-1 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| LOD Blending |
1-0-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| Water Effects |
1-2-1 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| HorizonFix |
1-0-0 |
- |
False |
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|
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| Extended Materials |
1-3-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| Effects11 |
1-0-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| Cloud Shadows |
1-5-0 |
- |
False |
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|
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| Terrain Shadows - Heightmaps |
- |
- |
False |
|
|
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| Upscaling |
1-4-0 |
- |
False |
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|
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| TruePBR |
1-0-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| Inverse Square Lighting |
1-3-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| Wetness Effects |
3-1-0 |
- |
False |
|
|
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| Grass Lighting |
2-0-3 |
- |
False |
|
|
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Critical Information Summary
Feature Metadata Summary
| Feature |
Is Core |
Mod Link |
Description |
Key Features |
| CSEditor |
True |
|
|
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| CloudShadows |
False |
Nexus |
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| DynamicCubemaps |
True |
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| Effects11 |
False |
Nexus |
|
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| ExponentialHeightFog |
False |
Nexus |
|
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| ExtendedMaterials |
True |
|
|
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| ExtendedTranslucency |
True |
|
|
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| GrassCollision |
False |
|
|
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| GrassLighting |
False |
|
|
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| HDRDisplay |
False |
Nexus |
|
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| HairSpecular |
False |
Nexus |
|
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| HorizonFix |
True |
|
Enables water rendering beyond the far clip plane in support of the HorizonFix p... |
Active only while the HorizonFix SKSE plugin is installed., Without HorizonFix, water keeps exact vanilla far clip behavior. |
| IBL |
True |
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|
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| InteriorSun |
True |
|
|
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| InverseSquareLighting |
True |
|
|
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| LODBlending |
True |
|
|
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| LightLimitFix |
True |
|
|
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| LinearLighting |
True |
|
|
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| PerformanceOverlay |
True |
|
|
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| RemoteControl |
False |
|
Expose Community Shaders to AI assistants through the external devbench host. |
Registers feature, inspect, shadercache, ... |
| RenderDoc |
True |
|
|
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| ScreenSpaceGI |
False |
Nexus |
|
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| ScreenSpaceShadows |
False |
|
|
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| Skin |
False |
|
|
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| SkySync |
True |
|
|
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| Skylighting |
False |
Nexus |
|
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| SubsurfaceScattering |
False |
|
|
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| TerrainBlending |
False |
Nexus |
|
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| TerrainHelper |
False |
Nexus |
|
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| TerrainShadows |
True |
|
|
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| TerrainVariation |
False |
Nexus |
|
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| UnifiedWater |
True |
|
|
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| Upscaling |
False |
Nexus |
|
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| VolumetricLighting |
True |
|
|
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| VolumetricShadows |
True |
|
|
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| WaterEffects |
True |
|
|
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| WetnessEffects |
False |
Nexus |
|
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Actionable Suggestions
- CSEditor: Update INI: add description, key features
- CloudShadows: Update INI: add description, key features
- DynamicCubemaps: Update INI: add description, key features
- Effects11: Update INI: add description, key features
- ExponentialHeightFog: Update INI: add description, key features
- ExtendedMaterials: Update INI: add description, key features
- ExtendedTranslucency: Update INI: add description, key features
- GrassCollision: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- GrassLighting: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- HDRDisplay: Update INI: add description, key features
- HairSpecular: Update INI: add description, key features
- IBL: Update INI: add description, key features
- InteriorSun: Update INI: add description, key features
- InverseSquareLighting: Update INI: add description, key features
- LODBlending: Update INI: add description, key features
- LightLimitFix: Update INI: add description, key features
- LinearLighting: Update INI: add description, key features
- PerformanceOverlay: Update INI: add description, key features
- RemoteControl: Update INI: add mod link
- RenderDoc: Update INI: add description, key features
- ScreenSpaceGI: Update INI: add description, key features
- ScreenSpaceShadows: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- Skin: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- SkySync: Update INI: add description, key features
- Skylighting: Update INI: add description, key features
- SubsurfaceScattering: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- TerrainBlending: Update INI: add description, key features
- TerrainHelper: Update INI: add description, key features
- TerrainShadows: Update INI: add description, key features
- TerrainVariation: Update INI: add description, key features
- UnifiedWater: Update INI: add description, key features
- Upscaling: Update INI: add description, key features
- VolumetricLighting: Update INI: add description, key features
- VolumetricShadows: Update INI: add description, key features
- WaterEffects: Update INI: add description, key features
- WetnessEffects: Update INI: add description, key features
