Basic Usage (PGLite)

Requirements

Software Requirements

In order to see the shaders that PGLite patches in-game, you need to install either Community Shaders or ENBSeries. If you want to use TruePBR textures, only Community Shaders is supported.

Mod Compatibility

• Auto Parallax is INCOMPATIBLE with PBR and REDUNDANT for all other cases. PGLite will disable itself when it is installed.
• All parallax mods are compatible
• All complex material mods are compatible if they use community-defined best-practice values. If they do not, they can be made compatible by ignoring their meshes in the PGPatcher mod window
• All PBR mods are compatible as long as they include patcher jsons (99% do)
• All other mods are compatible

Game Requirements

ENBSeries Setup

After installing ENBSeries and a preset, you will need to open enbseries.ini and set the following items in the file:

1. EnableComplexParallax=true
2. EnableComplexParallaxShadows=true
3. EnableComplexMaterial=true
4. EnableDynamicCubemap=true

Community Shaders Setup

In the CS menu, ensure that Complex Material and PBR is enabled. This is the default.

Snow/Ash Mod

You don't need any snow mod to use PGPatcher, but Better Dynamic Snow 3 is my recommendation. Simplicity of Snow will work fine with parallax and complex material, however, it being multipass means snow will appear to float and not match the contours of the parallax underneath. If you use PBR you cannot use Simplicity of Snow, as PBR rendering on multipass is not supported by Community Shaders.

To see PBR snow materials with single-pass snow, the underlying material must be patched for PBR, otherwise the snow on top will not render as PBR.

Usage

1. Install the PGLite as a mod
2. Run your game and wait to get to the main menu
3. Open the PGLite GUI (F8 by default, configurable in the GUI)
4. Click on the Conflict Manager tab and input your instance folder for MO2 (or just select Vortex if you use Vortex) to get proper conflict resolution.
   1. If you are not locking to your load order (MO2 only), sort your mods in this tab as well
5. Click on apply, then esc to close the window. That's it!

Other Patchers

Look at the PGLite page to learn how to run DynDoLOD/Bodyslide in combination with PGLite.