

Some contrasted this unfavorably to Apple's App Store, in which content creators receive a 70 percent share. In the case of Skyrim, 75 percent of the profit from a mod's sale was split between Valve and Bethesda, with only 25 percent making its way to the mod creator's pocket. Many think that the profit-sharing model is unfair to modders. Valve boss Gabe Newell even took to Reddit to address the controversy directly and "to make sure that if people are pissed off, they are at least pissed off for the right reasons." ~Steve "Lelldorianx" Burke and FJ "GT" Ybarra.A petition calling for Valve to remove the pay-for-mods system quickly garnered more than 130,000 signatures. With 3D Vision activated (which we reviewed here), I average 15-30 FPS, depending on locale (I will no doubt need to lower my view distance to better work with 3D Vision). I run around ~40-65 FPS with the mods installed on maximum settings and 1920x1080 resolution.

Lighting, Shading Effects, View Distance:

Other crash fixes are also found in this article. You'll also need the Skyrim 4GB mod to fix inevitable crashing problems that are experienced with graphically enhanced iterations of Skyrim. If you want to make your copy of Skyrim look remotely like this, it's relatively easy and most of the mods used were outlined in our previously-linked graphics mod list. Because you're wondering: Console Code "fw 10fef8" (without quotes).
