1.8.0-rc.1 (2026-08-01)
Bug Fixes
- build: AIO zip missing feature files and use 7z compression (#2588) (7ae9bdd)
- bump hair spec to fix version desync (#2519) (cf5b798)
- comment (c9dbead)
- cs-editor: compile fail due to stale leftover code (#2587) (19d4602)
- cs-editor: guard against stuck weather (#2522) (de176e1)
- cs-editor: paused game ILS on fast travel (#2525) (6906fa3)
- cs-editor: refactor time lock and robust guards (#2581) (de6284c)
- cs-editor: refactor time lock and robust guards (#2581) (c4f3152)
- cs-editor: throttle hover and suppress logs (#2555) (05e7184)
- cs-editor: viewport gamma and backdrop dimming (#2572) (bc2cb33)
- cubemaps: ceil mip dispatch, reset on jump (#2553) (98afff8)
- globals: globals for weather editor and scene manager (#2556) (09bcfc3)
- hooks: add extra guards to prevent null deref (#2527) (94a1834)
- hooks: keep render target pointer stable for chained hooks (#2520) (17eb836)
- IBL: disable in world map and loading screens (#2546) (58f0343)
- lighting-editor: missing ignorescale and CTD (#2561) (6301d0f)
- menu: scope font-preview atlas to active tab (#2554) (dc44007)
- shader: rungrass compilation fail (#2582) (54b20ec)
- sky-sync: drifting sun at dawn and dusk (#2524) (9404f3f)
- sky-sync: extend dim duration and dim VL (#2531) (3472d78)
- sky-sync: modulate VL when it's desynced (#2526) (40910fb)
- skylighting: advance shadow history (#2598) (0fc5c00)
- terrain-blending: transparent terrain (#2550) (7f95ccc)
- unified-water: CTD with splashes of skyrim (#2517) (0ebf580)
- unified-water: fix cache regenerating on each load (#2571) (28cda71)
- unified-water: guard cache against concurrent access (#2566) (380e595)
- unified-water: invalidate cache on ver bump, move folder (#2560) (501e970)
- unified-water: stale precache file location (#2570) (04482fc)
- upscaling: check sharpness toggle in DLSS output routing (#2583) (b70b4d8)
- upscaling: use correct RT when sharpening off (#2595) (8e8c239)
- volumetricfog: misaligned conservative depth and wrong phase (#2594) (ee16dac)
- water caustics: x4000 warnings (#2502) (914e82a)
- water: guard history blend against NaN/Inf values (#2537) (f7b9e81)
Features
- cs-editor: rework lighting editor (#2458) (d5a6f75)
- effects11: add enb effects framework (#2302) (4d6ac75)
- Horizon Fix compat (#2567) (f60bae6)
- MCP Remote Control via devbench (#2535) (3a340dd)
- skylighting: add per-probe shadow skylighting (#2498) (82dd659)
- UI: font previews when choosing fonts (#2481) (c4f0aeb)
- upscaling: make DLSS sharpening opt-in (#2543) (0a81516)
Performance Improvements
Feature Version Audit
Compared to base: v1.7.0
Base commit date: 2026-06-15T12:23:58+02:00 (Monday, June 15, 2026 12:23 PM)
Generated: 2026-08-01 14:16:44
| Feature | Prior Ver | Proposed Ver | Needs Bump | Change Types | Note | Commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Limit Fix | 3-1-0 | 3-2-0 | False | .ini | link (doodlum) | |
| Interior Sun | 1-0-2 | - | False | |||
| Sky Sync | 1-2-0 | 1-2-1 | False | .ini | link (Skrubby Skrub In A Shrub) | |
| Volumetric Shadows | 2-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Shadows | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Extended Translucency | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Remote Control | - | - | False | .ini | New ini added (v1-0-0) | link (doodlum) |
| CS Editor | 2-0-2 | - | False | |||
| Exponential Height Fog | 1-3-0 | 1-3-1 | False | .hlsl, .hlsli, .ini | link (jiayev) | |
| Unified Water | 0-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Variation | 1-0-1 | - | False | |||
| RenderDoc | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Skylighting | 1-4-0 | 1-5-0 | False | .hlsl, .hlsli, .ini | link (doodlum) | |
| Screen Space GI | 4-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Hair Specular | 1-1-0 | 1-1-1 | False | .ini | link (Skrubby Skrub In A Shrub) | |
| Linear Lighting | 1-1-1 | 1-2-0 | False | .ini | link (doodlum) | |
| Subsurface Scattering | 3-1-0 | 3-2-0 | False | .hlsli, .ini | link (doodlum) | |
| Skin | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Performance Overlay | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Dynamic Cubemaps | 2-4-0 | - | False | |||
| Screen-Space Shadows | 2-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Blending | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Screenshot | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| IBL | 1-2-0 | 1-3-0 | False | .hlsli, .ini | link (doodlum) | |
| Volumetric Lighting | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Grass Collision | 3-1-0 | - | False | |||
| HDR Display | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | False | .hlsl, .ini | link (doodlum) | |
| LOD Blending | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Water Effects | 1-2-0 | 1-2-1 | False | .hlsli, .ini | link (davo0411) | |
| HorizonFix | - | - | False | .ini | New ini added (v1-0-0) | link (Hakan Saplakoglu) |
| Extended Materials | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Effects11 | - | - | False | .hlsl, .ini | New ini added (v1-0-0) | link (doodlum) |
| Cloud Shadows | 1-4-0 | 1-5-0 | False | .hlsli, .ini | link (doodlum) | |
| Terrain Shadows - Heightmaps | - | - | False | |||
| Upscaling | 1-4-0 | - | False | |||
| TruePBR | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Inverse Square Lighting | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| Wetness Effects | 3-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Grass Lighting | 2-0-3 | - | False |
Critical Information Summary
New Features Added (3)
| Feature | INI Version | Nexus | Commit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remote Control | 1-0-0 | link (doodlum) | |
| HorizonFix | 1-0-0 | link (Hakan Saplakoglu) | |
| Effects11 | 1-0-0 | Nexus | link (doodlum) |
New Code Added to Existing Features (1)
| Feature | Author |
|---|---|
| Light Limit Fix | doodlum |
Feature Metadata Summary
| Feature | Is Core | Mod Link | Description | Key Features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSEditor | True | |||
| CloudShadows | False | Nexus | ||
| DynamicCubemaps | True | |||
| Effects11 | False | Nexus | ||
| ExponentialHeightFog | False | Nexus | ||
| ExtendedMaterials | True | |||
| ExtendedTranslucency | True | |||
| GrassCollision | False | |||
| GrassLighting | False | |||
| HDRDisplay | False | Nexus | ||
| HairSpecular | False | Nexus | ||
| 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 | |||
| InteriorSun | True | |||
| InverseSquareLighting | True | |||
| LODBlending | True | |||
| LightLimitFix | True | |||
| LinearLighting | True | |||
| PerformanceOverlay | True | |||
| RemoteControl | False | Expose Community Shaders to AI assistants through the external devbench host. | Registers feature, inspect, shadercache, ... | |
| RenderDoc | True | |||
| ScreenSpaceGI | False | Nexus | ||
| ScreenSpaceShadows | False | |||
| Skin | False | |||
| SkySync | True | |||
| Skylighting | False | Nexus | ||
| SubsurfaceScattering | False | Nexus | ||
| TerrainBlending | False | Nexus | ||
| TerrainHelper | False | Nexus | ||
| TerrainShadows | True | |||
| TerrainVariation | False | Nexus | ||
| UnifiedWater | True | |||
| Upscaling | False | Nexus | ||
| VolumetricLighting | True | |||
| VolumetricShadows | True | |||
| WaterEffects | True | |||
| WetnessEffects | False | Nexus |
Author Stats
| Author | Changed Features | New Features | Version Bumps | Metadata Issues | Total Actionable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| doodlum | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Skrubby Skrub In A Shrub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hakan Saplakoglu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| davo0411 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| jiayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Actionable Suggestions
- CSEditor: Update INI: add description, key features
- CloudShadows: Update INI: add description, key features
- DynamicCubemaps: Update INI: add description, key features
- Effects11 (doodlum): Update INI: add description, key features; New feature
- 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
- HorizonFix (Hakan Saplakoglu): New feature
- 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
- Remote Control (doodlum): Update INI: add mod link; New feature
- 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 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