1.8.4 (2026-08-26)
Bug Fixes
- cmake: use 7z for AIO package install fallback (#2635) (5f5b59a)
- effects11: loading raindrop texture twice (#2649) (077a682)
- FFX ResizeBuffers count and GetBuffer lifetime hazard (#2630) (ebe0a64)
- fog: lighting additive fog (#2677) (90aaf67)
- hdr: double resource setup (#2651) (cf9bcd5)
- hdr: prevent startup frame trails (#2653) (ba9b41e)
- menu: menu input lag and scroll granularity (#2668) (5e44c27)
- pbr: add verbose log option to hide spam (#2647) (8cb6667)
- pbr: broken pbr decal (#2666) (3221c5a)
- pbr: guard against mislinked texturesets (#2655) (897c433)
- profiler: drop stale timings after 60 frames (#2634) (840a90b)
- shadows: refresh lighting/shadows after time skips (#2617) (ef81d55)
- skin: wetness fadeout time (#2664) (1c70007)
- sss: albedo turning dark with LL (#2656) (ab6ea4f)
- streamline: remove unused CheckBackendFeatures check (#2650) (902084b)
- ui: unified ui and e11 map guards (#2639) (07b6e10)
- unified-water: (BLEND) define water normals not animated (#2640) (2638643)
- water: flow mapped water mipmapping (#2644) (2656fc8)
Feature Version Audit
Compared to base: v1.8.4
Base commit date: 2026-08-26T23:39:26Z (Wednesday, August 26, 2026 11:39 PM)
Generated: 2026-08-26 23:40:17
| Feature | Prior Ver | Proposed Ver | Needs Bump | Change Types | Note | Commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screenshot | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Inverse Square Lighting | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| Sky Sync | 1-3-1 | - | False | |||
| Extended Materials | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| HDR Display | 1-2-1 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Variation | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Dynamic Cubemaps | 2-5-0 | - | False | |||
| Hair Specular | 1-1-2 | - | False | |||
| Skin | 0-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Unified Water | 0-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Subsurface Scattering | 3-2-1 | - | False | |||
| IBL | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| TruePBR | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Wetness Effects | 3-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Grass Lighting | 2-0-3 | - | False | |||
| Extended Translucency | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Interior Sun | 1-0-2 | - | False | |||
| Volumetric Shadows | 2-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Light Limit Fix | 3-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Effects11 | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Shadows - Heightmaps | - | - | False | |||
| RenderDoc | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| CS Editor | 2-0-2 | - | False | |||
| Grass Collision | 3-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Linear Lighting | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Volumetric Lighting | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Skylighting | 1-5-1 | - | False | |||
| Cloud Shadows | 1-5-0 | - | False | |||
| Performance Overlay | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| HorizonFix | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Exponential Height Fog | 1-3-2 | - | False | |||
| Upscaling | 1-4-0 | - | False | |||
| Remote Control | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| LOD Blending | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Screen-Space Shadows | 2-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Blending | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Water Effects | 1-2-1 | - | False | |||
| Screen Space GI | 4-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Shadows | 1-2-1 | - | False |
Critical Information Summary
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 | |||
| 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 |
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