1.9.0 (2026-09-23)
Bug Fixes
- background blur issue on top of vanilla blur (#2701) (a404345)
- broken menus w/ hdr & mesh tv sampling path (#2717) (ec4f0ee)
- correct radial blur and world map fog (#2693) (aedf8b3)
- exponential height fog: vanilla fog applied twice when disabled (#2698) (443edf5)
- grass: fix renderdoc crash with grass-opt enabled (#2706) (10ec5fc)
- grass: remove grass shadow clamp (#2705) (035ad6d)
- hdr: gate HDR compositing on the HDR setting (#2723) (da6971a)
- hooks: vtable fallback when Detours fails (#2648) (09ea74f)
- i18n: english fallback + translation drift (#2696) (bb7ccaa)
- nativemenu audio and ctd fixes (#2721) (4163322)
- screenshot: black screenshots with frame gen (#2712) (4ab5aca)
- shader wakeups, cache probes and SSS guards (#2722) (c321154)
- shaders: correct shader enablement indexing (#2719) (fef3b94)
- skylighting: remove dead clamp from probe cell addressing (#2700) (18379f8)
- terrain-shadows: stabilize penumbrae (#2729) (44826d2)
- upscaling: move scissor DRS scaling to the legacy adapter (#2711) (5b37327)
- upscaling: prevent frame generation crash on proton (#2673) (c4b294f)
- vl: clamp volumetric lighting blur to dynamic resolution area (#2714) (66369e5)
Features
- detect dll version causing grass stutter (#2716) (aebf01c)
- effects11: add configurable toggle hotkey (#2619) (c4341df)
- effects11: patch Truth ENB & Elder ENB settings (#2663) (edc4d03)
- graphics menu injection in vanilla menu (#2702) (fc931de)
- grass optimizations (#2688) (dc11b1a)
- pbr grass (#2709) (2d68ed1)
- support Skyrim 1.7.99+ (#2674) (e6a6d82)
- terrain-variation: mesh support (#2703) (b0e78b9)
- ui: add developer mode button (#2652) (c535355)
Feature Version Audit
Compared to base: v1.9.0
Base commit date: 2026-09-23T18:24:27Z (Wednesday, September 23, 2026 06:24 PM)
Generated: 2026-09-23 18:25:24
| Feature | Prior Ver | Proposed Ver | Needs Bump | Change Types | Note | Commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interior Sun | 1-0-2 | - | False | |||
| Screen-Space Shadows | 2-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Volumetric Shadows | 2-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Skylighting | 1-5-2 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Blending | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Cloud Shadows | 1-5-0 | - | False | |||
| Light Limit Fix | 3-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Inverse Square Lighting | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| Grass Optimizations | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Linear Lighting | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Upscaling | 1-4-0 | - | False | |||
| TruePBR | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Subsurface Scattering | 3-2-1 | - | False | |||
| Wetness Effects | 3-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Shadows - Heightmaps | - | - | False | |||
| Volumetric Lighting | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| HDR Display | 1-2-2 | - | False | |||
| Skin | 0-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Shadows | 1-2-2 | - | False | |||
| Exponential Height Fog | 1-3-2 | - | False | |||
| Remote Control | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Extended Translucency | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Grass Lighting | 2-0-3 | - | False | |||
| Screen Space GI | 4-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Hair Specular | 1-1-2 | - | False | |||
| CS Editor | 2-0-2 | - | False | |||
| RenderDoc | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| HorizonFix | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Variation | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Screenshot | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Performance Overlay | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Grass Collision | 3-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Effects11 | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Water Effects | 1-2-1 | - | False | |||
| LOD Blending | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Sky Sync | 1-3-1 | - | False | |||
| Unified Water | 0-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Dynamic Cubemaps | 2-5-0 | - | False | |||
| IBL | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| Extended Materials | 1-4-0 | - | 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 | |||
| GrassOptimizations | False | Nexus | ||
| 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
- GrassOptimizations: Update INI: add 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