So...I recently upgraded my PC and got a new HDD/SDD, so I really wanted to try playing Skyrim with mods again, since I had done that years ago based on a very precise guide in this thread posted in 2012. When Nexus Mod Manager updated, everything broke and I couldn't even figure out how to launch Skyrim anymore.
So, now that I have my PC set up again with a clean slate (and a much better graphics card and more RAM), I wanted to try to mod Skyrim again. so I found
this beginner's guide and ended up spending the entire weekend setting it up. I followed this guide
to a T. Now when I load Skyrim up, looking at or going near water causes the screen to flicker, my character swims in the air, and animals constantly levitate upwards and fall to their death.
How on earth can I go back to vanilla? And is there anyway to avoid any of this time-consuming, ultra-technical bullshit? Like, what the fuck is up with the ENB, TES5Edit, WryeBash, LOOT...it didn't used to be so incredibly difficult. There are like a thousand places where things can go wrong. I just want to know what to click on to make everything awesome like it used to be in 2012.