Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-121.54.32.129-20130512134510/@comment-36.231.246.212-20140908073533

P.S. (to previous comment)

I have since found that SKSE (1.07...) works just fine with the non-steam Skyrim, as long as you have the most recent (non-steam version of) the official update (1.9....). (The "reloaded" update works beautifully for me, and no, I don't feel at all guilty about using a cracked update:  as stated, I *bought* the game, but if Bethesda says piracy is necessary in order to play the game without steam, then who am I to argue?)

So, for anybody still searching:  non-steam Skryim + reloaded updates + SKSE = happy, functional game experience. ;p  (Add cracked DLCs for flavour, if you like.  Maybe Bethesda will learn, but if they don't, I'll still buy their games--and then download cracked versions that actually work without third-party big brother malware like steam.)