Both of those developments open up new possibilities for modders, but they also mean those developers are going to have to either retool or rebuild some of their creations to work in the new versions of the game. In addition to appearing on current-gen consoles for the first time, the PC version of the game has been reengineered for 64-bit versions of Windows. The release of the Skyrim Special Edition marks the end of an era for Skyrim modding, as well as the beginning of another. Cal’s YouTube channel is loaded with helpful tips and overviews of some of the biggest mods around, as well as alternative choices for people who want to stray from the path a little bit. Fortunately, I stumbled onto a fantastic resource: Dirty Weasel Media’s extensive step-by-step video tutorials covering how to do it all in exhaustive detail. My new gaming machine could handle it, so the only thing holding me back was my complete ignorance of how it all worked. After jealously looking at screencaps of mods for the PC version of the game for years, I was going to dive into that scene myself. When Bethesda announced the current-gen special edition Skyrim, it lit a fire underneath me.