To be fair, there were other changes as well. Thanks to the Script Extender, essentials like SkyUI are now available in this slightly prettier (it does have nicer shadows), and more stable (you can alt-tab as much as you like, and weigh it down with more mods) version of Skyrim. Once it's installed, go into Skyrim Special Edition's properties in Steam and set it to 'Only update this game when I launch it' and launch Skyrim with skse64_loader.exe, as otherwise every update to the creation club will break the Script Extender and you'll have to download a new version.
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