Dear Diary DM and Paper Difficulty Persistence Fixes
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #7 of 154 User Interface mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
With the release of Widescreen Scale Removed, my Squish Fixes are now obsolete. What is still needed, though, are Difficulty Persistence Fixes, which I patched for DDDM (warm), DDDM (white), and DD Paper. Install Widescreen Scale Removed
, grab the persistence fix you need in my downloads, and don't let anything overwrite.
If you've been linked here for the Hero Menu unsquish fix for Enderal, you can go get it here: Dear Diary - Hero Menu Unsquished for Enderal
=============== old description below ===============
I love uranreactor's Dear Diary Dark Mode. When the recent update (1. 6. 1130) squishified some of the UI, I shopped around a bit for a replacement, but couldn't find one that suited me. So, I decided to try and fix my favourite UI instead.
First off, this is all really uranreactor's work. They've done a fantastic job, so credit to them. All I did was decompile some affected files, made some tweaks, and resaved. If/when uranreactor updates their release, this page will go bye bye.
Starting with 0. 7, the game difficulty setting fix mentioned here was added to the DD files here. Credit to SKSE Team and ianpatt for posting the info. If you do not use a DD mod, and your quest_journal.swf is just the SkyUI one (so not overwritten), you'll want to use SkyUI SE - Difficulty Persistence Fix instead of any file here.
- These fixes will only work for 1. 6. 1130+ users, but there'd be no reason to use it on an older version, anyway.
- Editing UI files is new territory for me, but I think I got it. Let me know if something doesn't look right. No promises, but I'll try and fix!
- Let me know if I missed a piece of the UI (please be specific if reporting: how to invoke it and provide a screen shot if possible).
- I play using a 16:9 aspect ratio and the included files should be fine if you do, too. I've heard some of my files work with widescreen, but not all. I have no plans on supporting other aspect ratios. I've started looking into this.
- Currently supporting Dear Diary Dark Mode warm/white and Dear Diary Paper.
On the "Difficulty Persistence Fix":
I've read a couple isolated posts saying the original 'difficulty persistence fix' (for the quest_journal.swf), which I integrated in version 0. 7, only works on 1. 6. 1130. These claims are false. I've done some pretty extensive testing with saves/autosaves/reloading, including a lot of testing with the survival option, and have had zero issues using it on 1. 6. 1170. (Note: My testing was done with, of course, DDDM and my fixes here. Perhaps there's something about DDDM that makes it continue to work - I don't know. I just know that it does.)
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This small UI patch fixes a difficulty persistence bug in Dear Diary Dark Mode and Paper Mode, caused by a recent game update. It's for players using those UI overhauls who want their difficulty settings to stick. With nearly 3,000 endorsements, it's a community-approved fix.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved fix with nearly 3,000 endorsements
- Solves a frustrating bug that breaks difficulty settings
- Essential for anyone using Dear Diary DM or Paper Mode
⚠️ Cons
- Only useful if you use Dear Diary DM or Paper Mode
- May require manual installation if you don't use a mod manager
For Skyrim players who use Dear Diary Dark Mode or Paper Mode and have noticed their difficulty resetting after the latest update. If you're not using those UI mods, this patch isn't for you. Skip if you don't have the bug or don't use those mods.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have Dear Diary Dark Mode or Paper Mode installed before adding this fix.
- If you use a mod manager, download with Vortex or MO2 for automatic installation.
- If installing manually, drop the files into your Data folder and ensure the mod is loaded after the main UI mod.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Original uranreactor fixes xcal68
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 241,535
- Endorsements
- 2,994
- Category
- User Interface
- Created
- 12/17/2023
- Updated
- 3/26/2025
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