: Explain why SKSE plugins (DLL files) must strictly match the game's executable version. Even minor version shifts from 1.6.323 to 1.6.342 can "break" thousands of script-heavy mods.
The vanilla world of Skyrim is a closed loop. It is a deterministic prison of hard-coded limits and engine boundaries. The Gamebryo engine creates a stage, but it builds the walls with cement. SKSE has always been the sledgehammer. But in the mythology of Build 16342, the sledgehammer is replaced by a scalpel. skse 16342