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Get the intro sequence out of the way i.e. escape from helgen before installing mods. The intro is tightly controlled and easily upset by mods.

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What I usually do is make a save right before character creation(if I only want to skip the carriage scene), and another one after I make it through the Helgen caves(to skip everything else).

Save these for future playthroughs so you don't need to sit through it all again.

I don't know if console releases have access to the showracemenu mod or even the console commands, but if they do, that comes in handy for the save file right after Helgen as you can then make your character however you want at that point.

I'd look for it, but I absolutely despise trying to navigate through the Bethesda.Net mods and such...