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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Mod Discussion and News [Creation Kit released]
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Confidence Man
Member
I have further dark dungeons and revamped exterior fog but I don't recall downloading them, should I turn these mods on?
NLA handles the fog, so don't use Revamped Exterior Fog. Dark Dungeons should be fine if you want them darker.
Yup. The top 20 mods on the nexus are pretty much must haves, and once you have those, you can start to widdle down specifics of how you want your game to look and run.
Forever in progress.
Just like Skywind.
Blue Ninja
Member
Right, gimme some time and I'll throw something together.
Not sure it'd stay active, though, but I suppose it's worth a shot.
koool, yeah maybe i'm wrong but just thinking the lore thread had some decent interest for a bit and that's a narrow focus, as you say worth a shot
The Workshop is utterly awful mainly since it relies on the game's launcher to handle mods. I avoid the launcher like the plague because it has a tendency to screw up my mod load order and .ini configs for no reason. It will also auto-update mods without your consent and there is no way of opting out of that. Carelessly updating like that can potentially ruin your game.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
I don't know about heavily, but looking back I wish I had installed some more mods on my first playthrough. There's just no reason to not install some of the best mods, they improve the game so much.
Here's a great reddit thread detailing the best Skyrim mods.
My personal list of the essential mods that everyone should have:
(Note: * = Requires DLC)
SKSE
Unofficial Skyrim Patch
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch*
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch*
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch*
SkyUI
A Quality World Map
Even Better Quest Objectives
Amazing Follower Tweaks
Interesting NPCs
Inconsequential NPCs
Immersive Patrols
Immersive Armors
Immersive Weapons
Run for Your Lives
When Vampires Attack (Dawnguard)*
Glowing Ore Veins 300
Auto Unequip Ammo
And you should get at least one mod that improves the (lame) vanilla magic system.
Mods that add new (better) spells:
Forgotten Magic Redone (best one I've tried so far)
Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim
Mods that re-balance the vanilla spells and perks:
Empowered Magic (this one seems like the best)
Balanced Magic
The best programs to aid your modding experience:
Mod Organizer
LOOT
WryeBash
There are more mods that I would highly recommend, but I only listed the ones that I think are absolutely must-haves.
Blue Ninja
Member
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Awesome. Great work on the OP!
Are people's textures screwing up? I know the bannered mare became a big problem for me because of a few very large texture packs working in conjunction with breezehome.
It crashes during the load. I can't even go in. Upon research it might have to do with Jaysus Swords and UFO
Upon uninstalling UFO though, I get a CTD starting the game....Going to have to follow through the actual long uninstall for that one I think.If I drop Jaysus Swords in the middle of a playthrough will the items just disappear and I'll be good to go or am I fucked?
It crashes during the load. I can't even go in. Upon research it might have to do with Jaysus Swords and UFO
If I drop Jaysus Swords in the middle of a playthrough will the items just disappear and I'll be good to go or am I fucked?
if you can, unequip and get rid of any items you get from Jaysus Swords before you disable JSwords.
Just a small question though. Are you using the Jaysus Swords from the Top Files. This one hasn't be updated in forever or are you using Sharlikrans Compatibility Patches which has been updated
Sharlikrans. Though I'm also using another one that's compatible with Dual Sheath Redux. Perhaps that's the thing that fucks up the follower? The latter is unauthorized on Nexus for some reason. The crash is strictly at the bannered mare though
Are there any (preferably recently maintained for the sake of compatibility) mods that delevel the world besides Requiem? I'd use Requiem if I didn't have to use compatibility patches for so many things (it's not as bad as SkyRe because SkyRe also requires the reproccer but still).
Bornstellar
Member
So this is really cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FepsTgCTwYo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx43ZfpeZ3E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FepsTgCTwYo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx43ZfpeZ3E
Yeah I saw this. It does seem really cool, especially now that I FINALLY got HDT working, but I'm afraid of the performance hit.
I don't see how Jaysus Swords or UFO actually make you crash at the Bannered Mare, do you have any mods that change the Bannered Mare or any of Whiteruns interior cells? You could also try making a Bashed Patch with Wrye Bash.
It is pretty cool, but not without problems. I'm using that mod along with equipping overhaul, your weapons go crazy when you enter a kill cam and you have to unequip/favorite those weapons to make them better again, when enemies die and drop to the floor you can get some glitches on their weapons. There is also the usual clipping that comes with these HDT mods all without any noticble performance hit.
Bornstellar
Member
Next version should fix the spaz outs and have body collision (I think).
Specifically? No. I'll try removing Skyrim HD and Enhanced Lights and FX see if that's why.
I had googled it and somebody had said something about Jaysus and a follower located inside the bannered mare causing fuckups.
Thats good to hear. I'm waiting for this to be released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VixW12neqms&list=UUEi8BYiuJ9HopDY49op-QsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmqngGOF69E&list=UUEi8BYiuJ9HopDY49op-QsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TEZBHpCa4A&index=2&list=UUEi8BYiuJ9HopDY49op-QsA
LINK HERE
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Amazing stuff.
It's really mind-blowing how far modders have taken Skyrim.
Definitely. I fooled around a bit with a (now unavailable) preview build of Skywind. Getting my hands on the full release is liable to double my Skyrim time (already at 500+ hours).
It's really mind-blowing how far modders have taken Skyrim.
Definitely. I fooled around a bit with a (now unavailable) preview build of Skywind. Getting my hands on the full release is liable to double my Skyrim time (already at 500+ hours).
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Seriously, it's amazing. I really really hope they finish developing Skywind because I never got to play Morrowind, and getting to play it with Skyrim's graphics and engine would be so awesome.
Fruitster
Member
Skyrim with mods on PC is something special. For a guy who has only played the 360 version until three days ago, the difference is night and day. Really wish I'd gotten my shit together years ago in terms of getting a good PC. No words can do justice just how much better the PC Skyrim experience is.
Hmmm, I love HDT for other purposes...
Spazznid
Member
They work together!
I wonder if they'll ever manage to add underwater combat.
They sure do, they sure do.
ab.aeterno
Member
Man, I've gone down a rabbit hole this weekend of going through hundreds of mods, including a bunch I'd earmarked but never taken the time to look into. And through videos by Gopher and Beodual, found tons of others I didn't know existed.
Thank goodness for Mod Organizer though. I made sure to make a new profile before adding all these new mods.
I'd love suggestions though: what body mod would people recommend for women that best balances mod support including high res skins, and skewing towards realistic instead of supermodel? I have no interest in BBP or anything like that, so that doesn't matter to me, and I'll be sticking more to lore friendly armor.
Thank goodness for Mod Organizer though. I made sure to make a new profile before adding all these new mods.
I'd love suggestions though: what body mod would people recommend for women that best balances mod support including high res skins, and skewing towards realistic instead of supermodel? I have no interest in BBP or anything like that, so that doesn't matter to me, and I'll be sticking more to lore friendly armor.
If you don't want bbp or unp, you could try WSCO, its a character/NPC overhaul mod. There is CBBE, UNP and vanilla body options to choose from.
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52322/?
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
I'd run CBBE simply because you can always use bodyslide to get the look you want.
Though UNP is fine if you want a standard but not totally out of place bod.
Though UNP is fine if you want a standard but not totally out of place bod.
Thank you for this. Needed the chuckle.
If you haven't, try this.
http://enbdev.com/download_mod_tesskyrim.html
I had forgotten how well this worked. This pretty much shot every single CTD issue I had in the face.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
I've almost wrapped up my current playthrough and I'm almost done planning my next. I'm gonna take a break from Skyrim before I start my new character. The main thing I'm gonna wait for is T3nd0's (creator of SkyRe) new perk/combat overhaul mod Perkus Maximus to be released. I've done a lot of research on the various perk overhauls and I don't really like any of them. SkyRe changes too much, ACE changes too little, SPERG was the closest to what I wanted but it's reliance on the Uncapper mod annoyed me, plus it is apparently quite unbalanced. But Perkus Maximus sounds like it'll be just what I'm looking for, and it's made by a reputable mod developer so the quality will be high. Apparently the mod is in beta right now and is pretty close to being ready for release.
Not sure if you know but Skyre is completely Modular so you can install only one or 2 modules and leave the rest out .
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Thank you for the info, but yes I did know that. It's definitely an impressive mod but eh, I'll just wait for his new one to come out.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Starting another run 'cause the last one was starting to get a lil' buggy here 'n there. It became exceedingly difficult to get anything done in some of the major holds—Whiterun and Riften in particular—with Open Cities Skyrim; it would start lagging or occasionally freeze or CTD when opening up a menu. For some reason, I couldn't even stay around the Falkreath cell for more than a minute without a CTD.
Kind of a shame, 'cause I was doing a good job of collecting equipment.
So, yeah. Gonna try to adhere to the STEP guide this time, use Mod Organizer instead of Nexus Mod Manager, and not install or uninstall anything mid-way. Would be nice if I could get the Belt-Fastened Quivers mod and a number of alternative sheathing methods/animations working this time around along with Equipping Overhaul. Not sure what I did wrong the last two attempts...
Kind of a shame, 'cause I was doing a good job of collecting equipment.
So, yeah. Gonna try to adhere to the STEP guide this time, use Mod Organizer instead of Nexus Mod Manager, and not install or uninstall anything mid-way. Would be nice if I could get the Belt-Fastened Quivers mod and a number of alternative sheathing methods/animations working this time around along with Equipping Overhaul. Not sure what I did wrong the last two attempts...
Is there anything I need to change if all I want to do is use the ENBoost function?
NVM: Found a useful guide for exactly that.
Thought I did that, still didn't work out... At least, not after the beginning; the Imperial archer that shoots down the horse thief from Rorikstead? The quiver placement and animation worked out just fine. Then after Alduin starts trashing Helgen, everything seems to go back to normal.
* Sai shrugs.
On a more positive note: Following the STEP guide to establish a good foundation for Skyrim really helped out. Even though I'm on pretty limited hardware, I was able to get the game looking pretty nice with a minimal performance hit... Actually, I'd say it ran even more consistently than it did before.
* Sai shrugs.
On a more positive note: Following the STEP guide to establish a good foundation for Skyrim really helped out. Even though I'm on pretty limited hardware, I was able to get the game looking pretty nice with a minimal performance hit... Actually, I'd say it ran even more consistently than it did before.
Finally , a mod that makes use of the HTD physics mod that does not have anything to do with boobs .
HDT Equipment
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HDT Equipment
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Head of Vengarl
Banned
Starting another run 'cause the last one was starting to get a lil' buggy here 'n there. It became exceedingly difficult to get anything done in some of the major holds—Whiterun and Riften in particular—with Open Cities Skyrim; it would start lagging or occasionally freeze or CTD when opening up a menu. For some reason, I couldn't even stay around the Falkreath cell for more than a minute without a CTD.
Kind of a shame, 'cause I was doing a good job of collecting equipment.
So, yeah. Gonna try to adhere to the STEP guide this time, use Mod Organizer instead of Nexus Mod Manager, and not install or uninstall anything mid-way. Would be nice if I could get the Belt-Fastened Quivers mod and a number of alternative sheathing methods/animations working this time around along with Equipping Overhaul. Not sure what I did wrong the last two attempts...
Yeah similar thing happened to me, but not nearly as bad as yours — I get a CTD about once every hour or so. I also made the mistake of adding and removing mods during my playthrough. The one thing I did get right this time around was learning to use Mod Organizer and WryeBash. This video was really helpful for me. Next time I'm gonna learn how to use TES5Edit and follow the S.T.E.P. guidelines, so hopefully my third playthrough will be the charm, stability-wise.