First time using mod and tons of questions

[Kapisketo]

Hello, I just started to use mods and I have tons of questions, I found the answers to a few of them but I think they are outdated.

 

First I shoul ask sorry for my English, I'm not very good at it.

The first thing I would like to do is to get better graphics to Skyrim. There are tons and tons of mods, I would like to find a list of the most recomended I looked to the list of recommended mods here

but or I don't undertand or many of they just redo what a previous mod did. It seems to me that I'm overlapping the same textures one time and another. Is that list overkillin of I don't undertand how it works?

 

Also many mods have dependencies the Nexus Mod Manager is great for installing and ordering mods but it doesn't look for dependencies, is there any software who can do that?

 

Also, when installing mods and it's dependencies it seems that the order is important. Is there any way to create a list so when using it the mods install in that order? I'm asking because if you need to install, mods 1, 2 and 3 in order and a update is released for 1 I think there would be needed to install 2 and 3 again. And perhapd doing that many other mods will need updated again. Is that how it works? Is there any way to create a batch list for the Nexus Mod Manager?

 

 

Thanks and sorry for asking so basic things.

 

PS: Also if you would recommend me a list of graphics mods I would thank you very much. (Computer is Phenom 960T 3GHz, 8GB RAM, GTX770 2GB VRAM)

Edited December 30, 2013 by Kapisketo

[gvman3670]

Load order and dependencies are easily sorted with BOSS and I'd suggest getting TES5Edit as well. If you start with those two apps you'll find your modded games will run more smoothly and have far fewer hiccups...errr....crashes! :D

 

Both are free downloads, easy to find and if you go to YouTube "Gopher" has some very easy to understand video tutorials on how to use those apps.

 

If you plan on using mods with new animation scripts you'll need FORE's New Idles in Skyrim (FNIS) and you'll need to run the included generator tool with each addition or removal of animation mods.

 

I don't use super pretty graphic mods because my rig can't handle them and still leave me with a playable game. I use performance enhancing graphic mods (like Vanilla Reduced Textures, for example). But there are lots of texture packs out there and ENBs tend to give better looks even without adding high-res textures (the ENBs even make vanilla textures look much better).

Edited December 30, 2013 by gvman3670

[Azakiel]

Hi there Kapisketo, welcome to the nexus.

 

I would definitely agree with gvman3670 about downloading and installing BOSS and TES5Edit, these utilities will make your modding life much easier once you know how to use them.

 

I would also advise using Wrye Bash instead of NMM as your mod manager, as (in my opinion) it is superior in pretty much every way. Not only will it indicate to you if any of your mods have missing or out of order master files, it will also show you whether any of the files you are installing in a given mod conflict with any files that are already installed (obviously this won't help if those files are packaged inside a BSA, but it is still a lot more than NMM offers). finally it also allows you to make a Bashed Patch (which is used to avoid levelled list conflicts by merging all the changed levelled lists together, among other things). The only thing I use NMM for these days is to check if any of my mods have been updated recently.

 

In terms of mods to make skyrim look better, I would advise taking a read through the STEP guide (http://wiki.step-project.com/STEP:Guide), as it provides a lot of good advice and mod suggestions.