Any mod recommendations for a new user?

[AaronOfMpls]

6 minutes ago, alphafr said:

Tried https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/3667 ?

Thanks, I'll have to consider that.  Though it does say it should be used in conjunction with a darker-nights mod, so maybe it doesn't darken nights on its own.

[drsemmel]

1 hour ago, AaronOfMpls said:

And as amazing as others' screenshots are with body and skin replacers, I still like the vanilla charater appearance in my own game, because it looks like Skyrim to me.  In Oldrim the only body mods I have are very simple nude ones (probably made in 2011 or 2012) that are basically the vanilla bodies without underwear, with the otherwise-hidden parts underneath added.*  I'm still looking for something equally simple for SE, and haven't really found it yet.  (I'm likely to install SoS eventually, once my mod setup is more finalized.)

 

Try TNG - a newer, much more compatible alternative to SoS. Its can be installed with HIMBO/SAM etc. (or vanilla) and all the many issues SoS had, are not present
It is simple, can be easily updated midsave (SoS was a nightmare in that regard) and gives you no troubles. It works of course with XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended - XPMSSE and can everything SoS can (minus the headaches^^)

[AaronOfMpls]

2 minutes ago, drsemmel said:

Try TNG - a newer, much more compatible alternative to SoS. Its can be installed with HIMBO/SAM etc. (or vanilla) and all the many issues SoS had, are not present
It is simple, can be easily updated midsave (SoS was a nightmare in that regard) and gives you no troubles. It works of course with XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended - XPMSSE and can everything SoS can (minus the headaches^^)

Ah, thanks!  Tracking it now.

EDIT: love this line in the mod description :

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There were ways in which we could improve SOS, but to do that we would have to recreate almost everything from scratch. So we did!

 

Edited August 24 by AaronOfMpls

[drsemmel]

@AaronOfMplsAnd they did it so well. I was able to ditch 9 patches when I switched over from SoS

[RedHeadAngel]

7 hours ago, AaronOfMpls said:

Indeed. 

And as amazing as others' screenshots are with body and skin replacers, I still like the vanilla charater appearance in my own game, because it looks like Skyrim to me.  In Oldrim the only body mods I have are very simple nude ones (probably made in 2011 or 2012) that are basically the vanilla bodies without underwear, with the otherwise-hidden parts underneath added.*  I'm still looking for something equally simple for SE, and haven't really found it yet.  (I'm likely to install SoS eventually, once my mod setup is more finalized.)

I've also never used ENB.  As yet I've kept the vanilla lighting, and my only mod to it has been Realistic Nights in LE.  (I'm still looking for a good SE equivalent.)

 

* My Oldrim game still has very little in the way of model or (especially) texture replacers, since my 230+ mod setup was meant to run on my old PC at 1920x1080 without framerate drops or hitting the 4 GB memory limit for 32-bit programs.  I still don't even have the free High Res Texture Pack DLC installed in it.

And there's nothing wrong with liking the game more or less how it is. I didn't mind it when I first played Skyrim, but after a while, I wanted something different. That's why I installed the mods I did. However, I don't frown upon people who like what they like.

[RedHeadAngel]

I want to get the High Poly Head mod from VectorPlexus, but I can't even create an account. For some reason, it says another user has my username and email. I know that's bogus because I got no emails from the website saying that an account was made using my email. Also, someone else can't have the same email as me anyway, so I know that's not the problem. I also saw that other people were having the same issue on Reddit.

What's the deal? I tried using the other link @alphafr provided with the mod, but that one didn't work. I installed it, but it didn't seem to affect my game. Here are some pics I took to show you what I mean. The first pic is my character before I installed the mod, the second is with the mod, and the third is the Sculpt menu with the mod.

[drsemmel]

2 hours ago, RedHeadAngel said:

What's the deal? I tried using the other link @alphafr provided with the mod, but that one didn't work. I installed it, but it didn't seem to affect my game. Here are some pics I took to show you what I mean. The first pic is my character before I installed the mod, the second is with the mod, and the third is the Sculpt menu with the mod.

 

 

Odd, I tried to download from that google drive and our network security seem to block it.
Anyways I uploaded my working version and sent it to you via pm (its not my mod, so I don´t feel comfortable sharing it publicly). Let me know, if it works out.

[Karna5]

5 hours ago, RedHeadAngel said:

I want to get the High Poly Head mod from VectorPlexus, but I can't even create an account. For some reason, it says another user has my username and email.

I had the same problem when I tried to download it, and one of my friends here on Nexus was kind enough to send a copy directly to me through private message just like drsemmel did for you here. I had thought the issue was just mine, but it seems to be more pervasive with that website than I realized.

[AlexGamer97]

Maybe I'm a little late but I was always hyped about texture and meshes imrovements - I just don't like to see blurred textures. My game is full of different texture mods, it's just nicer to look at quality image  So I installed SMIM and Noble Skyrim as my base and went ahead with other mods to replace whatever I wanted to replace.

I use some of Skyking2020's textures along with johnskyrim's, Gamwich's (armor, clothes, some creatures), Kajuan's (some creatures), xavbio's, DrJacopo's (plants), IWantATardis's (misc), SDlutz's, IconicDeath's (some, like statues or ashman), Mandragorasprouts (statue replacers and great replacer of falmers), ElSopa's (quivers, dummies, iron weapons and more), Rallyeator's, mathy79's, gochargers2156's (glaciers, ice, caves) and more.

There are lighting mods such as ELFX (but now many use LUX but I never tried it) and Embers XD. There are cities' overhauls such as Cities of the North, tree mod (Nature of Wildlands), animation mods (works of Verolevi), mountain mod (Majestic Mountains), weather mod (using Obsidian), water mod (i use WATER for enb). 

Also I'm obsessed with NPC and character appearance overhauls. My mod list includes Pandorable's works, rxkx22's and some other with my personal adjustments and conflict resolvements (yeah, conflicts are inevitable when you try to combine mods which change the same characters ).

Recently I've started to change game UI with different UI mods such as TrueHUD, MoreHUD, True Directional Movement, SkyUI (must-have). 

Modding your game can be an exhausting and time consuming thing. One day I could think that I finally found the best of the best, but the next day I could find even better. I spent many hours looking for all what I have in my mod list no. I stepped on a rake numerous times (CTDs, bugs, mod conflicts ). So, I wish you good luck on your way to make the game look like you'd like to 

P.S. Also have a dozen of armor and weapon mods from different authors (for example, 4thUnknown, Pulcharmsolis, FrankFamily). 

Edited August 25 by AlexGamer97

[alphafr]

 

9 hours ago, RedHeadAngel said:

I want to get the High Poly Head mod from VectorPlexus, but I can't even create an account. For some reason, it says another user has my username and email. I know that's bogus because I got no emails from the website saying that an account was made using my email. Also, someone else can't have the same email as me anyway, so I know that's not the problem. I also saw that other people were having the same issue on Reddit.

What's the deal? I tried using the other link @alphafr provided with the mod, but that one didn't work. I installed it, but it didn't seem to affect my game. Here are some pics I took to show you what I mean. The first pic is my character before I installed the mod, the second is with the mod, and the third is the Sculpt menu with the mod.

Have you used the "headpart slider"? its the one that switch from vanilla to high poly

 

 

I had hoped the website was fixed but seems after 4 months its likely bricked at that point

Edited August 25 by alphafr