Some mod questions from a newbie =)

[Verranicus]

I've been a long time lurker here, and just came into some money so I plan to purchase Oblivion tomorrow after work. I was wondering if someone could tell me what some "must have" mods are, as well as pointing me in the direction of landscape expansion mods that are actually well made/complete, and villages/immersion things. ^^ I like to role play and get really into it, and the bigger and more fleshed out the game world is the better it is for me.

 

I'm really sorry if this has all been asked before, but I'm posting this from a really old laptop and for whatever reason the search function won't work. =( Thanks in advance.

[LFact]

For me, the only 'must have' is: Unofficial Oblivion Patch. (If you have Shivering Isles and other DLCs, then Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch and Unofficial Official Mod Patch are also 'must have') If you're a first-time player, play the game at least once until you need something to 'fix up' flaws of vanilla game(unmodded, out-of-box).

[Verranicus]

Oh, a little note before I head off to bed, will I run into any problems with the GOTY edition? I've heard some people complaining about it in the past..

 

@LFact: Thank you, I'll consider that. ^^

[dezdimona]

get the HGEC female body mod and Roberts male body IV

then MMM

Bartholm and Midas magic

GotY has no more problems than any other version

[Sharkull]

I'd go with the UoP, and maybe body replacers.

 

After you learn about the levelling system...

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Leveling...eveling_Problem

...you might want to look into something to make managing your levelling... well... less painful.

[JCP768]

List of mod lists

 

TOQL*

 

There's also immersion, and roleplay lists in that topic

 

 

*I like quest mods, they're what I recommend.

 

.... Also, if you have a bethsoft forums account, maybe try searching azerbagb over there; it's the word I use to catalogue these type of topics into one search result.

[tullabee]

Here is a list of some old favorites: Also google TOQL (The Oblivion Quest List), and ORE (Oblivion Real Estate). Download the following one at a time and check to make sure they work with your system.

1) OBMM (Oblivion Mod Manager)

2) OBSE 17 (Oblivion Script Extender)

3) Flying Camera mod (3rd person views-good for screenshots)

4) UOP (Unofficial Oblivion Patch)

5) Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch (if you have SI)

6) Alternative Start: Shipboard (no more tutorial dungeon)

7) Akatosh Mount (requires OBSE)

8) MMM (Martigens Monstor Mod)

9) The WRYE Bash (you might want to wait awhile on that one)

10) OOO (Oscuros Oblivion Overhaul) (requires Wrye Bash)

11) HGEC eye candy (Hentai Gentlemans female body replacer))

12) Roberts Male Body Replacer V4 or V5

13) CS (the Construction Set)

14) Deadly Reflex (excellant combat enhancement)

15) Landmarks With Wells

16) Addonay's Elvish Weaponry (some the prettiest weapons ingame)

17) Purse of Wonder (no more worries about weight)

18) Ancient Towers (excellant house mod)

19) Frostcrag Reborn (excellant quest and house mod)

20) Glenvar Castle (excellant quest and house mod)

21) Dungeons of Ivellon (excellant quest)

22) Midas Magic (excellant magic enhancement)

23) Advanced Magecraft (allows ingame enchantment modifications to all items +)

24) Multiple Enchantments (same as above but based on altar enchantments)

25) Duplicate Item (does what it says)

[xoxSugah]

Slof's Horses, Better Beasts, Dogs, Khajiit Retexture, Robe Trader, and Claws.

 

Then there's Windsurfer's AliveWaters.

 

Ugh. It's awful, but that's all I can think of for immersion mods. You really don't wanna play without Slof's horses though for sure. The black horses in vanilla Oblivion are PURPLE >.<

[dezdimona]

OBMM and OBSE are utilities,not mods for clarification.

[eXoduis]

@dezdimona,yeah but they are criticals must have