Skyrim Modding Switching over from the workshop

[Trezu]

Hey Everyone

 

i have been using the Skyrim workshop for ages but i hear the nexus is quite good so i want to play through the game again using the Nexus Mods

 

i pretty much have some questions

 

1. can i use my workshop mods in conjunction with the Nexus or should i just remove all files from the subscribed items from the steam workshop?

 

 

if this is the case i have a bunch of mods i would like to have but don't really know where to go or start

 

first i would like a bunch of graphics mod that enhance the look of my game

i don't like the graphic mods like Enhanced Riften, Solitude and so on (Sorry Developer nothing against you or anything) i just didn't like all the extra trees and forestation in the towns

 

^ basically everything from Blood textures to flowers, water, rain etc

 

 

Some cool quest lines

New and fun Magic

 

Bandolier (i do have it on Workshop but not sure if i will have to swap it over to the nexus or not)

same goes for Extra Encounters, More Dragons, Lore-based Loading Screens and Sounds Of Skyrim

 

Lightweight Tools,books, gems, ingredients and potions (i just find it obnoxious)

 

Fast re-spawns and Rich merchants (so i don't have to run to every other city to sell stuff)

 

also i would like some cool mods that give me more appearance options but mostly for Kahjitt and Argonian as well (eyes as well)

 

New Weapons and Armors

More enemy variation or new enemies

 

New races to try out i prefer to play as a Female and the bestial races but i also like interesting races that are just fun to play and cool to look at.

 

A Weird sort of request is there any mods you guys/girls know of that add more town clothing like dresses and new outfits not ridiculous like Maid outfits or anything just more variations of the clothing all ready in the game

 

Also just some mods that you made the game more fun and epic

 

Also i assume i just use the nexus mod manager. i have tried to use it before (but i actually think i know what i did wrong this was for Fallout : NV) but i wanna try it again

 

 

 

also a preferred load order or what items should i have loading first before anything else

I'm REALLY sorry if i'm asking too much.

 

 

also sorry for any spelling errors

 

 

 

[HammelGammel]

Actually I would recommend using Mod Organizer instead of NMM. It's pretty much superior. It includes most of the important tools like BOSS, or some features of Wrye Bash, so you have everything in one tool. Mod Organizer doesn't put any files in your Skyrim-folder, and keeps it completely clean. And it has a few other nice features. You can use the direct download from the Nexus with it as well.

 

You can always use the steam workshop together with Nexus-mods, but the best way is to search for them on the Nexus and if you find them, redownload them and unsubscibe on the workshop and delete them. The Workshop really isn't that great.

 

When it comes to graphic mods you have to decide if you want to use an ENB, or mods like realistic lighting overhaul, enhanced lights and FX. ENB has a high performance-cost, but generally looks the best.

 

SkyUI is pretty much essential. It changes the UI to be much easier to use on a PC, and adds a modmenu many mods use, so you can configure a lot of mods ingame.

 

For the water get Realistic Water Two, for blood enhanced blood textures. I also recommend using mods for textures. Skyrim HD 2k textures, Flora Overhaul, Lush Trees and grass. But note that some of these mods are performancehungry. From my experience if you want to use the Flore Overhaul, you should get the memory patch - which is included in the new SKSE-version, and just needs an entry in the SKSE.ini to work. There are tutorials out there on how to do that (Get SKSE, a lot of mods require it to work). Warburgs 3D paper world map is a very cool replacer for the map (Keep in mind, that you should alway keep Warburgs at the bottom of the loadorder) or if you don't like the paper look there's "a quality world map". I also recommend using Static Mesh Improvements if you have a strong PC.

 

Now I'm not sure if that's the type of mods you are searching for, but I always recommend trying out some of the immersion-mods:

 

Frostfall which implements camping gear into the game, and the challenge of being able to freeze to death in cold areas, Realistic Needs and Diseases or iNeeds (iNeeds is still being updated, so you should probably get this). I recommend using Minimal HUD and or Immersive HUD. Instead you could use Less Intrusive HUD, but it's far more time consuming to configure, and it has a few problems.

 

Also there is a few Overhauls. If you want the game to be a real challenge, get Requiem. Or alternatively SkyRe, which is cool as well, but not quite as much of a challenge.

 

For armors and weapons, get Immersive Armors and Immersive Weapons. It's a huge collection of new items.

 

Convenient horses is a must-have.

 

You can find a lot of great mods, just by browsing through the Nexus.

Edited March 23, 2014 by HammelGammel