Graphics mods

[Wudustan]

I have noticed in certain user screenshots that the textures are sometimes a lot more bump mapped, there is greater definition in environment and npc textures. Better lighting and bloom. I want to configure my oblivion to be more like that, but I've no idea where to look for the mods and how to configure the graphics options file to tailor it towards better quality of display.

 

could someone recommend a few great mods that will make oblivion aesthetically mint??

[Sultericdrums]

QTP3 Redmized is one. Even thought it's been normalized it still requires a serious amount of computing power.

 

Another thing to keep in mind is that, for example, if I post screen shots they're going to be amazing as I'm running in Ultra-High mode. (AMD quad core with an ATI 4870).

[xxXEvandarXxx]

Here are a few texture replacers I use

Bomret's Shivering Isles texture pack

QTP3

Reduced LandscapeLOD Textures

Qarl's LOD normals 4096 compressed

Real night sky

Better night sky

Real lava

 

Improved doors & flora

Improved trees & flora 1, and 2.

Improved fruits vegetables and meat

Subtle sunshine

Improved signs

 

Grimbots DLC bookjackets

Oblivion book jackets

MEAT

Kafei's better rings, and amulets.

Vagabond Angel's better gold

CM better wine

Better beer bottkes

 

IFT

IAFT

IABT

New face texture

 

And two of my own mods :D

Snow Texture Replacer

HiRes Oblivion Textures

[Khettienna]

Thanks for those links, particularly to your own texture packs, and especially the snow texture. I was looking for exactly that, and hadn't found it till now. Many of my favorite locations are up in the Jerall Mountains, and they will all be prettier thanks to this. :)

[Wudustan]

Yeh, thanks for the textures, I'm downloading as we speak. What about shader mods? Is there any way to enhance oblivion on a rendering level rather than on textures, i.e. deeper bump mapping, I once heard someone mention there was a mod which allowed parallax occlusion mapping in oblivion?

[xxXEvandarXxx]

QTP3 enables the parallax shader on many objects, I think the redimized version does this too, but I'm not certain.

ENB series can make the game look very nice with many new effects, though I have not tried it myself.

Motion blur is also available if you're interested in that

I recently found Detailed terrain, which looks awesome.

 

It might be worth keeping an eye on the Oblivion graphics extender thread over at the official Oblivion forums, there's some pretty interestin stuff going on there :)

 

oh and there's one mod I forgot in my previous post, Little things part 1. Awesome clutter :)

 

This guide is very good if you want to tweak your settings and Oblivion.ini file to get the best quality possible.

 

There are also tons of mods to improve the water, but Enhanced water 2.0 is my favorite.