Anyone playing skyrim without ENBs ?

[freedomsky1]

I'm using ENBs for so long but now i'm gonna play Skyrim without it . Because I'm getting a lot of performance issues these day.

 

So anybody play skyrim without ENBs ?

 

and what mods do you use to enhance Skyrim visual :)

[Ball11]

I would try SweetFX and try this preset http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/1117/

 

Or try RCRN, works well with or without ENB's (SweetFX does not work with it, nor RLO or CoT)

[Hyacathusarullistad]

No disrespect intended to Mr. Vorontsov; his hard work has benefited hundreds of thousands of gamers, and I respect the hell out of that.

But I hate ENB. I mean, I don't hate the concept itself I suppose - making Skyrim look prettier is a goal countless modders on the internet go for, after all. But it's the level of saturation this one particular style of visual "enhancement" has reached that bothers me. It's to the point where there's no point looking at texture overhaul mods anymore, because the screenshots are marred by some "screenarcher's" extremely subjective opinion on visual changes. Then there's the sheer number of presets clogging the Nexus, all of which are either too overexposed or too colourful or have ten dozen bells and whistles that make for a fantastic screenshot, but really don't fit well with actual gameplay. And that's what I bought Skyrim for. To play, not unmovingly stare at.

 

Then there's the performance hit you're guaranteed to take with a post-processor. In my opinion, all the worthwhile effects of ENB can be achieved at a fraction of the performance hit with more conventional mods that work within the game engine, rather than through post-processing. I used to have a whole list of mods i used to do this, but lately I find I'm most happy with just Realistic Lighting Overhaul, including its weather modules. Throw in Realistic Water Two and more assorted 2K texture mods than I care to count, and I'm more than content with my buttery smooth gameplay experience. If I want DoF for a playthrough - which I occasionally do - I'll install Dynavision.

Edited April 22, 2014 by Hyacathusarullistad

[freedomsky1]

No disrespect intended to Mr. Vorontsov; his hard work has benefited hundreds of thousands of gamers, and I respect the hell out of that.

 

But I hate ENB. I mean, I don't hate the concept itself I suppose - making Skyrim look prettier is a goal countless modders on the internet go for, after all. But it's the level of saturation this one particular style of visual "enhancement" has reached that bothers me. It's to the point where there's no point looking at texture overhaul mods anymore, because the screenshots are marred by some "screenarcher's" extremely subjective opinion on visual changes. Then there's the sheer number of presets clogging the Nexus, all of which are either too overexposed or too colourful or have ten dozen bells and whistles that make for a fantastic screenshot, but really don't fit well with actual gameplay. And that's what I bought Skyrim for. To play, not unmovingly stare at.

 

Then there's the performance hit you're guaranteed to take with a post-processor. In my opinion, all the worthwhile effects of ENB can be achieved at a fraction of the performance hit with more conventional mods that work within the game engine, rather than through post-processing. I used to have a whole list of mods i used to do this, but lately I find I'm most happy with just Realistic Lighting Overhaul, including its weather modules. Throw in Realistic Water Two and more assorted 2K texture mods than I care to count, and I'm more than content with my buttery smooth gameplay experience. If I want DoF for a playthrough - which I occasionally do - I'll install Dynavision.

agree . i'm always wanted a best graphics skyrim before .

but now i'm just want to play the stable Skyrim lol

[chanchan05]

Me. I play without ENBs. I do use SweetFX as it has very little performance hit, to make Skyrim not look so grey.

 

I prefer ELFX over RLO though, as opposed to Hyacanthus. It just looks, better. I use ELFX+Climates of Tamriel, which had a better results as opposed to RLO and it's weather IMO.

[Jokerine]

I also play with SweetFX. All I want is for the game to be a little more colorful, nothing more :)

[TaeRai]

I tried with an EMB but had some issues with it so I took it off. Skyrim is pretty beautiful on it's own anyway :)

[ssdd2014]

Absolutely agree with Hyacathusarullistad

 

I tried many enb's... still trying out, but can't really use them because after using for a while the world seems cartoonishly colorful! :P

 

also with the over-saturation, i lose the detailed contours of streets, building rooftops... i donno... maybe its perceptional.

 

I am using realistic water 2 with W.A.T.E.R, static mesh improvements, enhanced distant terrain, etc.

[ssdd2014]

Oh, also try Dynavision mod! It uses a kind of auto-focus method to modify your DOF... I like it so far,

[documn]

I've messed around with ENBs and they sure do make the game look pretty, but the decrease in frame rate is just too much for me. Currently I use various 1k and 2k texture replacers, Enhanced Lights and FX, and Pure Weathers. I also like High Definition LODs and Distance Overhaul.