New to moding

[tsubakie]

Hey i'm new to adding mods to PC games and oblivion is ware i want to start my question is what is good to get? i see alot of mods that require others and i'm simply lost for a starting point i have oblivion and bolth expantions. if anyone could give me a list of must haves i'd apreciate it thanks in advance

[Master Marksman]

http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Main_Page

 

Nuff said... Its very basic, but very thourough for standard mods.

 

And welcome! :)

[pwnedbyscope]

well it depends on what you want, the oblivion modding world is extremely vast, asking somthing like this is like asking to fit the ocean in a drinking cup.

 

of corse you should already know needed mods, these are obmm, obse, pluggy, nifscript, and probally the construction set

 

 

So to start out with mods we'll start with Body mods-most likely if not definitely you will come across armor mods that require you to have some sort of body modifier installed, and more often than not the will a nude based mod, good yes but they may not appeal to everyone, thats why there are safe non-nude alt. that are still popular and look good, anyway its completely preference.

 

In my Opinion is use the HGEC- this is what i can tell the most widely used basis for armor mods, and race mods. it features many, many options, nude and non-nude variants and looks very natural depending or your views.

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15802

 

other popular mods include http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=14942 Roberts male body replacer- for a male player

 

and http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15624 Roberts female body replacer- second most popular

 

Now that you have your character model your probably want to download some custom races

first you will have to have http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15624- the Corean mod is the basis for all other race mods as it includes the hair and eye files needed

I also like http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=18247- chocolate Elves

and http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=14528

 

now you have a character and have started getting into the whole quest line and want to get into some really down and dirty armor and weapon mods, well hold on

you may have noticed that the vanilla oblivion (base unmodded game) is kinda dry and doesn't have much variety in the combat section.

Thats why i say an absolute must have for any oblivion player are these two mods http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=24936

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8273

these twp combined mods completely change the entire way Oblivion fights. a must have.

 

Now you probably really have the itch now that you really, really want some armor and weapons, well just wait, you'll be rewarded

I'm guessing now that if you've been following the quest line you should have gotten your horse now and well you super excited... its a horse, woot, a horse. how... boring wouldn't you rather ride a Dragon ???

 

Now the all powerful you has a dragon a shiney new steel longsword and! a! fireball... a great big puff of smoke, i mean a candel would do better right well no, but through your trials and tribulations with the C.S. you cannot fix the majic system in oblivion, is ann hope lost!?!, nope. some one fixed it for you see

 

Huzzza now you are all powerful and rule the kingdom, sort of, hmm but there is something your missing isn't there????? O yea what kind of king dosent have shiney new armor, better yet what king dosent have alot of shiney armor, well i guess you've earned it

 

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=17032

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28723

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=24850

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=27242

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=22794

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=14999

 

really good mods that i couldn't fit in my story

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=10763-custom UI

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=14999-entirely new worldspace

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8235-huge castle, with quest

 

 

Und Willkommen zu die besten Änderung community jemals

[tsubakie]

Wow thank you that was extreamly thurough i think i got most of the requireds cept obmm thanks a milion

[bben46]

As mods are very subjective, their really are no must have mods. Everybody likes different things. If everybody wanted the same thing there would only be one mod for each category. Just because I like a mod dosn't mean that you will- or should - like it.

 

Look through the top 100 list first. These are the most popular mods and most of the ones you will like are probably to be found here. If not, there are over 18,000 more where those came from.

 

Now, there are some things you should have no matter what your taste. These are actually utility programs that make it easier or better to work with mods.Be sure to read the instructions as these do not install like mods and if you install them wrong, they will be useless to you.

 

OBMM - Oblivion Mod Manager - needed to change the mod load order, along with many other handy utility functions.

Available here: http://timeslip.chorrol.com/obmm_download.html

 

OBSE - Oblivion Script Extender - Needed for many mods, without it they will not work.

Available Here: http://obse.silverlock.org/

 

Then you will need an unzipping program. I recomend 7-zip. It is absolutely FREE, unlike other popular unzippers such as Winraar - which is a try before you buy and conatantly reminds you to pay for it,

 

7-Zip , available FREE at TesNexus, Here: http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15579

 

Now, some advice, Don't install a bunch of mods at one time. The time you save will be lost trying to find which one is causing the problem. Instead install one mod, start the game and make sure it works before installing another. If there is a problem, fox it before installing another mod. More mods will not make it better and will probably make it worse as well as harder to find out which mod is causing the problem.

[tsubakie]

That makes alot of scence thanks for the advice.

[pwnedbyscope]

Well your very welcome

and as ben said mods are subjective, and the number is well over 18,000 on the nexus site alone so one could get carried away

[LHammonds]

In case you want to start making your own mods, here is a high-level article about it:

 

How To Make Mods

 

LHammonds