Equim Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) Hello there!So I tried Oblivion out a few years back and didn't really find it all that interesting and threw it up on a shelf somewhere.Recently I did find it again and thought I'd give it another try, been using a lot of mods for the Fallout games that just made the games even more enjoyable than they already were for me. So.. My question to you people are.. Do you have any mods that you would recommend? I know that I could just check endorsements and whatnot but I'm more interested in what you people might recommend for me! What I'm generally looking for are model addons, graphical improvements, maybe some armor/weapon stuff and even some quests if there's something interesting there! I might have posted this in the wrong forum, if I did. I am sorry for that. Thanks in advance! Edited January 13, 2011 by Equim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardOfAtlantis Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) For overall graphics improvement, you definitely need the Oblivion Graphics Extender v2. That package includes shaders, lighting effects, color changes...a whole boatload of effects that are tweakable. http://www.thenexusforums.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/thumbsup.gif If you want to change your landscape, basically everything outside the cities, I'm using the Unique Landscapes Compilation OMOD which effectively relandscapes all the outside environments. To overhaul your weather, get Weather - All Natural. Personal opinion, but I prefer it to all the others. Plus, as a very big bonus, it gives you the Real Lights plugin as a part of it, which is a great lighting effect, plus in combination with Immersive Interiors let's you see outside the windows of shops in cities to see the actual city on the other side of the glass! How cool is that... For overall game overhaul, you might want to try FCOM, which is a compatibility project that tells you how to download, install, and get working Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul, Francesco's Leveled Lists and Bigger Bosse, WarCry, and Mart's Monster Mod. I warn you, though, the FCOM procedure is very big and can be challenging to get going. You have to follow the instructions and know your way around making a bashed patch in Wrye Bash, at the least. I wholeheartedly recommend Wrye Bash anyway as a mod tool, though Oblivion Mod Manager will be necessary too for the OMOD's I listed. Be sure to get BOSS as well to order almost all of your mods for you, and that includes the mega FCOM mod order. If you want a simpler creature addition, plus the perfectly-inserted addition of all the Real Swords swords, then I suggest you try Waalx Animals & Creatures, which can be found on his Forum. It adds a lot of unique beasties, done in absolutely wonderful style and animation, plus all of his swords and some armors, etc. It's only a beta but it is very stable, in my opinion. If you want to try this, it is incompatible with FCOM (and therefore Oscuro's, Francesco's, and MMM MartsMonsterMod) but I've recently switched over to it and I've been really happy with it. It does enough but doesn't bog down your load order (FCOM is very large, too large for some; I played it for a long time, but wanted Waalx's creatures so I changed). Like I said, still a beta but really cool. For magic, check out Supreme Magicka Update and Midas Magic Spells of Aurum. For combat, you absolutely, without a doubt, don't even hesitate to get the must have Deadly Reflex. And last but not least, for a very flexible texture overhaul, I really like the QTP 3 Redimized and Further Reduced OMO because when installing it, it gives you the option to choose which size of Qarl's textures you want to use depending on your video card, and since it's an OMOD, installing, uninstalling, and re-installing can be done without too much hassle on your part...something that manually would be a huge pain in the caboose. Oh, I almost forgot. Get Really AEVWD so you can see things far off, and that goes hand-in-hand with the TES4LODGEN, which will make LOD of the mods you have installed for use with RAEVWD. There are more I would consider "necessary" for myself, but that should get you going.http://www.thenexusforums.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/thumbsup.gif Edited January 13, 2011 by WizardOfAtlantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equim Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Oh my.. Thanks a lot for the quick and detailed reply! ...Looks like I got quite the evening ahead of me but that's alright, I've always enjoyed tinkering with things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardOfAtlantis Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 You're welcome!And I hear you on the tinkering...at times I swear I get into World-Crafting with mods so much that I install and re-install everything so much I end up having more fun doing that than actually playing...modding your world can be so empowering. http://www.thenexusforums.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/biggrin.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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