Reinstalling Oblivion for the first time in years. Completely forget where to start with mods

[silverf51]

I'm thinking of reinstalling Oblivion. I only have vague memories of the issues I had with vanilla, most mod lists I see are either dead links or haven't been updated since Skyrim came out, and looking over the most endorsed files list only gets me so far, so I'm asking here for help and suggestions finding and remembering stuff.

 

First off, mod managers. Does NMM work for old Oblivion stuff? I see OBMM hasn't been updated since 2011 but is still on top of the endorsed files list. Is it still good or are there better ones out there now?

 

I'm gonna first install the unofficial patches and OBSE. Are there any other essentials?

 

I remember two major problems with Oblivion: UI and progression. I remember DarNified UI being top tier and it still seems to rank high so I'm likely gonna go for that. As for progression... I really have no clue.

 

And of course after all the gameplay tweaks and enhancements, graphics mods. I never really used many due to not having a good PC at the time, but I do have one now and would like to take advantage of that.

 

I'm also perfectly fine with people throwing general suggestions of mods or mod lists at me. Tell me your favorites!

 

Other than all that... is there anything big that came out between now and 2011, or are there any big mods that changed developers or got a successor? I'm currently working off the assumption that most of the stuff in the older mod lists I've looked over is probably still good and I can look in the same general place to find the latest versions but I also don't want to just pretend it's 2010 when I start out, then find something cool that relies on a new dependency that turns out to be a new version of an old mod that changed hands and keep pulling that thread until I find out that half of my setup is obsolete.

 

So yeah. Any help is appreciated.

[konaboy7]

NMM works fine. Majority of mods are compatible for sure.

 

To be honest I can't remember what mods I slapped on it now. I recently installed Oblivion and played for a few days, remembered that I still hadn't played Morrowind with the full MSGO mod installed since I had a major PC upgrade (ps. WOW way better than I expected it to be) then after a few days of that I remembered I bought Skyrim in the summer sale with all the DLC and just modded up to 2015 and here I am 50 hours later I've done nothing this week.

 

Thanks Skyrim.

[bben46]

NMM works for most simple mods. But remember it did not exist when Oblivion was popular. I still use the old OBMM. It does take a bit more learning and can be more difficult to get used to, but it was made just for Oblivion and can handle some mods that may give NMM problems. I still install some mods manually though. The top files are kept up to date. So anything in the first several hundred or so should be available. If there is some specific mod that you had, and it is no longer available on Nexus, try googling it. It may still be floating around somewhere. Just don't expect the same level of support if the original author has stopped supporting it.

[Guinefort1]

Since you're in the market for mod suggestions, here are some things that have come out in the past few years that might interest you:

 

Oblivion Character Overhaul by nuska - an absolute must-have, it makes the NPCs look SO much better

 

Imperial Ecology by discovery1 - a series of grass replacers that makes the environments look much richer

 

Natural Environments/Atmospheres/All Natural - these are some weather mods of varying ages that make the weather much nicer

 

Do you have any particular types of mods that you are interested in? Texture mods? Environmental? Immersion? UI?

[silverf51]

@bben46 Thanks, good to know.

 

@Guinefort1 My preferences are first progression, UI, and gameplay related stuff. Environmental stuff comes next. After that, this is where I'm open to suggestions for "stuff". Anything that makes the game cooler. No specifics. I've always had a hit or miss experience with immersion-related mods, but I'm open to looking into what's out there. Graphics are lowest priority for me, but after everything else had been installed it's time to make it all look pretty.

[Guinefort1]

@bben46 Thanks, good to know.

 

@Guinefort1 My preferences are first progression, UI, and gameplay related stuff. Environmental stuff comes next. After that, this is where I'm open to suggestions for "stuff". Anything that makes the game cooler. No specifics. I've always had a hit or miss experience with immersion-related mods, but I'm open to looking into what's out there. Graphics are lowest priority for me, but after everything else had been installed it's time to make it all look pretty.

I'm not a good source for UI/progression/gameplay mod recommendations. Sorry I can't really provide anything useful there. Best of luck.