Help selecting ENB

[MrKrupples]

Hi, I've been looking for an ENB for some weeks, and I can't quite find one to suit my needs. So far, my favorites are Rampage and the Grim and Somber Azura preset, but the sky is far too bright with Azura and interiors look extremely vanilla with Rampage. I like Kountervibe, but the sheer amount of visual effects (hello Michael Bay) and the wonkiness of the DOF are extremely disorienting and distracting in actual gameplay. Performance is a non-factor. What do you recommend?

 

EDIT: I might add that what I've seen of the Wilds ENB is extremely impressive to my eyes, although the age of the binary it was built on prevents me from using it, due to the lack of an enblocal.ini file. I also think that Seasons of Skyrim looks quite nice, although I'd prefer a more intensive, "maximum everything" sort of preset.

Edited August 22, 2015 by MrKrupples

[Boombro]

You can turn effects off in enb files if you like, and delete the dof file, enbeffectprepass.fx and replace it with one you like from another enb.

 

So, you want something that looks gritty but has color with dark nights?

[MrKrupples]

Yeah, I enjoy the gritty aspect of a lot of ENBs (except for literal "grit" in the form of noise). But unrealistic fantasy is also very nice and I think goes well with darker atmospheres; that's what I like about Azura. It might be worthwhile to mess with Kountervibe like you said, but I've never been able to make Kyo's enb's look the way I'd like.

[Boombro]

I agree, I love color myself. I have some gritty preset for darker runs like bleak enb. However my most runs have this:

 

 

It have a lot of color. The grass is green, the nights dark and the sunsets and sunrises are so hard to miss for how they shower Skyrim with color. It even better for cot users, because all that added weather will only mean more colorful events.

There is is stronger preset in folders, it only looks better. The fps is still so great, better than Kountervib. The best thing about that is even though has color, it still fitting.

Edited August 22, 2015 by Boombro

[StatiSky]

I personally use

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/48554/?

 

For several reasons.

[MrKrupples]

Megatherium looks really nice, definitely going to check it out. I really like COT, but I've taken it out because so many ENBs just don't look good at all with it. It would be nice to use an ENB that works well with it.

[MrKrupples]

In the end, I tried Megatherium, Unbleak, Seasons of Skyrim, NLA v2, K ENB Pure Light, and Elder Blood Ultra, and I really only liked Elder Blood. Elder Blood is so trippy though, especially at night, it would be quite an experience to play with it XD Might go back to Rampage or Azura.

Edited August 22, 2015 by MrKrupples

[Boombro]

Happy you found your ENB dude, Elder blood is a bit to sharp and bright for me but it sweet too.

[BlackRoseOfThorns]

In the end, I tried Megatherium, Unbleak, Seasons of Skyrim, NLA v2, K ENB Pure Light, and Elder Blood Ultra, and I really only liked Elder Blood. Elder Blood is so trippy though, especially at night, it would be quite an experience to play with it XD Might go back to Rampage or Azura.

 

Pure Light is nice, but the white sunlight effect is a bit too much for some. There are few other presets very similar in quality, just more realistic:

 

Northern Light <<< click for link

 

 

Kountervibe ENB Northern Light vs Alternate Kountervibe ENB (tweaked Northern Light)

 

http://static-1.nexusmods.com/15/mods/110/images/67123-2-1434909141.jpg

 

 

Kinematic ENB Southern Light

http://static-3.nexusmods.com/15/mods/110/images/62667-2-1424380930.jpg

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcZeLINETMg

 

 

 

Tranquility ENB _ ExtendedFX

[8ltg]

Any enb that support v0.279 bin and purity, true storm, minty lighthing and relighthing skyrim?