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So I got a 980 Ti Strix and I want to ENB and retexture skyrim better then 1k skyrim HD textures. I'd like a pack or packs that change everything so I don't see a nicely textured wall then a normal texture blurry item next to it.

 

gpu 980 ti

cpu i7 4790k

16gb ram

6gb vRam

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You get the 2k varients of Skyrim HD. There also is Tamriel Reloaded HD, and Skyrim 2015 WIP by Pfuscher. For other textures, like Dragon or creature/NPC textures, weapon textures, etc. I would just look those up independiently. Also if you find any textures you dislikes, it's highly likely someone has a retexture for it. Hodilton has great showcases for not only ENB's but retextures as well. Also a great reasource.

 

Hodilton:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoEjvAplB6GaVJjCAwx3fJA

 

Tamriel Reloaded HD:

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/61995/?

 

Skyrim 2015 WIP by Pfuscher

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/60150/?

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If I knew where you lived I would plan a robbery. But seriously, I recommend Vividian ENB alongside Enhanced Lighting and FX for some really nice colors. As for texture pack I can't recall the name to the more recent one but I go with the hallmark Skyrim HD 2k (Has a 4k variation I believe), and don't forget the Project Parallax to really give it some juice. I would go with Pure Weathers for compatibility. Don't forget to tweak your enb for everything to really come together.

This set up gives you, in my opinion, the best Fantasy/Cinematic effect.

 

Cinematic Fire Effects 2 HD tagged alongside Immersive Spells will get your particle FX looking real good.

 

If you REALLY want to take your time and get Skyrim looking pretty you can try DynDoLOD, it's a really really big LOD overhaul that crippled my GTX 970 alongside Open Cities Skyrim, which makes the long installation process longer.

 

As for water I'm favoring Realistic Water Two and don't forget the ENB watercolor add on!

Can't forget about Skyrim Flora Overhaul and I heard of something called Grass on Steroids although that may not be the actual name. Google is your friend.

I've already mentioned it but Open Cities Skyrim with Jk's City Edits, I think it's merged into a patch now.

Finally. Skyrim De-LARPification will give your weapons that pointy feeling, realistic man, it goes well with everything.

I use all of these with no issue although I scale back the options cause I run 250 mods. Happy modding!

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I like to use Purity, so it looks like Vividan is my only option atm lol.

 

Yeah, Enb preset authors use either CoT or vanilla weathers and lightning most of the time.

 

Lately I have tried Rudy Enb 2.0 NLA and I must say it's perfect for gaming. You can really feel the distance of objects. It makes everything more realistic with its toned down palette. If you get mods with highly detailed normal maps it will nicely bring out all the bumps on the surface.

 

 

Detailed mod list:

From recent threads with mod suggestions:

 

BASICS:

 

 

 

As stated above you should first fix your game with stability tweaks:

-NMM or Mod Organizer for mod installation

-TES5Edit5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw3g_N1jcZQ

-LOOT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzoyWugzZAw

-Wyre Bash - make bashed patch for mods editing loot/enemy list https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkmTZP1SyIA

-SKSE http://skse.silverlock.org/

-SKSE ini with memory patch and skyrim .inis for Enb http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/68477/?

-Enboost (or any recent Enb preset) http://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:ENB

-Unofficial Skyrim Patch (Vanilla / Dawnguard / Dragornborn / Heartfire)

 

 

Other essentials:

 

-SkyUI is required for mods adding their own menu tab

 

-FNIS to run custom animations

-Realistic Ragdolls and Force

-XP32 Maximum Skeleton Extended or XP32 Maximum Skeleton - XPMS

 

 

http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/3182129-skyrim-console-player-converting-to-pc-needed-essential-mods/

 

 

 

 

VISUAL ENHANCEMENTS:

 

 

 

Most efficient way to improve and cover all your game visuals (install in order):

-Xenius Character Enhancements

-Better Males

-UNP/UNPB + SG Female texture Reneval or Real Girls Realistic Body Texture

-Cover Khajit + Feminine Khajiit Textures for CBBE-UNP

-FAR - Forgotten Argonian Roots

-Better Vanilla Hairs - Mesh Replacements

-Superior Lore Friendly Hair

-Brows

-Beards

-The Eyes of Beauty

-SMIM

-Ruins Clutter Improved

-NobleSkyrimMod 2k with SMIM Patch (does exactly the same thing as Skyrim HD 2k, it looks a lot better in my opinion)

-Tamriel Reloaded - optional .esp without trees and grass

-aMidianBorn Landscapes with terrain parallax or Skyrim HD - Terrain Parallax Tribute (requires Enb v0.265+ for full effect)

-Vivid Landscapes - Forts / Tundra / Dungeons and Ruins

-SFO (copy only tree meshes and textures from Data/Textures(and Meshes)/Landscape/Trees/(all treepineforest...x files))

-TreesHD - basic + Vurt Mod Elements

-Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin (512res textures for performance)

-Hybrids HD Plants and Herbs Retexture

-RUSTIC mods by Gamwich

-HalkHogan HD Mods

-Superior Silverware

-Realistic Water Two + Watercolor for Enb

-Vivid Clouds and Fogs

-Little Things

-Splash of Rain

-Expanded Skyrim Weather (if your Enb is not designed for CoT)

-True Storms

-Improved NPC Clothing - High Res

-Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack

-Bellyaches Dragon Texture Replacer

-aMidianBorn Book of Silence

-Heart of the Beast - Werewolf Sound and Texture Overhaul

-True Wolves Of Skyrim

-EotW The Dawnguard - Textures Re-mastered

-EcthelionOtW Mage Equipment Overhaul

-LeanWolf's Better-Shaped Weapons

-LeanWolf's Improved Enchanter Candle Meshes

-IPM - Insane Armory - Archery Bows and Crossbows

-IPM - Insane Armory - Shields

 

-No More Glowing Edges Mod

-Skyrim Bridges by BJS_336

-Fences of Skyrim - No more flickering fences

-Enhanced Landscapes (skip optional grass and ground textures)

 

-Common Clothes by Franklin Zunge

-Inhabitants of Skyrim - NPC Overhaul

 

-Optimized INI Files by Ball

-Dynamic Distant Objects LOD - DynDOLOD

-SKSE ini pre-download for lazy users

 

 

Enbs I can recommend for gameplay with high end gpu:

-Tranquility ENB _ ExtendedFX

-Rudy Enb for NLA

-The Grim and Somber Enb

-Somber Dreams

-Poupouri Enbs

-Rampage ENB

-Elder Blood

 

Performace Enbs:

-Clarity

-Straylight Enb

-Blur ENB

 

When you can't run any of the above:

-Shift Enb

-I Cant Believe Its NOT ENB 3

 

http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/3171689-skyrim-restart-looking-for-must-have-mods/

 

 

 

 

BASIC GAMEPLAY:

 

 

 

My BASIC mod list:

 

Combat AI mods - helps with immersion and increases fun factor. Enemies trying to surround and mob you, following you into water and indoors. - /// Duel Combat Realism / Follow Me / NPC Smarter Water AI / Combat Evolved /Archery Gameplay Overhaul

 

Camping and survival - /// Hunting in Skyrim

 

Need mods > hunger, thirst, sleep depravation, diseases. - /// RND

 

Horse mods > horse bag inventory, follow commands (whistle), custom saddles /// Convenient Horses

 

Follower managment mods > handling equip, letting your companion to relax and interact - /// AFT

 

Voiced Followers with custom AI - /// INIGO

 

Animations > with FNIS we can use custom animations, a combination of few animation packs makes the movement a lot more fluid and casting spells more fun -/// DSer Animations / Immersive Animations / Mystic Knight / YYAnimReplacerZweihander / Pseudo Parry / Dual Wield Improoved / Dual Wield Blocking / Animation / 3rd Person Animation Mod / Get Up animation or D13 Faster Get up Stand up / Pretty Jump Animations by Dualsun /Skyrim Horses Renewal - Animation pack

+ Combat Behavior Improved

 

HDT Physics - for realism

 

Audio Overhauls -/// Audio Overhaul for Skyrim 2 / Additional Player Voices for Skyrim / Grumpy Sound FX

 

Decorating Tools > for moving around static objects or fixing in place other items -/// Jaxonz Positioner

http://static-4.nexusmods.com/15/mods/110/images/52583-1-1415271603.jpg

http://static-4.nexusmods.com/15/mods/110/images/52583-1-1415901094.jpg

http://static-4.nexusmods.com/15/mods/110/images/52583-2-1412752228.jpg

 

UI mods > SkyUI anyone?

 

SKSE

 

Game fixes, etc - /// Enboost / Stable uGridsToLoad / Memory Patch / TES5Edit / WyreBash / LOOT / Mod Organizer / USKP

 

 

All the quest and new lands mods are a bonus. Those are nice, but I can survive without them. On other hand Enb and visual improvements are essential for my immersion which I have tons of :D

 

I don't change the basic concept of the game and rather get mods that could as well be on Bethesda's "To do list".

 

http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/3161829-discussion-do-you-like-skyrim-with-many-or-a-few-mods/

 

 

 

 

 

You could get "Mage Outfit Texture Overhaul (HD 2K) - MOTO" since EoTW had to remove his co-authors robes from his pack.

 

 

Other high quality mods:

 

-Revamped Alchemy Lab HD

http://static-3.nexusmods.com/15/mods/110/images/67741-0-1437395983.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNWY3cr53o

 

-Enchanter Workbench Table II HD + LeanWolf's Improved Enchanter Candle Meshes - ECMI Jeclredured II patch_LeanWolf

 

-vine maple autumn by Renthal311

 

-Kajuan texture mods

 

-quilb texture mods

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky069CRoTdE

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

 

-Joy of Ships

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOFcDaC5bwE

 

-RUGNAROK (by Gamwich)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrpURVcaat8

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I like to use Purity, so it looks like Vividan is my only option atm lol.

 

There is also PureVision ENB. It's SkyrimTuner's RealVision ENB preset redesigned to work with Pure Weather by Laast (the creator of Purity). According to at least one user of this ENB preset, it does appear that Purity is compatible.

 

PureVision ENB:

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/55829/?

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According to the texture list provided above could someone please inform me which mods I wouldn't use if I use Purity?

 

Purity compability info:

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s548/sh/ab2957ac-d59b-4da2-bc5b-ebefa950d35a/074dc76df4c9afd0f90f1d19ab49ddd9

 

Conflictinng files:

-ELFX Enhancer (interior module should work)

-Expanded Skyrim Weathers (edits regions)

-NLA

-Audio Overhaul for Skyrim 2 (unless there is a patch)

-True Storms (unless there is a patch)

-Tamriel Reloaded Mountains - also included in Tamriel Reloaded HD (If you're going to use Purity or other mountain textures, TRM meshes will conflict. TRM works with Pure Waterfalls and should be installed on top of everything else in case you like it more than other packs.)

-Realistic Water Two and Watercolor

 

I am not sure how Pure Weathers (stand alone module) patches work with Purity, since it was reworked slightly for all in one release. In best case scenario only the master file dependencies would have to be edited in tes5edit.

Edited by BlackRoseOfThorns
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So is all of Tamriel Reloaded not useable?

 

It looks like it's perfectly fine as long as you don't want vanilla/purity mountains. Vanilla ones are without regional stone formations and parallax. You can also copy/paste only TR landscape textures without mountains (Data/Textures/Landscape/Dirt01.dds, etc). Don't forget to set FixParallaxTerrain=true in enblocal.ini.

Purity textures (with exception of water) are optional, not mandatory.

 

You should just install TR HD full and see if you like it. Then get NoTrees&Grasses.esp replacer and check it out with Verdant grasses and SFO trees. Pick what you like the best :smile:

 

Why I prefer TR Mountains:

 

Tundra Rocks

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a410/BlackRose_of_Thorns/03_zpsvks0xqx0.jpg

 

 

 

I don't think I am using NLA nor what it is.

 

Natural Lightning and Atmospherics for ENB

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/50065/?

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