What Mods Do I Want?

[Timsup2nothin]

The person who has no mods at all frequently comes here looking for answers...and usually their question is lost in the mix of new releases, WIPs, and how to questions that roll through here. Frequently they get the impression that their question is ignored, and sometimes the response is (in my opinion) worse than being ignored. Unfortunately, this board, and most everything else one finds by doing a search for 'oblivion mods', is more of a resource for the people involved in the making of the mods than it is for someone just thinking about using them...but without people using them, why make them? So I'm building a resource for people who just want to find information to help them decide what mods they want to use. If you want to use that resource, or contribute to it, feel free to use the link.

 

Oblivion Mods...a User's Resource

[KawiRider]

99% of my "What Mods to Download" questions are answered at this website:

 

UESPWiki's Recommended Mods

 

That site provides links to sites with very good lists of general "must-have" mods. The sites I used gave a quick summary of the mod and the site author's opinion, along with a link to the download page.

 

I went through kind of the same thing when I first started installing mods a few weeks ago. At first, I didn't really know where to look and when I finally found mods I found interesting, I didn't care much to read the File Description or the readme for that matter. I looked at the screenshots, had an idea of what the mod did and consulted the readme for installation instructions. For those reasons, I also had to reinstall Oblivion 3 times in 2 weeks. My advice... tough it out and thoroughly read the readmes, changelogs, and compatibility issues before installing a mod. In my opinion, ANY mod with poor documentation doesn't deserve to be downloaded in the first place.