Mod Suggestions

[Nicadios]

I just searched through the forums and got many posts on "mod lists" or suggestions for which mods to get. I am still however having trouble sorting through the thousands of mods to find what is what and who is compatible with where and why etc. I was wondering if possibly there is a site that shows what some of the mods contain and what "body" they are for and if they are compatible with such and such mod. Any info would be appreciated.

[Nicadios]

Sorry to bump, I posted originally late at night on a bender from playing a new game I got and therefore did a horrible job. I have reorganized my question and hopefully it is more clear and elicits more responses.

[SickleYield]

Not really. Most mods post their compatibilities and requirements solely on an individual basis. The BAB project (Biu's Adventuress Body) has an organized web site listing mods that go with it:

 

http://www.leiawen.net/ceedee/BabSite/index.html

 

There's an entire forum devoted to Exnem's EyeCandy body:

 

http://www.teseyecandy.com/forum/

 

Not much is out there organized-list-wise outside CanadianIce and Howndog's Forum or Psychodogstudios.com for my favorite bodies, which are Robert's and Fantasy Figures. Pyschodog Studios also has good info and a good listing of Growlf's Hot Body and associated clothing.

 

I have no information on Eshme's body, sorry.

 

There are a few graphics-oriented or other helpful lists here:

 

http://devnull.devakm.googlepages.com/

 

But they tend to be short.

[Vagrant0]

First, decide on a UI. You'll probably want to use something with smaller text, or darker coloring so that you can actually use the menus inside a dungeon without blinding yourself.

 

Second, pick a body replacer. A body replacer will help you determine what armor/clothing mods you can really use. Even if you don't intend to play a female character, you'll still probably want a female body mod just to have better looking NPCs.

 

Third, decide on races, eyes, and hair. Race/eyes/hair mods all conflict with eachother if one mod changes one, it will likely break any mod that also changes that one. Since this would only affect the player, if you want to just use a standard race, you can just skip this step.

 

Fourth, decide if you want to use any of the overhaul mods. There are some nice changes, and can be a bit more complicated, but beyond that, it's pretty easy to figure out the rest. You don't have to use any of them, it's just an option to have alot of modded content added at once with few conflicts. Just make sure they're compatable with any race/body mods you have.

 

Fifth, decide on any additional mods that affect key systems (leveling, magic, spawning, game settings) that do things which don't conflict with one of the overhaul mods (if you installed one).

 

Once you have those done, you should probably play the game a bit to see what you like or don't like before installing anything else. Remember, the fewer mods you have, the fewer mod related problems you'll have. It's also easier to add additional mods later than to install them, and decide that you don't like it. You may also want to steer clear of mods which OBSE until you know what you really want. While yes, some OBSE mods can be cool, most of them really don't end up working very well, and can actually cause problems. But really, until you know what type mods you're actually going to get any use from, you should just stick to the more basic mods and just add some content based ones (house mods, equipment mods with shops, towns, quests, companions) as you go.