Too many tree/grass/flora mods, need advice!

[Murielkai]

I need some advice, I am accumulating way too many tree/grass/flora mods and I'm not even sure what order to install them in. I use to have just the Enhanced Vegetation plugin with the Hi Res textures and I would install Improved Trees and Flora (I and II) over it. Recently I discovered several other mods.

 

Oblivion Grass Overhaul (which recommends a "PK Landscape LOD Color" mod)

Enhanced Grass v1.1

Ultimate Landscapes Compilation

 

Now, my best guess at what order to install these in is:

 

1) Enhanced Vegetation + Hi Res Texture Pack

2) Improved Trees and Flora (I and II)

 

RAEVWD (Should I install RAEVWD before the mods that change the LOD's?)

 

3) PK Landscape LOD Color

4) Unique Landscapes Compilation

5) Oblivion Grass Overhaul

 

Can anyone offer some insight into whether or not I have this right? Or even if I need all these mods?

 

Edit: Oh and one more question if anyone happens to know, is there some way I can improve the trees "popping" into view while I play? Some ini setting perhaps or mod (other than Oblivion Reloaded)? I am currently using QTP3/Bonnets SI Textures, OBGEv3, and RAEVWD. Oblivion Reloaded offered a definite improvement with the trees and it changed certain settings but I don't know which ones. I was just wondering if its possible to change those settings without haivng OR installed.

Edited August 24, 2016 by Murielkai

[beldaran1224]

The correct install order depends on which files overlap and what mod you want to see those files from. If they don't overlap at all, then it doesn't matter. If they do, whichever you want to see loads last.

[bevilex]

I would install in this order :

 

1) Enhanced Vegetation (changes trees size and so their LOD too)

2) Oblivion Grass Overhaul (changes grass and landscape)

3) Improved Trees and Flora (I and II) (maybe overwrite a part of OGO)

4) Unique Landscapes Compilation (does not conflict with previous mods)

RAEVWD

5) PK Landscape LOD Color (maybe overwrite a small part of RAEVWD?)

 

So no mods will be totally overwritten.

 

Don't forget to run TES4LODgen and tes4ll to build the new distant LOD according to your load order (UL compilation changes the landscape, so you must run these two programs)

 

It seems you want to add a lot of mods to your game. So I suggest you to use Wrye Bash as a mod manager.

With WB, you will be able to easily change the install order between mods, and see the conflicting files between mods.

 

If I were you, I wouldn't use RAEVWD (and PK LOD color). Too much fps loss for me. But only you know if you "need" a mod ...

The other mods are good mods compatible with each other.

Edited August 27, 2016 by bevilex