Mod recomandations

[floreamarian93]

Hi guys/girls, fresh meat here. Don`t know if this the right thread to post this into but here it goes.

 

I never realy used mods on skyrim and i played the hell out of this game since it`s release. I find that the selection of the mods here is overwhelming and don`t know where to start. My question is : can you guys give any mod recomandations in the form of a list that i can get to enhance my experience of this wonderfull game?

 

 

Things i`m looking for:

immersion mods

mods that introduce new creatures and places in the skyrim world

new quest chains/guilds

mods that introduce new but balanced items/tweak the existing items

mods that increase the dificulty and/or immersion capability of the game either by adding new mechanics or tweaking the stuff already in the game.

UIs and other mods that increase the ease of use of the interface

and some body/face models and character customisation mods that are not too heavy on my gpu ( SHITTY GPU )

 

 

Things i`m not looking for:

HD retextures ( mostly because of my shitty gpu )

Overpowered weapons/armor mods that ruin the immersion.

 

Please understand that my knoledge regarding moding is limited and tho i can figure out how to install mods using a manager, i might not be able to folow complex instalation methods

 

Thank you in advance and sorry for any gramatical mistakes, hope you can understand what i wrote ( english is not my first language) :geek:

 

[Shurugar]

I would recommend you to start by going to the skyrim nexuspage, hover your mouse over "Files" and klick "Top Files" This give you a list of the most (downloaded i guess?) Files on the nexus. These are the the mods most use, like RaceMenu, ImmersiveArmor/Weapons/X etc. just look through the list and check out what seems interesting to you. Reason behind this is that there are a lot of different mods which do sometimes the same thing, like UNP and CBBE both replacing the body (Only female iirc) So there isnt really the one mod everyone uses. Skyrim modding is something where you install your personal setup, which suits your playstil and needs.

 

Like "Immersion mods", could be frostfall (adds hypothermia), Ineed (you have to eat/drink), Religion/Prayer (can't remember how it was called, but you can pray to a god and recieve blessings) Hunterborn (well, you can hunt immersively) etc.

 

Or new quests, There are Moonpath to Elsweyr, Falskaar, Undeath, Vigilant, Gray Cowl, Forgotten City, and so man others.. Tag search helps a lot.

 

You see it's really subjective...

 

And as a tip, as your modlist grows you'll have to look into:

LOOT - (not a mod) as soon as you install more mods, and as long as you don't have any experience, it is a really big help sorting your load order, and helping you to find incompatibilities.

TES5Edit - it's programm which is a little bit confusing at the beginning, but the same as LOOt, it helps you to keep your Skyrim stable, even with a lot of mods

 

Maybe someone else can give you his modlist as a better guide. Haven't installed a single mod atm so I can't give you mine.

 

Edit: And as a small hint, start small. Only add a few mods you think are really interesting, and test it out. The more mods you install, the more problems can occur. If you add them too fast without the routine/know-how you can get incompatibilities, ctds, missing textures and, and, and. And then it becomes really inconvinient to find the problems. Speaking from experience.

Edited December 19, 2016 by Shurugar

[floreamarian93]

Thank you verry much for the tips Shurugar i`ll do just that, and the hunterborn sounds realy neat, i`ll give it a try

[twiztedmongoloid]

Before you start installing a bunch of mods save yourself some headache and research on how to mod PROPERLY before you start.

 

There are quite a few good guides and resources out there for just that.

 

And be careful you might end up spending more time modding the game than playing it...like most of us lol

[vannt93]

Nice guide. Thank you so much!

[ElioraArin]

Definitely follow twiztedmongoloids advice on this!!! It could save you having to start from scratch after deleting all your files & redownloading the game (like I had to) - more than once actually :(

[lumpin123]

Hi guys/girls, fresh meat here. Don`t know if this the right thread to post this into but here it goes.

 

I never realy used mods on skyrim and i played the hell out of this game since it`s release. I find that the selection of the mods here is overwhelming and don`t know where to start. My question is : can you guys give any mod recomandations in the form of a list that i can get to enhance my experience of this wonderfull game?

 

 

Things i`m looking for:

immersion mods

mods that introduce new creatures and places in the skyrim world

new quest chains/guilds

mods that introduce new but balanced items/tweak the existing items

mods that increase the dificulty and/or immersion capability of the game either by adding new mechanics or tweaking the stuff already in the game.

UIs and other mods that increase the ease of use of the interface

and some body/face models and character customisation mods that are not too heavy on my gpu ( SHITTY GPU )

 

 

Things i`m not looking for:

HD retextures ( mostly because of my shitty gpu )

Overpowered weapons/armor mods that ruin the immersion.

 

Please understand that my knoledge regarding moding is limited and tho i can figure out how to install mods using a manager, i might not be able to folow complex instalation methods

 

Thank you in advance and sorry for any gramatical mistakes, hope you can understand what i wrote ( english is not my first language) :geek:

 

 

I only use some few mods :

-mcm ( needed to configure mods )

-skyui ( same, some mods need it ) ---- skyui away ( since only skyui I like is favourite menu )

-enhanced enememy ai reborn ( best AI and script free ) MHO

-minimal hud ( little crossair, hp-mana-stamina bar )

-skytweak ( configure damage, stealh, and some others )

-weapon damage ui ( more specific damage)

 

And thats all basic I like, then just use no damage when block since damage is high ( 2-3 strikes = death ) , no limit werewolf, some hair , true storms ( no scripts ) , then you can use weapons mod, shields, armors ( I prefer craftables so npc dont get a daedric katana or so )

 

All mods I say you can simply manually install, just drag rar files on data folder or its really simple to intall ( thats also a reason to choose mods ) , of course you need SKSE

Edited December 24, 2016 by lumpin123