Preparing for the Mega-Install

[PrettyMurky]

I think, finally, I have the combination of mods for my ultimate Oblivion playthough. It's taken countless hours of searching; countless more days making mods of my own. So now I come to the begining of the end - the final installation.

I'm going to work largely from 50 steps to a stable FCOM+++. I'm not using FCOM, but I am using OOO and MMM, and many of the other mods listed there. However many significant mods I am using are not mentioned there, and I would appreciate as much input from everyone as possible; with any relevent experience you may have.

 

I've tried to catagories the mods as best I can; although some were hard to pin down. Anyway...

 

:BIG MODS:

 

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OOO

MMM

Integration LAME & RBP integrated

The Elder Council

 

 

:RESOURCE PACKS:

 

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Cobl

CURP

DC CUO RP

 

 

:INTERFACE:

 

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Darn

HUD status bars

enhanced hotkeys

dynamic map

map marker overhaul

Custom spell icons

Toggleable Quantity prompt

 

 

:TAMRIEL EDITS:

 

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Open cities reborn

clocks of cyrodil + OC patch

Unique Landscapes

Shezries Towns

Faregyl village

Kvatch Alive, main quest delayer

Deserts of Anequina

Valenwood Improved

Stirk

Cybiades

Skyrim Nord Tombs

Tamriel Heightmap

Better Dungeons

 

 

:VISUAL / ENVIRONMENT:

 

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All Natural

Immersive interiors

AS Rain and thunder sounds

Animated window lighting system

Natural Vegetation

Darker dungeons and nights

Diverse grasses

Grass no tiling

Landscape LOD texture replacement

RAEVWD

Book jackets

detect list and night eye shaders

less overpowered nighteye

 

 

:QUESTS:

 

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Damarask

Dark Brotherhood Chronicles

ET in Arkay

Golden Crest

Kragnirs Death Quest

Malevolent

Origin of the Mages Guild

Return of Shadows

Tales from Elsweyr Anequina

The Necromancer

The underdark saga

Thievery in the IC

Tears of the fiend

 

 

:SURVIVAL:

 

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Real sleep extended

Real thirst

Natural Hunger

Basic Hypothermia

Realistic fatigue

Side's backpacks

 

 

:REALISM / GAMEPLAY:

 

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SM Combat hide

Combat speechcraft

Enhanced Economy

Cyrodil economic overhaul (just bank and weighted gold)

Guard Names

Put in its place

Qquix Rock your ship

Realistic Physics and Force

Realistic leveling

See you sleep

Sittable Rocks

Social NPCs

Stealh Overhaul Redux

Storage Sacks

Idle Dialogue

Try before you buy

 

 

:Misc:

 

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Alternative Spellmaking

DP's Basic Combat Training

DP's Script silencer effect

Extended Chorrol, Skingrad and IC

Journal Mod

Lootable merchant quests

Reznod Mannequins

MD Saddle bags

Mounted spellcasting

Spell delete and item remove

Training Dummys

Unofficial Patch Supplementals

Vaults of Cyrodil

 

 

:CLOTHES / BODIES:

 

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BABs female

Roberts Male

Undies underneath

IC Babs boutique

Bob's armory

capes, cloaks, and gloves

 

 

:PERFORMANCE:

 

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4GB patch

CTD fix

Script optimization

PolyGone Overhaul

Operation Optimization

Stutter Remover

Streamline

Crash prevention system

 

 

:TOOLS:

 

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OBMM

Wyre Bash

TES4Edit

TES4Gecko

TES4LODGen

PyFFI py3k

PyFFI Optimization Kit

LandMagic

 

 

And of course the entire 'Real-Time Interactions' series :)

 

So please, if you have anything you thing might be helpful or useful to me along my, what is sure to be harrowing, journey; or if you have any suggestions of mods that you think will work well with, or replace any of, my selection; it is all appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance,

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[justwannaddl]

That's a long list. Mine is mostly filled with posing, clothing and armor mods.

 

Have you tried deadly reflex or unnecessary violence II?

http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=8273

http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=40310

 

You may want to add the set body mod for variety with and flexibility. There are quite a few more than the link I'm giving so it is best to browse through them for the one most suited to your tastes.

http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=21556

 

If you use companions, I also recommend the force equip mod.

http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=26421

 

Vipcxj's stuff is also worth a look. The hair/eye extend system is an especially great complement to the set body mods.

http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=37096

Edited January 27, 2012 by justwannaddl

[ponyboy10]

  On 1/27/2012 at 5:33 AM, justwannaddl said:

That's a long list. Mine is mostly filled with posing, clothing and armor mods.

 

Out of curiousity, do you know of a mod that changes *only* the player's pose/idle stance? Specifically for bows?

I've tried this: http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=27344, and maybe I'm doing it wrong, but it seemed to still change every NPC's idle too. It's not a big deal, but the default stance for bows makes your archer character always looked hunched over, and w/o a weapon equipped you're hunched over with your fists up.

[justwannaddl]

Sounds like there may be an issue with the esp file if it isn't working for you. I cannot recall seeing other mods that replaces combat idles for the player only but I'll keep an eye out for them. Most modders probably stopped after they made sure the men weren't doing a feminine walk. Seeing imperial guard walking like they were sexy strippers made me do a double take after a particularly confused attempt at manual installation. Edited January 28, 2012 by justwannaddl

[Balakirev]

I'd probably chuck The Elder Council. There are quite a few issues with it, if you real the comments section.

 

The Oblivion Quest List is a year out of date--the maintainer had a child--but remains the single best repository of links to quests, around. Also includes descriptions, sorts by length, and tells you whether they have companions to offer, or not.

[ponyboy10]

  On 1/28/2012 at 1:54 AM, justwannaddl said:

Sounds like there may be an issue with the esp file if it isn't working for you. I cannot recall seeing other mods that replaces combat idles for the player only but I'll keep an eye out for them. Most modders probably stopped after they made sure the men weren't doing a feminine walk. Seeing imperial guard walking like they were sexy strippers made me do a double take after a particularly confused attempt at manual installation.

Thanks.

Lol, yeah, that's what made me give up on it last time. Plus, every old hag I met was standing around looking like a lady of the night.... I tried both an omod and a manual install but they seemed to affect all characters. It seemed like a common problem in the mod thread after some update, so I was curious if there was a working way to do it. The idle is a lot more noticeable now that I have a better 3rd person camera working.