How much of Bevilex's Modlist is actually required for Oblivion Reloaded and ENB?

[zazz825]

I've been wanting to try out Oblivion Reloaded for a long time, but after looking at Bevilex's list, it seems a bit insane to have that many mods on my installation just for graphics. I already have a ton of mods dedicated to the playthrough I have planned and adding another hundred or so seems time-consuming and extreme.

 

His "Stability Mods, OBSE Plugins, and Fixes and Patches" section, sure, all of those should definitely be used regardless, and I'm not completely opposed to using QTP, but once you're past the "Base Texture Packs" section, things start to get a little excessive. Do I actually need to be that detailed about it? Because frankly, I don't care too much about "Better Ropes" or the book jacket retextures, or small details like that. I'm fine with the vanilla ones. I just want the world overall to be a bit sharper and prettier, as well as maintaining reasonable performance.

 

Typically in the past, I accomplished this by simply using a few smaller texture replacers like Grass Overhaul and Rock Retexture, plus the Oblivion Character Overhaul and Oblivion Graphics Extender. But I've seen recently that OBGE is outdated, and that using Oblivion Reloaded and ENB is much better.

 

What I'm really asking here is: Would I be able to go through the list, pick out 20 or so of the mods I feel are most important for my tastes, and then install Oblivion Reloaded and ENB? Is Oblivion Reloaded and ENB going to fail completely if I don't use everything Bevilex has listed? If not, is my game going to look weird somehow, like obvious patches of higher texture quality contrasted with the lower vanilla ones?

[muffinz10]

Not at all. I did exactly what you're proposing.

 

Active Mod Files:

00  Oblivion.esm
01  Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm  [Version 1.5.5]
02  Better Cities Resources.esm  [Version 6.0.8]
03  Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp  [Version 3.5.5]
++  Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp
04  DLCShiveringIsles.esp
05  Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp  [Version 1.5.9]
06  Better Cities .esp  [Version 6.0.5]
07  Days&Months.esp
08  Enhanced Economy.esp  [Version 5.4.3]
09  BookTrackerOBSE.esp
0A  DarNifiedUI Config Addon.esp
0B  Display Stats.esp  [Version 2.0.1]
0C  kuerteeCleanUp.esp
0D  MigMiscellanea.esp  [Version 1.82]
0E  Quest Log Manager.esp  [Version 1.3.2]
0F  OblivionReloaded.esp
10  Dynamic Map.esp  [Version 2.1.1]
11  Map Marker Overhaul.esp  [Version 3.9.3]
12  Map Marker Overhaul - SI additions.esp  [Version 3.9.3]
13  Enhanced Hotkeys.esp  [Version 2.3.1]
14  DLCHorseArmor.esp
15  DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.9]
16  DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
**  EVE_StockEquipmentReplacer.esp
17  Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esp  [Version 1.5.5]
18  Cyrodiil Travel Services.esp  [Version 3.1]
19  Knights.esp
1A  Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.1.8]
**  EVE_KnightsoftheNine.esp
++  Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul - Knights of Nine.esp
++  [cq]ColoredQuests.esp
++  [cq]ShiveringQuests.esp
++  [cq]QuestsoftheNine.esp
1B  More Effective Enchantments.esp
1C  More Effective Enchantments Knights.esp
1D  More Effective Enchantments OOO.esp
1E  Oblivion Uncut.esp
1F  Oblivion Uncut - OOO Adaptation.esp
20  Command Mount.esp
21  Harvest [Flora].esp  [Version 3.0.0]
++  Harvest [Flora] - Shivering Isles.esp  [Version 3.0.0]
22  EVE_ShiveringIslesEasterEggs.esp
23  Better Cities Full.esp  [Version 6.0.8]
24  Kvatch Rebuilt.esp  [Version 3.0]
++  OCR + Kvatch Rebuilt Patch.esp  [Version 4.0]
25  VanillaCombatEnhanced.esp
26  Oblivion_Character_Overhaul.esp  [Version 2.0]
++  VCEClassOverhaul.esp
27  OOOExtended.esp
28  OOOShiveringIsles.esp
29  OOO Improvements and Tweaks.esp  [Version 2.0]
2A  BalancedMagic.esp
++  BMEnchantmentRebalance.esp
2B  Better Imperial City.esp  [Version 6.0.8]
2C  Better Cities Chorrol - Knights of the Nine.esp  [Version 6.0.7]
2D  Better Cities Market District - Oblivion Uncut.esp  [Version 6.0.8a]
++  Better Cities - MOBS.esp  [Version 6.0.0]
++  Better Imperial City - OOO.esp  [Version 6.0.6]
++  Better Cities Full - OOO.esp  [Version 6.0.6]
2E  BetterSaves.esp
2F  Toggleable Quantity Prompt.esp  [Version 3.2.0]
30  MiniMap.esp
31  BetterMenuControls.esp
32  Companion Compatibility.esp
33  Oblivion XP.esp
34  Bashed Patch, 0.esp
35  OblivionReloaded.Weather.esp

Most of the list is texture replacements. You don't have to install any of those if you don't want to.

Oh, and since you're not a big graphics junky you might as well do what I did and install "CTD and Memory patch ENBOOST" rather than an ENB. It mentions it in the guide.