Mod Spree!

[ariinya]

Hey guys! I've been wanting to play Skyrim for a long time now, but I've had trouble with mods before. So, now I have a new computer with...

 

Windows 64-Bit

Intel® Core i7 CPU

960 @ 3.20GHz

6.00 GB of RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590

 

And I've been downloading mods by category. I'm only partway through the C's, and I have over 80-90 mods. >.>;; I suppose what I'm asking for... can you look for conflicts in what I've found so far, or perhaps give advice about what I've chosen? I don't mind being told something totally sucks. ^_^ Anyway, here's the list:

 

 

 

Abodes - Player Homes:

Deus Mons

Dragon Falls Manor

Necessary Map Markers

Unlimited Bookshelves

 

Animals, Creatures, Mounts & Horses:

83Willows 101BugsHD Butterfly Dragonfly Luna-Moth Torchbug

Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack

Better Horses

Dragons Diversified

Enhanced Horse Skins

Improved Dragon Textures

Monster Retex Pack

Real Wildlife - Skyrim

Realistic Wildlife Loot and Recipes

Skyrim Monster Mod

SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators

StarX Detailed Monsters

Unicorn

 

Animation:

3rd Person magic casting animation replacer - not crouching

Bowlegged jump animation Fix

Dual Wield Blocking Animations

Feminine Running and New Dash Animation

new female 2-hand sword and bow animations

Sit animation

The Dance of Death - A Killmove Mod for Update 1-5

 

Armor:

Black Tower and Black Sacrament Armor pack

Hedge Knight Armor

Lore Friendly Armor Pack

Redguard Knight Armor

Vagabond Armor

Vanguard Armor

Warchief Armor

Audio, Sounds and Music:

Immersive Skyrim Thunder V5

Improved Combat Sounds

Smooth blade draw and Sheathe

Sounds of Skyrim - The Dungeons

Sounds of Skyrim - The Wilds

The Sounds of Nature - Fire

The Sounds of Nature - Water

 

Bug Fixes:

HD Textures DLC Fix

Smithing Perks Overhaul

Weapons and Armor Fixes

Well Placed Weapons and Quivers 1-1

 

Cities, Towns, Villages and Hamlets:

Real Lights - Cities

Sexy Boats v1

Sexy Riften v2

Sexy Solitude v1

Sexy Villages and Towns

Sexy Whiterun v3

Sexy Windhelm v2

Sexy Winterhold College

Visible Windows

 

Clothing:

Bandolier - Bags and Pouches

Cloaks of Skyrim

FavoredSouls Evening Star

Fiona Armor for CBBE v3 - NKT

Improved NPC Clothing - High Res

JewelCraft

Nocturnal Dress for Calientes Body Mod -CBBE-

The Art of Magicka

Winter Is Coming - Cloaks

 

Combat:

WARZONES - Civil Unrest

AKM - Advanced KillMoves

Faster Arrows

Dual Wield Parrying

Deadly Combat

Fighting Styles of Tamriel

 

Companions - Other:

UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul

Better Followers

Followers can Relax

TCG - Tradable companion gear

Housecarls more feminine stance

 

 

 

I haven't gotten to any of the hair/face mods (my fave!) I just want to make the game as beautiful and fun as possible.

 

Thanks a bunch in advance.

[Helix341]

Check that Skyrim is updated to the latest version. If you don't have update.esm, some mods will crash the game.

[ariinya]

All right. So... say I get finished finding every single mod my heart could ever desire. ^_^;; What's the best way to install them all? Because, some talk about Wrye Bash, others about NMM (I know what all of these are), but a lot of mods seem to prefer one over the other. Sometimes, they just say to do it manually. Does it actually MATTER? I know there are some mods that give you choices in installation (I believe like in "Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack"), picking blue eyes, brown eyes maybe gold eyes, or different colors of fur.

 

All right, so... if I can technically get all mods to work together... are there some on my list that are redundant? :D

[bben46]

First Please don't try installing them all at once - that is the recipe for problems.

Install 2 or 3 at a time. and keep track of what you are installing. Then play the game a while and test those mods before adding any more. If it's a big mod that changes a lot of things - just install that one and test. if you don't test after each small group, you will not know which mods are causing problems.

 

After a dozen or so mods, start using BOSS after installing each group - That keeps them sorted in a proper load order and can prevent a problem before it occurs.

 

The biggest advantage to using either NMM or Wrye to install mods is if you have to uninstall a mod. (and you will have to do that eventually) For a manually installed mod you will have to track down each and every minor mesh, texture and anything else that the mod installed. Both NMM and Wrye remember for you and if you installed using a manager, then uninstall using the SAME manager it will get everything in one click. For simple mods that isn't all that important. But for a complex mod that changes or adds hundreds of textures and meshes it is very important.

[ariinya]

Does it matter WHICH manager I use to install mods? Do the mods themselves have to be... mmm... setup a certain way?

 

I suppose I'll continue to download all the mods I want, maybe ask again before beginning to slowly install them. ^_^;; I can't be the ONLY person who loves all of these beautiful Skyrim mods, can I?! Meep!

 

Oh, but, are there any mods so far in my list that you wouldn't, personally, download and use? I've been really trying to look hard at each one, see how it works, what it does, what it looks like... but sometimes that can be hard. I'm most worried about the companion mods, and some of the fighting mods. I've passed on a lot of other kill move mods, thinking they'll probably interfere with AKM, and I went for Deadly Combat over Duel - Combat Realism. What would your personal choice be? Honestly, when I'm asking questions, I'm more interested in your guys' PERSONAL choices and such. I bow to your greater experience. :D

Edited May 18, 2012 by ariinya

[ariinya]

Quick bump! This forum moves a LOT faster than the DA2 forums. :O