[Megathread] Skyrim Discussion

[Coldkil]

Well, after a while i stepped (pun intended) on the S.T.E.P. guide and i decided to give it a try.

I'vce downloaded like 200 mods and i'm only half the way of installing them, and i'm like extremely slow/careful since given the increadible amount of textures/resources i have so much fear of screwing everything

When i've finally finished, i'll post results (either screenshots of the game or my rig on fire, depending on final results).

[WarpedAcorn]

If you are crashing and want to know what mod(s) are the culprits, use Wrye Bash. It will tell you if something is incompatible, if a dependency is missing, ect...It should help you narrow it down.

[Coldkil]

Finally finished to download/install everything, and i'm giving the game a start after mod sorting/cleaning.

Must say, i had expected a lot better quality/realism, but in the end i installed addons that oimproved a lot the Skyrim experience without going much away from the Vanilla feeling. Will play some more, maybe during combat/playing actually it turns out better than percieved right now.

Also my pc hasn't catch fire so it's good

[WarpedAcorn]

Must say, i had expected a lot better quality/realism, but in the end i installed addons that oimproved a lot the Skyrim experience without going much away from the Vanilla feeling. Will play some more, maybe during combat/playing actually it turns out better than percieved right now.

One thing to note, if you are looking at screenshots and wanting your game to look like that...well 9 times out of 10 the screen shot is using a specific ENB and has had all the settings tweaked so that its perfect for that one angle. So you will be hard pressed to getting it looking hyper-realistic.

That being said, there are a lot of graphic overhauls to experiment with and ENB presets to check out that can improve graphics and induces multiple eyegasms.

[Kelimbror]

I found that the Skyrim Imaginator mod improved the game with less performance issues than any ENB I've ever seen. Plus the ability to tweak it in game, seeing your changes in real time. I never realized how bleak and washed out the game was until I made colors pop with that thing. Combined with all the 'usual' graphics mods like the 2k textures, the various mesh improvements, etc. It actually looks like a fantasy game now and the world is...frankly amazing. I should have never installed this again, because it's pulling me away from my new games.

[Coldkil]

Thanks for the suggestions. As for now, the game looks pretty good without a huge impact on the perfomance - will try the imaginator addon so i can check directly in game how it turns.

Digging around the interwebz i found this reference http://www.asot.es/2001/09/skyrim-mods.html which looks gorgeous (though i don't think my pc can handle it, ENB settings or not). Imgur gallery here (take it as WarpedAcorn said, extreme tweaking for a single photo).

[WarpedAcorn]

I should have never installed this again, because it's pulling me away from my new games.

Yeah....yeah....

<_<

>_>

[Coldkil]

Eh, the mods alone don't do much, a lot is done via the ENB tweaking which i'm not good at and i need to get my hand better on them.

For the rest, here's a screenshot of my new character. Not much quality and such, but i'm pretty happy with the outcome - also perfomarne impact is minimal, hence the game goes fluid and without problems.



EDIT: any way to change the default destination of screenshots? Thanks.

[WarpedAcorn]

Your character looks like someone out of Borderlands. All hail the new Psycho Queen! =)

[Orange Joe]

Am I the only one that wishes more modders would use the steam workshop. I personally hate manually adding mods.

[Alvarado]

Am I the only one that wishes more modders would use the steam workshop. I personally hate manually adding mods.

Yup which is why I'd use a mod manager to deal with that nexus mod manager or mod organizer.

[Tyris Flare]

The problem with Steam is that it will auto update your mods, which can break save games if the modder made significant changes. This happened when apocalypse spells moved from 4->5 and upset a lot of people.

[Valeron]

The problem with Steam is that it will auto update your mods, which can break save games if the modder made significant changes. This happened when apocalypse spells moved from 4->5 and upset a lot of people.

can't you turn off the auto updates in Steam?

[Tyris Flare]

Probably, but a lot of people won't....and then when their game breaks they get pissed at the mod author.

[Coldkil]

Your character looks like someone out of Borderlands. All hail the new Psycho Queen! =)

Haha you made me realize this right now

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Am I the only one that wishes more modders would use the steam workshop. I personally hate manually adding mods.

I use Mod organizer - really good manager plus you can bake into it advanced features like BOSS checking, Wyre Bash and TES5Edit for mod cleaning (a thing i always ignored but man it really has advantages).

With MO specifically you can directly launch Skyrim throguh SKSE and have everything ready and tidy in one place.

[WarpedAcorn]

The problem with Steam is that it will auto update your mods, which can break save games if the modder made significant changes. This happened when apocalypse spells moved from 4->5 and upset a lot of people.

This is a big one. If you use a bunch of mods that all use the framework of another mod, then the framework upgrades, you are left with a bunch of little broken mods until the creators get in and fix compatibility. Sometimes the framework upgrades are not worth losing the older mods as well.

What you have is a spectrum with Ease on one end and Control on the other. Personally, I'd rather spend hours upon hours (which I have) modding my game the way I want in order to maintain that control. Although it takes longer and requires research at times, I think its worth it (and for me part of the fun).

[Deleted]

This is a really cool mod called Familiar Faces, it lets you put your characters into your different saves and allows you to make companions or enemies out of them.

[Coldkil]

FFFF S.T.E.P. just released yesterday a new updated guide.

Now i'm torn between reinstalling everything or just play while i wait for the 2.3.0 (which should be a huge overhaul) to take on all the addon installing/cleaning process again.

Since they've switched from BOSS to LOOT, it would be better to just do a clean install. Very likely going to just download the game client again and keep a vanilla installation away to avoid the long download every time.

[Hellravager]

wasted $20 on dragonborn T-T forgot about all the crashs and crap that skyrim does

[Coldkil]

wasted $20 on dragonborn T-T forgot about all the crashs and crap that skyrim does

Unofficial Patches are the way to go!!