The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - MODS & TWEAKS

Richdog · 3 Jul 2020 at 19:24

TheSwede said:
I'm going to be a grumpy git here and I sure hope that if you, or anyone else, are going to use that mod list that you go and endorse each and everyone of the mods/patches that are included in that so called mod. Since the mods included are all from mod authors over at Nexus and not that persons own mods.

/end rant

Oh man that is one amusing post, less 'grumpy git' and more 'daft git'.

It's clearly a collection of other people's mods ('modlist')and I assume that you have not read his readme documentation where he gives credit to the mod authors and asks users to go and endorse them all: https://github.com/ForgottenGlory/Living-Skyrim-2/blob/master/README.md#credits--thanks

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pooley · 4 Jul 2020 at 09:39

thanks RD for the heads up, deffo checking this out, i love modding skyrim

Richdog · 4 Jul 2020 at 13:22

pooley said:
thanks RD for the heads up, deffo checking this out, i love modding skyrim

OMFG... 800 mods. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i31E32PtFQv_soryzrH8dOmk-Yk3n1GZIuQnuFsy2XY/edit#gid=0 :eek:

All the mods that seem important to me are in there so I may try this soon as from what I read it seems to take all of the pain out of the process. Impressive if it works as advertised!

Will give me a good reason to switch to Mod Organiser 2 too...

GBRusty · 4 Jul 2020 at 18:32

To get the best out of wabbajack you'll also need a subscription to Nexus but I didn't mind that as I've used them for years and have breathed new life into so many games.
Wabbajack is awesome.

pooley · 5 Jul 2020 at 02:47

Richdog said:
OMFG... 800 mods. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i31E32PtFQv_soryzrH8dOmk-Yk3n1GZIuQnuFsy2XY/edit#gid=0

All the mods that seem important to me are in there so I may try this soon as from what I read it seems to take all of the pain out of the process. Impressive if it works as advertised!

Will give me a good reason to switch to Mod Organiser 2 too...

800 that's insane! Mod Organiser 2 is very good imo..

Richdog · 5 Jul 2020 at 05:18

GBRusty said:
To get the best out of wabbajack you'll also need a subscription to Nexus but I didn't mind that as I've used them for years and have breathed new life into so many games.
Wabbajack is awesome.

I bought the lifetime subscription, imo it is a crime not to in order to support that amazing website and all of the countless hours of modding heaven it has given me. Literally many, many AAA game-lengths worth of enjoyment.

Richdog · 5 Jul 2020 at 20:48

Holy crap... I just did the Wabbajack thing and wow... Skyrim is like a completely different ball game, stunningly beautiful! I initially added Rudy ENB on top of it and it broke my rig... FPS dropped down to 15. Disabled it and my FPS is now between 30 and 40 fps. Now I definitely need a new Ampere.

The whole downloading and installing took around 1.5 hours on my rig which isn't bad and the whoel process is so easy if you follow all of the instructions and have a Nexus membership. Now all I need to do is add a few choice NSFW wenching mods for ultimate immersion.

Dirk Diggler · 5 Jul 2020 at 20:50

Richdog said:
The whole downloading and installing took around 1.5 hours on my rig which isn't bad and the whoel process is so easy if you follow all of the instructions and have a Nexus membership.

Would you mind posting or linking to step by step instructions? I'm interested in seeing this; I think I'll dip in and out of Skyrim for as long as I own a PC.

montymint · 5 Jul 2020 at 21:15

Richdog said:
Holy crap... I just did the Wabbajack thing and wow... Skyrim is like a completely different ball game, stunningly beautiful! I initially added Rudy ENB on top of it and it broke my rig... FPS dropped down to 15. Disabled it and my FPS is now between 30 and 40 fps. Now I definitely need a new Ampere.

The whole downloading and installing took around 1.5 hours on my rig which isn't bad and the whoel process is so easy if you follow all of the instructions and have a Nexus membership. Now all I need to do is add a few choice NSFW wenching mods for ultimate immersion.

I'm probably going to do it tomorrow AM

Richdog · 5 Jul 2020 at 21:43

Dirk Diggler said:
Would you mind posting or linking to step by step instructions? I'm interested in seeing this; I think I'll dip in and out of Skyrim for as long as I own a PC.

Dude, link above, use the readme...

montymint · 5 Jul 2020 at 21:47

well I've set it off to do the downloads tonight - this is the first time in ages that my 350Mb line will be put through it's paces

Richdog · 6 Jul 2020 at 06:22

montymint said:
well I've set it off to do the downloads tonight - this is the first time in ages that my 350Mb line will be put through it's paces

Hah same here for my 1GB fibre... at least in a more legit way.

montymint · 6 Jul 2020 at 06:26

Richdog said:
Hah same here for my 1GB fibre... at least in a more legit way.

Not gonna lie, the while thing was done in about an hour. The first game load took quite a bit last night but the game looked great.

Will need to test the fps in various places before deciding on and enb or not.

But that was a lot easier than missing on my own

Rroff · 6 Jul 2020 at 06:38

Richdog said:
Holy crap... I just did the Wabbajack thing and wow... Skyrim is like a completely different ball game, stunningly beautiful! I initially added Rudy ENB on top of it and it broke my rig... FPS dropped down to 15. Disabled it and my FPS is now between 30 and 40 fps. Now I definitely need a new Ampere.

The whole downloading and installing took around 1.5 hours on my rig which isn't bad and the whoel process is so easy if you follow all of the instructions and have a Nexus membership. Now all I need to do is add a few choice NSFW wenching mods for ultimate immersion.

Without a complete replacement of some parts of the engine with some settings/mods the game will hit API bottlenecks such as drawcalls and/or places where it is limited by being single thread heavy and run badly on just about any hardware.

Dirk Diggler · 6 Jul 2020 at 06:42

montymint said:
well I've set it off to do the downloads tonight - this is the first time in ages that my 350Mb line will be put through it's paces

What size download is it?

montymint · 6 Jul 2020 at 07:08

Dirk Diggler said:
What size download is it?

70Gb+zipped then it unpacks to about 182Gb

Richdog · 6 Jul 2020 at 07:15

montymint said:
Not gonna lie, the while thing was done in about an hour. The first game load took quite a bit last night but the game looked great.

Will need to test the fps in various places before deciding on and enb or not.

But that was a lot easier than missing on my own

It saves MANY MANY HOURS of selecting the right mods and options, installing them individually, and then noticing other stuff you are missing and then having to add them and still find you are missing other cool stuff. I mean the guy has individually curated and tailored the entire thing, this must have taken him months. I can't believe I never saw this tool before and I will donate a few quid to the guy as thanks because my free time is previous and he has saved me a hell of a lot of it.

I will add a few "wenching" and CBBE mods on top of this and see if I can get it all working smoothly.

Rroff said:
Without a complete replacement of some parts of the engine with some settings/mods the game will hit API bottlenecks such as drawcalls and/or places where it is limited by being single thread heavy and run badly on just about any hardware.

Well, yeah it's an old engine but having 800 mods is going to take a heavy toll. On my previous install I was running 200 mods super smoothly and now I guess I am at the limits of the engine. However my GPU is a significant limiting factor here, my CPU also to a lesser extent, and an upgrade in Q4 will give a decent boost I am sure.

montymint · 6 Jul 2020 at 07:58

Richdog said:
It saves MANY MANY HOURS of selecting the right mods and options, installing them individually, and then noticing other stuff you are missing and then having to add them and still find you are missing other cool stuff. I mean the guy has individually curated and tailored the entire thing, this must have taken him months. I can't believe I never saw this tool before and I will donate a few quid to the guy as thanks because my free time is previous and he has saved me a hell of a lot of it.

Oh yeah, there's been times where I've spent more time modding / tweaking than playing. Something that's this painless is a breath of fresh air!

I'll probably give a FO4 pack a try if it also has good documentation.

Richdog · 6 Jul 2020 at 08:04

montymint said:
Oh yeah, there's been times where I've spent more time modding / tweaking than playing. Something that's this painless is a breath of fresh air!

I'll probably give a FO4 pack a try if it also has good documentation.

I was also thinking about FO4 as I recently did a fresh install with my new PC build... the vanilla modlist looks like it would be ideal.

Dirk Diggler · 12 Jul 2020 at 10:18

I've installed the Wabbajack, looks great. A couple of questions:

How do I get 4k resolution working? If I edit the prefs ini then it displays in the top left corner like a large postage stamp?
How do I get the hud on the top left to disappear?

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