How to make Oblivion look better?

st00dent · 22 Jul 2006 at 01:02

Hi all, I just bought Oblivion and I'm finding it rather good. However it looks bloody awful once you get outside. Can anyone recommend some good mods or something to make it look better?
No way was I going to go all through that 100+ page thread to find it.

Thx

badgermonkey · 22 Jul 2006 at 01:25

st00dent said:
Hi all, I just bought Oblivion and I'm finding it rather good. However it looks bloody awful once you get outside. Can anyone recommend some good mods or something to make it look better?
No way was I going to go all through that 100+ page thread to find it.
Thx

Bloody awful???

Turn the graphics up... mine looks absolutely stunning...

Please tell me this is a joke? :confused:

Zefan · 22 Jul 2006 at 01:26

I get where he's coming from, the draw distance for radial flora is apalling even on maximum.

badgermonkey · 22 Jul 2006 at 01:28

Zefan said:
I get where he's coming from, the draw distance for radial flora is apalling even on maximum.

Mine appears ok, considering the vast expanse it has to run onscreen.

/note i AM running fully maxed out.

st00dent · 22 Jul 2006 at 01:28

I let it auto detect the gfx settings and it said it was running on ultra high.
Any land which isnt very close just looks like a big green blurry blob.

badgermonkey · 22 Jul 2006 at 01:29

Mine said something like that, but i still had settings i could turn up....

skullman · 22 Jul 2006 at 01:36

The texture replacement mod makes the game look a lot better:

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st00dent · 22 Jul 2006 at 09:30

Thanks, that helped a lot.

Kiyoshi · 22 Jul 2006 at 09:42

I was pleased with my gfx apart from the reflection of the land in the water, it always looked really jaggedy even on high settings. I installed NaturalEnvironments or something, can't remember if it fixed that problem though

Fubsy · 22 Jul 2006 at 09:47

The splodgy cliffs and hills make it look awful outside for me

Vegeta · 22 Jul 2006 at 10:36

Yeah when I first got the game I didnt understand what all the fuss was about it looked dreadful (especcially on a big monitor).
But I downloaded all the textures upgrades and it looks a lot better now.

Darkwave · 22 Jul 2006 at 10:52

Go to www.tessource.net and download the Distant Terrain LOD Texture Replacement mod and the Natural Environments mod.

modo77 · 22 Jul 2006 at 11:47

Excellent article here which tells you all the best mods and tweaks for the game. Make sure you check out parts 2 & 3 aswell.

In sort it makes it look much better in the distance, and improves FPS at the same time

http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?CIID=36222

Psypher5 · 22 Jul 2006 at 12:46

If you think oblivion looks awful, god help you.

But yeah, dont tweak it too much, I did... and I get 1fps max

Looks kinda real though