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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - MODS & TWEAKS
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read first page there's a guide.
Skyrim is great even without mods. I recommend playing it once in vanilla (though possible with a UI mod).
Once done, then mod the hell out of it like I am!
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I lasted 1 hour in vanilla after that I just had to get graphics mods. You are all happy playing vanilla ....until you come on forums like these or other gaming sites and see the ENB or FXAA-Injector screenshots of people with Skyrim HD....and then its no going back!
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This is true but if you have a reasonably powerful rig its not a big problem. Stuff like FXAA Injector & ENB have sliders and check-boxes so you can mess about with them to find the right balance between FPS & eye candy.
Also the best HD texture mods offer different file sizes (small, med, large) depending on machine power so you can take your pic. I think someone has also optimized the textures of the official HD DLC textures to make them more RAM-friendly.
Crazy. The game looks stunning in vanilla with the offical HD textures!
From the screenshots I've seen most people's enb setups make the game look overly bright, blurry or just plain awful. I will admit that there are a 'few' that do look very nice but not to the extent that you can call the stock game ugly!
The official HD texture pack is terrible IMO, it does a brilliant job retexturing the armors and weaponry, but the environmental textures have barely changed, and the HD texture pack gives a HUGE hit to performance on medium spec machines. Texture packs such as 2K however, not only completely rework rocks, grass, stonework, woodwork etc to a vanilla yet realistic look, but also at a much higher quality; the LITE pack has the same resolution (although looks better in the first place) as the HD texture pack at little to no performance hit and the FULL pack is for top end specs which have 8000x8000 resolution textures, which far far far surpass the HD texture pack (up close they don't look Playstation 2 either, and that goes for the LITE pack too).
Bethesda should never bother with things that the community have already done, 2K was out almost since release, they make the game, the community finish it. It's how its always been.
Looking forward to Dawnguard though!
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The only major mods that it broke have been updated by the creators, well the majority of them. Just check the nexus and look at the mods you have and see if there are updated versions.
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Got some images......it's the grass and straw and rocks etc - they were much more detailed before the patch
Will try image shack - not used it before so apologies if this doesn't work - pictures look okay when they don't fill the screen...but in game aren't brialliant.
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why don't my pictures work
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Anyone else got the ANNOYING issue of the windows mouse cursor showing up in Skyrim after you ALT-TAB? It stays there while you play. And when youre in the in-game menu you see TWO cursors...windows & the games own. This started after 1.6 
Screenshots youre trying to post on here you mean?
Screenshots youre trying to post on here you mean?
Anyone else got the ANNOYING issue of the windows mouse cursor showing up in Skyrim after you ALT-TAB? It stays there while you play. And when youre in the in-game menu you see TWO cursors...windows & the games own. This started after 1.6
Screenshots youre trying to post on here you mean?
Yep open yer option menu should solve the issue.
Anyone else got the ANNOYING issue of the windows mouse cursor showing up in Skyrim after you ALT-TAB? It stays there while you play. And when youre in the in-game menu you see TWO cursors...windows & the games own. This started after 1.6
Two things caused this for me. Steam and raptr. I guess it's because both have in game overlays. Disabling Steam in game and closing raptr fixed this for me... Very glad it did too because it was rage-inducingly annoying!
Anyone else got the ANNOYING issue of the windows mouse cursor showing up in Skyrim after you ALT-TAB? It stays there while you play. And when youre in the in-game menu you see TWO cursors...windows & the games own. This started after 1.6
Screenshots youre trying to post on here you mean?
ye mines doing that now awell.
Got some images......it's the grass and straw and rocks etc - they were much more detailed before the patch
Will try image shack - not used it before so apologies if this doesn't work - pictures look okay when they don't fill the screen...but in game aren't brialliant.
Cheers
Those seem pretty normal to me, try some landscape texture packs that aren't included in the mod system your using.
The comparison here is about the best you can upgrade the textures too, those pictures you provided look fine.
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Anyone else got the ANNOYING issue of the windows mouse cursor showing up in Skyrim after you ALT-TAB? It stays there while you play. And when youre in the in-game menu you see TWO cursors...windows & the games own. This started after 1.6
Quick way round this is to press tab first. So you have that menu open with items, map etc. Then alt-tab.
