The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - MODS & TWEAKS

Fulax · 1 Oct 2015 at 22:25

Some will be published on Steam as well as Nexus - just google the mod name and both pages will come up if they exist.

The Nexus Mod Manager is very easy to use anyway.

TheSwede · 2 Oct 2015 at 10:57

MooMoo444 said:
Can anyone recommend any good dungeon mods? Not ones that change current dungeons, but new dungeon areas. Ideally the harder the better, maybe even more puzzles that are above simply 'turning the pillars to match what this conveniently placed book says'.

Looking for a challenge.

Not sure if it is good, not done it myself yet but reading the description it seems to be what you want, a challenge.

Heimfeigr by Archon Entertainment

If you do install it and go through it, let us know what you think about it.

Blackjack Davy · 7 Oct 2015 at 02:11

Fanatic said:
Dragonborn DLC is covered now, should notice it on Solstheim.

Awesome, just what I've been waiting for since the dawn of time. The jump from Tamriel to poor Solstheim textures is jarring.

Neil79 · 7 Oct 2015 at 11:01

davewhite04 said:
Great thread Neil but very difficult to follow. Are there equivalent mods in the Steam Workshop? Be great if we can list them all, much easier if possible. I'll be looking and testing some at the weekend(Steam Workshop), will see how I get on.

I'm afraid there is no easy way to follow installing mods for Skyrim.

wunkley · 7 Oct 2015 at 11:44

Yeah, modding Skrim is no light task. It almost gets to be a hobby of its own if you're not careful.
Once you read up on it though and experiment a bit I find Nexus Mod Manger good to use.

Blackjack Davy · 7 Oct 2015 at 14:00

Most mods are just plug and play. Mod Organiser is probably a better option than NMM as you can profile mods i.e. have one combination, or a different, or no mods at all and switch between them. Its a pain to get to work with the Creation Kit though if you're into editing/creeating your own mods.

The most awkward mod I've had to work with is probably DynDoLOD, and I wouldn't recommend that to a complete beginner.

Fulax · 7 Oct 2015 at 14:04

Blackjack Davy said:
Mod Organiser is probably a better option than NMM as you can profile mods i.e. have one combination, or a different, or no mods at all and switch between them. Its a pain to get to work with the Creation Kit though if you're into editing/creeating your own mods.

I haven't used it yet myself but the latest version of NMM seems to have a profile option.

Blackjack Davy · 7 Oct 2015 at 23:55

Fulax said:
I haven't used it yet myself but the latest version of NMM seems to have a profile option.

Indeed it does but there are angry reports of people having issues with it too. Probably best to stay away for now until it's more stable (it will completely remove all your mods and re-add them.) If you do decide to go ahead anyway keeping a backup of your entire Skyrim folder before upgrading is advisable!

larryddd · 8 Oct 2015 at 07:33

Blackjack Davy said:
Indeed it does but there are angry reports of people having issues with it too. Probably best to stay away for now until it's more stable (it will completely remove all your mods and re-add them.) If you do decide to go ahead anyway keeping a backup of your entire Skyrim folder before upgrading is advisable!

agree with this keep away until its fixed

Fulax · 8 Oct 2015 at 08:14

Blackjack Davy said:
Indeed it does but there are angry reports of people having issues with it too. Probably best to stay away for now until it's more stable (it will completely remove all your mods and re-add them.) If you do decide to go ahead anyway keeping a backup of your entire Skyrim folder before upgrading is advisable!

I meant I haven't tried the profile feature, not the programme itself - I'm one of the people who had it uninstall/re-install their mods only to find that half of them were no longer working properly

Obviously if you're just starting out and have no mods installed that wouldn't be an issue, and I haven't experienced any other problems with the updated version.

Fulax · 8 Oct 2015 at 18:32

MooMoo444 said:
Can anyone recommend any good dungeon mods? Not ones that change current dungeons, but new dungeon areas. Ideally the harder the better, maybe even more puzzles that are above simply 'turning the pillars to match what this conveniently placed book says'.

Looking for a challenge.

Have you tried Molag Bal's Inferno? http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/69811/?

8 dungeons with a central hub area, new enemies, massive bosses etc. I've only done one of the circles so far (Greed) but from what I've seen it's original and pretty challenging.

Amraam · 11 Oct 2015 at 19:01

Back for more Skyrim

This will be my fourth playthrough I think. After set of mods. STEP again? Or is there any other recommend mod collection that add grahpics and features like STEP?

Michaeljcox24 · 12 Oct 2015 at 10:25

Blackjack Davy said:
Indeed it does but there are angry reports of people having issues with it too. Probably best to stay away for now until it's more stable (it will completely remove all your mods and re-add them.) If you do decide to go ahead anyway keeping a backup of your entire Skyrim folder before upgrading is advisable!

About three weeks ago I upgraded NMM (it forces you to or closes down) and it completely borked my game. Uninstalled everything. Instant CTD when I re installed. With over 150 mods, it wasn't worth the headache fault finding so I uninstalled it.

And that was one month into a new playthough.

STAY AWAY from NMM. Trust me !!!!

agnes · 12 Oct 2015 at 12:56

Couldn't agree more, Mod Organizer for the win.

Or manual, but manual is a ball ache if you're juggling more than 50 mods.

wunkley · 12 Oct 2015 at 14:36

Michaeljcox24 said:
About three weeks ago I upgraded NMM (it forces you to or closes down) and it completely borked my game. Uninstalled everything. Instant CTD when I re installed. With over 150 mods, it wasn't worth the headache fault finding so I uninstalled it.

And that was one month into a new playthough.

STAY AWAY from NMM. Trust me !!!!

I unwittingly 'upgraded' to the new 1.6 (I think) version of NMM recently. Thank Christ it warned me before fully installing and transferring or whatever it does to all the files. It sounded way too risky so I stopped and uninstalled v1.6 and found an older 1.5 install on the website. Just sticking with that and all my mods are fine and as they were!

Fulax · 12 Oct 2015 at 14:57

I think the problem was (with me at least) that when it re-installed everything automatically it didn't ask which files to overwrite or give me any of the install options, so I ended up with a bunch of incompatibilities and a random load order. Manually re-installing all the texture and environmental mods in the proper order fixed everything quickly enough, but it was pretty annoying to say the least.

Michaeljcox24 · 12 Oct 2015 at 17:37

Amraam said:
Back for more Skyrim This will be my fourth playthrough I think. After set of mods. STEP again? Or is there any other recommend mod collection that add grahpics and features like STEP?

I swear by this guys collection of mods and his ENB. Just follow his instructions to the letter.

You will need a beefy card, but run this on Nvidia DSR if you have it, and Skyrim becomes one of the best looking games you'll ever play.

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30936/?

Amraam · 14 Oct 2015 at 11:41

Michaeljcox24 said:
I swear by this guys collection of mods and his ENB. Just follow his instructions to the letter.

You will need a beefy card, but run this on Nvidia DSR if you have it, and Skyrim becomes one of the best looking games you'll ever play.

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30936/?

Looks great. Finished pulling down all of the mod files, MO and LOOT last night. Really liking the look of the parallax ground textures and RW2.

Going to add SkyUI etc too.

Any other must haves?

Michaeljcox24 · 14 Oct 2015 at 12:07

After you have cracked the scenery side of things with Skyrim Tuner's guide, go for character mods.

Are you female or male?

P.S I noticed you have a 670. Whenever possible, go for the 'light' option when installing textures.

Amraam · 14 Oct 2015 at 12:15

Michaeljcox24 said:
After you have cracked the scenery side of things with Skyrim Tuner's guide, go for character mods.

Are you female or male?

P.S I noticed you have a 670. Whenever possible, go for the 'light' option when installing textures.

Yeah I've two of them, so plenty of GPU grunt, just lacking on VRAM (2GB versions). I had a horrible stuttery mess last time as I went for 4k versions of everything the last time I followed STEP. This time should be better.

I've not been following that guide this time however; I've just been following the realvision instructions:
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30936/?

EDIT: I misunderstood. SkyrimTuner is the mod author. I thought it was a site similar to STEP ha. My bad.