The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - MODS & TWEAKS

Neil79 · 24 Nov 2011 at 18:02

New psu has been shipped, should be up and running by sunday to edit op

Pighardia · 24 Nov 2011 at 18:10

mattyfez said:
in terms of texture packs, as mentioned above, its probably worth waiting until a big user mid comes out, although I like the looks of the hd night sky mod..

It is not like they can conflict or anything though, they are all good mods at what they do, it is just that atm we are looking at downloading separate mods for water/furniture/roads/signs etc. They are all worth getting, but they will also probably become obsolete at some stage when a real high quality pack is released. I would still say it is worth getting them though. The roads, water and 2k texture ones are particularly impressive

Also i haven't had a performance hit with any of the textures at all, not a single FPS. Textures are not the problem it seems, the only thing that affects my FPS is shadows

CaptainRAVE · 24 Nov 2011 at 18:34

Pighardia said:
Also i haven't had a performance hit with any of the textures at all, not a single FPS. Textures are not the problem it seems, the only thing that affects my FPS is shadows

Pretty much the same here - the flora overhaul certainly reduced my FPS (at least for a few mins of playing, then everything is fine).

Adsta · 24 Nov 2011 at 18:43

Just opened my NMM to uninstall mods to covert to manual installations and I was greeted by a NMM has been updated message mmmmm might give it a go see if the update is more stable and works properly

CaptainRAVE · 24 Nov 2011 at 18:55

Adsta said:
Just opened my NMM to uninstall mods to covert to manual installations and I was greeted by a NMM has been updated message mmmmm might give it a go see if the update is more stable and works properly

Has been more stable for me - disabling "auto mod update checks" has helped too.

sWiZzLe · 24 Nov 2011 at 19:40

Mr Krugga said:
Back to FXAA Injector Custom Settings-More Colourful and Realistic without Unnecessary Effects for me.

ENB series mod is causing more problems than it solves.

If anyone finds a decent config that looks more "realistic" than this, let me know.

Thanks for this, although the original ones looked nice in places in dark areas it looked far too dark. This one is perfect, just a bit darker, gets rid of the slight yellow tinge and brings out textures nicely

Freeman · 24 Nov 2011 at 20:08

I find this very useful as I'm too lazy to turn my head and look at the time on my clock. It also tells you your XP in percentage.

KenMOD - Time on loading screen

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=98

Version 5: Added optional static loading image (shows animated Skyrim logo) which hides 3D model and hints for potential spoiling, also added option to hide "TIME" string.
Version 4: Added settings file (showAnalog, twelveHourClock, showLevelProgressPercentage, showHints, showLevelProgress and showTime)
Version 3: Added analog clock, added level progress percentage in level progress bar.
Version 2: Moved to bottom left of the screen, adjusted loading text alignment to Skyrim default.

Display current computer time on loading screens!

## Installation ##

Place 'loadingmenu.swf' in [Skyrim installation folder]/Data/Interface

## Uninstallation ##

Simply remove the file!

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Enjoy

SkScotchegg · 24 Nov 2011 at 20:31

flibby said:
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1327

Coloured map markers, awesome little mod. Makes things so much easier to see. It basically colours all the major cities/towns blue and the quest objectives bright green. I always found it annoying that everything was white.

Thats awesome, good find

SkScotchegg · 24 Nov 2011 at 20:40

Pighardia said:
I would like something that give you more information in the miscellaneous quests screen. ATM i have loads of quests such as "talk to xxx" but there is no indication of who they are or why i would be doing it! Maybe someone will add something as part of a UI mod, all we need is a proper journal that at least gives you a little info on the quest.

Has anyone tried Rich Merchants, seems very handy as there is a ridiculous limit on vanilla merchants. There are 2 versions, one which gives most merchants 2000 and one which gives most merchants 10,000

Mark A said:
Yeah, same here. Also got a few 'collect bounty' and I don't even remember what mission I did to get it. Seems a bit half arsed to stick them in a misc section with no descriptions tbh.

I was confused about this also for the first few days but then I found a solution to this predicament. I worked out you can select the quest so that it shows you where to go on the map/radar.

Just select the quest, same as any other quest and then a symbol will appear onscreen and on the map/radar. Then you will know exactly where to go, exactly how to get from A to B to C and who to talk to.

Problem solved!

To do this (I use xbox 360 joypad btw) simply press start, go down to Miscellaneous and then press right to go into the quest, scroll down down through all the quest and press A on whichever quest you want to track, and then it will track it automatically on-screen/radar/map.

I hope I get a thank you for this information

CaptainRAVE · 24 Nov 2011 at 21:17

More annoying for me are the miscellaneous quests along the lines of "Do X number of X" - I do this, and yet the quest remains in the list, even after completion. Very minor I know, but it nibbles at my slightly OCD ways

DisrupTor75 · 24 Nov 2011 at 22:09

CaptainRAVE said:
More annoying for me are the miscellaneous quests along the lines of "Do X number of X" - I do this, and yet the quest remains in the list, even after completion. Very minor I know, but it nibbles at my slightly OCD ways

Yeah the one with "find 20 jazbay grapes" has been in my misc list for ages.

Adsta · 24 Nov 2011 at 23:06

arknor said:
i use this one http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=598
FXAA Injector Custom Settings-More Colourful and Realistic without Unnecessary Effects
its perfect test it for yourself

After using this FXAA im still not 100% sure of it. It looks the sharpening has been overdone a bit for my tastes. Is there a way to maybe tone that down ?

SkScotchegg · 25 Nov 2011 at 08:35

What exactly is an "FXAA Injector", can someone please explain this to me? Is it just a custom config file which changes lighting/bluryness/sharpening/colour? or is it more then that?

Tolmekian · 25 Nov 2011 at 10:49

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1332

Improves the look of forest floors; leaves & grass etc. Looks quite good compared to the original.

Mark A · 25 Nov 2011 at 11:00

Tolmekian said:
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1332

Improves the look of forest floors; leaves & grass etc. Looks quite good compared to the original.

That looks pretty decent actually, but the flowers need a bit of work, they look a bit odd.

Problem solved!

I hope I get a thank you for this information

Ahh, yeah I knew that. But I mean they could have added a bit of a description so you can see what the quest is before going to the destination.

Thanks though

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topgun06 · 25 Nov 2011 at 14:09

Not sure if anyone has seen this: http://uk.geforce.com/optimise/guides/five-fast-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-tweaks-guaranteed-to-make-your-game-look-even-better

Sadly its for NVIDIA cards only but I've got couple of images so you can see the differences, quite good! Open them in separate tabs and click between them for a comparison.

Before: http://uppix.net/8/0/3/49e96dfedbc4c69fb2e18880cef67.jpg
After Ambient Occlusion section: http://uppix.net/9/3/0/6bd9138560a38efb997d1d3fd96bb.jpg
After making all the changes: http://uppix.net/d/4/b/fb07cc694fd69123c995739129568.jpg

The Asgard · 25 Nov 2011 at 14:55

topgun06 said:
Not sure if anyone has seen this: http://uk.geforce.com/optimise/guides/five-fast-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-tweaks-guaranteed-to-make-your-game-look-even-better

Sadly its for NVIDIA cards only but I've got couple of images so you can see the differences, quite good! Open them in separate tabs and click between them for a comparison.

Before: http://uppix.net/8/0/3/49e96dfedbc4c69fb2e18880cef67.jpg
After Ambient Occlusion section: http://uppix.net/9/3/0/6bd9138560a38efb997d1d3fd96bb.jpg
After making all the changes: http://uppix.net/d/4/b/fb07cc694fd69123c995739129568.jpg

Is there a difference? I'm struggling to see one.

Mr Krugga · 25 Nov 2011 at 15:01

The Asgard said:
Is there a difference? I'm struggling to see one.

Shadows and texture filtering.

Calabi · 25 Nov 2011 at 15:55

I just tried the Ambient Occlusion it works but it its heavy on the fps(and somewhat glitchy).

Others work good though.

topgun06 · 25 Nov 2011 at 16:17

Calabi said:
I just tried the Ambient Occlusion it works but it its heavy on the fps(and somewhat glitchy).

Others work good though.

I've managed to take the FPS hit luckily.

The final part where it forces the loading of 7 terrain tiles I think is causing me to CDT. Just spent a while in a dungeon and it was fine, but outside its CTDing every 15 mins or so.