Mods for ME1 to make it like the original?

[Ｔ ｈ ｅ Ｒ ｉ ｅ #RieTard]

Title. I just started the game for the first time since the original game is finicky on what PC it runs well on. I was really caught off-guard by the look of Captain Anderson! What mods do you guys recommend to make him look more like the original? Assuming there are mods like that available...

[Joe da Immortal]

Here's stuff I use for LE1 to make it like the original:

A Lot of Videos for LE1 -- (upgrades the prerendered cinematics to 60fps 4k resolution)
LE1 Community Patch -- (bug fixes and other important things)
MELLO -- (makes lighting like OG ME1)
Pinnacle Station DLC -- (handcrafted from the ground up to bring back the only missing DLC)
A Lot of Textures (ALOT) -- (textures mod that brings back the original looks, in line with modern resolution. Coupled with MELLO, this creates the perfect remaster.)

^While the above are most important, here's additionally what I used below, which I wish were in the original game:

Advanced Weapon Models for LE1 -- (diversifies weapon skins for various manufacturers, in line with lore).
Galaxy Map Trackers -- (additional trackers, QoL.)
Halcyon Hairpack (LE1) -- (required for Diversification Project)
LE1 Diversification Project -- (expands upon the game in small ways that makes the universe feel more alive. The citadel is more populated, for example, and lore friendly additions from later games, like female turians, can be found.)
N7 Mako -- (tweaks to the Mako that give it more weight, and make it go faster, to speed up uncharted world exploration. QoL.)
Saren Stages -- (gives visual character development to the antagonist, and utilizes his concept art in a fully functional model. One of the more impressive mods here, I use the Alternative settings to have him wear armor on world, and robes when he's on ship, or talking to the council. I find it makes him inconspicuous and similar to how Shepard wears casual crew clothes.)
Unique Moons -- (adds real moon imagery to various uncharted worlds. In-line with the hard sci-fi vision the original devs had.)
Universal N7 Armor -- (a personal favorite, that adds the N7 logo and red arm stripe to most armors Shepard can wear. It always bugged me how the basic Onyx in the original game was the only one with this. I love the look, and the modder painstakingly applied this to every armor professionally. I use the black logo alt, so the N7 text is black on light armors, and white on dark armors.)
XP Rescale (LE1) -- (makes it possible to reach max level in a single playthrough, with four curve variations/difficulties to choose from.)

Have fun!

[Exarch_Alpha]

WTF. Curious abouth why you bother with such an older buid of the gamr? Not criticizing just curious.

[Dale]

When the games first came out (way back when the pyramids were built) - I played them more times than I could count. Guy-Shep & Fem-Shep. On the Origin forums then with endless discussion.

This LE version is absolutely NOT, NOT, NOT the same. Many others here are saying exactly the same thing. Cute "graphics" doesn't cut it (roll eyeballs). In this version, lots of the conversations, & people are completely MISSING from quests....likely to be "currently politically correct" (vomit). For example, I saved EVERYBODY on the ME2 suicide mission but Jack was totally missing in ME3 Grissom Academy rescue. On & On...

Nexus Mods: I have over 100+ for Fallout-4 and about 80+ for Skyrim. I only install via their Nexus Vortex mod manager. Good luck trying that manually.

I trashed the LE version and replayed the originals 1,2,3 on the Electronic Arts game launcher. Likely the LE marketing folks here will tell me how [blathering idiot remark] I am in order to sell their Legendary Edition S**T. By all means --- DO, DO, DO play the originals

[Ｔ ｈ ｅ Ｒ ｉ ｅ #RieTard]

Thank you very much for your responses.

Originally posted by SpaceWombat:

mod suggestion

Originally posted by Joe da Immortal:

LOTS of mod suggestions

Wow, thank you both! I was hoping for stuff like this, to make it look like the original. I never thought the games looked bad or aged badly! So this is right up my alley.

Originally posted by Exarch_Alpha:

WTF. Curious abouth why you bother with such an older buid of the gamr? Not criticizing just curious.

Well, like I said, I have had trouble to get the original ME1 running on a modern system. And since the LE was less than 5 euros, I went for it. Also, I never got around to picking up ME3, so I thought this was an alright deal, even if the games got changed. I know the Bioware RPG's can be modded after all.

Originally posted by Dale:

This LE version is absolutely NOT, NOT, NOT the same. Many others here are saying exactly the same thing. Cute "graphics" doesn't cut it (roll eyeballs). In this version, lots of the conversations, & people are completely MISSING from quests....likely to be "currently politically correct" (vomit). For example, I saved EVERYBODY on the ME2 suicide mission but Jack was totally missing in ME3 Grissom Academy rescue. On & On...

I trashed the LE version and replayed the originals 1,2,3 on the Electronic Arts game launcher. Likely the LE marketing folks here will tell me how [blathering idiot remark] I am in order to sell their Legendary Edition S**T. By all means --- DO, DO, DO play the originals

Oh...I am disappointed to read this, people and side quests got removed? Wow. Well, like I said, I picked this up becaue I couldn't get the first game to run properly on my modern systems. Feel free to friend me or leave a message about my profile about this, I'd love to hear more about missing things in this LE version.

[Joe da Immortal]

The only thing I can think of the Legendary Edition removing are two things:

Pinnacle Station DLC in ME1, because Bioware lost the source code from the third party developer.
and
Miranda's butt camera angles in ME2.

There are mods that reincorporate both of these.

Hacking in LE1 is also hacking from the ME1 PC, which was new to me, since I played through the 360 version a few times.
ME1 combat UI is closer to ME2 & 3, which is fine.
Also, the enemies are not bullet sponge ragdolls on Insanity, as they were in ME1. In LE1, the Insanity balance is more in line with the sequels, which makes me happy. I don't miss unloading ammo into a single ragdolling (throw + knockback rounds) enemy for a solid thirty seconds to kill him, as I had to do on the console.
LE1 also gives every class basic weapon proficiency, so we can actually use all 4 weapons, even if we don't have points invested into them.

Honestly, once you get the mods going, the Legendary Edition is superior.
Console is only better to 'pick up and play'.

I'd compare it to Skryim PC vs Skyrim console, now.

[Trakais]

Originally posted by Ｔ ｈ ｅ Ｒ ｉ ｅ #RieTard:

Title. I just started the game for the first time since the original game is finicky on what PC it runs well on. I was really caught off-guard by the look of Captain Anderson! What mods do you guys recommend to make him look more like the original? Assuming there are mods like that available...

I saw the trailer and he looked weird, but that also reminded me Alan Wake remaster and Alan there is a real uncanny valley nightmare (also judging from the trailer).

Originally posted by Dale:

This LE version is absolutely NOT, NOT, NOT the same. Many others here are saying exactly the same thing. Cute "graphics" doesn't cut it (roll eyeballs). In this version, lots of the conversations, & people are completely MISSING from quests....likely to be "currently politically correct" (vomit). For example, I saved EVERYBODY on the ME2 suicide mission but Jack was totally missing in ME3 Grissom Academy rescue. On & On...

WTH? These days even remasters are taking the knee to current year fads? I got LE for free on Origin a while back, never bothered to play it (I loved the original games, but ME3 original 3 color ending just killed it for me) and then recently bought it on Steam sale. Looks like I won't be playing LE anytime soon, if ever (and I still have some unmaxed Legendary weapons left to grind in ME3 MP )

One more thing. Back in the day all important discussions happened on Bioware Social Network forums. That is before EA decided to shut them down to save some money. I think most of the important stuff was saved, but not all. Now unofficial fan made BSN forums are located here https://bsn.boards.net/

[Bowlsworth]

Originally posted by Dale:

When the games first came out (way back when the pyramids were built) - I played them more times than I could count. Guy-Shep & Fem-Shep. On the Origin forums then with endless discussion.

This LE version is absolutely NOT, NOT, NOT the same. Many others here are saying exactly the same thing. Cute "graphics" doesn't cut it (roll eyeballs). In this version, lots of the conversations, & people are completely MISSING from quests....likely to be "currently politically correct" (vomit). For example, I saved EVERYBODY on the ME2 suicide mission but Jack was totally missing in ME3 Grissom Academy rescue. On & On...

Nexus Mods: I have over 100+ for Fallout-4 and about 80+ for Skyrim. I only install via their Nexus Vortex mod manager. Good luck trying that manually.

I trashed the LE version and replayed the originals 1,2,3 on the Electronic Arts game launcher. Likely the LE marketing folks here will tell me how [blathering idiot remark] I am in order to sell their Legendary Edition S**T. By all means --- DO, DO, DO play the originals

Being totally honest but whats missing from the games exactly? I've played the OG games many many times and other than some balance changes and some weapons being harder to unlock i've noticed nothing different between them. Not trying to hate or anything just curious. I will say though you are wrong about jack in ME3. Shes still there so im going to guess your save file didn't trasfer to ME3 properly from ME2

[Joe da Immortal]

I suspected the same thing. He probably transferred his LE2 save wrong for LE3. That or he's making it up. Besides the small changes to camera angles I mentioned in my previous post, the games are the same. Nothing was cut.