Best Graphics Mods

[Call Sign: Raven]

Hi, I just re-installed Oblivion and I want to make it look pretty and have Widescreen support for my ultra-widescreen monitor. What are the best graphical updates for this game for modern systems? Thank you!

[OwedEvil]

http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/topalltime/?adult=2

[dragongodofgames]

hi if you want to make Oblivion look great you need a lot of mods. start looking here http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/categories/?
and no i cant pin-point the best for you, just look and see whitch one you like. and above all else have fun with modding.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Here is my list. I do not use an ENB so you will have to choose one yourself.

TES Mod Manager: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/5010/?
OR
Oblivion Mod Manager: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/2097/?

Wrye Bash: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/22368/?
(Create a Bashed Patch at the end)

OBSE: http://obse.silverlock.org/
(These files go into your Oblivion folder and not the data folder.)

4GB Patch: http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php
(Use 4GB Patch on Oblivion.exe, Oblivion Launcher, TES Mod Manager, and TESModManager.vshost.exe) 

Unofficial Patches

Unoffical Oblivion Patch: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/5296/?
Unoffical Shivering Isles Patch: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/10739/?
Unoffical Official Mods Patch: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/9969/?

OBSE Plugins

Blockhead: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43752/?
Conscribe: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/26510/?
Fast Exit: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/22410/?
Menu Que: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/32200/?
Oblivion Stutter Remover: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/23208/?
Oblivion Enhanced Camera: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44337/?
OBSE Elys Silent Voice: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/16622/?

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Mesh and Texture mods For Better Graphics

Really Textured Normal Maps: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/38350/?
Qarl's Texture Pack III Redimized: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45666/?
Graphic Improvement Project (2 ESP's): http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43496/?

(Below, "some" of Bomrets Textures are identical to Detailed Terrain, but they are half the size. If you want better performance textures install Bombret after DT otherwise install it first)

Bomret Texture Pack for Shivering Isles: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46162/?
Detailed Terrain : http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/15245/?

Ayleid ruins retexture by Lougian: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44671/?
Caves retexture by Lougian: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45895/?
Forts Ruins retexture by Lougian: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44660/?
Rocks retexture by Lougian: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45881/?

Oblivion Realm HD: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43100/?

Arena HD: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/42881/?
Cloud Ruler Temple HD: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/42928/?
Gecko's Imperial Dungeon Textures: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46864/?
Koldorns Sewer Textures 2: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/9080/?
Kvatch HD: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45670/?
HiRez Architecture- Daedric Shrines: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43442/?
Improved Bravil: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/10383/?
Statues HD: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43104/?

Realistic HD Night Sky: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44951/? 
(HD Night Sky is 4K, I used Optimizer Textures to reduce them to 2K for better performance)
OR (Choose only one)
Fantasy Nightsky Number 1: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/19509/?

New Oblivion Moons: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/30037/?
Colorful Nebula: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47035/?

Mesh Improvement Project: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44501/?

Darooz Upperclass clutter: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/41108/?
Enhanced Magic Effects: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/9424/?
Hi-res Soul Gems: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43728/?
High-Res Varla & Welkynd Texture Replacer: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/36814/?
Improved Amulets and Rings: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/17147/?
Improved Fruits Vegetables and Meats: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/10487/?
Improved Skulls and Bones and Ironwork: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/36075/?
Painted Paintings: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/4047/?

Cridow's Retextures for Clothes and Armors: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46184/?

Insanity's Improved Armoury Compilation: http://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/files/file/797-insanitys-improved-armoury-compilation/
(This Weapon and Armor mod is worth registering a free account. It is the only place to find it. Better to get it now before TesAlliance goes offline someday.)

Sharpend Arena Rainment Textures: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43213/? 
Madness Armor and Weapons Retex: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/29286/?
Mythic Amber Armor: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/37955/?
Visually Improved Staffs: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/38438/?

Weapon Improvement Project: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43852/?
(If you have a problem with texture alignment for the base iron or steel weapons, reset the BSA timestamps in Tes Mod Manager, update archive invalidation, re-install the mod if necessary and hopefully things should work.)

Mythic Animals: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/29638/?
Mythic Creatures: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/29569/?
Mythic Ghosts and Goblins: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/36000/?
Mythic Madness: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/38251/?

(Most of these mods begin adding ESP plugins)

Diverse Will o the Wisps: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/25001/?

Slofs Oblivion Horses 2.0: http://www.ladymoiraine.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=720 
Clicking Accept doesn't take you to another page, it initiates the download window. I suggest using Firefox with noscript just to be safe.

Improved Doors and Flora: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/8298/?
Improved Trees and Flora: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/8500/?
Improved Trees and Flora 2: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/11891/?
Improved Flora Harvest Fix: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/20109/?
Oblivion Grass Overhaul (Uncheck ESP): http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/42400/?
Enhanced Vegetation: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/23783/?
Harvest Flora: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/2037/?
Oblivion Trees Overhaul: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46091/?

nONatees Colored Shivering Isles Map: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/12797/?
Dynamic Map  - Color Map: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/35969/?

Real Wood Road Signs: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/25429/?
Improved Signs: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/9498/?

(Optional)
Illuminated Signs - Road and Inns Signs: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46179/?

Armored Skeletons: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/39784/?
OR (Choose only one as Armored Skeletons is included in Creature Diversity) 
Creature Diversity: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/26634/?

Book Jackets: Oblivion Standard Res: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/5570/?
Better Book Paper: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/18298/?

AliveWaters: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/6914/?
Alive Waters Updated: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44069/?
AliveWaters Grass Bug Fix: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/20698/?

Oblivion Character Overhaul version 2: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44676/?
Seamless - OCOv2 Edition: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45859/?
(This mod adds an OCO compatible version of Roberts male body and HGEC EVE C-Cup Female Body. It also includes compatable armor and clothing meshes and a seamless skin texture for both bodies.)

(Optional Replacement Eyes for OCOv2)
New Eyes for OCOv2: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46995/?

Sound

Oblivion Stereo Sound Overhaul: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/5861/?
Better Bell Sounds: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/5286/?
Atmospheric Oblivion: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/7703/?
Atmospheric Oblivion Updated: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/19487/?
Symphony of Violence: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/13987/?
Varied Spell Sounds: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/14799/?
Even Quieter Varied Spells Sounds: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/19040/?
GOSH - Gecko's Oblivion Sound overHaul: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45214/?

The mods below can be a little more complicated to install than the texture mods because of compatability issues that require patches. 

Animated Window Lighting System and Chimneys - AWLS: 
http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/19628/?

Better Cities: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/16513/?

Be Aware that Better Cities uses a custom file path for its textures, and that it will supercede the city textures of any mods above. I really like Better Cities, but some of its textures are kind of lower res compared the some of the textures installed above, but they still look decent.

Unique Landscapes Compilation: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/19370/?
(You probably do not want to overwrite any textures from trees overhaul, but not tested)
Unique Landscapes Compatibility Patches: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/13834/?

Really AEVWD 1.9.2: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/20053/?
 (Optional OBMM installer, still requires main file)
RAEVWD omod Installer: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/24701/?

(Optional Weather)
Weather All Natural: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/18305/?
(You can install it fine with TES Mod Manager / OBMM, but the optional  plugin file, All Natural - Indoor Weather Filter For Mods.esp, needs to be deactivated in the load order and built into your Bashed Patch using Wyre Bash, but using the plugin is optional. 

(Immersive Interiors requires Weather - All Natural)
Immersive Interiors: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/34199/?
Immersive Interiors Landscape AddOn: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43072/? 
Immersive Interiors - Bravil and Leyawiin: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45297/?
 
Immersive Interiors - Imperial City: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47039/?
(Is probably not be compatible with Better Cities if you are going to use that mod.)

Night Eye Shader Switcher: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/19476/? 

Oblivion Reloaded: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45749/?
(Make sure you want to use this. It has alot of features some won't like, but most can be disabled in the two included ini's)

(Optional)  Real Lava: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/6854/?

Don't forget to create a Bashed Patch using Wyre Bash.

(Optional)
If you have any performance problems, you can use the mod Optimizer textures to reduce the texture quality some to improve performance. 

Optimizer Textures (Ordenador) http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/12801/?

Lougian's textures, Insanity Sorrow's weapon and armor textures and the creature textures from the Mythic mods might be a little taxing on some systems, but they sure do look good.

[Alkpaz]

^^ that list along with this one:

http://testg.wikidot.com/oblivion:tex-packs

BTW: Almost All Oblivion Vanilla Textures Replacer (AAOVTR) I grabbed before it was removed from Nexus.. there is another that appeared quite recently, you may want to grab that one BEFORE they get banned as well.. I had the author break it into parts since the 6GB file was a corrupted archive. http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47235/? Some of those textures were of a better nature than what I had, and was available via Nexus/TES Alliance downloads. So even if you don't want to use all of those textures.. there maybe some you could use in that pack. I know I used some! :D

[Call Sign: Raven]

Wow, thanks everyone!

[Alkpaz]

Originally posted by Harrison Ford:

Wow, thanks everyone!

Just don't go over OCD on them.. I started looking at textures one at a time and comparing them with other textures from other packs. xD Watch out for the mesh folder too.. sometimes a mesh can point to a certain texture and if you didn't overwrite the textures (like I sometimes do, due to laziness) it can cause purple textures. Familiarize yourself with the directories and the files in each, it will make your life easier if something goes "funky".

Good programs to look at meshes and textures: Nifskope (the original V1, since the later versions do not allow you to set it as default for opening *.nif files) ( http://www.moddb.com/downloads/nifskope1 ) and WTV for *.dds (texture) files ( http://www.nvidia.com/object/windows_texture_viewer.html )

[Septim]

best mod check out this link and try nehrim http://sureai.net/games/ I playing it right now

[jcewazhere]

Blockhead is great for making (most of) the NPCs look a lot better. I love the look of "Lush and Gaudy Water" on the Nexus. Qarl's texture pack is what I use.