What is the main reason you mod Skyrim?

[FOXDUDE69]

I imagine for most people, they mod it to simply to extend the life of a game they love, or make it suit their tastes a little bit better.

But I've also seen some mod users describe Skyrim in a way that it makes it sound like it's an absolutely awful game unless modded. This preplexed me. Because who would want to spend their time modding a game they hate?

Do you mod it because you can't afford a steady stream of single player content? Do you create your own mods as a way to develop and improve your coding and artistic skills?

Let us know.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Well for once to quell the bugs Bethesda left in and never bothered to fix and the other hand to some improvements such as the awful menu's. In general we don't say it's a bad game, but with mods it's so much better.

[alexander_dougherty]

I mod to add stuff...

Unofficial patch fixes a lot, but unlike most I don't need SkyUI.
So most of my mods add stuff, like new dungeons and quests, or new items...

[rallicknom]

"I imagine for most people, they mod it to simply to extend the life of a game they love."

That's me.

[ShelLuser]

On one end i mod it to get some much needed bugfixes, in many cases this is notable. I still remember my disappointment on the PS3 when I had finally managed to get the Astronach forge to work, only to discover that I couldn't make a certain deadric object due to bugs.

The other reason, yah, getting more out of the game. Better looking characters, better looking map, better lighting, seasons, weather, etc, etc. And having more followers to add to the annoyance of not being able to get anywhere ;-)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2582579876

[max]

Partly to fix bugs, make the UI and graphic more presentable in 2021, partly just to pass the time, most of the time I spent on modding are just finding mods, reading dependency than actually play with the mods

[Docsprock]

After the first couple thousand hours, you have to change up SOMETHING.

[Sabaithal]

I mod primarily to fix things in the game that are arguably unbalanced. Like how you only have to do one mission for the companions to become a member, same with the college, neither of which is terribly immersive, or really gets the player invested..

Also mod things for immersion, better landscapes, more realistic armor replacers, player specific animation sets for roleplaying, and a much more varied soundtrack, among other things.

Also I like the DLC sized new content mods for obvious reasons.

[..:: eeZee ::..]

I like to look at pretty things.
Mods can make things look very pretty. :-)

[MeinChurro]

Enhance the experience. From textures, immersion mods, etc.

[Misuune]

To cater the game to my own liking after so many hours of playing it how developers intended.

Can't stick to one thing for too long.

[Mieumieu]

I don't :P I'm playing the unmodded game to get that base unmodded experience. But *if* I did, you're looking for the main reason?

There are some side reasons (bugs etc) but if I modded, the main reason would be graphic overhaul mods to make the graphics more up to date. That doesn't change the normal game experience for the most part, it just makes things look better.

It's not horrible looking or anything, but I could see updating it to be more of what we're used to for graphics of today and having a more immersive experience. So that would be my main reason, if I did indeed mod.

If I play the older games in the series ever, I probably will look to see what graphic update mods they have for them (looking at screenshots of Morrowind makes me think I'd want to mod the graphics). Maybe not, I'm good at using my imagination and it's sometimes interesting to see those original graphics, but overall I enjoy graphic upgrades for 3D games especially.

[Dashurohem]

I don't hate Skyrim, but I did play it unmodded on the Xbox 360 for a time when it first came out and put maybe 120 hours into it before I got bored with it and moved on. I didn't even complete the main quest line.
Now, around 10 years later I got it on Steam when it was heavily discounted and have started playing it. I find the game to be much better than it used to be, at least a lot prettier and I've downloaded several mods to make it even better, just so that I will enjoy my game time with it more.
One mod that seems helpful is the "racemenu" where I was able to create my character and then save that exact creation. I guess if I ever want to turn one of my characters into a companion mod, that's the start.

Other mods that I am really enjoying are follower/companion mods that are fully voiced. It makes the world seem more immersive and I especially like it when they comment about the quests that I'm doing.

[GrimCat]

I found out about modding Skyrim while trying to find fixes for all the bugs I was encountering.
I think "hate" is a strong word. Certainly there are aspects of the base game I'm not fond of. I find the magic and combat systems lacking. Luckily there are a host of mods that allow me to change that. That's what I find cool about it. How many games out there let you personalize the experience to your taste? Especially to the extent that you can with Skyrim/Fallout 4? Too few, my Dudes. Too few.

[Dopey Shepard]

Wow this guy just doesn't quit, does he..... another pointless thread just to try to persuade the public that vanilla skyrim is really good and there are so many playing it and so on and so forth.... we heard you the first time

[HazakTheMad]

引用自 Dopey Shepard：

Wow this guy just doesn't quit, does he..... another pointless thread just to try to persuade the public that vanilla skyrim is really good and there are so many playing it and so on and so forth.... we heard you the first time

Vanilla is good, so is modding.
That pretty much sums up the situation.
I will admit starting multiple identical threads over time is pointless.