[Need Advice] Is Skyrim VR for me?

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Hi everyone,

I'm actually hesitating to buy Skyrim VR, so need your advices to make a final choice.


Here are the key points which I'd like to focus on :

- I really enjoyed Skyrim (1115 hours in total), played in again and again, fully modded.
So playing it again would surely be a blast, but only if this experience is different.
Do you feel the VR addition made it a whole new experience?

- Some key mods are essential to me, and I won't consider buying the VR version if they don't work in.
Do you know if these mods still work in VR?
* Auto Loot : the killed enemies are automatically looted, no need to check them one by one.
(Link to original mod, for info : https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6206?tab=description )
* More Spawns : in order to raise the difficulty, I enjoy having more enemies to fight.
( https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/2470?tab=description )

- Do CTD happen often?
Fully modded, my original Skyrim ended up crashed once in a while.
Do you experience the same thing, in VR?


Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Have a great day. :)

[Josh]

I think the most important consideration is are you okay with giant spiders in VR? 😀...that's why I stopped playing. 🤣

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Edward Jam の投稿を引用：

I think the most important consideration is are you okay with giant spiders in VR? 😀...that's why I stopped playing. 🤣

Hehe, so you felt the "reality" of the experience, interesting.
Video game Giant spiders don't frighten me...or maybe VR ones will make me shait my pants. ;)

[XmisterC]

Yes, AutoLoot mod works well, as does the vast majority of mods from Special Edition - we even have a Script Extender and working version of SkyUI and MCM.


Here's a list of compatible mods so you can check the ones you want yourself:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X5U15qQLop9-HXufGtSNf0bUqIOS7PdVycoR2WtmW4c/edit#gid=192882930


I suggest that you get Vortex or Mod Organiser 2 (if you're feeling more advanced) to deal with your mods as they both have profiles for SkyrimVR and you won't need to mess with any files.

There's tons of amazing guides from beginner to ultimate overhaul on Reddit - I suggest at least reading over a few to get a flavour of what to do:

https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimvr/comments/936596/the_skyrim_vr_guide_compendium_a_collection_of/


The vanilla game in VR is pretty good and adds a fair bit of variety compared to Flatrim as the new controls really help with immersion. You can however, mod it till you don't recognise it or any point between the two...


I recommend the mod Dragonborn Speaks Naturally, which allows you to speak aloud your conversation lines and also use your voice to equip weapons, spells and anything you can imagine. I thought that talking to my computer games was going to be the dorkiest thing in the whole world, but I was so wrong and this mod is simply the greatest mod of all time.

Should add: I'm a 600-hour veteran of Flatrim but everything seems new again in VR.

Good luck with your purchase. You can always get modding help from us on the forum here.

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Thanks XmisterC, really helpful.
I think I'm gonna try this. :)

[Plato’s Gooncave]

I strongly recommend Skyrim VR. It looks great and runs great in it's vanilla form. It's a much more polished release than Fallout 4 VR. The first time I killed a dragon in VR was awesome!

I've been able to get a fair amount of mods working. The mods made for Skyrim SE work much better in VR. Especially the ones that alter character or environment textures. Some mods for the origional Skyrim work fine in VR such as the Lord of the Rings weapons pack.

I installed Dragonborn speaks naturally but I haven't been able to get it to work.

Skyrim VR is definately one of the best VR games out right now.

[Pheonix]

I highly recommend Skyrim VR...even after playing the many different flatrim versions in and out of Steam. I've personnally given Skyrim VR a rest (for a while) after putting over 366 hrs in the VR version and having 134 mods...including 'Increased enemy spawns SSE no script'. But since I play it entirely on Legendary mode I decided to disable the last said mod...it litterally made battles endless and nearly impossible to overcome. With all the different 'Wenches' mods installed though...battles usually last for hours...very satisfying for a seasoned veteran player.

Make sure to 'Loot' with MO2, but you prob already are aware of the importance of this. CTD's only usually happen if your save game is missing scripts and such. Once you visually mod Skyrim VR to the max among other gameplay mods it will rival anything available VR wise presently. Just don't expect perfect controls as we all know Skyrim wasn't created with VR in mind. Stick to magic or archery, avoid sword play, melee...as those weapons will feel like styrofoam in your hands. A fully developed magic tree will make you a force to recon with. I play with multi follower mod (nearly a must for fully modded Legendary mode)...and still had one memorable battle last for over 3 hrs straight.

Having a spider the size of a car jump in front of you for the first time in VR is enough to make you have extra underwear handy...also, first dragon battle is very satisfying...taking out 2 dragons in later game is very satisfying...

Have fun!!!

[Rob⛧Slayer]

Product as it stands - for new players and fanboys. Keep in mind the choices you make today effect tomorrow. You wanna buy the same game twice for what everybody knows is, in the end, a glorified display and controller port? There should have been a DLC upgrade option - not a divided game. I don't get heavy or romantic with the developers and try and make up excuses for why this package is justified. It is what it is, exploitation of the hardcore fans. These ports are very easy to walk away from. Even as a PAID DLC it's wrong. Back to the fact it's a display and controller update - which community modders do free - which Bethesda wants you to start paying for too. As they slowly pull themselves away from Steam you can expect more shady crap like this.

[XmisterC]

Rob - are you just going to copypasta your same comments across all the threads here or do you have anything worthwhile to add to the conversation?

[XmisterC]

Harass? How so? I simply asked if you had anything to add other than copy and paste across multiple threads.

I'm XmisterC - a known forum troll around these parts...

[Rob⛧Slayer]

XmisterC の投稿を引用：

I'm XmisterC - a known forum troll around these parts...

If not so pathetic, would be grounds for screaming laughter.

[Skidrow]

Have not tested skyrim without vr but with its were nice.

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Decided to buy the game.
Gonna take a few days to mod it, then will come back to give feedback.

Thanks for your answers, have a great day. :)

[WRONGTURN]

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Decided to buy the game.
Gonna take a few days to mod it, then will come back to give feedback.

Thanks for your answers, have a great day. :)

I own SEVERAL versions of the game. from olrim 360 on up. I am still verry happy with the 60 $ price of experiancing skyrim in vr. I hope you enjoy the experiance as well.It WILL need tweaking before it looks ok tho. I also have come to the conclusion that ctd's are just a by-product of bethesda games lol as even my flat screen version of both skyrim and fallout 4 vr is prone to ctd's.
My system is "supposed" to be very good tho gtx 1080 kabby lake 7700 samsung 500gig ssd. 2tb regular hd . However my internet is the best available in my area , it still sux . SO--with my limited knowlege , i just blame bethesda . but overall I love the vr ports for BOTH games for my rift.

[Rawr]

The first two mods the thread author is asking about I never tried in VR. I only had CTD because I've been trying to get ordinator to work. However if your afraid of fighting spiders up close most of the rune mods seem to work if you want to lay traps while you run.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/9086

Theres a bunch more rune mods and magic expansions that have wall spells and spike traps. I probably have 1000 new spells available across several magic expansion mods that I have to get around to play testing later.

Suppose I could add to this. I've had trouble getting any SKSE mods to work in Skyrim VR although I hear some people have. Some SKSE mods seemed to work when I was using MO2. My profiles without SKSE mods which were mostly trees and magic mods ran without any CTD. Since I switched to using Vortex which may not have anything to do with it because of new plugin features I still seem to get CTD if I use SKSE related mods.

Skyrim VR was one of the first big games I started playing in VR and it helped me develop my VR legs as they call it. At first I was only doing 15 minutes and needed a break. Now I can go longer and sit or stand without issues.

[Skidrow]

One thing do wirless headset is recomended for skyrim when you run in the stairs and so :)