Alternate Start (Solved)

[Grogu]

I am tired of the vanilla beginning and just want to skip passed it and start the game. I am looking for an Alternate Start mod, but I have no idea which one I should use.

Which one is more stable and compatible or less problematic? I just want to be able to start the game and skip Helgen problems.

I did search for answers, but most of the posts I saw were years old.

Any suggestions?

*Edit*

Thanks for all your suggestions everyone. I went with Alternate Start Live Another Life and am very happy with it so far.

[m0k]

Live Another Life

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=75889890&searchtext=live+another+life

[Carl!!!!]

If you want more of a challenge to your start (since live another life will start you off with decent starting gear, several gems, around 700 gold and some jewelry to sell), Random Alternate Start is also a good one. It gives you fast travel to helgen and riverwood, to pick up main quest whenever you'd like. You make your char, pick a starting gear set based on the classes from morrowind and oblivion, and then start at one of over 400 different locations, indoors or outdoors. Not as immersive or roleplayer friendly as live another life, but you start dirt poor with weak gear. So it adds a little toughness to the beginning of your game. XD

[Zlobenia]

I also endorse AS: Live Another Life.

[mpd1958]

The other most used is "Skyrim Unbound". It gives you a good range of starting peramiters ie character, gear, armor, money, spells and you can chose not to be dragonborn but still have dragons. Lets you chose dragon spawn start and locations.

[TheMagicHobo76]

Originally posted by mpd1958:

The other most used is "Skyrim Unbound". It gives you a good range of starting peramiters ie character, gear, armor, money, spells and you can chose not to be dragonborn but still have dragons. Lets you chose dragon spawn start and locations.

I can definitely endorse Skyrim Unbound, that's what I personally use.

[SpeedFreak1972]

indeed that is the option left for dead especially funny when dropped in Solstheim

[Hanomaly]

another Alternate Start, Live Another Life beginnings that doesn't start you off with much is to say you are a "patron at an inn".. i don't recall any of the Inn starts to give you anything but clothes (not armour) and a sword like you get right off the bat in the vanilla Helgen escape.

[Docsprock]

Ive used Random Alternate Start for years. Fun and challenging.

[HeyPeterMan]

I used AS:LAL with "Robbed, beaten and left for dead" once together with Frostfall (high exposure set to death) and made the choice to stick with watever the mods will throw at me. So I woke up on the shore somewhere between Solitude and Dawnstar and had quite a good time ;-)

Mara can be such an ahole sometimes...

[Steefy_92]

Originally posted by drwatson1873:

I would second that recommendation for "Alternate Start: Live Another Life". The ability to use different start modes adds some variety and new challenges to the game. It also opens up a whole range of opportunities for character development and alternate playstyles. My current playthrough has the PC at level 36 without any of the Main Quest activity being touched. Just be aware that you need to stay away from Helgen...get too close and the initial stages of the Main Quest initiate. You can ignore them, but they're in your Quest Log/Journal and ready to go.

He can always use quest eraser ( http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/26660/? ) if that happens. Quest will still be in the game , if he wants to pick it up later, however once it's removed from journal he is free to do whatever he wants to.

[SpeedFreak1972]

or use skyrim unbound: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/71465/? (yes it's back on the nexus) you can choose to play as non dragonborn ... you can even choose to disable all word walls ... if you want to play as dragonborn again just go into the mcm and choose to play as dagonborn .... the game will sent you a dragon, you absorb his soul, learn "Fus" and go to the greybeards.

[Uncle64]

You can also add the mod Helgen Reborn that mod goes well whit Alternate start and Skyrim Unbound.

[Rüdiger J Simpson]

Originally posted by MXK:

Live Another Life

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=75889890&searchtext=live+another+life

i second this one. mod author is also very well known for quality mods ^^

[Stoob]

It's worth mentioning that the option 'Caught crossing the border' is also there, in case you do indeed want to start a vanilla play through in the cart with Ulfric et al.