Good mods?

[Snowmonkey]

I've recently started getting into skyrim again what are some really good mods?

[RickFrick]

I had been playing without mods, but I recently added one mod that shows how much nicer the user interface can be when targeted for a PC environment. Some mods make the game more interesting or add a twist, but others make you think "this should have been part of the official game." Anyone playing the PC version should have the Sky UI mod. The inventory management is so much better with it. You would also need to get the Skyrim Script Extender.

[SerfT]

whats your tech level snowmonkey? you only want mods that steam workshop has to offer, or are you looking for ones that nexus mod manager will install for you, or ones you have to manually install?

[Taggen]

Space core!!

[Migraine]

watch the youtube videos by MMOxReview. They provide some good info about a multitude of mods

[freolo78]

the obvious would be W.A.T.E.R. , SkyUI, Climates of Tamriel, Post process injector, ENB realistic lighting, Dynavision, Enhanced Distant Terrain, Skyrim DIstant Detail, Skyrim Flora Overhaul, Apachiiskyhair, Convenient Horses, Bandolier, Dual wield parrying, The dance of death, Magic duel, and look for some compilations for armour and weapons and ur game will have improved with about 200% :D. ofc there are more mods but its like up to what u want...personally im interested in a mod for better stealth taht adds rope arrows and waterarrows , but my game crashes every time i install it so im happy with most of the stuff i have.

[ShocksVR #AirLink]

Pure Waters is also a good water replacement [alternative to W.A.T.E.R.]; been using it since October and very happy with it. Worth checking out and viewing the differences between the 2 mods; as most people usually default to WATER without knowing about Pure Waters.
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1111

Also on workshop [how I fisrt came across it].
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=20709

[JonoLB]

Originally posted by freolo78:

the obvious would be W.A.T.E.R. , SkyUI, Climates of Tamriel, Post process injector, ENB realistic lighting, Dynavision, Enhanced Distant Terrain, Skyrim DIstant Detail, Skyrim Flora Overhaul, Apachiiskyhair, Convenient Horses, Bandolier, Dual wield parrying, The dance of death, Magic duel, and look for some compilations for armour and weapons and ur game will have improved with about 200% :D. ofc there are more mods but its like up to what u want...personally im interested in a mod for better stealth taht adds rope arrows and waterarrows , but my game crashes every time i install it so im happy with most of the stuff i have.

This.

[ACID FAN]

Mods that affect gameplay:

Autodidact Wizard, Apocalypse Spell Package, and Dynamic Spells - these are the magic mods I use

Autodidact Wizard gives you spells in a particular category just for leveling, its not for people who want to save money but for people who think that through practice you learn.

Apocalypse Spell Package just adds a lot of spells, they cannot be learned through Autodidact and must be purchased from vendors, some of these spells are awesome, like alexia's grace. I have never gotten a high enough level destruction to try out all of the spells but early levels these spells I can vouch, these spells are not OP and do not break the game experience.

Dynamic Spells increase the damage of spells as you put more points into the skill tree, Flames at level 5 destruction will do less than Flames at level 25 destruction. Its done very well and is non game breaking/OP. If you were to get one of these, definitely get Dynamic Spells.

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Unread Books Glow - highly recommended - if you like the TES lore AT ALL

Reduced Distance NPC Greetings - highly recommended

Auto Unequip Arrows - person preference, I love this though and the mod performs flawlessly. do you use 3rd person view often? then use this.

Psychosteve's DragonPriest Masks - silly name, cool mod

House Map markers - highly recommended

Bandolier - Bags and Pouches - I just started using this recently and love it, when it comes down to it, it really just saves on fast travelling and loading, the busy work of skyrim. it kind of feels like cheating though.

Stronger Daedric Artifacts - Recommended because I don't think an ordinary smith could create stronger artifacts than gods/demigods

Dynamic Merchants - the only mod I use that sort of.. cheats - it adds to the gold supply of merchants when you sell expensive items to them. All of the merchants in my game hover around 1700 instead of 600.

Graphic mods:

Crimson Tide - Blood *NEW 2.2* - theres so many blood mods out there I couldn't tell you which one is best.

HD Plants + Herbs

Pure Waters - highly recommended

Better Dynamic Snow - highly recommended

Real Glaciars V2 - highly recommended

Better Embers - ya

More Rain - preference

Lush Trees and Grass

Water and Terrain Enhancement Redux

Immersive Saturation Boost - the game looks much better with this mod imo, its personal preference ofc, and your frames do not take a hit. highly recommended

Realistic Map + Roads ! - highly recommended, greatly improves the map

Detailed Mine Map Markers - I like to mine but this isn't necessary in any way shape or form.

RNG (Dynamic) Guards - changes up how the guards in each hold look, highly recommended.

[Mister E]

fwiw, unlike Oblivion, I've tried to play vanilla and then just add mods as I found stuff that annoyed me. So far to that end, I'd recommend Bandoliers, AFT (Amazing Follower Tweaks), and SkyUI. I haven't done too many graphical mods yet, but I'll have to give them a try.

[RickFrick]

Originally posted by PonyBoy82:

fwiw, unlike Oblivion, I've tried to play vanilla and then just add mods as I found stuff that annoyed me. So far to that end, I'd recommend Bandoliers, AFT (Amazing Follower Tweaks), and SkyUI. I haven't done too many graphical mods yet, but I'll have to give them a try.

I've been doing the same and added Sky UI for a PC friendly interface after fighting with the default consolized UI. Bandoliers might be the first game play effecting mod I get. Sounds promising from what I read, but I'm weary of breaking saves.

Originally posted by ACID FAN:

Bandolier - Bags and Pouches - I just started using this recently and love it, when it comes down to it, it really just saves on fast travelling and loading, the busy work of skyrim. it kind of feels like cheating though.

I agree that adding weight allowance is cheating, but there's nothing worse than being out in the middle of nowhere over encumbered after your horse runs off and follower disappears (no fast travel, ugh).

TIP: There is still the game "exploit" where you can tell your follower to "do something" and have them pick up items, bypassing any weight limits. Love loading them with a ton of staffs and wondering which one they bring out in battle. I loaded mine up like a pack mule. Never would have been able to pick up all those dragon bones and scales without it.

[Mister E]

Ha -- yeah for a while I kept seeing different spells getting blasted around and realized my warrior followers started dabbling in magic due to all the staves I passed off onto them :)

In the end, it's a game, and one of the things I hate most is worrying about mundane stuff like carry weights, so I smudge the line a little and usually end up using inventory mods. My main playthrough in Oblivion was as an archer so I used a magic "infinite arrows" ring. Sometimes it feels a little dirty, but as I don't get that much time to play, I'd rather keep the chores to a minimum (I get enough of that IRL -- maybe we can just count that as like life credits in Skyrim).

[DeathClaw]

Tons on Steam. What style of gameplay do you like? The mods I have on helps so I don't have to go gathering materials for weapons, food. I also like the magic mods that make me powerful, god like weapons, clothing/armor improvements. Longer dragon fights, player homes, added quests. What kind of mods are you looking for?

[ACID FAN]

Originally posted by RickFrick:

I've been doing the same and added Sky UI for a PC friendly interface after fighting with the default consolized UI.

I must be the only guy on pc who prefers playing with my controller. i hate mouse and keyboard but its a necessity for shooters and strategy.

[freolo78]

armoury of conan gets u some uberpowerful swords that really looks cool. also a nice trip on memorylane to those old conan movies with schwarzenegger. those were WAY better then the new conan movie anyway :P

[Mister E]

Originally posted by ACID FAN:

Originally posted by RickFrick:

I've been doing the same and added Sky UI for a PC friendly interface after fighting with the default consolized UI.

I must be the only guy on pc who prefers playing with my controller. i hate mouse and keyboard but its a necessity for shooters and strategy.

I have to admit I prefer using a controller too just because I'm in front of a computer all day at work. However, depending on the game and/or the hassle of using a controller, I'll stick with mouse+keyboard (i use m+k with Skyrim so far)