Skyrim

Started playing through skyrim again, that real clouds mod is amazing, not only does it make the weather outside look amazing, but the fog inside caves and whatnot look amazing as well. Just yesterday I was running through a crypt that you are following a ghost and I'd swear sometimes you could see faces moving in the fog, like a ghost. It just added a whole new element to it.

I keep finding myself stopping to take screenshots, and while the screenshots look very nice some things you just can't capture in a screenshot like flowing water, rain drops hitting water, or being caught in a blizzard. Game is almost 2 years old and it looks amazing, add mods and it becomes phenomenal.

Just an fyi for those of you new to BOSS make sure you are running BOSS from within mod manager. Same goes for SKSE,SBW,REPROCCER,FNIS,AUTOMATIC VARIANTS,etc. Basically run everything from inside mod manager. It makes fixing or reinstalling mods a breeze. Also remember your skyrim.ini and prefs are run from inside mod manager.

If using ASIS and SKYRE remember to run AS IS.without SKYRE enemy ai checked and then enable it and the newly created asis patch after.

I run 83 mods in skyrim ( some that have been mentioned here ) however no leveling changes or travel changes. Mostly graphics ( it could crush many PCs ), added models for armor, bodies, faces, added dungeons and mob difficulty stuff.

This one however is pretty damn cool as i wanted to play a stealth mage.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/12637/?

Sneak Attack With Spells ... its not super OP either at least with ice spike which i use for the mostpart.

I did have a though on a mod i was looking for I wonder if anyone has seen. I want D&D non combat skills in skyrim like talking your way around quests rather than fighting. Since it is a travel game for the most part I would love to see things like tracking / survival ( noticing mobs at further distance ) .. .stuff like that. Although I think with a mod like this you would have to beef up the encounters as well.

Anyone seen a similar animal ?

Zehn - Vhex_sl said:

What we should really just fucking do is make our own mod compilation since skyrim nexus won't allow it so people can just google "mod compilation" find us, download and install it in about 30 fucks seconds.

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Definitely. I was just getting interested in a new Skyrim playthrough today and after reading this thread I gave up.

I considered trying once, but then I finished that playthrough of the game and my interest dropped off a cliff.

After wrapping up some big deadlines at work I thought I'd treat myself to a new Skyrim playthrough to check out the new DLC's. Ended up going through the full STEP and GEMS process. That motherfucker took me two fucking days to get right. Things are running and looking like a dream now though, and although it's for from perfect, the SkyRe revamp mod I'm using does its job reasonably well. But jesus, two days man, fuck.

Anyway, if anyone found any cool new shit since september, let me know!

Decent noob guide to installing/using mods and a suggestion of core mods to use here :The List of the Best, Must Have Mods for Skyrim, with Links, Descriptions, and Videos (UPDATED) : skyrim


Note BOSS link on NMM (Nexus Mod Manager) is dead atm so get it here :BOSS: Home

Also note some many of the mods on NMM only have 'Manual Install' listed at the top of their pages. Click on that button and it will scroll down to also have NMM install option.Skyrim Nexus - mods and community

Try playing thief, followers become unusable because they just stupidly charge in the moment you don't oneshot something.

Spent the last 2 weekends playing Dragonborn, Skyrim was definitely at it's best when you visited the Daedric realms, normal dungeons became boring, they never tried too hard to kill you, but the Apocrypha managed to throw a few curveballs my way. Then you just open your inventory and down 10 health potions and carry on ...

If there is something they need to do in the next installment, it's tossing out the stupid fortify/damage/resistance system they are using now and repalce it with something bit more like, say, D2 or vanilla WoW, or just gut it completely and go with Dark Souls. Basically every weapon does the same thing, it only differs by your skill and it's damage number and elemental enemies are so rare you don't need resistance in your normal gear. Then you have the whole gear swapping metagamae to get the most out of your tradeskills.

I can live with lvl 100 talents essentially breaking the game, that's why they should take so long to get, but the whole itemization is really bloated and needs some trimming.

By the way, is it me or is the skyrim nexus absolutely terrible right now?

Question for you guys:

Going to start a Skyrim Lets Play this weekend, going for a fairly challenging LP, Legendary difficulty, disabled dev console, disabled fast travel, etc. What mods,if anywould you guys like to see in a LP?
Would it be lame if I used things like Necromage Vampire?
Would it be lame to play an Orc or Breton?
Would mods like Frostfall etc enhance or detract from your interest in a Skyrim LP?
Any other input would be great, thanks.

Tuco_sl said:

Never understood let's play videos. I'd rather people take the ~8 hours they produce and turn it into a 5 minute clip of the highlights like what Robbaz does.

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Thats sort of the plan, edit out unnecessary bullshit, loading screens, travel time and what have you.

Frostfall could be interesting, but you probably need to play with a bit to avoid stupid deaths