New PC. New Mods. Let's do this.

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TheNatural

Active Member
Well, I finally built my new PC (Specs Below) and I am going to completely abandon my old characters, choose an enb and a large set of mods, and start my Skyrim journey anew!

I think I am going to choose between RealVision and Serenity for my ENB. I have Serenity installed now, but there aren't very many moments within it's confines that I feel "wowed" and RealVision has those moments (Sunsets, mornings, sunlight angles, etc.). I really would like to find a good fantasy ENB, but, as of now, I have yet to see one that's balanced enough. I want one that is going to be good all the time, not great 30% of the time and "meh" for the other 70%.


In this video I have these Mods enabled:
SFO
Grass on Steroids
Serenity ENB
Skyrim HD 2K Textures
Realistic Water Two
Static Mesh Improvement Mod

I plan to get immersion Mods like Immersive Weapons and Armor, intelligent HUD, A couple of player homes (elysium estate FTW), Some oother texture stuff (vivid landscapes, etc).

That's about as far as I have thought it through. I am considering using something like Requiem, or SkyRe, but I need to do some more research before I really go off and try those out.

I'm here to ask:

What would you guys do if you could install the mods you've always dreamed of?

What Mods/ENBs are you using now that enhance your experience?

Much love!

Nat

EDIT: IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO MAKE A VIDEO OF OTHER LOCATIONS WITH THESE SETTINGS AND MODS, LET ME KNOW BEFORE I TRY OUT OTHER ENBS!
 

TheNatural

Active Member
Oops, forgot to post my PC specs.

i7-4770k @ 4.3ghz
EVGA GTX 780ti SC 3gb
8gb 1600 RAM
128GB SSD
500gb HDD
ASUS z97-A
 
Well, I don't run ENB because they'd most likely cause my computer to implode, but I can recommend a few small, but great mods when it comes to enhancing my experience/adding to immersion.

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37873/? Rain causes splashes on the ground.
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/54306/? Makes dragon aspect look better.
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/22745/? Footprints.
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/27563/? Various weather affects, such as covered in snow, seeing your breath, dripping water, etc.
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/55206/? Makes dragons alot fiercer and adds a few new animations, and allows them to use more attacks.
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/54623/? Glowing luna moths.

Most of these are just visual, but they're excellent mods nonetheless.
 

Chadonraz

Well-Known Member
Mods that enhance my experience? Everything on this list. :p

I don't use ENBs, but I use the Imaginator (with MCM) for a lot more customizable and zero-performance visual experience.

If you want immersion, you need Frostfall and either RND or iNeed. :cool:

If you want dragon mods, I'd recommend DCO and Deadly Dragons. Ultimate Dragons (recommended above) is very new, and I haven't tried it myself because it has issues with DCO.
 

Lewsean

Member
My personal go to mods for fresh installs are -


Skyrim HD 2k
SMIM(First install)
w.a.t.e.r
CoT
ELFX
Cinemascope ENB (No performance loss, and still looks as if you're in Skyrim, not Barbados lol)
Amidianborn - Armor - Weapons - Unique - DLC
Get Snowy(I love seeing snow on my armor during a blizzard)
Footprints
Cloaks of Skyrim
HD Clutter
HD Enhanced Terain
 

Falq

Member
If I were you I wouldn't put your effort in SkyRe and such, you need to get patches for almost everything, and tbh its not that great of a mod.
 

TheNatural

Active Member
Here's what I am currently running, hopefully I can remember them all. Unfortunately I've been busy at work, but I recently got a new HDD and started fresh.

Realvision ENB Full version C
Climates of Tamriel (+storms)
ELFX
Skyrim HD (All Full versions)
Vurts Skyrim Flora Overhaul (I'm running the alpha version now, I was using an older one+lush tress and grass)
Unique Grasses and Groundcovers
Interesting NPCs
Amazing Follower Tweaks
Convenient Horses
HD Texture Pack Optimized
Vivid Landscapes All-in-one (going to swtich next playthrough, I am not a big fan of parallax)
SkyUI (duh)
All of the unofficial Patches
Immersive armors
Immersive Weapons
SkyFalls and Skymills
Ultimate HD fire effects (sometimes switch with cinematic fire FX)
Realistic water Two (+the ENB textures and colors)
AMidianborn Whiterun
Perfect whiterun
Enhances Blood Textures
Elysium Estate (my only house mod, truly has everything)
SMIM
AOF detailed mountains
Ruins Clutter ImproveD
Moss rocks
A quality World map

and various other small graphical tweaks and changes, al la rugs, dust, particle effects, herbs, mushrooms, etc...

I should post a video, I'll get on it this evening.
 

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