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[Astral]

I had the Helgen keep issue a couple times, and after reinstalling my rather small mod list now do not experience it. It was weird, though; I noticed no lights to start, people falling through floors, and half the keep completely bugged out.

As far as all in one overhaul mods, SkyRe is nice, or ACE improvements. Nothing that takes a bunch of mods and crams them together yet, unfortunately. SkyRe is, in effect, a compilation mod built from the ground up to work well with itself, rather than having to patch together a bunch of bits and pieces that don't play nicely.

[ductape]

Dragons Diversified
SkyRe
SkyUI
W.A.T.E.R
SkyTEST

That's a marvelous mod list! The game NEEDS mods to be interesting again, but I couldn't decide on a decent mod list yet.

Can anyone else add a mod to that list, that is both lore-friendly and improves the gameplay? =)

Where to start...
I won't link but just type the names into Skyrim Nexus should get you them.

Well if you like the idea of Armour and Weapons that fit and are quite Lore Friendly you have
Weapons - Jaysus Swords, Weapons of the Third Era and the Dragon Bone Weaponset.
Armour - Sabercat Gear, Lord/Scout/Warmage armoursets and Cloaks of Skyrim/Winter is Coming.

For Odds and Ends you always have the Bandolier mod that gives you a grouping on Multislot Bags that can be worn on your character *visual appearance* to boost your carry weight. There are added mods that can give them to NPCs as well. There is also a small little mod called SkBBP - Lore Friendly Stats and Encumbrance which changes the Health/Magicka/Stamina and a few other things such as Crit chance, Prices and Speed to a more Inline style of how your Race should really be built. Currently though, starting new characters requires this mod to be unloaded until after character creation and pref before entering Helgen Keep...
Your High Elf now starts with 90 HP, 60 Stm and 180 MP. They can only carry 70 at the start, have a movement speed of 95 and all Prices everywhere in Skyrim are at a Terrible State for you cause the Nords all hate the High Elves...
 
For UI Boosting things, A Quality Road Map, SkyUI and Categorized Favorites Menu. Also the Static Mesh Improvement is great for the idea of having Barrels actually OPEN when you look into them and better looking styled things such as tables and the like.

Oh and if you want more Meetings with NPC/Battles try.
WARZONES and Skyrim NPC Immersion Mod. Warzones add Areas in Skyrim were Battles between Stormcloak/Imperials or Soldiers/Bandits are facing eachother in combat. SIM (as its called) adds more kinds of NPCs that move between towns and villages making the roads feel more alive. They can and will be attacked by Bandits and Beasts so help them out or heck, be the attacker if you want...

For tougher combat, add in Duel Combat Realism which makes things act a little different in how combat works, that and some of ACE plugins such as Realistic Combat, Armour and Synagie all work with SkyRe (Currently Using them). These mods give you more of a challenge where playing a Mage wearing FULL IRON PLATE ARMOUR will actually inhibit his casting ability and then on the flipside wearing no armour at all will make it so that you take bonus damage and a higher chance at being critically hit. Also gives you the ability to use true combat movements to increase your damage such as flanking an enemy will give Crits and such for boosted damage...

For World Enhancing feeling try the Birds of Skyrim, Pets of Skyrim, Lanterns of Skyrim and Sounds of Skyrim: Dungeon and Wilds. These not only give a few smaller animals and birds around the map to give it more life but the Sounds of Skyrim mod can make the Dungeons more spooky as background noises start to include unseen dragur moaning and rat noises and werid movement sounds, Wilds gives Howling Wolves in the distance and birds in trees and other sound enhancing things. Lanterns of Skyrim adds Lanterns all around the place in will Placed locations that brighten up paths and towns in ways that it should have done so to begin with...

Finally make your game more difficult and challenging by using the ACE BYOG and Deleveled Skyrim. the BYOG will Balance your own game with a menu that gives you a wide array of different things that can be changed, from the amount of EXP you gain for your skills to how much damage weapons do. Haven't played with it much. Meanwhile Deleveled Skyrim does what it says, it DELEVELS everything. Those Wolves you meet at the start could have one in their pack which is level 45 and has a TON of health and can hit like a truck if not careful. Add in other minor mods that give more random spawnings and you could see things such as Bandits along that road to Riverwood or maybe a Hag. Who knows...

I could include more, my Mod list has nearly 200 .esp files loaded and as far as I can tell they are all working side by side well. Some things are hard to tell though and sometimes I see small bugs (Helgen Keep first room is kinda bugged and requires a Reload to fix yet I can't be buggered figuring out which mods doing it...). So yeah...

You have all of that running WITH SkyRe?

[MasterFancyPants]

Mod dump time!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Gameplay Changers:

• True DragonBlood- Decreases shout cooldown
• Realistic Carry Weight- You can no longer carry 300+ pounds
• Perk Up!- more/reworked perks
• Hypothermia- Freeze to death (lots of fun with the shipwreck from Alt start)
• Hardcore Skyrim- You will need to eat and drink
• Immersive HUD- Makes the HUD dynamic
• Game Setting Customizer- Does various things
• Fight or Fly- No more bandits in leather armor standing up to your daedric clad Blood God
• Duel Combat Realism- Makes Combat more realistic and harsh
• Balanced Combat- Makes you die even faster than Duel Combat!
• Better Quest Objectives- Quest descriptions tell you where to go, so you can turn off quest markers
• Alternate Start- Different starting scenarios
• Categorized Favorites Menu- Makes that cluttered mess into something usable
• SkyUI- PC friendly UI
• Skyrim Community Uncapper- Level past Bethesda's caps

Visuals/Sounds:

• A Quality World Map- Good to have if you don't fast travel
• Creepy Dungeons- Darker Scarier Dungeons
• Crimson Tide- Adds gushing wounds and pools of blood when fighting
• Green Water Fix- I had a bug where I couldn't see under water
• Immersive Skyrim Thunder- Louder thunder
• Sounds of Skyrim (Dungeons+The Wilds)- Adds immersive sounds to bring Skyrim to life
• ENB- You know it makes Skyrim Prettier

Extra Content- Weapons:

• JaySuS Swords
• Throwing Knives
• Weapon Variants Expansion
• Weapons of the Third Era- Adds Morrowind weapons
• Common items as weapons- Beat someone to death with a mug, it glorious

Extra Content- Armor/Clothing:

• Bandolier- adds wearable bags and pouches that increase carry weight
• Cloaks of Skyrim
• Lore Friendly Armor Pack
• Vanguard Armor
• Wearable Lanterns- Yes, they work
• Winter Is Coming- Adds more Cloaks and some other clothing

Extra Content- Sites/Quests:

• Sea Of Ghosts- It's a that let's you travel on a boat and adds new locals, I haven't done it yet
• More Camps and Shipwrecks
• Moonpath to Elsweyr- Adds the Khajiit homeland with a storyline
• Camps of the Wilderness- Adds more camps

NPCs and Fauna:

• WARZONES: Civil Unrest- Adds places(warzones) where large groups of Legionaries and Stormcloaks duke it out
• Wars in Skyrim (1.5.1)- Adds more random encounters
• Varied Guards and Stormcloaks- They are no longer all clones
• Imperials Wear Heavy Armor- That they do
• Travelers of Skyrim- Adds Alchemists, Apothecaries, Merchants, and Mercs that travel around Skyrim going to appropriate places
• Real Wildlife- Makes Wildlife act more realistically
• Mercenaries- Adds mercenaries that you can hire
• Interesting NPCs- Add more NPCs to talk to, each with backstory
• Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack- Animal have different coats and such (Example: Red foxes/Gray foxes/Arctic foxes) Also, adds things like small skeevers running around cities and small spiders in dungeons
• 83Willows 101Bugs HD- Adds Bugs, 101 of them

Economic:

• Expanded Carriage Service
• Expensive Carriages and Inns

Miscellaneous:

• The Dance of Death- Moar killmoves
• Killmove Plus- Yet more killmoves
• Portable Campsite- Make/buy camping equipment that you can carry around
• Main Menu Wallpaper Replacer HD- Adds pretty pictures to the main menu
• Ekkii Spouse Life- Your spouse will no longer just sit in the house all day

Wow, that took me a little over two hours to write.

I can provide links if anyone wants them.

[SalmonGod]

Mod dump time!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Gameplay Changers:

• True DragonBlood- Decreases shout cooldown
• Realistic Carry Weight- You can no longer carry 300+ pounds
• Perk Up!- more/reworked perks
• Hypothermia- Freeze to death (lots of fun with the shipwreck from Alt start)
• Hardcore Skyrim- You will need to eat and drink
• Immersive HUD- Makes the HUD dynamic
• Game Setting Customizer- Does various things
• Fight or Fly- No more bandits in leather armor standing up to your daedric clad Blood God
• Duel Combat Realism- Makes Combat more realistic and harsh
• Balanced Combat- Makes you die even faster than Duel Combat!
• Better Quest Objectives- Quest descriptions tell you where to go, so you can turn off quest markers
• Alternate Start- Different starting scenarios
• Categorized Favorites Menu- Makes that cluttered mess into something usable
• SkyUI- PC friendly UI
• Skyrim Community Uncapper- Level past Bethesda's caps

Visuals/Sounds:

• A Quality World Map- Good to have if you don't fast travel
• Creepy Dungeons- Darker Scarier Dungeons
• Crimson Tide- Adds gushing wounds and pools of blood when fighting
• Green Water Fix- I had a bug where I couldn't see under water
• Immersive Skyrim Thunder- Louder thunder
• Sounds of Skyrim (Dungeons+The Wilds)- Adds immersive sounds to bring Skyrim to life
• ENB- You know it makes Skyrim Prettier

Extra Content- Weapons:

• JaySuS Swords
• Throwing Knives
• Weapon Variants Expansion
• Weapons of the Third Era- Adds Morrowind weapons
• Common items as weapons- Beat someone to death with a mug, it glorious

Extra Content- Armor/Clothing:

• Bandolier- adds wearable bags and pouches that increase carry weight
• Cloaks of Skyrim
• Lore Friendly Armor Pack
• Vanguard Armor
• Wearable Lanterns- Yes, they work
• Winter Is Coming- Adds more Cloaks and some other clothing

Extra Content- Sites/Quests:

• Sea Of Ghosts- It's a that let's you travel on a boat and adds new locals, I haven't done it yet
• More Camps and Shipwrecks
• Moonpath to Elsweyr- Adds the Khajiit homeland with a storyline
• Camps of the Wilderness- Adds more camps

NPCs and Fauna:

• WARZONES: Civil Unrest- Adds places(warzones) where large groups of Legionaries and Stormcloaks duke it out
• Wars in Skyrim (1.5.1)- Adds more random encounters
• Varied Guards and Stormcloaks- They are no longer all clones
• Imperials Wear Heavy Armor- That they do
• Travelers of Skyrim- Adds Alchemists, Apothecaries, Merchants, and Mercs that travel around Skyrim going to appropriate places
• Real Wildlife- Makes Wildlife act more realistically
• Mercenaries- Adds mercenaries that you can hire
• Interesting NPCs- Add more NPCs to talk to, each with backstory
• Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack- Animal have different coats and such (Example: Red foxes/Gray foxes/Arctic foxes) Also, adds things like small skeevers running around cities and small spiders in dungeons
• 83Willows 101Bugs HD- Adds Bugs, 101 of them

Economic:

• Expanded Carriage Service
• Expensive Carriages and Inns

Miscellaneous:

• The Dance of Death- Moar killmoves
• Killmove Plus- Yet more killmoves
• Portable Campsite- Make/buy camping equipment that you can carry around
• Main Menu Wallpaper Replacer HD- Adds pretty pictures to the main menu
• Ekkii Spouse Life- Your spouse will no longer just sit in the house all day

Wow, that took me a little over two hours to write.

I can provide links if anyone wants them.

You, and others who have posted similar lists, should put this stuff together on Steam Workshop in a mod compilation or two.

[Rex_Nex]

I just found this list of mods that work with SkyRe. Joy!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

- All purely optical mods (unless they actually alter races, and you're using SkyRe_Races)
- All ENB/lighting mods (unless you use the lighting module)
- All mods that add armor/weapons/craftables (though there might be duplicates)

- A quality World map
- Adventurers and Travelers
- Amazing Follower Tweaks
- Apachii SkyHair
- Apocalypse Spell Package (some redundancy though)
- Armored Sabrecat mount
- Better Dynamic Snow
- Better Horses
- Better Shrouded Armor
- Better Villages
- Better Females by Bella
- Black Tower and Black Sacrament Armor pack
- Calientes Female Body mod Big Bottom edition
- Calientes vanilla armor for CBBE
- Camping kit of the northern Ranger
- Cartoon Nightingale armor HQ
- Categorized favorites menu
- Cloaks of Skyrim
- Better Quest objectives
- cMk - Custom Storage Spells
- Convenient Horses
- Deadly Dragons
- Deadly traps and diseases
- Detailed Cities
- Dinky's Custom realistic lightning ini
- Diverse enhanced rocks
- Dovahkiin Hideout & Retreat
- Dragons Diversified
- Dramatic clouds
- Dual Wield Parrying (random attack option)
- Economics of Skyrim
- Enhanced distant terrain
- Enhanced Night Skyrim
- EzE's Disenchantable Weapon/Armor Artifacts
- Fishing in Skyrim
- Frostfall
- Glowing ore vein
- Greater Ore Veins
- Greatsword Sheats and Scabbards
- HD textures fix
- Imaginator
- Immersive Hud
- Imp's More Complex Needs (be sure to set IMCN - Overrides.esp BEFORE all of the SkyRe stuff. Also, not for vampires)
- Intersting NPC's voiced only
- Intro Music replacement by Malukah
- Locational Damage
- Less talkative NPC's
- Lore friendly armor pack
- More Loot From Chests
- Night eye ring
- No more blocky faces
- NPCs uses ammo
- Killable Children (send those f*****s to hell)
- Paarthurnax Choices Plus 3
- PISE/ASIS (when using SkyRe_Enemies, leave AI option unchecked)
- Populated Cities
- Psychosteves dragon priests masks
- Quest - Sea of Ghosts
- Quest - Secret prayers
- Radience
- Realistic lightning with customization
- Realistic Ragdolls and force
- Realistic smoke and embers
- Ruins clutter improvement HD
- Scenic Carriage
- Shadow striping fix
- Skyrim 2K HD textures
- Skyrim Expanded Loot tables
- Skyrim Flora Overhaul
- Skyrim Monster Mod
- Skyrim Monster Mod Additions
- SkyTEST
- SkyUI
- Smart Souls
- Slower companions advancement
- Sounds of Skyrim - The wilds
- Sounds of skyrim - dungeouns
- Spouse Store Mod
- Spouses Can Live Everywhere
- Subliminal Traps
- The Dance Of Death
- Torches for Realistic Lighting
- Tougher Traps
- Ultimate follower Overhaul
- Unlimited Bookshelves
- Unofficial Skyrim Patch (load before SkyRe, just to make sure...)
- Unread Books Glow
- Utopolyst's Item Sorting
- Vanilla Mannequin Script Fix
- W.A.T.E.R - Water and terrain enhancement redux
- W T F Shout
- Weapons variants expansion
- Weapons and Armor Fixes (load before SkyRe)
- Live Another Life (No Vampire start with SkyRe_Main!!!)

[Shadowscales]

I'd use SkyRe, but I'd prefer to keep Open Cities, are they compatible?

[forsaken1111]

I'd use SkyRe, but I'd prefer to keep Open Cities, are they compatible?

probably not at all. Open Cities makes a ton of changes as far as I know... but try it and let us know!

[scriver]

So, am I the only one here who doesn't think that vanilla Skyrim is the absolute worst game of all time?

It's better than Oblivion... But that's pretty much it.

[forsaken1111]

So, am I the only one here who doesn't think that vanilla Skyrim is the absolute worst game of all time?

It's better than Oblivion... But that's pretty much it.

Vanilla skyrim, in my opinion, is a good game. I spent over 140 hours on it.

Modded skyrim is an amazing game and I have spent a further 80 hours on it so far.

[Spitfire]

Thanks to you all for the mod-lists!

You're all gorgeous. <3

[Rex_Nex]

So, am I the only one here who doesn't think that vanilla Skyrim is the absolute worst game of all time?

I thought it was fine. Then again, I almost like vanilla Oblivion more then modded Skyrim, so I dont have quite the same taste as most posters. Alright, no where near the same taste.

[forsaken1111]

So, am I the only one here who doesn't think that vanilla Skyrim is the absolute worst game of all time?

I thought it was fine. Then again, I almost like vanilla Oblivion more then modded Skyrim, so I dont have quite the same taste as most posters. Alright, no where near the same taste.

I enjoyed Oblivion a lot as well. I don't even think I ever modded it.

[Teneb]

On the topic of mods, SkyUI and the uncapper needed for some things in SkyRe require SKSE, which appears to be out of date (at least it's what it keeps telling me when I try to run it). How are you people using those two mods?

[Rex_Nex]

SKSE runs for me. Do you have the latest Skyrim patch? Make sure you installed SKSE right via readme, because I havent had an issue since I updated.

So, am I the only one here who doesn't think that vanilla Skyrim is the absolute worst game of all time?

I thought it was fine. Then again, I almost like vanilla Oblivion more then modded Skyrim, so I dont have quite the same taste as most posters. Alright, no where near the same taste.

I enjoyed Oblivion a lot as well. I don't even think I ever modded it.

Funnily I think I liked it more because there was more to do in Oblivion.

[Shadowlord]

The Mages' Guild quests in Oblivion felt like there was a lot more to them, and many of the quests in Skyrim had the feel of "and now I'm sending you to the other side of the map for another fetch quest again."