Improving Skyrim / Recommended Mods thread (Mostly about Requiem)

[Utgard-Loki]

What is the consensus DraQ's opinion on Enderal?

the only questions you have to answer are: do you like Gothic 1 and 2, and: would you suffer bethesdas gamebryo engine to play another game like them?

 

[DraQ]

Anyone try YASH yet? I've been doing it. Pretty difficult, but when you aren't solid in a certain weapon, the fucking enemies are like HP sponges. I'm not sure I like hitting someone 100x's with my mace and still not kill them. Not sure if I like it better than Requiem, but I do like how compatible it is with other overhaul mods.

Author proven moronic, so no.

I've gotten feedback from him on his page. He's actually a pretty good mod author. The Requiem mod author is a fucking jackass as well as the one that has the patch site up.

Perhaps, but Requiem's author (or at this point team), in stark contrast with that dAb. guy, can receive suggestions and criticism without instantly erupting into fiery mushroom clouds of primal butthurt.

This indicates the winner here rather clearly.

 

[Drax]

I agree with DraQ on this one, the guy's reaction was hilariously exagerated.
Plus, he prioritized skyrim's "data tables" (or whatever) over morrowind's obviously er lore definition.
I think it was about glass weapons or some shit like that? DraQ?

 

[DraQ]

I agree with DraQ on this one, the guy's reaction was hilariously exagerated.
Plus, he prioritized skyrim's "data tables" (or whatever) over morrowind's obviously er lore definition.
I think it was about glass weapons or some shit like that? DraQ?

Yes, this touched him off.

At least now we can say with good certainty that gamma ray bursts come from volatile modder primadonnas high on Kardashev's scale.

 

[Mexi]

Why the fuck not? Man, those modders do some awesome shit with tits.

 

[roll-a-die]

Why the fuck not? Man, those modders do some awesome shit with tits.

Skyrim is pretty much the best porn game on the market if you are into that kinda porn.

 

[Mexi]

Anyone try YASH yet? I've been doing it. Pretty difficult, but when you aren't solid in a certain weapon, the fucking enemies are like HP sponges. I'm not sure I like hitting someone 100x's with my mace and still not kill them. Not sure if I like it better than Requiem, but I do like how compatible it is with other overhaul mods.

Author proven moronic, so no.

I've gotten feedback from him on his page. He's actually a pretty good mod author. The Requiem mod author is a fucking jackass as well as the one that has the patch site up.

Perhaps, but Requiem's author (or at this point team), in stark contrast with that dAb. guy, can receive suggestions and criticism without instantly erupting into fiery mushroom clouds of primal butthurt.

This indicates the winner here rather clearly.

Have you really given them criticism? They are assholes a lot of the time. You tell them that something is off and they just immediately blame you even if you are following their rules. I had some trouble with this NPC looks overhaul that I was putting into the Rectificator, and I had to open up a ticket. The entire time we were going in a full circle, and I just ended up quitting and deleting the mod instead of arguing with the fuck.

This dude seems a lot nicer and more helpful.

 

[Mexi]

Why the fuck not? Man, those modders do some awesome shit with tits.

Skyrim is pretty much the best porn game on the market if you are into that kinda porn.

Yup. Also, it's nice to see some eye-candy trying to decapitate you. I don't do all that porn shit because it fucks with your game, but I do like those chicks' skimpy armors. What dude can say "no" to tits and ass?

 

[typical user]

Why the fuck not? Man, those modders do some awesome shit with tits.

Skyrim is pretty much the best porn game on the market if you are into that kinda porn.

Yup. Also, it's nice to see some eye-candy trying to decapitate you. I don't do all that porn shit because it fucks with your game, but I do like those chicks' skimpy armors. What dude can say "no" to tits and ass?

The one who wants to play the game normally this time. Besides if you want to jack off you can turn that off and watch actual porn. Of course it's hard to avoid that loverslab crap as nexusmods.com is filled with them but if you aren't autistic you should be able to withstand it.

 

[Mexi]

Why the fuck not? Man, those modders do some awesome shit with tits.

Skyrim is pretty much the best porn game on the market if you are into that kinda porn.

Yup. Also, it's nice to see some eye-candy trying to decapitate you. I don't do all that porn shit because it fucks with your game, but I do like those chicks' skimpy armors. What dude can say "no" to tits and ass?

The one who wants to play the game normally this time. Besides if you want to jack off you can turn that off and watch actual porn. Of course it's hard to avoid that loverslab crap as nexusmods.com is filled with them but if you aren't autistic you should be able to withstand it.

"...this time."

 

[DraQ]

Why the fuck not? Man, those modders do some awesome shit with tits.

Skyrim is pretty much the best porn game on the market if you are into that kinda porn.

Even crowned heads agree that Khajiit porn is the best porn.

Have you really given them criticism? They are assholes a lot of the time. You tell them that something is off and they just immediately blame you even if you are following their rules.

Odd. I have posted many suggestions and some pieces of criticism. None seemed to cause butthurt and some even got heeded.
In the absolutely worst cases I simply didn't get my way - woes!

I had some trouble with this NPC looks overhaul that I was putting into the Rectificator, and I had to open up a ticket. The entire time we were going in a full circle, and I just ended up quitting and deleting the mod instead of arguing with the fuck.

Have you *seen* the tracker? It's much easier to track issues using tools made for this purpose and it's not that there is a shortage of things that need to be done in a mod this expansive, most of which are more important than compatibility with some doll-faced NPCs mod #2146754254 that may or may not be doing something in a weird and roundabout way SkyProc/Reqtificator doesn't expect.

This dude seems a lot nicer and more helpful.

What is helpful about flying off the handle the moment someone disagrees, then trying the old "I could explain but it would be waste of my time" defence when someone points out contradictions of your position?

 

[you know what time it is]

Why the fuck not? Man, those modders do some awesome shit with tits.

Yeah but to mod it properly and make it work... It takes more effort than getting laid irl.

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

Why the fuck not? Man, those modders do some awesome shit with tits.

Yeah but to mod it properly and make it work... It takes more effort than getting laid irl.

Too right. I used to have mod lists that easily numbered 200+, and then after all that effort testing for stability I'd play for a day or two and shelve it.



Now if I look at a mod and it has 4-5 requirements, and some of those have their own resource packs? Fuck that I'm out. If I wanted to deal with that I'd go bash my head against FCOM with German installation instructions.

 

[Bohrain]

At first I thought Skyrim was the shallowest game I've ever played, but it turns out that there are two deep mechanics that capture your attention for dozens of hours.
The first mechanic is the mod organizer, figuring out why your game is stuttering mess where nothing has nipples is the deepest puzzle I've yet to encounter in video games. The second one is character creation, which is surprisingly complex and you keep returning to it, because the actual game offers no entertainment value besides being a platform where you umm... test certain sort of animations.

 

[Mexi]

Why the fuck not? Man, those modders do some awesome shit with tits.

Yeah but to mod it properly and make it work... It takes more effort than getting laid irl.

Oh yeah, very true. As I said, I don't really fuck with the porn animations. Says it on the descriptions that they will destroy your game.

I'm more talking about those nice texture and body overhauls. Then you input armor replacers and it all comes together nicely.

 

[deuxhero]

So what does everyone consider the best animation replacers? Animation replacers are fairly easy to mix and match and are compatible with pretty much everything that isn't another animation replacer (and if you know what you are doing you can pick what animations you want from each).

Run Sprint and Jump is a pretty plain improvement over the base and what I last used when I used to play.

Recently saw these. Looks nice and seem like they'd be compatible (they're missing opposite animations) but haven't tried it (I'm waiting till the 64 bit EXE to bother playing again).

 

[GarfunkeL]

Is the 64-bit version definitely confirmed and not a rumour?

 

[roll-a-die]

Is the 64-bit version definitely confirmed and not a rumour?

https://twitter.com/gstaffinfection/status/742818176497385472

 

[Mexi]

So what does everyone consider the best animation replacers? Animation replacers are fairly easy to mix and match and are compatible with pretty much everything that isn't another animation replacer (and if you know what you are doing you can pick what animations you want from each).

Run Sprint and Jump is a pretty plain improvement over the base and what I last used when I used to play.

Recently saw these. Looks nice and seem like they'd be compatible (they're missing opposite animations) but haven't tried it (I'm waiting till the 64 bit EXE to bother playing again).

Realistic animation's sneak animations is really fucking great. I don't use the idles part of the package because they make the character stand in an unnatural way, but the sneak one is aces. Run, sprint, and jump is probably the best run animation out. I tried the one from realistic animation and they all manage to somehow look worse than vanilla, weirdly enough. The zwiehander animation looks great, but I read some negative comments that keep me from installing it.

The pretty sit animations are also pretty good for the women sit animations, but you need to do some minor alterations with Notepad++ to the file. It has a really good throne sitting animation for the females that I use. I hate seeing Elisif all laid out like Scarface on a throne. Just seems so damn odd seeing that.

Other than those, I don't think I use any other animations. Well, dual sheath redux for the shields on back, though.

 

[Mexi]

That one autistic fucker that was telling me Requiem really holds you back in terms of modding power was right. YASH has allowed me to put in so many damn mods and tweak them all together. I've learned how to make merged patches, bashed patches, TESVedit conflict patches. I mean it's a bitch of work, but I'm getting Skyrim to a really stable state I've never had while using Requiem. The game is also a lot more fun than I had with Requiem.

 

[DraQ]

That one autistic fucker that was telling me Requiem really holds you back in terms of modding power was right. YASH has allowed me to put in so many damn mods and tweak them all together. I've learned how to make merged patches, bashed patches, TESVedit conflict patches. I mean it's a bitch of work, but I'm getting Skyrim to a really stable state I've never had while using Requiem. The game is also a lot more fun than I had with Requiem.

But you still get steel weapons that are inexplicably crap compared to iron when your skill is low.

 

[hell bovine]

Eh, it's not like Requiem doesn't have it's fair share of ridiculous stuff. No. 1 being the entire conjuration magic school, which insta-shots dragons so fast I missed out on the entire final boss battle (because he just dropped dead as soon as he got hit by the arrow spell) and gives you a horse that not only could race the Formula 1, but also makes you invincible while riding. (I wonder whether horse trample works with it, because that would just let you kill enemies while effectively immortal)

Honorable mention goes to the invisible entities - did they finally get fixed?

 

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

invisible entities

Oh geez, those things. You never forget your first time dealing with that headache. "What the fuck is insta-killing me?!"



Stumbled upon a truly epic looking treasure room at low level, and thought I'd lucked out. Then a shield fell off a shelf, a sword skittered around a bit...and then I died. Wait, did the physics lose their shit again? Reload. Dead before I could even approach an item. Hrm.


Maybe I'll come back later. Much later.

 

[Alienman]

Where do you find these invisible entities? Never encountered them myself.

 

[DraQ]

Eh, it's not like Requiem doesn't have it's fair share of ridiculous stuff. No. 1 being the entire conjuration magic school, which insta-shots dragons so fast I missed out on the entire final boss battle (because he just dropped dead as soon as he got hit by the arrow spell) and gives you a horse that not only could race the Formula 1, but also makes you invincible while riding. (I wonder whether horse trample works with it, because that would just let you kill enemies while effectively immortal)

Requiem is definitely not the most balanced mod, but cheap magic tricks are still not comparable to obvioulsy retarded mundane stuff.
Magic is magic, but swords are swords.

Honorable mention goes to the invisible entities - did they finally get fixed?

Still trying to persuade ogerboss to either axe them or give them a visible wake...

Where do you find these invisible entities? Never encountered them myself.

Soul Cairn, That Room in Fellglow Keep, Mehrunes' shrine.
I think Malyn Varen summons them too.
Some sort of elemental cloak to visualize them followed by Ice Form shout and trying to kill them while they're down is probably the best counter.