On January 08 2015 13:09 jeeeeohn wrote:
I finally got around to playing Moonpath to Elsewyre and it's fantastic. I also played through the Thieves Guild quest line (all as a Khajit thief, of course), not to mention Moon and Star. Very fun. I'm planning on doing a bard character next with maybe the hypothermia mod using a warrior-type companion to accompany me town to town.

a bard you say?

daemir

Finland8662 Posts

January 09 2015 01:18 GMT

#11483

I've been having the itch to explore Skyrim as well, so I started a new game, my breton summoner. With my mod setup, breton starts at 40 carryweight and it puts pretty big pressure on the whole set of survival mods, as I can carry so limited amount of stuff. Need a couple of levels to get a point in smithing to be able to make bandoliers to ease that pain.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

January 09 2015 13:22 GMT

#11484

I want to get back into it, but I remember modding still being a huge hassle even with nexusmods and the boss thing

jeeeeohn

United States1343 Posts

January 09 2015 14:55 GMT

#11485

On January 08 2015 21:59 Mindcrime wrote:

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a bard you say?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgboVFJQrhE

Hellz yeah, thanks dude.

Downloading Frostfall and iNeed through Steam now. This should be interesting.

On January 09 2015 22:22 Torte de Lini wrote:
I want to get back into it, but I remember modding still being a huge hassle even with nexusmods and the boss thing

Steam workshop is hassle-free bro. I'm so glad they added Skyrim to the workshop to spare me the annoyance of downloading a third party program like Nexus Mod Manager.

HighPassage

United States82 Posts

January 09 2015 16:24 GMT

#11486

that feel when you spend almost a whole day installing and getting around ~200 mods working pretty well (no crashes, pretty decent framerate), then get bored when you start actually playing the game and quit.

On January 09 2015 22:22 Torte de Lini wrote:
I want to get back into it, but I remember modding still being a huge hassle even with nexusmods and the boss thing

You should learn to use either Wyre Bash or Mod Organizer (ideally both). It'll probably still be a huge hassle, but using NMM with anything more than a small number of mods will lead to a huge hassle + constant CTDs and mods just not working due to not being installed properly.

SKC

Brazil18828 Posts

January 09 2015 16:53 GMT

#11487

Modding Skyrim is basically just another game on it's own. Some people like to play it, some not so much.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

January 09 2015 20:00 GMT

#11488

On January 09 2015 23:55 jeeeeohn wrote:

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Hellz yeah, thanks dude.

Downloading Frostfall and iNeed through Steam now. This should be interesting.

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Steam workshop is hassle-free bro. I'm so glad they added Skyrim to the workshop to spare me the annoyance of downloading a third party program like Nexus Mod Manager.

Steam Workshop has a limit on mod sizes, so the good stuff aren't on there.

TerranHwaiting

Korea (North)179 Posts

January 09 2015 23:29 GMT

#11489

On January 10 2015 01:53 SKC wrote:
Modding Skyrim is basically just another game on it's own. Some people like to play it, some not so much.

Yeah, its always mod it for 2 hrs and then play for 20minutes and quit. :D

jeeeeohn

United States1343 Posts

January 10 2015 04:14 GMT

#11490

On January 10 2015 05:00 Torte de Lini wrote:

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Steam Workshop has a limit on mod sizes, so the good stuff aren't on there.

I'd have to disagree with you; there are plenty of great mods you can get. I myself have almost (only?) 50 installed, including Wyrmstooth, which is a new world space / main quest.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

January 10 2015 12:57 GMT

#11491

On January 10 2015 13:14 jeeeeohn wrote:

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I'd have to disagree with you; there are plenty of great mods you can get. I myself have almost (only?) 50 installed, including Wyrmstooth, which is a new world space / main quest.

But stuff like complete graphic overhauls and such are not included.

Striker.superfreunde

Germany1120 Posts

January 10 2015 14:54 GMT

#11492

wrong thread again, sorry -.-

Steveling

Greece10806 Posts

January 10 2015 14:57 GMT

#11493

Steam workshop for skyrim is rly poor.
Nexus is a must have for modders.

daemir

Finland8662 Posts

January 10 2015 22:07 GMT

#11494

I'm not familiar with how steam workshop installs your addons, but the big benefit of Mod Organizer is that it virtualizes the mod installs, so NOTHING is installed/messed with your actual Skyrim installation files, so adding/removing mods won't permanently fk your files like they will get fked if you don't use somet app that virtualizes it.

TelecoM

United States10700 Posts

January 10 2015 22:14 GMT

#11495

Man I really wish I didn't have such a ****ing bad ISP, I really want to play this game but it is impossible with 5gb a month data cap....so stupid........shouldn't even be legal for AT&T to have a monopoly where I live, there is NOTHING available but satellite internet and stupid ass MiFi hotspots. FML.

Lithian

Finland38 Posts

January 10 2015 22:30 GMT

#11496

Workshop lets you "subsricbe" to mods, which will then be downloaded and enabled when you start Skyrim's launcher. The files are physically stored inside the game folder and when you unsubsricbe a mod you don't like, it most likely just disables the ESP file. It also doesn't sort out the load order automatically, which can and will cause issues when running Skyrim with more mods than one, especially if those mods alter same records in the game files.

As others have stated here, taking the little time and installing fresh Skyrim along with Mod Organiser really saves you from future headache. A beginner friendly guides to Skyrim modding and using Mod Organiser can be found over at S.T.E.P. Feel free to ignore the DDSopt guide found the page, unless you plan on squishing every last bit of performance you can. The Main guide, called S.T.E.P contains list of mods (and how to install them) meant to improve your vanilla Skyrim experience, including UI and bug fixes (which there are a ton!), increased graphics and in some cases stability of the game. 95% of the mods on the list are standalone, and you can freely pick which one you want to use. Just following the guide will get you nicely started.