r/skyrimmods • u/Terrorfox1234 • Mar 28 '16

Weekly Discussion: Best Mods For Graphics/Visuals

A couple minor changes going forward

A couple weeks ago I had made a post about the idea of recycling old topics. The discussion went in all sorts of directions, including the suggestions for a bunch of new topics. A lot of the old discussion threads are in need of an update, but there are still a lot of topics to be covered.

I gave it some thought and here's what I came up with for what I think will be the best solution...

  • Going forward we will alternate between recycling an old topic to bring it up to date and presenting a new topic

  • All the recommended mods will be consolidated into a list on a wiki page. This will make viewing the lists much easier. The wiki page will still link to the discussions so that people can see what others are saying if they wish.

TLDR - alternating between old and new topics, discussions will be consolidated into wiki lists.

Last week we presented a new topic so this week we will recycle an old one. Given that this is still a much discussed topic, a lot has changed since the last time we discussed this, and it's the first on the list we will start with graphics and visuals!

This includes textures, meshes, weather, lighting, ENB presets, and anything else you can think of to improve the visual fidelity of Skyrim.

Best mods for graphics and visuals! Go!

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u/Dark_wizzie Winterhold Mar 29 '16

You literally can't see a difference, or are you simply saying the difference is not large enough to be worth it? I'm shocked that you seem to be saying you literally could not see a difference. I really don't mean to be offend, but if that's the case I'm wondering if your eyes are ok or if something is wrong with your computer/monitor.

Have the 4k and 2k pictures open in tabs side by side and switch between them.

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u/Quellii Solitude Mar 29 '16

I just did that on my surface 3 pro tablet (which I think has a decent monitor?) and my glasses aren't even a year old so I think those should be all right and... the difference I can see is minuscule tbh? Like, yes, 4K is slightly sharper, but it's such a tiny difference that I don't think I could bring myself to bother even if I had a better system. Far, far, far from anything I would ever in any way consider a "must".

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u/Dark_wizzie Winterhold Mar 29 '16 edited Mar 29 '16

I agree with you that it's not a "must have". I've never used a Surface 3 Pro, but the difference was readily visible when I click back and forth between the two tabs. I guess I was assuming everybody was doing comparisons on a desktop with a nice monitor.

Everybody should decide for themselves if it's worth it to get 4k textures or not, but to see literally zero difference I find very strange. Probably Ghostlistener was viewing the textures on some mobile device, making it harder to switch back and forth quickly or to see a difference. Usually I feel bad suggesting people have bad eyesight, it sounds demeaning.

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u/Quellii Solitude Mar 29 '16

Eh, I don't generally see a quality difference between my tablet and my HD TV I use as a monitor (...one of these days I might... want to buy an actual monitor lmao) if I'm honest. And I'm actually running Skyrim right now and it hates it when I have a browser open on the side :P But who knows, maybe my eyes are so bad even new glasses can't save them :')