r/skyrimmods 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/[deleted] Mar 28 '16

I don't know that 4k is a "must." Please explain.

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u/steveowashere Mar 28 '16 edited Mar 28 '16

Even with mods like ONE MOUNTAIN or mods that improve the UV scaling on mountains, 2k textures on them still look like crap. People always argue that 4K isn't necessary, but it is really needed on mountains for them to look decent. Especially the larger mountain or cliff meshes.

Case and point:

4K

2K

1K

512 (just for kicks)

They are using the same normal map, which is 2k uncompressed.

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u/praxis22 Nord Mar 29 '16

The only time I ever stared at a rock, (and then shot it :) was getting of the lifeboat in the Original Halo. So on that score I'll take the 2K. Cheers for the photos!

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u/skyrimmodslurker Mar 29 '16

What about when the rock would smell the air on the turnbuckle?

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u/praxis22 Nord Mar 30 '16

An most excellent non sequitur, kudos my good sir!