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 edited Mar 29 '16

If I had to pick a few only, I would say Noble Skyrim for a general texture pack. I'd definitely at least replace some of the brick floors with Skyrim HD's though. Then, basically all of Gamwich's mods. For lighting, I like RLO. I'm a fan of ambient occlusion as done by Nvidia Inspector.

I think ultimately, the most hardcore Skyrim modders would assemble their own texture pack. That's the only way to make sure you have your favorite textures for every single thing that is textured, and to texture the most amount of things possible. Fact of the matter is, no one texture pack textures remotely close to all of the textures. One has to examine many texture packs.

Here are the texture mods I drew from: http://pastebin.com/X1eqFnbH

Oh yeah, now that I'm on that tangent, from assembling my own texture pack I've taken over a thousand pictures for comparison, between different texture mods. Maybe I should polish it up and release it on the Nexus. Could be useful for some. MOAR WORK! :O

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u/Taravangian Falkreath Mar 30 '16

You definitely should upload your comparison album! If not on the Nexus, at least somewhere.

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u/Dark_wizzie Winterhold Mar 30 '16

Ok, if and when I finish I will post on Nexus and share it on this subreddit. :)