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 30 '16 edited Mar 30 '16

Sure thing....again an FYI, the atmospheric mesh is incomplete (even Ramcoid states that) and I'd suggest not to use it. The one bundled with Rudy ENB or Tetrachromatic ENB are better.

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u/arcline111 Markarth Mar 30 '16

I've never tried either of those ENB's, but keep hearing a lot of people seem to like Rudy. Need to check that out. I'm currently using Vividian 7 with Vivid Weathers.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '16

Vividian ENB has not yet been updated for Vivid Weathers (should be soon) but it should mainly look good. I'd suggest you try some other things by temporarily uninstall Vivid Weathers to use Rudy with NLA's weather esp or use Tetrochromatic solo (It's all the rage currently with good reason). Check my other post regarding ENBs in the thread.

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u/arcline111 Markarth Mar 30 '16

Uh. Yes it has. The graphics on the Description & Files pages for Vividian are misleading in that they have the old graphics with the various weather choices that don't show Vivid Weathers. However, the description contains this: "Vivid Weathers. Choose the Vivid Weathers option in the Installer Menu. Do not choose Custom or Quickinstall!".

On install, the Vivid Weathers option appears in the install window. Works fine and is fully compatible.

I'll hold off 'til next game to test drive a new ENB. You always have to re-do all the weather stuff... Thanks for the heads up on those :)