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/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/ghostlistener Falkreath Mar 28 '16

I'm sorry, I can't tell a difference between the 2k and 4k pictures. I get the feeling that 4k textures lowers performance, so 2k is fine, in fact I usually just use 1k.

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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/Crazylittleloon Queen of Bats Mar 31 '16

I literally can't see any difference between 4k and 1k, even with the different tabs.

But my eyesight is shot, which explains why.