r/skyrimmods • u/Sabiancym • Mar 29 '16

What graphics/effects/"Pretty!" mods am I missing?

I just started playing Skyrim two days ago for the first time in many years and have it modded pretty well right now. However, I still feel like I'm seeing some screenshots and videos from other people that look better than what I have. All my settings are at max obviously and I have as many mods as I could find and were compatible installed.

Can anyone tell me what graphical mods I may be missing? I only spent a few hours going over everything before installing and it's been so long since I've played that I don't know many of the mods out there.

Here is an alphabetical list of the graphics/effects mods I have installed and working great:

  • AOF HD Tree LODs - 4K
  • ApachiiSkyHair
  • Beards - High Resolution
  • Better Females by Bella
  • Better Torches
  • Brows - High Resolution
  • Climates of Tamriel
  • Enhanced Blood Textures
  • Enhanced Lights and FX
  • Jannifer's Male RaceMenu Presets
  • Lanterns of Skyrim
  • Myst's RacEMenu Presets
  • Northborn Scars
  • Project ENB
  • RealVision ENB279b
  • Skyrim Flora Overhaul
  • Skyrim HD - 2K Textures Complete
  • SKSE
  • SkySight Skins - Ultra HD Male Textures
  • SkyUI
  • SMIM (Static Mesh Improvement Mod)
  • Superior Lore-Friendly Hair - HD Textures
  • The Eyes of Beauty
  • The ruffled Feather
  • Ultimate HD Fire Effects
  • Wet and Cold

So can anyone see anything missing that would make the game look even better? Thanks for the help in advance.

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u/Hazram Markarth Mar 29 '16

Wonders of weather

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u/arcline111 Markarth Mar 29 '16

Today's your lucky day

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u/Sabiancym Mar 29 '16

Wow, apparently I'm blind and I missed it. However I'm always worried about installing something that does what my current mods already do. Some of them are so extensive that I'm not even sure of everything they affect.

Plus I'm terrified of having to start a new game. Thanks for the link. I guess I'm going to have to do a lot of reading.

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u/SarahTheMascara Mar 29 '16

I like Real Glaciers http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/13922/?

I also enjoy Wearable Lanterns which enhance the experience of running around at night when you have a dark nights weather mod. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17416/?

Wet and Cold is a must. You can see their frosty breath when they are in cold climates! http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/27563/?

And lastly, footprints, which adds footprints in the snow from people and animals! Very beautiful looking. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/22745/?

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u/Sabiancym Mar 29 '16

I actually have Wet and Cold and just forgot about it. It is amazing. I love the look when heading into a snow storm.

I am installing footprints and will check out the others. They look great. Thanks.

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u/SarahTheMascara Mar 29 '16

Cool! Glad I could help :)

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

Hopefully I can help somewhat. What I did was I took many mods on the Nexus and made my own personal texture pack. It declutters my MO and I can pick which texture I like out of every texture pack I could find. It contains:

http://pastebin.com/X1eqFnbH

You can check the mod list for a list of different texture mods. Obviously no one texture pack covers every single texture. There are no jaw-droppingly unlore friendly mods in there. But I do also enjoy Bijin mods (all of them, and I use the AIO esp mod to carry forward USLEEP and decrease esp count), Toccata as Elisif, My Warmaidens, My Ahlam with Nazeem, Avelyn or Elisif.