Hi, I'm wondering if there are any mods that replace the vanilla spell effects? I find the default destruction ones boring and would love to replace them. I'm also wondering if there is a good pet mod that allows me to buy a pet and level it up through combat. I heard about the cheydinal pet shop mod, but I also heard that it's very buggy and can corrupt your game. Thank you.

There are plenty of pet mods: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/search.php?name=pet&scid=20&author=&mname=&desc=&size1=&size2=&downloads1=&downloads2=&udate1_day=&udate1_month=&udate1_year=&udate2_day=&udate2_month=&udate2_year=&ldate1_day=&ldate1_month=&ldate1_year=&ldate2_day=&ldate2_month=&ldate2_year=&endorsemants=&images=&readme=&advltonly=&opensource=&page=2&orderby=name&order=ASC

I think Guar are particularly cute though: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20358

As long as the pet/companion character's level is calculated based on your level, they will level up with you.

For magic effects: I'm using Enhanced Magic Effects - http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=9424

I tried, Better Quality Magic SFX, but I found them to loud. They actually scared me a lot because my character is an assassin-in-training, it was dark when I added the mod, and I was simply caught of guard by the change... http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35960

I haven't tried this, but I downloaded it: Poison FX - http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=12568

Same goes for this, but the reason I have yet to try it is because it conflicts with a fire retexture mod I really like - http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=32383


--Tomlong75210

Thank you, I'm installing some of those mods right now. Although I am having trouble getting Enhanced Magic Effects working, I saw there was a newer version here http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=2434 but it didn't change my destruction spells at all. I am also using FCOM, Midas Magic, Fearsome Magic, and Supreme Magicka but none of those really changed the default spell effects. Have you had any issues with getting Enhanced Magic Effects working or was it just a simple drag and drop for you?

I just installed the version from TESNexus via Bash, without modifying the archive, so it should be drag-n-drop ready. I'm using SM and LAME. I haven't used the other two you mentioned. I've read about conflicts with something I use with Fearsome, but I don't think they have anything to do with this. If one of them does actually change the effects in anyway, then it may be possible that they change the effect texture paths. I wouldn't be able to say...SM certainly does not.


--Tomlong75210