Best Side Quest Mods : IV

» Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:23 pm

I want to add some side quest mods to my game and I am looking for some direction. I want to do quests that have a story, that are fairly long and involved. I do not want a quest that goes to one dungeon and in an hour, poof it i done.

Please list some of the better quest mods you have played. Thank you for your input.

» Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:14 pm

Kragenir's Death Quest. It involves a lot of NPCs in the vanilla game, and is wonderful.

» Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:27 am

Thank you for the suggestion. I have downloaded the mod and will be starting it soon. Any other suggestions?

Thanks again in advance.

» Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:55 pm

http://tes.multimediaxis.de/?go=dlfile&fileid=349. 80+ quests 60-100+ hour playtime, several great storylines, extremely fleshed out characters, unique and interesting quest/gameplay structure with choices and consequences, multiple solutions, skill checks, riddles, think-outside-the-box-situations, and much more.

Also:

Generic copy/pastes for these topics:

Spoiler

Lists and resources for finding many popular mods, and some good mods:
(note the distinction between the two, don't just follow mindless peer pressure, try and make your own opinions and find what you'll like)

List of lists:
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?showtopic=1010109
Top 100
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/top/alltime.php
Files of the months:
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/filesofthemonth.php
Hall of fame:
http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=oblivionmods.HOF
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/categories.php, http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/tags/search.php, http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/advancedsearch.php

General help in terms of installing, utilities, workshops, etc.:

http://tesivpositive.animolious.com/
http://www.oblivionmodwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page
http://tesalliance.org/forums/ (Check The Enclave forum, the Oblivion forum, or the Voice actor forum depending on your pursuits)
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/forum/87-iv-oblivion/ (Hardware/software for non mod related issues, Mods for mod users, Construction set for making mods.)

List of topics exactly like ~~yours~~ generic pleadings for "Any mods?" that have already been answered:
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1072579-the-any-mods-list-of-topics/
Read the AZERessential topics to get the basic "get wryebash, OBMM, OBSE, start slow" basic advice for starters recommendations

If you want any further help I suggest you tell us about yourself; what you like and what you're looking for... Here's some questions to get you started:

Have you played Oblivion already?
What sort of things interest you?
What type of Character do you usually play? (good/evil, theif/mage, roleplayer/random-no-story-hack-and-slasher?)
Are there specific types of mods you think would interest you? (Quests, graphic mods, gameplay mods, overhauls, etc.)
When did you leave?
What did you not like about Oblivion? What did Oblivion not have or need more of?
Male or female character?

For the occasional "What are your must haves?"

Mostly quest mods: http://kno.li/i

My favorite quests are:
http://theelderscrolls.info/?go=dlfile&fileid=349 (my most favorite)
http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=125368
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=21989
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=17448
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6977
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6855
Ihttp://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=19591

[b]Gameplay mods:

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=25462
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=25835
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=22894
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=25844
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=25844
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=26196
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=18442
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3409
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=21862(good for troubleshooting)
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20736
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20807
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20371 (Needed for Integration)
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=22124 (Needed for Integration)

I'm mostly a quest mod player and I recently posted a big rundown for most of them that I've playedhttp://thenexusforums.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=157600&view=findpost&p=1349075 and http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=924363&topic=51137901.

(Some of these are probably outdated by now)
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?act=findpost&pid=15598757
http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?s=&showtopic=1073167&view=findpost&p=15603156
http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?s=&showtopic=1073167&view=findpost&p=15602927 (Don't really want a lot top 10's or simple lists but I'm desperate for cop/pastes at the moment)
http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?s=&showtopic=1075680&view=findpost&p=15650213

The important parts being:

My favorite quests are:
http://theelderscrolls.info/?go=dlfile&fileid=349 (my most favorite)
http://www.tesnexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=125368
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=21989
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=17448
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6977
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6855
Ihttp://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=19591

...

I'm mostly a quest mod player and I recently posted a big rundown for most of them that I've playedhttp://thenexusforums.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=157600&view=findpost&p=1349075 and http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=924363&topic=51137901.

...

Oblivion quest list
http://knol.google.com/k/toql-the-oblivion-quest-list

Recent quest mods that look good, but I haven't really been able to try (for the past year my computer access has been stunted a great degree):

Dark brotherhood renewed (I was able to try this one, it's pretty decent)
northern front
golden crest
Nehrim
Claudia's little Secret (I have played this one... it's one of the better, and slightly more believable "six quest mods")
Gweden Brothel (Theabove mod reminded me of this one, basically a business style mod where you recruit actual prosttutes for the vanilla location... I've played this one, it's decent.)
Adash - City of Magic

» Sun Jun 12, 2011 3:56 pm

Keep in mind that Integration has a couple requirements, though, and one of them is a rather hefty download.

EDIT: And before I forget, you need SI for Integration, as well.

» Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:33 pm

Ugh. I wanted to install Integration: The Stranded Light, but it requires the Race Balancing Project, and I use COBL Races.

» Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:26 am

Nehrim isn't exactly something that should be listed in side quest topics. That's a total conversion. It has zero to do with Oblivion other than using the engine.

» Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:31 am

Ugh. I wanted to install Integration: The Stranded Light, but it requires the Race Balancing Project, and I use COBL Races.

You can always switch. COBL races is basically an outdated stripped down version of RBP. If you're using a COBL races race you may have to use the showracemenu command to get the same race again in case something got screwed up, and the update console command for RBP. Beyond that there shouldn't be any issues.

» Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:34 pm

Methinks I will.. But I do use a COBL installed race(the Tabaxi-based variant) as a PC.. Will I have to start over from the beginning?

» Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:28 pm

Methinks I will.. But I do use a COBL installed race(the Tabaxi-based variant) as a PC.. Will I have to start over from the beginning?

Not quite sure... you could always try to load the save. I think cobl races might use the same Id's and such as RBP in which case it might transfer over seamlessly.

If you wantedto be on the safe side you could do something kind of complex....
http://uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Console#Other_Commands

Spoiler

If you want to save your current skills, you'll have to open the escape menu without clicking the final "done" button, save the game through the console ("save test") and then reload it ("load test"). After the reload your race and appearance will be changed like you wanted them to be and your skills will not be reset. WARNING: Using this command while wearing bound items may crash the game.

change to a vanilla race
install RBP
showracemenu
change back into an Ohmes-raht(Tabaxi)

Probably better to just see if it works without having to screw with your race multiple times because that could cause problems; or just start a new game. My only experience with this is when I changed my race from Ren's mystic elf, to RBP's Hidden elf, but in that case I had both RBP and ren's installed at the time, while that's not really the best idea with RBP and COBL Races.... On second thought-- I dunno I guess that could work.

» Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:03 pm

OK. Got rid of COBL Races, and replaced it with the Race Balancing Project, and was able to load my save game with no(mostly) problem.

moving discussion of problem to it's own thread, so as not to derail this one.

» Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:38 am

http://www.lostspires.com/ being one of the best out there along with what other people suggested and many more.

» Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:45 pm

Thank you all for the awesome information. This is going to really enhance my gameplay.

Has anyone played HoD - Heart of the Dead?

Thanks again.

» Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:40 pm

Yes, Heart of the Dead is an excellent mod.

» Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:36 pm

http://www.lostspires.com/ being one of the best out there along with what other people suggested and many more.

+1

It is a awesome quest mod indeed. :thumbsup: