Hi everyone!

First off, I'm sorry if these kinds of questions have been answered before, I'm new to the forums. I recently installed Oblivion again, I have never completed it despite me being really excited for it when it was released. I think the main problem for me was the lack of immersion and sense of accomplishment compared to Morrowind (which is one of my favorite games of all time). But now with Skyrim coming, I really want to give Oblivion the chance it deserves. I've been playing for 20 hours now and I really enjoy it.

Now to my problems. To summarize, I need advice about if I should go with this set of mods, or if I should add or delete any. Also, if the mods are loading in the right order. More importantly, I need a house that suits my needs! The way I play these games is as a collector; especially when it comes to armor, books, high-end weapons (like glass and ebony), artifacts and all sorts of other special objects. In Morrowind, I had a house with a wooden mannequin for every type of armor to see the full sets when I had collected all the pieces. I also had lots of pedestals and display counters to put artifacts and weapons on. I'm looking for a similar house mod for Oblivion, which should optimally have these features:

- Lots and lots of Mannequins, one for each type of armor in Oblivion + Shivering Isles + Knights of the Nine, plus lots of extras for other mods (I'm mainly thinking about Francesco's mods). These should optimally be in one or two rooms. This is the most important feature.
- Lots of display counters of some sort. I'm not too fond of the ones with a glass "door" that you can open, but I guess most of them are of this sort.
- The house should not be too large. I'd much rather have a small, cozy house than a grand castle. There should be as few areas as possible.
- Function over prettiness.
- Some kind of alchemy sorter to quickly put away all ingredients I carry would be nice, but not mandatory.
- Some kind of library would be nice. Even nicer would be one that automatically stores my books.
- To clarify: The main function of the house is to show off my collections of armor, weapons and artifacts. Other features are secondary.

Whew, that was quite a list =) I really hope someone can point me in the direction of a house like this!

As for what mods I'm playing, this is my current list. I'm currently 20 hours in the game, but will probably start over when I find a nice house mod, since I'm not really satisfied with my character. I haven't altered any load order yet - I just installed the Oblivion Mod Manager. Feels like I should have check the load order before playing for 20 hours, but oh well

Oblivion.esm
Francesco's Optional New Items Add-On.esm
Francesco's Leveled Creatures-Items Mod.esm
Francesco's Optional New Creatures Add-On.esm
Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp
UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp
DLCHorseArmor.esp
DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCOrrery.esp
DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCFrostcrag.esp
DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCThievesDen.esp
DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp
DLCVileLair.esp
DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCSpellTomes.esp
DLCSpellTomes - Unofficial Patch.esp
Knights.esp
Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCShiveringIsles.esp
DLCBattlehornCastle.esp
DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch.esp
Francesco's 14 days respawn time - 1-24 day lenght rescale.esp
Francesco's Slower skills x1.5.esp
Lost Paladins of the Divines.esp
Francesco's Optional Files.esp
Harvest [Flora] - Shivering Isles.esp
Harvest [Flora] - DLCFrostcrag.esp
Harvest [Flora] - DLCVileLair.esp
Harvest [Flora].esp
The Lost Spires.esp
Natural_Water_by_Max_Tael.esp
Natural_Vegetation_by_Max_Tael.esp
Natural_Habitat_by_Max_Tael.esp
Natural_Weather_HDR_by_Max_Tael.esp

Is this load order OK? As I mentioned I haven't really thought about the load order until now. I've had some small problems in my game that might be caused by wrong load order, namely that shields do not work (they aren't showing or adding to my armor class) and merchants never lose any money when they buy stuff from me.

Is there any mod you feel that I should delete or add? I want close to a 'genuine' Oblivion feeling, apart from fixing the lack of sense of progression that I mentioned.

Whew, this was a long post! I'd really appreciate some help with these issues. Thanks in advance =)

Best regards,

Jesper

Not much help on the house as I'm not much for the kind of house you're looking for. http://oblivionsrealestate.com/ is an excellent resource.

Use http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1158388-rel-boss-better-oblivion-sorting-software/ to manage the load order.

Nothing wrong with Francesco's but if you like Morrowind you should check out http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1159634-relz-oscuros-oblivion-overhaul-133/ IMO.

Might want to use http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1160142-relz-weather-all-natural-thread-32/ instead of Natural Weather. At least, you should use the fixed version of NW if you aren't already.

Your shield issue sound odd - not sure about that. I never pay close to attention to economy/merchants, but isn't that how it is in Oblivion, i.e. that they won't lose money when you sell stuff? Enhanced Economy is a popular mod for dealing with that and it's very configurable.

Note that the latter needs OBSE and for All Natural you need Wrye Bash - but both are more or less necessities when using mods.

EDIT: I think I know what your issue with Shields is. Your char needs to have a one-handed weapon equipped for them to show up/add AR.

You might want to try my update of Imperial Furniture for your decorating needs. See my sig for link. Needs an empty "house" like Battlehorn though. Oblivion's Real Estate is the place to go to find already decorated houses, as Arkngt suggested.

Tackar f?r tipsen Arkngt! Tror det blir OOO ist?llet.

Thanks andalaybay, I'll check your mod out.

I will be putting out an update later today, so if you do decide to download it, you may want to wait until I publish the update.