Lore friendly load order : IV

» Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:17 am

I'm about do a fresh install of Oblivion. I was hoping for a few good mod suggestions that work well with OOO 1.34beta5 (with the Living Economy and Harvest Container updates), Oblivion XP, Rune Skulls, DaRnified Ui, and Anduril Reforged. Anything really. Races, armor, companions, and weapons. No FCOM (tried it once, enjoyed it but a pain in the back to do a good optimized set-up) or MMM (good mod, but doesn't fit well with OOO imo).

Thanks for you time.

(oh, small question, how do I get Wz_Inventory to work with Darn? I've tried several different ways but it never turns out right)

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:29 pm

RENEERS GUARD OVERHAUL IS A MUST. Seriously. If you are going to be evil, it makes the game a lot more interesting. Check it out.

http://elderscrollswishes.webs.com/

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:18 pm

http://tes.multimediaxis.de/?go=dlfile&fileid=349t (for lore expansion and lot's of fun lore learning.)
Race Balancing Project (required for Integration, and adds many lore correct races)

My generic copy/pastes for these topics:( http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/924363-the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion/51137901 goes over the immersion/lore in a lot quest mods.)

Spoiler

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

List of topics exactly like yours that have already been answered: (You can also find my favorites in post #4)
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" 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 just the "quests" part since that's what you asked for)
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

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 right below this post.

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

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:35 am

I don't quite understand what you mean by "lore friendly". Especially seeing that you will be using "Anduril Reforged"... :shrug:

Races, armor, companions and weapons are so much a matter of taste, there's basically no point recommending anything. Oh, except Vilja, perhaps. But even then, not for everyone.

If you're after particular kinds of mods, try the "mods detective" thread - that's what it's there for.

MMM works perfectly well with OOO, and very easily too, if FCOM seems too difficult for you.

Try Enhanced Economy instead of Living Economy.

What you're after seems so... vague, really. Um. What do you like about Oblivion, what don't you like about it, what might be missing altogether from the game, what is there not enough of, what is there too much of, what's too easy, what's too hard... (etc.)?

» Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:25 am

@Hellraiser: I've used Reneers once before, good times. Though I favored Hear No Evil over it. Seeing how it's been updated I'll try it again.

@JC: I've been meaning to play Integration: The Stranded Light, though the LAME and RBP requirements always made me shy away from it though. Does RBP work well with the changes that OOO introduces?

@Breton: Maybe I should rephrase the question. What mods (except FCOM) are all the rage lately? Yeah, Anduril Reforged and lore friendly don't fit well. I recently checked the Nexus again and saw it on the front page, looks like a good mod.

My main load order back in the day consisted of
Oblivion/SI/All DLC
UOP/UOPSI/UOPS/UMP
OOO
Oblivion XP
A very small collection of HGEC (non "hottie" armors)
Whatever custom race fit my current play through (Corean = Warrior, Asain Elves = Assassin)
A house mod (simple starter house, anything Emma has made)
A companion (last one was Vilja)

And of course the basics like Streamline and such.

I just want to try something new. Like I said I'm open to all suggestions.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:19 pm

TES Nexus http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/filesofthemonth.php list is a good way of catching up with mods after being away for a while.

@JC: I've been meaning to play Integration: The Stranded Light, though the LAME and RBP requirements always made me shy away from it though. Does RBP work well with the changes that OOO introduces?

Personally, I think LAME is quite far from how OOO's magic is envisioned/implemented and that this is excarbated by RBP's faster magicka regeneration, but they are excellent mods plus compatible with OOO.

Whatever custom race fit my current play through (Corean = Warrior, Asain Elves = Assassin)

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=30707 are very beautiful.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:44 am

@Hellraiser: I've used Reneers once before, good times. Though I favored Hear No Evil over it. Seeing how it's been updated I'll try it again.

@JC: I've been meaning to play Integration: The Stranded Light, though the LAME and RBP requirements always made me shy away from it though. Does RBP work well with the changes that OOO introduces?

@Breton: Maybe I should rephrase the question. What mods (except FCOM) are all the rage lately? Yeah, Anduril Reforged and lore friendly don't fit well. I recently checked the Nexus again and saw it on the front page, looks like a good mod.

My main load order back in the day consisted of
Oblivion/SI/All DLC
UOP/UOPSI/UOPS/UMP
OOO
Oblivion XP
A very small collection of HGEC (non "hottie" armors)
Whatever custom race fit my current play through (Corean = Warrior, Asain Elves = Assassin)
A house mod (simple starter house, anything Emma has made)
A companion (last one was Vilja)

And of course the basics like Streamline and such.

I just want to try something new. Like I said I'm open to all suggestions.

TSL is good enough that even if LAME and RBP were a bit crap, it'd be well worth it.

Neither LAME nor RBP are a bit crap. They're both excellent mods, and I would not play without either.

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:50 pm

@JC: I've been meaning to play Integration: The Stranded Light, though the LAME and RBP requirements always made me shy away from it though. Does RBP work well with the changes that OOO introduces?

I've used RBP with Vanilla, TIE, OOO, and OOO+MMM, It's worked fine for me and melded nicely with all of them. bg himself uses FCOM so of course it gets along fine with that too. There's even a FCOMadditions optional plugin in RBP that requires OOO+MMM and adds a few of the new races to the leveled listso you might occasionally come across them when fighting conjurers, marauders, etc.

Let's see what else is there? (tag searching http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/tags/search.php" and sorting them by downloads-desc:

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=25023
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11495
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=10505
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=21104
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4387
*Notices sixy stock clothing replacer* Oh, yesss because mini skirts play a very big part in elder scrolls lore
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20799
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6855
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6623
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11698 (real swords is meant to add cultural weapons to the game for each race right? I've never used it but that sounds like a good lore-friendly thing)
*must resist urge to comment on further colourwheel tag abuse... *
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=31773
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16815
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=22401 (Stirk is another "missing city" like Sutch and Mir Corrup right?)
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=18203

And those are just the first 10 pages, there's 80 more... I kind of selected mods randomly from there avoiding simple graphical stuff and gameplay things because that's more of a taste type thing than a simple "it's either lore friendly or it's not lore friendly" thing.