Hi all please can someone advise me on the best overhaul mod that removes level scaling from the game (and dont make every monster harder when i level) and adds more content. Ive looked at threads and seen mixed opinions please can you give me some good advice.

I have all the DLCs and Shivering isles expansion so it would be nice if these were supported but not a must.

OOO is a nice one

cool does it have support for the DLCs and Shivering isles?

It doesn't touch them, unfortunately. Not sure what would work for SI. Though, it's nice for the Oblivion worldspace all the same.

OOO was the first overhaul I played with, and I remeber it fondly .

As for other options, it depends on what you are looking for. I'd recommend to read up on OOO (http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15256), TIE (http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35265), as well as MMM(http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=17784), Frans (http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2518), and http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=39202.

Or, if you are experienced with modding, you could try FCOM (http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=12249).

To my knowledge, MMM and Frans both support SI.

TIE, however, is very elegant at what it does, it doesn't add as much extra stuff compared to other overhauls, but rather preserves the Oblivion feel rebalancing mechanics and difficulty. It's especially great if you planning to play a thief-ish character. I recently began playing it, after years of having FCOM as a standard install, and I don't think I'll be turning back from it .

You can also mix most of them to an extent, if you are careful, follow their instructions and have some patience with Wyre Bash.

thx for your reply rheia, do you know if them mods you suggest get rid of level scaling? and creatures becoming harder when you lvl.

This may help: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/820948-scaling-overhaul-comparison/

Thanks that link was very useful. So far iam thinking of using

Oblivion with all DLCs and SI

OOO
MMM

are there any others that people would recommend for me please, also does anyone know of any extra mods that would be compatible with these mods that give static NPCs and items for the offical DLCs?

Those two alone are good enough to start out. Just prepare your system to handle the mod and ya would do fine.

thanks Qawsed Asap, but u kinda scared me saying prepare my system lol. Is there anything special i need to do?

Read the Readme is always a given.

Load order also tend to be important but a program call http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20516 helps alot in this.

Also, rheia's and deaths_soul's comment is also helpful with some good info/link on these overhaul.

Not to be too persnickity but OOO and MMM do not remove level scaling. Instead they alter it.

A bit outdated but the core concepts are still good in the:http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/820948-scaling-overhaul-comparison/

What unscaled means is that all reference to the player character's level is removed and all creatures and loot can be encountered from level 1 up. The mods that attempt to remove level scaling are: TIE, WAC, and OWC ND.

Initially these are harder, but then as you go on there is a chance to meet lower than you as well.

what are WAC, and OWC ND?

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1152670-wac-news/page__view__findpost__p__16867831

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1206580-relz-version-13ev-oblivion-warcry-new-dimension/

You might also take a look at http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238276-relz-tie-tamriel-immersion-experience/

and also at:

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1232931-relz-dll-dynamic-leveled-lists-thread-6/, which allows you to fine-tune when enemies appear in your game and how many appear.

For SI, there is an overhaul that supposedly complements FCOM well: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34245

Ive had some great reply guys, thanks everyone for your help

So far ive started with

OOO
MMM

Does anyone know of a Non player scaling mod for SI that would work with the above? or for any of the offical DLCs

Having great fun at the moment, getting a few CTDs is this normal?

Ha ha ha. Yes, it's normal. I get about one CTD every hour or two. I've learned to take them in stride.

hehe thx thats good, was getting kinda worrid.