I was just wondering where and what are the best mods for Oblivion.
Where can I find them and what are the best ones starting with the superphishale ones....

If you look through the first 4 pages of this forum you will find similar questions and answers

GENERIC:
If you want the most help possible it helps to give as much information, and uniqueness as possible.

Here's my generic written thing for these topics. if you want something specific give more details. I ask some questions in the below text as a small guide line. You can answer them if you wish:

A mod I would be intrested in is the one that lights up the windows in Oblivion.
Plus what is OOO? Do i need it? what dose it stand for? I would like to find a link
to some of the texture mods that make Oblivion look more realalistic...

I would like to acquier some male armors and clothing. i would like better bodies and a
nvde mod but I don't know exactly what the mods are called and i don't know hwere to find them...

I looked on a list or two. but I don't know what ones i would need like that OOO that the sites are referring too.
Maybe some of you can give me a list of what you are using and I could mimic the ones I think would make my 10th
play through of Oblivion enjoyable...

Really, invest a couple hours to scan like the first 2 to 4 pages here, your topic comes up every day and the answers are pretty much also the same every day. It is unfortunate that most newbies come to the forums and give the impression as if their question, in particular about recommended mods, was never discussed in the last 5 years...

OOO is a total overhaul of the basic game. You will experience a great deal of gameplay changes and Wao!! moments, good and "bad" (easier to die).

Edit: And invest some time searching and browsing on http://www.tesnexus.com it is the most comprehensive site for Oblivion mods. If you don't find it there, it probably does not exist (in 99.9% of cases).

Edit2: If nothing else, do get Darnified interface mod (install it with the OBMM Oblivion Mod Manager. Both are easily found on Tesnexus. GUI interface (for me) is the most glaring deficit of vanilla OB, even before all other aspects.

OOO is Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul, one of the most popular overhauls out there. Read up tescosi.com - the best guide for a beginner to Oblivion modding.

Make sure you read and understand the basics (And follow them to a tee), esle you will end up frustrated with frequent crashes. Using a mod manager (Wrye Bash) is the key to a successfully modded game.

All these acronyms and terms are explained at tescosi.com

Maybe we should create a "recommended mods" sticky thread or wiki page (UESP?) for all the new guys. Although there's a lot of disagreement on what categories of mods are essential, it seems to me that there's a high degree of consensus amongst the longtime community members on what is essential within a given category (UI overhauls, lore-friendly quest additions, item graphics replacers, etc.)

That same thread/wiki page should also state where the most recent version of a given mod can be found, what thread to go to for help or bug reports, and the development status of the mod. (It would be a "mod index" of sorts.) For example, who else knew that Robert's Female 1.3 and Male 5.2 just came out a few days ago? How can a newbie know what OOO and MMM do, that they are still under development, and that Kragenir's Death Quest 2.12 just came out even though its thread title says 2.1 is the last version? How can a newbie wade through the 4 or 6 different versions of MMM, MOBS, etc. posted on TESNexus+Planet Elder Scrolls+TESAlliance+custom sites like Slof's and find the "right" one?

The key is, whatever form such a page takes, it needs to be updateable and monitored constantly by the community as a whole. That way, it won't become outdated like so many "must-have-mod" webpages have. I'd also recommend that we establish some ground rules on how to determine when to add (or remove) a mod. Something like this:
1. The community "votes" for 10 to 50 well-established mod authors - like kivan, Arthmoor, TheNiceOne, CorePC, etc. Each of them would become voters for the "recommended mods" list (provided they're willing, of course). (Alternatively, we could give everyone with a Disciple rank or higher on this board, or the equivalent on PES and TESAlliance, a vote.)
2. All the possible "categories" a mod can fall into would be defined by this group. (I could take a shot at this too.)
3. Depending on the size of each category, the mod authors would have 1 to 10 mods they could recommend as "essential" for that category. There would also be five extra "floating" votes they could apply to any category. And they would be able to veto one mod if desired.
4. The PRIMARY mod author cannot vote for their own mods. TheNiceOne can't vote on Useful Houses, sorry
5. The top voted mods would be added to the page. It would need to be a SHORT list - say, no more than 50 mods. The general community could update information about those mods, but could not add/remove entries from the list. (This would, of course, have to be monitored if it's on a wiki page.)

(BTW--if the consensus is that such a thing is a good idea, I could serve as Parliamentarian )

D'oh! Accidental triple post. Please delete this one.

D'oh! Accidental triple post. Please delete this one.

Hey, I just started Oblivion on the PC for the first time. I've played the regular game for a bit, but I was interested in getting some mods. Is there some sort of how-to? How does this mod manager work? I'm kind of overwhelmed.

Thanks in advance!

Actually the stickies on the mods forum are quite good for first-timers. I recommend you read a bit, it will help your understanding. Then ask yourself what game you want to have, what you want to change RIGHT NOW and take it from there. The best mindset to have is to give oneself time to see and learn by doing, learn the tools and "keep it simple and stupid" in the beginning.

FCOM as the first personal modding project is bound for failure and utter frustration. Period. See Isos thread here over the last few days.

Start with something simple like the "See you sleep" mod. It's simple to install and immediately appealing and cute when you see it in action in-game...

Oscuro's Obilvion Overhaul (OOO) readme http://devnull.sweetdanger.net/OOO/OOO_133_readme.pdf

Do be warned that it makes some sweeping alterations to the vanilla game.
Also take heed of the warnings about FCOM. Neither it's installation nor gameplay are newbie friendly.

Replied to this http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?act=findpost&pid=19603297. You should probably start a fresh topic if you want to pursue the idea further.

This is a mod I love out of all proportion to its actual usefulness or necessity.

Hahahaa!!! Yes... me too I always have it in my modlist. BUT...!!! it is indeed quite instructive to install it. For example it allows you to exercise one of the modding best practices, namely cleaning a mod with Tes4Edit. It contains one unclean record... (ITM or UDR) so the beginner can learn to unpack the archive, clean the .esp, repack the archive, install with BAIN, run BOSS and so on... good training. And it looks nice in-game. :wub: