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Skyrim Mods: The 20 Best So Far (Original Post) Ohio Joe Dec 2011 OP
Thanks for the link Riftaxe Dec 2011 #1
Try the SkyUI mod Occulus Dec 2011 #2
Current game controllers have 16 buttons and two joy sticks, but that does sound really annoying. ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #5
Occupy Skyrim! bluedigger Dec 2011 #3
LMAO! Aerows Aug 2012 #11
Randy "Macho Man" Savage... In dragon form Ohio Joe Jan 2012 #4
The Glowing Ore Veins is really helpful... SidDithers Jan 2012 #6
XBoxes, iThings... whetever! Just computers with lobotomies... dogknob Aug 2012 #7
I'm pissed at Bethsheda for going anti Newtons law Whisp Aug 2012 #8
If I had the time to create a mod it would be... dogknob Aug 2012 #9
I guess I can still drop flowers all over my houses Whisp Aug 2012 #10
I haven't even done half of what you can do in Oblivion Shitty Mitty Sep 2012 #12
Me either LOL Aerows Sep 2012 #14
I have Skyrim for the PS3... Alduin Sep 2012 #13

Riftaxe

(2,693 posts)
1. Thanks for the link
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 04:25 PM
Dec 2011

It really is quite an entertaining game with very nice graphics.

My only complaint with it is that the PC version seems like a direct port from the console, making the control scheme quite awkward (a keyboard tends to have more then 4 or 6 buttons so navigating through menu and inventory, and hot key options is a bit irritating)

Occulus

(20,599 posts)
2. Try the SkyUI mod
Mon Dec 26, 2011, 08:33 PM
Dec 2011

It remakes the menus so they're more accessible to PC gamers. Be advised, without using the installer provided by the Skyrim Mod Nexus, this mod is a tad complex to install.

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3863

You can make the PC version much, much better than the consoles by following Nvidia's tweak guides for Skyrim. Although some sections refer to the Nvidia Control Panel for certain tweaks, many of the best tweaks are in the .ini files themselves.

To put it simply, a properly tweaked PC version of Skyrim will look and play better than any console version. This is yet another case in which, when presented with a choice between a PC version and a console version of the same game, the PC version automatically wins, right out of the gate.

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
5. Current game controllers have 16 buttons and two joy sticks, but that does sound really annoying.
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 04:24 PM
Jan 2012

How hard would making "I" for inventory and "S" for spells be?

SidDithers

(44,264 posts)
6. The Glowing Ore Veins is really helpful...
Tue Jan 10, 2012, 01:27 AM
Jan 2012

I didn't even know there was mining until installing Glowing Ore Veins.

Added Val's Crafting and QD Inventory too.

Sid

dogknob

(2,431 posts)
7. XBoxes, iThings... whetever! Just computers with lobotomies...
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 11:10 AM
Aug 2012

...all the cool stuff gone and all the stuff to track you beefed up. Why would anyone pay for such a thing just to get games a month earlier?

Get Skyrim on PC.

I play with the following mods:

1. SkyUI (a must-have, IMO)
2. Deadly Dragons (+DD Armory)
3. Warzones: Civil Unrest
4. Proudspire Manor -- Dragonborn Edition
5. Ultimate Follower Overhaul
6. Occupy Skyrim

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
8. I'm pissed at Bethsheda for going anti Newtons law
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:32 PM
Aug 2012

and reversing gravity so now my house decorating can't go any further and that was a big part of my enjoyment of the game. It was a grand pain in the ass to place objects anyway but the one good thing WAS when you picked up a bottle it auto stood up rightly, now it's upside down and pointless to try.

wtf, I'm mad as hell but will probably take it anyway.

dogknob

(2,431 posts)
9. If I had the time to create a mod it would be...
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:07 AM
Aug 2012

...The Breezehome (or Honeyside or whatever) Home Decorating Fairy!

Could be a lot of fun for someone who knows what they are doing.

A purple Flame Atronach or something that comes with the house and has an accessible inventory. Place items in the inventory, which would be categorized by possible locations/rooms in the house, then exit inventory and watch the items appear, right-side up, approximately where you want them to go.

Sounds do-able, but I don't know thing-one about modding, so my torchbug-in-a-jar remains on the floor where I left it after getting tired of trying to place it on my enchanting table in Proudspire Manor

*SIGH*

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
10. I guess I can still drop flowers all over my houses
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:19 AM
Aug 2012

I started that with Riften, the bedroom floor eventually will be filled with flowers. I've got Daedra hearts gathered in a basket on the floor (they are such a brilliant beautiful red) surrounded by those big blue flower thingies. The bed and chest at the foot of the bed are covered too. And I have one of those spinny red things I found in a Dwarven mine sitting on the night table.

It looks sweet. Maybe I'll just obsess on that now instead of bottles.

grrrrrr. Why would they fool with the bottle gravity, I still can't believe they did this! (so mad)

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
14. Me either LOL
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 11:23 AM
Sep 2012

And I have absolutely no idea how many hours I sank into it, nor how many different machines I upgraded or replaced in the course of playing it. There were so many awesome mods, and so much to do, I never even made it to Shivering Isles.

 

Alduin

(501 posts)
13. I have Skyrim for the PS3...
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 05:58 PM
Sep 2012

and I'm still irked that Bethesda hasn't come out with the DLC for it yet. I still want to play Dawnguard and Hearthfire.

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