Official Skyrim Thread

[quote=IPodPulse][quote=GrandmasterD] I think people overrate that kind of shit, I mean you can even do everything manually if you know what you're doing. If you know how NMM works, and if you just get LOOT and sort your load order right after you've installed a bunch of new mods then you should be golden. Soon I'll put out a small NMM guide for the OP just for the newcomers out there, and that will include the use of LOOT and maybe TES5Edit, even though I don't think it's very necessary for the basic stuff. Feel free to do one yourself for Mod Organiser so we got something to go on. In general I think replacing everything with tools makes people less aware of what they are doing which is the leading cause in software issues. [/quote] The reason I feel like it is better is that it reminds me of Magic Launcher, a mod launcher for Minecraft that has a unique feature that Mod organizer also shares. NMM actually installs the mod, placing everything in the data folder and leaves them there. Mod organizer on the other hand doesn't do that, it instead temporarily places the mods in the folder then removes them when you exit. You can enable mods on and off by a tick of a box and gives you a warning on bad mod placements and where to prioritize them, in NMM you have to do that manually and LOOT or BOSS only effects plugins and not the files in the data folder. Speaking of data folders did you know that when you install mods on Mod organizer it allows you to do a regular installation for example things like skyrim HD, unlike NMM where it constantly asks you to either replace the files or go through a installation that seems to always mess up because you didn't click the replace option. On Mod Organizer the installation is quick and easy, i am given a pop up GUI if the mod comes with one and when installing mods with the same name like the Book of Silence Mods it wont mess you your files because you are able to choose what files you first and which one you want overwritten, unlike NMM where if you want something like this you need to install mods in a certain order, which is just time consuming. Another thing I enjoy is the ability to download multiple files at good speeds unlike NMM where you need to be a premium just to surpass on MB of download speed. I may have said some incorrect things about NMM, if I do a correction would be nice. But I honestly like Mod organizer much better than NMM, I find it is much easier to use, the interface is clean and it actually does teach people about mod packages. I forgot to mention this but some mods forget to enclose a directory with the name "data", this causes problems with both managers, however on Mod Organizer you are able to manually find the data folder in the client, set it as the directory and your good to go. I understand that you can do everything manually but you are also forgetting the time it takes to do that, that is the purpose of machines and software isn't it? To make our jobs easier.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm][center] [img=http://i.imgur.com/uRdW53Q.png width=500] [img=http://i.imgur.com/iKQLW1q.png width=500] [img=http://i.imgur.com/Deq78UM.png width=500] Ok, got all my crap fixed. NMM is a life saver and mod organizer can suck a D. I don't care how many issues you basic bitches have with NMM. Anywho, had to make a clean save cause shit hit the fan but Jayce is back, fully clad in hand-picked custom armor and weapons cause I wanna roleplay. I dumped SkyRe upon GMD's suggestion and got a few new mods to simulate the needs I had from SkyRe without all the obnoxious compatibility patches (Those mods are ASIS, ABT, Empowered Magic, and SPERG). [h3]Character info:[/h3] [b]Name:[/b] Jayce [b]Race:[/b] Imperial [b]Primary Skills:[/b] Archery, Destruction, One-Handed [b]Secondary Skills:[/b] Alteration, Block, Light Armor, Alchemy, Enchanting, Smithing [b]Gear: [/b] Aetherial Sword, Dwarven Buckler Shield, Scoped Dwarven Bow, Armor of Intrigue and "taste my Lightning, fuckers!" I'm gonna role play him as a somewhat Rogue, survivalist mage. Skilled in all forms of elemental magic, but favoring lightning and electricity, as well as having a penchant for Dwemer technology and architecture. I'll be progressively aging the character and adding scars and stuff on him as his story continues. Anyone got any cool body scarring/mark/tattoo mods? Or anything that adds nice face markings too.[/quote]

[quote=IPodPulse][quote=OTGBionicArm] [center] [img=http://i.imgur.com/uRdW53Q.png width=500] [img=http://i.imgur.com/iKQLW1q.png width=500] [img=http://i.imgur.com/Deq78UM.png width=500] Ok, got all my crap fixed. NMM is a life saver and mod organizer can suck a D. I don't care how many issues you basic bitches have with NMM. Anywho, had to make a clean save cause shit hit the fan but Jayce is back, fully clad in hand-picked custom armor and weapons cause I wanna roleplay. I dumped SkyRe upon GMD's suggestion and got a few new mods to simulate the needs I had from SkyRe without all the obnoxious compatibility patches (Those mods are ASIS, ABT, Empowered Magic, and SPERG). [h3]Character info:[/h3] [b]Name:[/b] Jayce [b]Race:[/b] Imperial [b]Primary Skills:[/b] Archery, Destruction, One-Handed [b]Secondary Skills:[/b] Alteration, Block, Light Armor, Alchemy, Enchanting, Smithing [b]Gear: [/b] Aetherial Sword, Dwarven Buckler Shield, Scoped Dwarven Bow, Armor of Intrigue and "taste my Lightning, fuckers!" I'm gonna role play him as a somewhat Rogue, survivalist mage. Skilled in all forms of elemental magic, but favoring lightning and electricity, as well as having a penchant for Dwemer technology and architecture. I'll be progressively aging the character and adding scars and stuff on him as his story continues. Anyone got any cool body scarring/mark/tattoo mods? Or anything that adds nice face markings too. [/quote] Race Menu comes with some cool tattoos and stuff[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]so we're doing it like this, aye? [center][columns][nextcol width=425][url=http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/52105644232935395/26DA5A6D7956E094C00548020DD5D90100891F8E/][img=http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/52105644232935395/26DA5A6D7956E094C00548020DD5D90100891F8E/ width=400][/url][nextcol width=40][nextcol width=425][url=http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/52105644294918147/F319E16D9422F82D779E7D2B2F1A20B74F266A1C/][img=http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/52105644294918147/F319E16D9422F82D779E7D2B2F1A20B74F266A1C/ width=400][/url][/center] [spoiler=Frey]Name: Frey Gender: Female Level: 7 Race: Bosmer Current Factions: Companion Primary Skills: Wayfarer, One-handed, Light armor Secondary Skills: Marksman, Smithing, Block Gear: Studded armor, Ancient Nordic Broadsword, Banded steel shield, Crossbow + bolts Other notes: As [url=http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/52105644283530656/EFBBF1ECCE9E6FAD9B6C5D44AF516501C427F1CE/]you can see[/url], she's quite short, also she has a pet wolf because Tame the Beasts 2 Basically going for a Sword and Board Ranger type character currently. Will be adding spells as I see fit, thematically, though given that I'm mimicking a ranger from D&D/PF it won't be much.[/spoiler] [center][columns][nextcol width=425][url=http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/52105644295643012/1F67626B4A3035CAF4F9A1F381E847FB94B46E7D/][img=http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/52105644295643012/1F67626B4A3035CAF4F9A1F381E847FB94B46E7D/ width=400][/url][nextcol width=40][nextcol width=425][url=http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/52105644309207035/F14FDB16E7674B6CFF26052EC955DC220EBEFBD6/][img=http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/52105644309207035/F14FDB16E7674B6CFF26052EC955DC220EBEFBD6/ width=400][/url][/center] [spoiler=Caedan]Name: Caedan Gender: Female Level: 4 Race: Dunmer Current factions: None Primary Skills: one handed weapon, block, restoration secondary skills: smithing, speechcraft, alteration Gear: Leather armor (full set), Steel Mace, Elven Shield, Crossbow + bolts other notes: she started in Markarth, so she has a rather odd conglomeration of items collected from the house she started in, plus a full set of armor I added via the console I'm thinking of making this character more of a paladin type almost? we'll see. Her appearance was sort of inspired by [url=http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20071123063158/forgottenrealms/images/a/a7/Zhai.jpg]Drow Elves[/url] from D&D (aka Dark Elves)[/spoiler][/quote]

[quote=Embracing]eyyy a skyrim thread! I actually finished the game a long time ago on my friends computer, but after seeing the game on sale in the summer sale I decided to replay it, as I didn't finish the DLCs and other content. Here's my character. Decided to make an aethetically pleasing female char after playing a male last time. Installed some mods to make the characters in this game look better. Still haven't finished everything yet and I'm still grabbin the optimal gear for her. Name: Fea Race: Nord Focus: Archery, Sneak, Light Armor Gear: Nightingale Bow, Ancient Shrouded Cowl, Guild Master's Armor, Leather Bracers of Archery, Nightingale Boots, Ring of Major Archery [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/FvMNKZF.jpg[/IMG] Any tips for optimal gear on a Sneak Archer?[/quote]

[quote=IPodPulse][quote=Embracing] eyyy a skyrim thread! I actually finished the game a long time ago on my friends computer, but after seeing the game on sale in the summer sale I decided to replay it, as I didn't finish the DLCs and other content. Here's my character. Decided to make an aethetically pleasing female char after playing a male last time. Installed some mods to make the characters in this game look better. Still haven't finished everything yet and I'm still grabbin the optimal gear for her. Name: Fea Race: Nord Focus: Archery, Sneak, Light Armor Gear: Nightingale Bow, Ancient Shrouded Cowl, Guild Master's Armor, Leather Bracers of Archery, Nightingale Boots, Ring of Major Archery [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/FvMNKZF.jpg[/IMG] Any tips for optimal gear on a Sneak Archer? [/quote] If your going for mod armors GMD linked a real good light armor mod, if your going for vanilla i like to go for a combo of thief guild and dark brother hood, then later progress into better tier light armors like glass and elven.[/quote]

[quote=Jimmydoggga 2.0]^That face is creepy as hell. Also I have two characters, one whose called Jawbone, and the others called Legolas. I suck at naming things.[/quote]

[quote=Jack Rubino]i re downloaded the oblivion dungeon mode and downloaded the "build your home" one, i thought that my mods were working before, but by what i've seen when i ran the game a few minutes ago, they weren't before. All of sudden i see the changes that the mod were supposed to make, and its awesome, also this [img=http://puu.sh/9XBeV/3eb218e6cf.jpg] let's see how hard it is EDIT: BREAKING NEWS: It is hard. EDIT2: IT IS FREAKING HARD EDIT3:E WUAHUSHDUAHSIUDHNAUU3NEJAWDAW EDIT4: is weird hearing "True nords never back up" by dremoras[/quote]

[quote=Jovy][img=http://puu.sh/9XVFL/29007c8723.jpg height=250] Welp I did actually find Shadowmere, he was waiting at the old sanctuary... Who would've thought? Also I've decided on a casual outfit. Swapping between legendary Deathbrand armor for difficult quests and stuff and flawless fur armor, one of the variants anyway, for non-difficult quests and everything else. [img=http://puu.sh/9XVw4/b508ee1437.jpg height=250] Finished the Helgen Reborn questline and it was okay. The private tower you get is about 10X times better than any house you can buy/build but unless you have an unlimited amount of cool looking weapons you'll never use all of the weapon plaques. I was kinda annoyed with the ending and some bits of the story, there were some... interesting decisions made by the main NPCs.[/quote]

[quote=GrandmasterD]Yeah the story isn't flawless or amazing but I think it's generally better than most of the standard quests. The voice acting overall is pretty cool, and the reward is at least nice and useful unlike some other ones *glaring at the companions*.[/quote]