Oblivion Mods

[CptStern]

wow didnt realise there's so many oblivion mods released so soon after the game was released

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.List


from the cool to the silly there's already a few interesting ones like:

"This mod allows the player to hire mercenary companions to aid [you]."

"This is a simple color mod that changes the mane and tail colors of the White Horse to Black"


quest mods should be coming out soon ..the modding community will be huge

[HunterSeeker]

I am using the realistic weapons and armor beta mod, has improved the game a lot imo.

Edit: Post no 1000, yay :)

[CptStern]

in what way? details man details :)

[HunterSeeker]

It currently reduces the difference between weapons (now deadric weapons does 25% more damage then steel weapons, not 100% as they did before). It also increases the damage of all weapons as well, making combat shorter and grittier and makes it feel more realistic (now you can actually kill people with a ranged sneak attack). This version does not change armor in any way though.

Here is the thread for the mod: http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=257679

Edit: Hmm they seem to have gotten closer to their goal by making fantastic weapons rarer with a rescently released (seperate) mod.

[CptStern]

thanks it does sound interesting

here's a few more mods from shacknews:

Auryn's Leveling Mod: Helps manage and direct your stat development.

"Leveling and attribute advancement are completely automatic in this mod, every time you raise a major skill by 1, you raise the associated attribute by .5. Every time you raise a minor skill, you raise the associated attribute by .25. Also added are birthsigns, race bonuses, and chosen attibute bonuses into the equation."

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=312569&st=20

Oblivion Banking: A banking mod with interest and gold weight

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=313278

Wilderness Creatures List: More exciting exploration in the wilderness. Packs anyone?

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=311838

[Evo]

Care to explain how these affect the main game itself? Can you play with the mod, then turn it off and back to normal from where you were?

[WhiteZero]

No one should play this game without this UI MOD. (http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=25)

[Shakermaker]

No one should play this game without this UI MOD. (http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=25)

Any other mirrors than that one?

[Cole]

Anyone who dislikes the level scaling might like this:
http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=157

Completely Random Loot\Weapons\Armor\Treasure

[Zeus]

I got the no psychic guards mod...and it owns. Sick and tired of guards always being superman showing up to the scene of the crime out of nowhere? you need this mod then

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=129

[WhiteZero]

I got the no psychic guards mod...and it owns. Sick and tired of guards always being superman showing up to the scene of the crime out of nowhere? you need this mod then

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=129
http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=103403

[CptStern]

here's a cool mod: character management mod ..no more saving over other characters save files

http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11858245

http://www.writeopen.com/profilemanager.png


here's another cool mod ..add saddle bags to your horse so that you carry more stuff

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=316729&st=0

[Shakermaker]

No one should play this game without this UI MOD. (http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=25)

OK, got it now. Great mod. They made it look less console-ish.
Map (http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7168/map3xs.jpg)
Inventory (http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2398/inventory7wz.jpg)
Quest log (http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5808/quest3mq.jpg)

I downloaded it from this link (http://www.gamingtown.net/oblivion-mods/49-rel-improved-ui-no-quest-markers-2-x.html). Scroll down and you'll find the download for the auto-installer. Un-rar it and presto.

[jimbo118]

OK, got it now. Great mod. They made it look less console-ish.
Map (http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7168/map3xs.jpg)
Inventory (http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2398/inventory7wz.jpg)
Quest log (http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5808/quest3mq.jpg)

I downloaded it from this link (http://www.gamingtown.net/oblivion-mods/49-rel-improved-ui-no-quest-markers-2-x.html). Scroll down and you'll find the download for the auto-installer. Un-rar it and presto.
good screens dude, i was wondering what it looked like, much better, the map reminds me of the Silent hunter 3 map for some reason:rolling:

i'll get my coat.

[ktimekiller]

How is it different? i dont understand, please explain

[Shakermaker]

How is it different? i dont understand, please explain

The menus use a smaller font, so when you look at your inventory for example you can see a lot more items on one page. Also the map is a lot bigger. On the screenshot you can see both Chorrol and Cheydinhal. That's not possible on the default map.

the map reminds me of the Silent hunter 3 map for some reason:rolling:
i'll get my coat.

Jawohl kaleun

hehehe, set out an intercept course to the nearest Oblivion gate.

[phantomdesign]

No one should play this game without this UI MOD. (http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=25)
Download it! It's a must-have for ALL PC gamers!

[Raziaar]

You guys should get the gold texture redo mod. It turns the gold textures from shitty, to masterful, that looks like the actual coin they give you in the collectors edition.

[Mr. Redundant]

now all we need is REAL glass armor
and HIT detection

aka headshots do more damage than say a shot to the toe ;/
especially since most everything I kill has about 6 arrows in each eye when Im done.

[WhiteZero]

now all we need is REAL glass armor
and HIT detection

aka headshots do more damage than say a shot to the toe ;/
especially since most everything I kill has about 6 arrows in each eye when Im done.
Sneak attack ftw
;)

[Sainku]

Download it! It's a must-have for ALL PC gamers!

I think I am the only one on the planet not bothered at all by the ui. I hardly carry anything not equipped though. As soon as I pick up anything I don't need at that moment I either drop it, sell it, or put it in storage. Its rare that I have more than 15 items in my inventory.

[Raziaar]

I think I am the only one on the planet not bothered at all by the ui. I hardly carry anything not equipped though. As soon as I pick up anything I don't need at that moment I either drop it, sell it, or put it in storage. Its rare that I have more than 15 items in my inventory.

How do you sell it or put it in storage when you're deep in a dungeon?

[Mutley]

It's got to the point for me now, if I get over weight, I drop items worth 500-1000g a piece. Sooo much cool stuff in dungeons now.

[Snowden]

Colour map mod:

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=309440
Screen: http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/7147/colormapmod107yc.jpg

[Shodan]

I'm using the water mod and UI mod at the moment, the water looks more like farcry's now, less fog and more reflections.

[Unfocused]

Visual mods are fine with me.

I won't use any mods changing the gameplay (prices, AI, stat system etc.) however, at least for now. I'd rather play the game and finish it the way it was intended by it's developers. :thumbs:

[Mutley]

I installed THIS (http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=332756) plugin and it works great, looks super good and no FPS drop what so ever!

It replaces the textures to high-res ones.

[SAJ]

I installed THIS (http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=332756) plugin and it works great, looks super good and no FPS drop what so ever!

It replaces the textures to high-res ones.
Absolutely the best visual fix for OB, makes such a difference to how the landscape looks.

[Sainku]

How do you sell it or put it in storage when you're deep in a dungeon?

I don't pick up to much in dungeons. Maybe a couple weapons or peices of armor. I go straight to the market or my house as soon as I am done.

I installed THIS plugin and it works great, looks super good and no FPS drop what so ever!

It replaces the textures to high-res ones.

I found that earlier today as well. It is a great mod. It looks so much better in the distance. Only problem is I get a noticable increase in load times, I guess its worth it though. Little to no preformance drop as well.

[jimbo118]

I installed THIS (http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=332756) plugin and it works great, looks super good and no FPS drop what so ever!

It replaces the textures to high-res ones.
very nice, the game needed this badly tbh, looks more natural now and i dont notice a performance hit either.

[Gunner]

Here is the list of mods I downloaded for Oblivion:

-ANB Health Regen
-Attack & Hide
-Color map
-Durable Equipment & Harder repairs
-Kobu's Character Advancement System
-LandscapeLOD
-Movable Bodies
-Natural Faces
-No Psychic Guards
-BTmod 2.20

[CptStern]

brief description if it's not too much to ask, please

[Gunner]

Sure, by the way they can all be downloaded over at www.tessource.net/files.


-ANB Health Regen: allows your health to regenerate when you're out of combat, the less health you have the slower it regenerates.

-Attack & Hide: this mod comes with varying levels of difficulty, it lets you carry out sneak attacks without engaging the enemy, meaning you can shoot an arrow then run and hide somewhere else while the target investigates where the shot came from. Enemies no longer home in on you after a stealth attack, they come looking for you but don't always find you if you're well hidden

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=336063&hl=

-Color map: pretty simple mod, it just adds color to the map, mountain areas are gray and white, plains and grass fields are green, etc...

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=336789

-Durable Equipment & Harder repairs: this mod is available in different ratios, you can make your equipment last as much as twenty times longer than normal, but to compensate, repairing will have to be ten times harder. Although you can choose the ratio, you can have the 20xdurable equipment and 2xHarder Repairs.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=329396&hl=durable+equipment

-Kobu's Character Advancement System: this is one of the many leveling mods available, it automatically assigns attribute points when leveling up and removes the hassle of working on minor skills to get the bonus modifiers. You can find a more in-depth explaination here:

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=335082&hl=Kobu's

-LandscapeLOD: great aesthetic mod that replaces distant textures with 2048*2048 textures at no cost of framerate.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=328524

-Movable Bodies: lets you move bodies, though I haven't figured out how yet. [edit] found the thread:

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=313707&hl=moveable+bodies

-Natural Faces: lots of technical mumbo jumbo I didn't quite understand but gives better results when creating new faces. Here is a screenshot comparing default and modded faces: http://www.raspberryhell.com/Oblivion/MD_Natural_Faces.jpg

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=328830&hl=natural

-No Psychic Guards: this mod removes the guards' psychic ability to detect a crime over great distances, guards will only intervene if they're within a certain radius of the crime (within hearshot or line of sight); also comes with varying levels of difficulty.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=335762&hl=

-BTmod 2.20: adds user interface improvements, making the character, equipment, quest, and map windows a lot bigger, while reducing font and icon size.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=330994

[Reginald]

-Movable Bodies: lets you move bodies, though I haven't figured out how yet


Why the hell do you need this mod? You can move bodies already by picking them up and dragging with Z. :|

[Gunner]

Why the hell do you need this mod? You can move bodies already by picking them up and dragging with Z. :|

It just makes it easier, lighter corpses etc.

[CptStern]

Thx Gunner, a few questions:

how well does the attack and hide mod work? I dont want to feel like I'm cheating but I'd love to be able to snpe from the shadows without the enemy homing in on me after one shot

LandscapeLOD looks good, does it work only if you have distant landscapes enabled?

also does the BTmod take away the quest markers? most people hate them but they're very useful imho


thanks again for the links

[Reginald]

It just makes it easier, lighter corpses etc.

Pfft. If your strength is high enough there isn't anything difficult about it. I dragged the corpse of my Adoring Fan in front of a guard today and he didn't bat an eyelid. XD

[Gunner]

Thx Gunner, a few questions:

how well does the attack and hide mod work? I dont want to feel like I'm cheating but I'd love to be able to snpe from the shadows without the enemy homing in on me after one shot

LandscapeLOD looks good, does it work only if you have distant landscapes enabled?

also does the BTmod take away the quest markers? most people hate them but they're very useful imho

thanks again for the links

It lets you get away with pot shots if your sneak skill is high enough and you're well hidden. They definitely won't home in on you like they do by default, they come to investigate the area first and if they spot you that's when they charge. It works more like Thief III if you ever played that one =)

As for the distant textures package, I'm not sure, I checked the boxes but there's no mention they have to be enabled in the readme. I might have to read the original thread again hehe.

BTmod has the option to remove the quest markers, but they're left enabled by default. I need those too otherwise I'd get lost for hours!

Pfft. If your strength is high enough there isn't anything difficult about it. I dragged the corpse of my Adoring Fan in front of a guard today and he didn't bat an eyelid. XD

Ah see that's the point, for mages and thieves, dragging a corpse is time consuming when you can only pull its' arm a few feet at a time. It doesn't let you fling bodies around like paper ragdolls, just makes it a tad bit easier for weaker characters :p

[Danimal]

Where do you extract mods?

[Gunner]

In your oblivion\data directory, some mods go in sub directories that you have to create but it's always explained in the readmes :p

[Danimal]

My Readme didn't explain it :P

[Kyorisu]

Mods goto oblivion/data then run the launcher. Click data files - tick the mods you want to run.

This is assuming the mod use a .esp file. Some mods are merely texture changes and what not.

[CR0M]

The only mod i have installed now is the water mod, looks much nicer. The one i'm looking out for the most is the Survival Suite mod - not sure of the author - but it looks very detailed and well thought out.
Basically it's an eat sleep and drink thing. I like micro management, and combined with the infinite resources and scale of oblivion, this mod is going to be my kinda thing. Combine it with the bedroll and campfire mod, and you can be a full-on ranger :D

[CptStern]

big list of mods:


http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105373

[SAJ]

This is just an excuse for posting smut, so look away now:

Someone just made a mod for censoring all the horse's anuses (ani ?).

This act of wanton - and comedic - censorship has led to two of the funniest mod threads on the official boards;

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=345532&st=20

A choice quote from the second thread;
QUOTE(Eglaerinion @ Apr 5 2006, 09:12 PM)

You're twisting things around here, I hadn't even noticed the damn anus. If you don't want to see it don't look for it or can't you stop yourself or something. /quote



actually, i never noticed it either, but when i saw this thread, i had to look... and DAMN that thing is HUGE!!! i mean seriously, it's like the artist tried to imagine what a horse would look like with an inner tube glued to the back of it, and tried to draw that.

i mean it's textured and normal mapped and everything. can you imagine what went through the texture artist's head when making that damn thing?:

Artist: "hmm, the horse looks okay, but there's something missing..... i know. i'll draw a big fat ANUS!!!! people like that kind of thing."

*6 hours later, artist finishes the finely detailed horse anus*

Artist: "Perfect!"


notice how the light delicately plays off the subtle curve of the thing. you can really tell that love was put into that horse anus. (can i say that?)

This post has been edited by GreatGreen: Yesterday, 09:10 PM

Scatalogical, I know but it had me in stiches (Im easily amused).

[CptStern]

hehe someone edits out an anus while someone else makes a female nudity mod so they can undress their avatars (I'm not giving anyone the link so dont ask, google it) ...gotta love the extreme lengths gamers will go to reshape their games


hehe I like "the love they put into the horse anus" comment :laugh:

[CR0M]

if they had not included it some nerd would've complained that horses were 'anatomically INcorrect' and made a mod to add one.

[VictimOfScience]

Aren't there better things to do in Oblivion than worry about how accurately an equine anus is represented in-game? I am surprised I haven't seen talk of this in any reviews! Surely its worth a paragraph or two...:|

Do the horses have large members as well? Surely that deserves a mod if not! Why not go for total realism?! AI should already be programmed in for horse sechs--its up to one of the clever modders out there to find that code that Bethesda hid from the ESRB and we'll have ourselves a Hot Oats scandal! Oatmeal anyone? Mmmm....

[Que-Ever]

Useless without pics D:

[Rizzo]

Is there a mod for horse combat?

[Raziaar]

Is there a mod for horse combat?

Has anybody played the game Mount & Blade?

Can you Imigine that kind of horse combat, incorporated into Oblivion? Hooooly shit that would rock.



And on an aside ntoe, does anybody know if there's a mod that lets you give saved games a name?

[Rizzo]

So i guess thats a no. Fighting from horse whould be good thou.

[CptStern]

yes ..in fact the community is working on it ..so far they've been able to shoot bows from horseback ..so it's just a matter of time before it works

[ktimekiller]

the landscape mod does not reduce fps, but it sucks like a leech on my ram.

[Kyorisu]

Has anybody played the game Mount & Blade?

Can you Imigine that kind of horse combat, incorporated into Oblivion? Hooooly shit that would rock.



And on an aside ntoe, does anybody know if there's a mod that lets you give saved games a name?

Bring up the console Tild key.

type "save charactername" without the quotes. From then on use the save menu and overwrite it, name will stay the same. Also, use my mod.

[Javert]

I KNEW there was an Oblivion mod thread SOMEwhere. Anyhoo I was browsing Fileplanet, and saw this.

Holy cow, I'm not on my gaming PC right now but is it for real??
http://www.fileplanet.com/165267/160000/fileinfo/Elder-Scrolls-IV:-Oblivion---Open-Cities-Mod

It's called Open Cities Mod, and it removes all the doors from cities except the Imperial so it's all seamless.

[Que-Ever]

Looks pretty cool! But the loading screens weren't that long anyway :/

Whoah, my last post in here was from back when I used pink D:

[Raziaar]

I KNEW there was an Oblivion mod thread SOMEwhere. Anyhoo I was browsing Fileplanet, and saw this.

Holy cow, I'm not on my gaming PC right now but is it for real??
http://www.fileplanet.com/165267/160000/fileinfo/Elder-Scrolls-IV:-Oblivion---Open-Cities-Mod

It's called Open Cities Mod, and it removes all the doors from cities except the Imperial so it's all seamless.

Can somebody confirm for us that this works as intended? I can't test it anytime soon.

[MorganFreeman911]

You guys should get the gold texture redo mod. It turns the gold textures from shitty, to masterful, that looks like the actual coin they give you in the collectors edition.

I lost my coin...

On topic, Some of those mods are top quality, I have a few stored on my HD for when I get Oblivion..

[clarky003]

There was a beta not so long ago on a remake of Tamriel

http://mods.moddb.com/gallery/image/47651/

http://mods.moddb.com/gallery/image/47656/

http://mods.moddb.com/gallery/image/47653/

http://www.tamriel-rebuilt.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=204&sid=41266aa1fa33df4683288b401adc3243

I would get back into Oblivion if there was a vampire immunity mod :P

[Krynn72]

Can somebody confirm for us that this works as intended? I can't test it anytime soon.

Yes they work beautifully. Last I heard there were a few very minor characters that had their routes messed up, but that was awhile ago and the mod makers knew of them, so its probably fixed. As for FPS, you get the same fps as you get in an outdoor area. So if you get 30fps ouside normally, thats what you will get in cities now.

[The Monkey]

So, if I wanna get one mod, just one, which should it be?

[Shamrock]

So, if I wanna get one mod, just one, which should it be?
Nekkid vampire mod!

[Gargantou]

I was wondering, is there a mod that makes it far more valuable to be a magic user and just wear a robe?:p

[DeusExMachina]

Anyone try the companion mod "Ruined Tails?" It's a very in depth, story driven companion.

[xombine]

So, if I wanna get one mod, just one, which should it be?
OOO - Obscuro's Oblivion Overhaul.

Clicky! (http://www.tescreens.be/oblivionmodwiki/index.php/Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul)