Frankie-Z
05-29-2010, 03:04 PM
everyone has their ideal list of mods
but when you first get the game the amount of mods for oblivion is staggering,,
here is a short list of some of my favorites
I'm not including any texture changers or model changers.
only game play changing mods.
........
first you need to be able to manage and run the mods,
#1
OBMM
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2097
it's the sorting software for mods..
it operates using it's own version of .zip files called OMOD's . it keeps track of everything you install and makes it very easy to remove stuff.
#2
OBSE _Current Stable Version: v0018
http://obse.silverlock.org/
it's needed by some mods to be able to work .
it allows heavy scripting rewrites that is used by some of the more game changing mods like Deadly Reflex
#3
BOSS
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20516
it will automatically sort the mods out so they load in the proper order .
it can get very confusing very fast trying to figure out the proper load order ..
this will take the guess work out of it..
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list of my favorites.
#1
OOO 1.33
Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul
http://devnull.sweetdanger.net/OOO/OOO_Guide.html
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15256
complete overhaul of the original leveling system. making the game allot harder and adding tons of game play tweaks and changes.
I suggest when asked that you turn the lvl rates wayyy down because you will do so much combat with the mod that you will lvl up too fast using the stock lvl rates
#2
Refurbish Mod - for DLC's
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11474
makes all the DLC's integrated into quests
instead of getting a bunch of letters when you start the game with this you have to trigger a certain event to be given the letter starting the quest.
#3
Lost Spires
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=12997
adds a whole new guild to the game with some really cool quests and great new weapons..
#4
Deadly Reflex v5
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8273
completely upgrades the combat system of the game adding shield bashing kicking and fatalities
if you only install one mod this is the mod .
#5
Rune Skulls - for OOO
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=9412
adds hidden weapon power up skulls throughout the land ..
is great when used with OOO , because the game is so much harder with OOO .
the skulls might be too powerful for regular game.
Honorable mention..
Lost Paladins of the Divines
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=10505
this mod is basically an armor mod but it has a quest also.
It adds a quest for some of the coolest add on armor in the game.
so good you would think it was made by Bethesda .
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this is just a very short list of game play changing mods that work well.
some mods are still too buggy or need too much work to install to mention here.
there's a ton of texture mods and player character mods on top of that..
try to look for reviews of the mods and see if there are any notes of conflicts
especially if you chose to use OOO
before installing any other mods on top of OOO check out any reviews
there's a few other very good game play changing mods but not all work with OOO
Midas Magic and MMM ar good also but don't work with OOO
or each other.
P.S.
I'm leaving it up to the user to read the documents on installing and using the installation tools .
personally it took me a few days to read and figure it all out and about a week or soo to get it running smooth,
chances are you will not figure out the first try ,
try not to get frustrated there are plenty of online documents for everything listed.
the game has been out a while.
but if you take it slow you will have it up and running in no time.
it's worth the effort IMO
but when you first get the game the amount of mods for oblivion is staggering,,
here is a short list of some of my favorites
I'm not including any texture changers or model changers.
only game play changing mods.
........
first you need to be able to manage and run the mods,
#1
OBMM
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2097
it's the sorting software for mods..
it operates using it's own version of .zip files called OMOD's . it keeps track of everything you install and makes it very easy to remove stuff.
#2
OBSE _Current Stable Version: v0018
http://obse.silverlock.org/
it's needed by some mods to be able to work .
it allows heavy scripting rewrites that is used by some of the more game changing mods like Deadly Reflex
#3
BOSS
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20516
it will automatically sort the mods out so they load in the proper order .
it can get very confusing very fast trying to figure out the proper load order ..
this will take the guess work out of it..
__________________________________________________ ________
list of my favorites.
#1
OOO 1.33
Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul
http://devnull.sweetdanger.net/OOO/OOO_Guide.html
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15256
complete overhaul of the original leveling system. making the game allot harder and adding tons of game play tweaks and changes.
I suggest when asked that you turn the lvl rates wayyy down because you will do so much combat with the mod that you will lvl up too fast using the stock lvl rates
#2
Refurbish Mod - for DLC's
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11474
makes all the DLC's integrated into quests
instead of getting a bunch of letters when you start the game with this you have to trigger a certain event to be given the letter starting the quest.
#3
Lost Spires
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=12997
adds a whole new guild to the game with some really cool quests and great new weapons..
#4
Deadly Reflex v5
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8273
completely upgrades the combat system of the game adding shield bashing kicking and fatalities
if you only install one mod this is the mod .
#5
Rune Skulls - for OOO
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=9412
adds hidden weapon power up skulls throughout the land ..
is great when used with OOO , because the game is so much harder with OOO .
the skulls might be too powerful for regular game.
Honorable mention..
Lost Paladins of the Divines
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=10505
this mod is basically an armor mod but it has a quest also.
It adds a quest for some of the coolest add on armor in the game.
so good you would think it was made by Bethesda .
__________________________________________________ ____
this is just a very short list of game play changing mods that work well.
some mods are still too buggy or need too much work to install to mention here.
there's a ton of texture mods and player character mods on top of that..
try to look for reviews of the mods and see if there are any notes of conflicts
especially if you chose to use OOO
before installing any other mods on top of OOO check out any reviews
there's a few other very good game play changing mods but not all work with OOO
Midas Magic and MMM ar good also but don't work with OOO
or each other.
P.S.
I'm leaving it up to the user to read the documents on installing and using the installation tools .
personally it took me a few days to read and figure it all out and about a week or soo to get it running smooth,
chances are you will not figure out the first try ,
try not to get frustrated there are plenty of online documents for everything listed.
the game has been out a while.
but if you take it slow you will have it up and running in no time.
it's worth the effort IMO