What are the best oblivion mods?

[vesuvius333]

Which are the best oblivion mods? Checked elderscrolls forums and there seems like there is a new one each day. Some help would be much appreciated. thanks

 

[everman]

There's one called Oscuro's something or other, it's a huge overhaul of the entire game. I haven't had time to play with it much, but it looks impressive.

 

[43st]

Check out the Oblivion Mod Wiki and also Tessource.net.

You need to mod the game so it plays like you want it to. You can also make it look a lot better.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: everman
There's one called Oscuro's something or other, it's a huge overhaul of the entire game. I haven't had time to play with it much, but it looks impressive.

Obscuro's Oblivion Overhaul - 000
it completely changes the game - some people love it and others hate it. NOT recommended for low-level players unless you want a difficult challenge.

Best *Content* mods would be 'Tower of the Lich King' and 'Ancient Goblin City' [4 mods by the same author] as well as Kumiko Manor which spawns some very long and involved quests. Again - for hi-level players.

if you want to ReOpen Oblivion gates, Recurring Hell offers a Spell to give you a chance to rescue 'Sigil'.

If you have a capable rig, "Natural Environments" makes Oblivion "look" better - the water looks like FarCry's.

 

[Smilin]

get the one that modifies the multiplier used to determine how much weight you can carry with a given strength.

The mod I'm thinking of doesn't give you unlimited carrying capacity but helps out some. I found when I was playing that once you are wearing a full set of armor, a melee, ranged, and some secondary weapon it left very little reserve carrying capacity. It became a real chore to lug loot back and forth to town several times just to complete a given area/dungeon/oblivion gate.

Yes, it's probably cheating in the purest sense but really just reduces a big hassle and makes the game more enjoyable.

 

[doggyfromplanetwoof]

OOO 1.3 and some graphical enhancements, nuff said.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Smilin
get the one that modifies the multiplier used to determine how much weight you can carry with a given strength.

The mod I'm thinking of doesn't give you unlimited carrying capacity but helps out some. I found when I was playing that once you are wearing a full set of armor, a melee, ranged, and some secondary weapon it left very little reserve carrying capacity. It became a real chore to lug loot back and forth to town several times just to complete a given area/dungeon/oblivion gate.

Yes, it's probably cheating in the purest sense but really just reduces a big hassle and makes the game more enjoyable.

what is wrong with 'feather' or 'strenght' as in the vanilla game? it always seems there is plenty of feather from gear [over 1,000 points] and almost UNlimited from stacking 2 minute feather spells . . . and of course if you 'knock out' Shadowmere, you get unlimited permanent storage.

 

[43st]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Smilin
get the one that modifies the multiplier used to determine how much weight you can carry with a given strength.

The mod I'm thinking of doesn't give you unlimited carrying capacity but helps out some. I found when I was playing that once you are wearing a full set of armor, a melee, ranged, and some secondary weapon it left very little reserve carrying capacity. It became a real chore to lug loot back and forth to town several times just to complete a given area/dungeon/oblivion gate.

Yes, it's probably cheating in the purest sense but really just reduces a big hassle and makes the game more enjoyable.

what is wrong with 'feather' or 'strenght' as in the vanilla game? it always seems there is plenty of feather from gear [over 1,000 points] and almost UNlimited from stacking 2 minute feather spells . . . and of course if you 'knock out' Shadowmere, you get unlimited permanent storage.

There's actually a pretty cool mod that adds the skill "unarmored" (think Conan). It's balanced out based on what you're carrying and your acrobat skill. If you're at 1/2 or less your total encumbrance you get the full unarmored benefit. As you go over your armor level drops quickly. I'm using it on my theif character along with the saddle bag mod. I'm always running back to my horse for more arrows and to drop off loot.

 

[Schadenfroh]

OO3 adds people on the roads and more people in towns? I always thought that Cyrodil City, being the capitol of the western world.... should have at least one person every hour or so going into or out of the city.... I mean isnt it supposed to be a center of trade?

 

[vesuvius333]

Thanks for the info, the websites and specific mods have really made oblivion even that much better. I'm currently using
1. mighty magick
2. my mountain tower
3. natural weather
4. oscuro's oblivion 1.3
5. better gold
6. kal's skill overhaul'
7. qal's textures 2.7
8. dynamic interior lightning
9. illumination within
10. improved facial features

 

[spacelord]

I like the Horse Packs mod and the Bag Of Holding. Now I can hold and transfer tons of loot.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Smilin
get the one that modifies the multiplier used to determine how much weight you can carry with a given strength.

The mod I'm thinking of doesn't give you unlimited carrying capacity but helps out some. I found when I was playing that once you are wearing a full set of armor, a melee, ranged, and some secondary weapon it left very little reserve carrying capacity. It became a real chore to lug loot back and forth to town several times just to complete a given area/dungeon/oblivion gate.

Yes, it's probably cheating in the purest sense but really just reduces a big hassle and makes the game more enjoyable.

Saddle bags mod FTW! Finally...my horse has an actual use!

 

[spacelord]

My favorites are Saddle Bags, Bag of holding, and lighter arrows. It solves my main gripes about not being able to carry half of the expensive loot and enough arrows to get the job done.