The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Mod Discussion and News [Creation Kit released]

Pandoracell said:
Workshop files are limited to 1GB in size. Could be a problem for some mod creators down the line.
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The CK is the important part. It could be released separately and not within the workshop. Or come in parts through the CK. We won't know for a while as the modders get their hands wrapped around this.
 
Vanilla everything else, I'll try to get to some proper side by sides

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I learned the hard way quite a while ago that putting all my eggs in one basked (Nexus) was perhaps not a good idea. I signed up for a lifetime membership on the site, perhaps prematurely and stupidly. I didn't think about the fact that the Workshop was coming, I just wanted fast servers and to support the site. Either way, I don't regret it really and it means I'm a member of the site forever now and they don't just support skyrim :) I think when modders see 'Premium' they try to help you more with tech support as well. I'm starting to get to know a few of the very top modders, I shared an idea with the creator of the Dovahkiin Hideout that I wanted a hallway with differently themed 'room' like a "Steel" Room, an "Iron", "Hide" Room, "Ebony" Room, "Dwemer" room with mannequins set up like diorama's with weapon racks and plaques so that you could store your complete specific armor kits in their respective areas all together, but he thought it was too big of an idea to implement into the hideout, but thought that perhaps when the CK comes out that idea could evolve into being part of the Dovahkiin Castle and then I suggested the Dohvahkiin City... these are the types of things I imagine will come with the CK, custom cities, locations with people and extra quests and everything - this game is going to last forever! I have said it before and I will say it again, I don't know if I will end up buying another game this year. There isn't one single game on my radar that will make me put this down.

I just checked - my mod directory is 10Gb lol. When playing the game, it reaches up to 2.9Gb quite often. I think I'm going to get a few of the 'medium' texture packs instead of the 'ultra high definition' ones because they're probably taking up too much RAM space, and while I have 24Gb of RAM and 8GB of Video Ram the game isn't 64 bit which is a MAJOR limitation :/

I can only imagine what the next Elder Scrolls game is going to be like on the next generation consoles... wow.

Anyway - the point of all this is that there are so many damn good mods on overseas sites it's not funny! Point in question; here are a bunch of links for yall. These are in no particular order but I'll try and point out the ones that I think you should download more than the others.

Anyone ever wished that Skyrim had become advanced enough to figure out how to make gunpowder? Guns in Skyrim
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More Witcher 2 stuff - Witcher 2 Helmets and Shields (this stuff is COOL AS)

Damascus Style Weapons

Revised Horses - This completely changed the game play with horses so that they are more like a 'pet' you need to feed them, and the more 'content' they are the faster they will ride, but if you ride to long without resting you can kill it by 'riding it into the ground' and stuff. I don't use my horse all that much but I rather like this. I like anything that makes the game harder.

Dark Crusader Weapons and Shield - Cool looking Dark Ages Sword and Shield. I especially like the swords in this set.

Lord Armor Set - I personally don't like this armor but it's a completely custom craftable set (not a replacer) and it's decent so someone might like it.

Lord of the Rings Swords - Probably my single favorite mod so far, these swords have been built in such high quality, and I'm not really a LOTR fan I just like the swords because they look so damn good in the game.

Frostmorne from Warcraft

Dagger Pack - This contains various 'fancy' daggers from various games, like the Dagger of Time etc, the Display cases in the Dovahkiin Hideout can only take Daggers, so I have each of these on display in there. I love the 'museum' part because of this (and the dragon mask holders... SO good).

Fatigue - adds fatigue to the game, BE CAREFUL WITH THIS ONE

Weapons from 'Type Moon' - What is 'Type Moon?' I don't know how good the quality is on these, I just installed them, going to check them out soon.

Phoenix Blade - This is awesome.

Double Axes - self explanatory, a must have IMO

Gory Draugr - makes the Dragr look more 'yuk', it's up to your own personal taste.

This is a funny mod - Modern Girl Armor - I'm not going to use this, but I love the concept. It's kind of like the idea of 'Escaflowne' download one of those 'Earth' texture packs for the Moon and viola you're experiencing your own Escaflowne type experience "Modern Girl dropped in Tamriel.

Monk Outfit Ever wanted to go at it hand to hand? I only wish the characters kicked as well.

Darksiders Weapons and Armor - it's not for me, but could be for you! In my head when I see this mod I think "it's not frakking Darksiders" but I don't seem to think that about other things like the LOTR swords or other 'drop in' stuff like The Witcher. Perhaps because this seems REALLY out of place in Skyrim, but I don't seem to care about other stuff... why this? Eh... I'm weird. Still, I share!

Fix the position of the Arrow Quiver on your back. Personally I use a mod that hides the quiver unless I have a bow drawn so this is kind of irrelevant to me anyway because I always go FPS with the bow.

Masked Orcish Helmet - this make it look a bit like a Predator Mask, I love it.

Are you playing as a Samurai chick or want to? Here is a clothing mod for you... Hana

This one is called the 'Tona' Dress, I don't really like it, but I like the Boots.

Rose Giant Armor It starts Pink, has a blue recolor and the black and gold one below. Lots of choice :)
Rose Armor Retexture to Gold and Black - This is NEEDED if you're going to use the Rose Armor, the standard pink color offends my senses personally. This is a pretty sweet armor kit, I especially like the shield.

Enhanced Nordplate - personally I much prefer this one.

Training / 0 damage arrows - Poison enemies with agroing them - it's fun. This is a MUST IMO.

**** I had more to add but I'll continue this later, this thread had like 3 or 4 pages jump up because it seems the workshop is out and Bethesda released their own HD textures pack?***


I really hope that someone goes far enough to make a full Game of Thrones mod using the CK, I hope they completely make Westeros and allow me to explore the land, visit the Red Keep and the various castles and locations around the map... it would be PERFECT for this engine.

It's funny that Google translates whatever the Russian word for 'Ebony' into 'Hard Rubber'. Heh.


Bruiserk said:
Thank you so much for that paid perk mod. You are an amazing man for bringing that to my attention.
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These kinds of posts makes the amount of time it takes to make a post like this worth it :)
 
hemtae said:
I think he meant more of a news thread, but we could just repurpose that rumor thread.
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I think the bigger mods will get their own threads for their 15 minutes of fame but that other thread can be updated to relay that it's out too. Now my thread though :P

This one will be updated quite regularly though as it's the main mod thread.
 
Totobeni said:
Can you turn the official High-res pack on and off ?
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With NMM or Wyre Bash, you can enable/disable the esps...so yes.

Has anyone manage to download and actually use the space core mod? All I get is "Failed to enumerate subscribed files!" on loading the launcher.
 
Confidence Man said:
I like how graphical mods like ENB still work in the CK's render window, DOF and everything.
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:O

It is a great fucking day.

There are no mods in the Workshop yet lol, I'm surprised not even Bethesda staff or anything created any so that there was something up for release.

It is a good system. Oh the joy I feel right now is so big. I'm so happy I got up so early this early, I didn't know when it was releasing, but the fact that I'm awake for the launch is great, this'll be one of the best moments of the year with regards to internet hype :)

Edit: HD Texture pack is 3 GIG! FAK! Wonder if they'll be better than the mod pack textures... I'll probably still end up using the mod packs, but it will be good to try with them off again.
 
Also, I'm glad to see Wyre Bash is still very much relevent. Most/all mods will probably be in the form of esps, so now, more than ever, the Bashed Patch functionality will be integral.
 
I will be getting my new Ambient Dungeon and Ambient City music uploaded soon and post the information here. I am excited to use Steam as it will push new people to see some of the mods. Excited.
 
Good. Will definitely download as soon as I get home from work. I'm not a fan of any of the user-created ones that are out now - they all look out of place or otherwise "wrong" for the game.
 
ColonialRaptor said:
:O

It is a great fucking day.

There are no mods in the Workshop yet lol, I'm surprised not even Bethesda staff or anything created any so that there was something up for release.

It is a good system. Oh the joy I feel right now is so big. I'm so happy I got up so early this early, I didn't know when it was releasing, but the fact that I'm awake for the launch is great, this'll be one of the best moments of the year with regards to internet hype :)

Edit: HD Texture pack is 3 GIG! FAK! Wonder if they'll be better than the mod pack textures... I'll probably still end up using the mod packs, but it will be good to try with them off again.
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Your unwavering enthusiasm for this game is really great. You must have downloaded every Skyrim mod in existence, tried it out and came back here with your comments. Going to other threads and seeing Skyrim being slammed at nearly every opportunity, its nice to go to this one and see such positivity.

Keep on truckin man.
 
"failed to enumerate subscribed files!"

I get this message when I launch the skyrim loader now. What to make of it? Also, the dlc is named ValveTestApp202485 for some reason. Have not had any problems with the game prior to this.
 
Hmm after seeing many of the side by sides I am both happy as a clam and not. I think I will be picking and choosing some of the textures to overwrite. I think my expectations were a bit higher than they should have been sadly.

Can't wait to break into the mod creator and see some of the stuff you can do with Audio. ARG. WHY AM I AT WORK!?!
 
Why can't I install the HD pack? It says I already own it on the store page and instead of "install" it says "play game", but it hasn't downloaded anything :(
 
Ledsen said:
Why can't I install the HD pack? It says I already own it on the store page and instead of "install" it says "play game", but it hasn't downloaded anything :(
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Servers be getting hammered right now.

My download of the pack finally started like 5 mins ago.
 
FUCK YES!

Back to a 1 mb/s download.

Kept pausing and starting in the Downloads section as it kept get suspended.
 
Once my download started, I downloaded it at about 4-5 Megabytes / sec. Using US - Seattle as my download region.

So, I guess different servers are getting more hammered than others?
 
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