Got this from the steam sale. Never played this before, but played skyrim a few years ago. What are the essential mods? I don't need combat or magic over hauls (yet) but any quality of life mods would be welcome
None. This game is not like skyrim, so you don't have to install 1000 mods just to make it playable.
>>343297336
The game suffers from horrible level scaling.
Use OOO or FCOM. It's not worth to play vanilla.
>>343297573
>summer: the post
>>343297336
demwaifus.blogspot.ca/search/label/Oblivion
>>343297336
Danwood FCOM SuperPack is all you need.
https://tesrenewal.com/forums/elder-scrolls-games/oblivion/2460
>>343297573
Oblivion needs mods even more desperately than Skyrim.
Unless you want to fight potato heads with daedric armor all game.
>>343297776
>summer:the post
>>343297336
Tesgeneral.com
>>343297876
Do NOT do this. FCOM is shit and mod repacks are always outdated.
Fix level scaling and graphics
>>343297950
This game even in vanilla has so much more depth than Skyrim, it is great. The potato heads are pretty bad tho
>>343297950
The difference is that Oblivion has good quests that would be worth suffering through the rest of the game even without any mods. Conversely, Skyrim cannot be made worthwhile without individually replacing every single component of the game.
Bethesda has never made a good game. TES was always shit and Oblivion is babby trash for RPG newfags to lap up.
>>343298105
This.
But the argument is moot to begin with since only dumbasses play TES games unmodded, and fully modded Oblivion>fully modded Skyrim.
>>343298170
>I'm a 35 year old virgin and you should never like what I don't like: the post: the musical
You tried
So the only mod I got so far was the script extender thing and mod manager. Do I need to pay to use Nexus mods? I tried to download the Ui mod and it says I need to log in, and there's no free acct option
>>343298268
>I'm a 14 year old retard
You did too.
>>343298268
Kill yourself
>>343298462
I'm 19 and have a job and gf. Go cry on r9k.
>>343298014
>outdated
nigga please. it's not like oblivion modding scene saw anything major in years.
>>343298458
You just need the account m8, no money required
>>343298550
Bullshit. Many new and great mods like Maskar's Oblivion Overhaul and Oblivion Reloaded were released after Skyrim came out, and they get frequent updates too.
Just git gud and learn to mod on your own, it's a good skill to have and you don't have to rely on others that way.
>>343297573
You actually do because Oblivion is fundamentally horrifically broken with aggressive as fuck level scaling. It MUST be modded on basic to keep your sanity intact.
>>343298076
>>343298105
I didn't say it Skyrim was better, it's just that Oblivion has two glaring flaws which need mandatory mods to fix. Most Skyrim mods just seem to add more superficial bells and whistles.
>>343298268
>I'm a shiteater and proud of it
You tried
>>343297573
yes it is lol. oblivion and skyrim are basically the same game, with oblivion just being much more unpolished.
>>343298617
Both of those are preferential, just like all mods in the end, and not straight up upgrades or anything you seem to think of them. For someone who has no idea about the modding scene and options Superpack will do just fine because it tackles Oblivion's problems in sufficient manner.
>>343298550
There have actually been more good mods in the past 3 years made than the 6 years before that.
>>343297336
good graphics mod from tesgeneral , I don't know which one because I play vanilla in year 2016. it's about gameplay but bethesda really messed up graphics.
>>343298786
Still not enough for me imo. Maybe for the casuals who don't know any better but they're irrelevant anyway.
>>343298940
I'm running on a toaster so the only graphics mod I really want is one that fixes the potato heads, if there is one
>>343299162
Tesgeneral.com
>>343299162
I used http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44676/?
on my toaster and it ran fine
>>343298762
Not even close the same game, each broken in their own way but Skyrim more fundamentally shit
Photoshop gods, make this a proper reaction pic.
>>343298762
Yes, ultimately they're largely the same with Skyrim less bad on multiple accounts (like graphics). However, the big difference is that Oblivion has a few components that are actually good and justify playing the game while Skyrim has none.
Jokes and criticism aside, the vanilla game is an awesome experience. Play through it a bit without mods.
After that, OOO or FCOM are great overhauls to the system. Look into a magic mod for more spell variety, there are various extra questlines and companion mods too.
When youre done with that, porn.
>>343299781
>this piece of shit smells slightly worse than this other piece of shit
Who cares? Go play some actual good games that aren't unplayable without mods like The Witcher 3 or Gothic.
>>343299873
>Photoshop
Try 3 seconds in mspaint
>>343300003
Oblivion is pure shit with no redeemable qualities though. Most of the quests are overrated by the underage faggots plaguing this board because it was their first RPG.
>>343300003
they're definitely the same game. compared to morrowind, oblivion and skyrim are extremely similar. if one is shit, then the other is also shit. is one is good, then the other is also good. oblivion and skyrim are too similar for you to have opposite opinions about them.
>>343300252
I meant with a bit more magic with it like be on the same pic or with subs or whatnot.
>>343300341
I don't get why the quests are so praised here. What sets them apart from games like BG2, Fallout 2, or even Gothic? They were mostly unreactive and linear with quest markers pointing you to wherever you needed to go.
>>343297336
the game has enemy level scaling and loot level scaling, so those need to be fixed badly.
the level up system also needs to be changed.
graphically the faces are terrible and the outdoors map itself is very very poorly made with nothing but hills, but its up to you if you want any graphical overhauls.
a long time ago i followed this (now dated?) guide and did everything but changing the landscapes. in retrospect i should of because the world design is shit, outside of shivering isles expansion.
>>343300576
>What sets them apart from games like BG2, Fallout 2, or even Gothic?
oblivionbabbies have never played those games.
notice how oblivion only started being praised on /v/ within a year or two ago? it's because the oblivionbabbies are now old enough to be the largest group of TES fans on /v/. i remember a couple years ago, you couldn't even mention Oblivion without getting shitposted out of TES threads. now we've got all this historical revisionism where Oblivion is magically the best game in the universe
>>343297336
enb and character overhaul face
>>343300550
youre a needy cunt, have this shit meme and stuff it if you dont like it
>>343297776
>>343297950
>>343298075
>>343298170
>>343298462
>>343298497
>>343298550
>>343298630
>>343298762
>>343300179
>>343300341
>>343300479
>>343300576
>>343300753
>>343300773
>Morroweenie damage control
>>343298105
The difference is that there's nothing to explore and level-scaling makes Oblivion 100% unplayable.
>>343301301
I'm not saying that morrowind is perfect. I'm saying that Oblivionbabbies chimping out over Skyrim is very annoying because Oblivion and Skyrim are much more alike than they are different. It's like the owner of a 2006 Toyota Camry throwing a temper tantrum over the 2011 Toyota Camry.
>>343298268
Oblivion was possibly the most lied about game ever and severely dumbed down RPGs.
>there are now these shitposters popping whenever Oblivion thread pops out
>>343300550
>>343301545
>there are now these shitposters popping whenever video game thread thread pops out*
fify
Daily reminder of how Oblivion was before they had to dumb it down for the consoles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de1M4Q_g2eg
>>343301545
Fr*ck off Oblivicunt.
>>343301506
>left click, pause, left dick
>>343301039
>this oblivishit
Skyrim's better than Oblivion and I'm tired of the Oblivion meme. I want the Oblivion meme to end.
I feel like once TES 6 comes out and the reactionaries begin attacking that game, the Oblivion meme can rightfully die because reactionaries won't need to cling to it anymore.
>group combat is the shittiest thing about oblivion combat because your allies run directly into your swings
>half of the main quest is group combat
>>343301953
>Skyrim's better than Oblivion and I'm tired of the Oblivion meme. I want the Oblivion meme to end.
Make a Skyrim thread and fill it with mods. This is a thread for a newfag who just starts Oblivion, not the daily Oblivifag shitposter.
Skyrim is ok, but I will never find it better than oblivion becausemy computer can't handle it ;_;Still, I'm downloading mods every day making a giant autismo list which I'll add to skyrim someday
>>343301591
>>343301253
Th-Thanks.
>>343302724
I just bought a 99% new HD6950 for like 35€, what's your excuse?
>>343302939
Laptop. And I want to buy the god of all computers to play skyrim with max settings.
>>343297336
mod out level scaling and potato heads, get the UI mod, leave everything else vanilla for your first time through
those three things are compulsory, otherwise Oblivion is just too shit to endure
>>343303060
you don't need a god PC to play Max Skyrim, you can run skyrim on max settings with a 5 year old graphics card.
The only good thing about Oblivion was Mithril Armor
You don't need any mods if you know how to use the console to avoid having to use the shitt grindan leveling system
I seriously don't understand how anyone could prefer Skyrim to Oblivion aside from mods.
Someone please explain it to me.
>>343303903
Vanilla Skyrim is objectively better than vanilla Oblivion.
>>343301301
People who don't understand Morrowind's combat simply don't understand RPGs and are confusing the game for Call of Duty.
>>343301301
I'll take Morrowind's over Oblivion's any day.
Fuck level scaling.
>>343303903
Oblivion takes place in the blandest of all TES regions: post-Talos Cyrodil, if that alone isn't enough of a turn off, then consider the following:
extremely aggressive level scaling that results in daedric wearing bandits
oblivion gates
oblivion realm of Dagon turned into generic hell with lava and shit
potato faces and disgusting as fuck LOD, most characters look young from medium distance and old as shit point blank
the dialogue minigame is the worst thing ever made by bethesda
and there are many more that I cant think of immediatly because its been quite a while since I played oblivion
>>343304293
Its funny because this doesnt happen in the game.
Guys seriously arguing over a fucking 10 year old game.
>kys
>>343304409
>giving a shit about people arguing over a fucking 10 year old game
kys
>>343304327
>Oblivion takes place in the blandest of all TES regions: post-Talos Cyrodil, if that alone isn't enough of a turn off, then consider the following:
Yeah sorry but it's WAY more interesting then the bland tundras of Skyrim, and the Imperial city pretty much blows everything in Skyrim out of the water.
>>343304409
>>343304524
>judging a 10 year old game by today's standards
I believe this is even worst.
>>343297336
DarnUI - because the vanilla UI is bad
Enhanced Hotkeys - because you have more keys than numbers 1-8
Oblivion Character Overhaul - if the faces are too ugly for you
Aside from that, you might want to get Francescos Creatures and Items. It fixes the level scaling. OOO removes it completely, which completely breaks the game's design, and also adds a ton of other stuff you might not want.
>>343304641
>Yeah sorry but it's WAY more interesting then the bland tundras of Skyrim
not really, skyrim has more variety in appearance, and its more interesting lorewise, good job ignoring all other points
>>343298105
>Conversely, Skyrim cannot be made worthwhile without individually replacing every single component of the game.
Thankfully, a dedicated group of Germans are about to do just that.
>>343303060
even shitty laptops can run skyrim on high settings these days. why are you so fucking poor?
>>343300753
>Do you like nude patches?
>No.
>Yes you do.
>*Points you to the same place as if you'd said yes*
Always makes me laugh.
>>343305193
Last job I had ran away with the money and can't find another.
>>343305193
Shitty laptops cant run Skyrim if you're using integrated graphics
Newfag OP here, I'll get these recommended mods, thanks for the help.
As far as the arguing, though I'm only an hour into the game I can tell there already is a ton more depth than Skyrim. Vanilla magic is so much better than having to keep it in your hand
>>343297336
Visual mods
Darnified ui
Something to make level scaling less shit
All you need
>>343297336
the game sucks so you NEED,
OOO,
Duke Patricks mods,
Character overhaul,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3XJMFW2Mik
This setup looks gorgeous, but there is no mod list there. If someone recognize some of them post pls, at least this combat animations.
>>343305693
I preferred Skyrim's system. Maybe it's because I like being a pure mage, and Oblivion makes magic seem like more of a sidearm than your main thing.
>>343306243
People REALLY need to stop recommending OOO to people doing their first playthrough. The game and its quests are designed around you being able to go everywhere from the start. OOO is only good when you've already done everything and want everything to be new, and even then, that's only if you enjoy spending the first few hours just leveling up against really weak enemies before you can actually do anything interesting.
getting a smokable skooma mod. so much more immersive
>>343297336
This maybe,
Oscuros Oblivion Overhaul might be good, but I think you should do I vanilla playthrough first
>>343297336
Oscuro Overhaul Mod. It fixes the level scaling being.
Oblvion XP Update or Realistic XP. This changes the leveling system to be less counter intuitive. (This is more optional since the level scaling is what makes the leveling system's shit really shine).
The main problem with the this game is the level mechanics and level scaling are so bad they functionally make Oblivion one of the worst video game ever created. This is sad because it has a lot of good ideas in it that are fun.
Vanilla is the worst shit ever. Might as well recommend him to play it on xbox
>>343301301
i always considered this a great mix of 3d rpg and nerdshit turn based rpg
>>343297336
>character aesthetics. hard to find one that isn't slutty
>combat
>level scaling
>spellcraft, alchemy and enchanment though vanilla is good enough
>item and loots
>and of course textures and meshes
>>343307776
What mods anon?
>>343301301
What actually happened here? Is that NPC just too strong?
>>34330426
Except that a 3D, open world game shouldn't have non-skills based combat.
>>343301710
>fr*ck
What are you 12?
>>343301506
>that combat description
>an unarmored man getting slashed nearly 10 times by a sword just passes out
>doesn't bleed to death
>isn't inhibited any way in combat by giant lacerations
truly the pinnacle of hardcore video games
>>343307534
How does it make it an awful video game? I'm playing through the first time and do want to explore and not have too many level barriers
>>343308114
No he's posting from the Galactica. If we had flags on /v/ you would know that.
>>343308110
Lovers PK mod. You have to find it outside of Tesnexus since its a pornomod. If your life or fatigue is too low, you have a chance to get raped based on some conditions. You in turn can rape also. makes a the game a hell of a lot more interesting
>>343307776
Just go to loverslab, download the framework and add stuff you like.
>>343308409
Cheers, but I meant that you had a couple characters (Lord Lovidicus) I didn't recognise, and a couple of the models looked way better, and I wasn't sure what mods you ran for that, or if I just hadn't played in a while and forgot how it looked.
>>343308352
Enemies level up optimally for combat, i.e. largest possible strength/endurance increase each level for fighter enemies, intelligence/willpower for mage enemies. If you want to level up optimally, you have to play the game in the opposite way the devs intend you to play. You have to have each attribute represented in your major skills, and carefully watch which skills you increase so you can get the +5 attributes each level.
If you just pick the skills you're going to use as your majors, you end up very weak health/magicka wise compared to the AIs.
>>343300576
They were fun, interesting, and memorable, like TW3 quests without the good gameplay
not sure. went through my mods list and didnt see anything about models.
Oh be sure to get realistic gravity. Its so much more satisfying knocking someone down a cliff when there is no moon jump physics
>>343308352
I think a lot of people have an issue in that despite leveling up, the game gets increasingly difficult the more you do it. Personally the only issue I have is that at higher levels there's not much enemy variety, so you're fighting the same skeletons/models over and over again.
>>343306405
So, no one, nothing?
>>343308352
If you level up too much with non-combat abilities the game gets hard as fuck because all enemies scale for combat ability. This is especially bad if you pick your major skills to be skills you actually use often because you will level quickly, get minimal stat bonuses on level up, and enemy scaling will outpace you.
And at high levels you have common bandits running around in full Daedric and Glass armor
>>343309087
Faggot
>>343308352
>I'm playing through the first time and do want to explore and not have too many level barriers
Then for the love of God, DO NOT install Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul. The whole point of OOO is to put up HUGE level barriers all over the fucking place. Also, XP mods COMPLETELY change how leveling works. You should play the game without them first to see if you actually like the TES leveling system, where your skills increase by using them instead of getting XP for killing enemies and stuff.
Honestly, you should probably play with nothing but quality of life mods for at least a few hours, then decide what you want to change and get mods for that. Don't start your first playthrough with a bunch of huge mods that change everything.
>>343308352
You see. The issue comes from the perfect combination of a stupid leveling system and an extreme level scaling system.
In your first play though, you are likely to fuck up the leveling. If you are a mage, and you chose magic as your major skills, your leveling will be suboptimal. But the level scaling does not consider how optimistically you level up, only that you ding.
The end result is you actively get weaker as you level up. Eventually you will be fighting armor sponge bandits in full daedric armor.
Let's not get into how you probably permanently fucked your health pool by not maxing out Endurance ASAP.
>>343309418
>to see if you actually like the TES leveling system
Don't listen to this shitter. You WILL be a gimped character if you play using the default leveling system and majoring the skills you plan on using. The only way to avoid gimping yourself is to play in the most retarded way possible.
>>343297573
>Level scaling
>Playable
its less playable then skyrim
pick one faggot
>>343308749
>>343309004
>>343309418
>>343309430
>>343309713
Shit it sounds like I already gimped myself going light armor battle mage character. What is the mid that keeps scaling but fixes it?
>>343298105
How is the man questline any good looking for one guy to save everyone
>>343309913
Oblivion XP is what I used last time I played Oblivion, and it worked pretty well.
http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/35333/?
There are probably other good XP mods though, so look around and decide for yourself.
>>343309913
>What is the mid that keeps scaling but fixes it?
Francescos: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/40190/?
Honestly, don't panic. Just play the game and try to have fun, and don't worry about min-maxing shit.
>>343310236
>>343310428
I'll check these out, thanks
>>343310003
Because that guy's not you, for one, and also the smaller quests in it are excellent. It's not great for it's story, but how enjoyable the quests are.
>>343309913
The two above me are idiots. 1 completely changes the leveling system to be xp based. The other is an overhaul mod that is meant for second playthoughs since it adds user created stuff.
To have a super vanilla, but not retarded, first playthough. I recommend.
http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/2691/?
This mod make it so every time you level any skills even once, you will trigger a +5 increase for its associated attributes.
This keeps the game perfectly vanilla, it is super easy to install, and will mostly keep your character optimal at all times to keep up with the scaling.
>>343310829
Cool I'll check this out too. What does francescos do?
>>343304403
you're joking right?
>>343301414
>100% unplayable
>>343310946
It tones down the level scaling, but also has adds tons of extra content to spice up the game.
>played Oblivion for the first time a few years ago
>went stealth archer meme
>didn't go autismo on my leveling so I became weaker as I leveled up rather quickly
>after a while I would just lose a ton of arrows to try and kill fucking fire spriggans in Oblivion
>struggled with everything
>resorted to smart-dodging and sprinting through entire oblivion levels to close the gates asap w/out actually confronting daedra
>ended up quitting all together b/c everything felt sorta retarded at this point
>>343311245
I think pretty much all the extra content is optional.
>>343310946
Francescos is an overhaul, so it adds/replaces a bunch of stuff in the base game.
If you want a fixed vanilla, don't use it.
For leveling:
Use >>343310829 if you like the TES system.
Use >>343310236 if you like the Fallout system.
>>343297763
Maybe if you're a fag and don't level efficiently
>>343297573
Oblivion is less broken than Skyrim but it still needs mods to be playable then you need visual mods to deal with things like the awful lighting and potato faces.
How did they let such a retarded leveling system launch?
>>343311842
It just works.
>>343311842
no idea, the leveling system and the dialogue minigame are the two things that are immediately retarded, it doesnt take a long time to see that they are shit, its obvious from the start and yet they still looked at that crap and decided to release the game
I am convinced that most developers dont play their own games, its the only explanation for this shit
>>343311285
My playthrough ends more because I collect and decorate my base with unique shit. Shit that is bizarre or can't be duplicated like named items or a prop from a quest. Then I'd get bored because I lose interest in decorating my base and quit. Its a slow descent into a realization that the game is shit and lacks any intrigue or good storytelling.
Morrowind had me doing the same thing but in that game being a mage is OP.
>>343311842
Why did they let the game launch without any of the REVOLUTIONARY RADIANT AI or lighting effects they showed in the early trailers?
>>343308113
Low weapon skill = you won't hit shit.
M+kb or controller?
>>343306801
>Has no weapons skills other than marksman in major or minor skills
>Attacks with worst melee weapon in the game
Wtf did you expect to happen?
>>343309729
>levelling past 5
Why?
You only need to sleep a few times in the whole game anyway...
>>343311842
Most people didn't notice the flaws when it first came out.
I know I didn't. Oblivion was crack to me.
>>343313127
There is tons of content hidden behind higher levels.
>>343312604
m+kb
>>343312996
filename.bat
>>343313827
>content
You mean some shitty new weapons and armor that only spawn at higher levels.
WHO CARES.
If you don't level past 5, you won't ever need it...
>>343314119
And actual monster variety.
>>343314257
You mean daedra as every enemy, no matter hwere you are, just daedra, only daedra, nothing but daedra.
Level scaling sucks.
Even at level 5 you get trolls and bears, I don't care about daedra spawning outside oblivion.
