Saturday, May 12, 2012

Nehrim Sound and Graphics Mods

When I started working on this, the guides for Oblivion targeted at graphics were either general guides that mentioned graphics, or really outdated. While this guide is focused on Nehrim, it can be used with Oblivion perfectly fine (excluding things made specifically for Nehrim), though I'd suggest also taking a look at Knot's Guide for some great alternatives that can only be used in Oblivion. This guide also doesn't mention gameplay mods, but for a good list of mods that either work with or are made for Nehrim, head over to the Nehrim and Mods thread on the Bethesda Softworks forums.

Everything here can be installed however you choose, but you'll need Wrye Bash to make All Natural run 100% correctly. You should also be using the 4GB Patch with your game (simple as installing and using it on oblivion.exe). If you're following this guide step-by-step, remember to overwrite when asked. If not then just pick and choose what you want to play with.

Last important note, when you're done modding the game remember to actually play it for a while.

--------------------5/14/12 - Added link to my Potion Bottles


Terrain and Flora
  1. Qarl's Texture Pack 3 RedimizedQTP3 Custom Road Texture
  2. Xerus' Landscape LOD, Disappearing Grass Fix, Water Mod
  3. Evandar's HiRes Oblivion, Koldorn's Improved Lava 2 (textures only)
  4. Mikal33's Trees and Flora 1 and 2Fruits, Vegetables, and Meats
  5. Vurt's Flora & Landscape, hlvr's Mandrake

 Architecture
  1.  Laast's Imperial City, Snake_71's Street Texture
  2. Koldorn's Ayleid Ruins and Sewers
  3. AmpolX's Caverns
  4. Mikal33's Bravil, Bruma, Chorrol

Sky and Weather
  1. All Natural for Nehrim 
  2. Xerus' Sky Textures, DaMuncha's Raindrops and Snowflakes 
  3. Gloomfrost's Real Night Sky, the nebula and Secunda from Omicron's Better Nightsky
  4. my Masser, or alternatively one of the ones from Omicron.

Statics
  1. hlvr's Fires and FlamesBones and Ironwork 
  2. Isathar's Cobwebs and Tapestries (textures only)
  3. InsanitySorrow's Castle BannersNecromancer BannerBlack Hand Tapestry 
  4. Evandar's Hay Bail

 Items and Body
  1. ShadyTradesman's Face Textures, throttlekitty's Hair
  2. Kafei's Amulets and Rings
  3. Mangler's Equiptment and Ammo, link to a 7z archive version can be found in the comments (the main download is an omod)
  4. qwertyasdfgh's Staves and Pewter Dishes
  5. Fearabbit's Silverware, my GoldPotions, Khettienna's Varla and Welkynd Stones, Tchos' Crystal Ball
  6. StarX's Books and Mysterium Xarxes

Interface
  1. Xerus' Book and Scroll Background, Evandar's Scroll if you want one without a roller (none of the scrolls in game have a roller, so it seemed odd that there was one in the menu)
  2. my HUD, if you don't use the replacement menu the textures still work fine

Sound
  1. HawkleyFox's Advanced Music and Control, provided you can make it work. Requires OBSE.
  2. MigTheGreat's Symphony of Violence (minus esp)
  3. IlmrynAkios's Sound Overhaul 2.0 and 2.1, Footfalls. Regarding the overhaul, I delete the music and Sound\FX\ui\ui_status_skillup.wav; when it comes to footfalls only install following folders in sound\fx\fst: grass, grassland, stone, water, waterland.
  4. triratna homaredou's Better Quality Magic SFX, I prefer the older version restoration cast sound in the Mysticism and Restoration file (the mysticism file in there is the same).
  5. Tashin's Oblivion Symphonic Variations Music Suite