What Are Your Foundation Mods?, Ones that are always in the rotation Options

[SubRosa]

I have a ton of mods, many of which add new weapons, races, armor, etc... But I don't keep them all active all the time. Typically I will only turn on the mods I want to use for a particular character, and turn off the other clothing, weapon, etc... mods that they are not using. The reason is that there is a hard limit on how many mods you can have active - 252 or so. Also the more mods you have active will eventually start to slow you game down, especially script-intensive mods or massive 2k and 4k texture packs. It all depends on how powerful your computer is to begin with of course. 150 mods might not make a beefy comp blink, but could bring one that is slow to begin with to its knees.

But even that said, I have some mods that are always active, no matter what character. These are what I mean by Foundations. They are the rock on which everything else is built. Some of them are:


General Graphics

No Tint and Desaturation (wow, there are colors again!)

No Stretching (textures)

No Blood (No Blood Splatter On Your Hud option)

No Bloom


Landscape Detail

Shrine of Azura LOD Fix

A Clear World Map

A Quality World Map - With Roads

Enhanced Distant Terrain

Enhanced Night Sky

High Quality LODs

Pure Waters (makes the water semi-transparent from above, so you can actually see the shallow parts you can walk through without swimming)

Distant Detail Hearthfire Edition

Footprints

SkyFalls and SkyMills - Animated Distant Waterfalls and WindMills


Quests

Thieves Guild Requirements - No Auto Quest Start Brynjolf

Dawnguard Delayed Start


Armor & Weapons

Auto Unequip Ammo

UltraHD - Stormcloak and City Guards

Open Faced Helmets

Runed Draugr Greatswords

Well Placed Weapons and Quivers


Gameplay

Ash Pile Expiration

Open and Lock Spells

Lockpick Pro

Player Headtracking

Puppeteer Master (pose mod)

You Are Not The Dragonborn

Improved Skill Books


Creatures

Real Foxes


User Interface

SkyUI

Immersive Hud


Other Stuff

Female Mannequins

Neutral Hjerim

Guards Equipment Comment Tweak

Long Lost Smelters of Skyrim


Then of course I have my whole array of body and face mods Listed Here


So what do other people have that is always in the rotation? It is nice to share, because that is how we learn about mods we never knew existed.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Nov 21 2016, 03:27 AM

[Renee]

A Matter of Time is pretty neat. I like the Astrolabe function, though I found this one too distracting. I'm still working with this mod.

And yes, I fully endorse Lock Overhaul. I love bashing locks and then they go 'CRUNCH' when they break.

I found a new one today: Sustained Spells?. Very simple. Spells with a timed, personal effect will now auto-cast if you want them to. So this means spells like Candlelight, Muffle, and shield spells will stay constantly 'on', which is very convenient. It gets tedious casting these spells over and over again, plus using this mod can also potentially free up a couple of hotkeys.

Magicka is automatically removed as the spells are working. To toggle the spell off, just go into the Magic Powers menu, toggle the "cancel" button, and then cast the spell(s) you want to have canceled one last time.

There are times when I've got my character deep in some dungeon and it's just a relief to have constant light or shield effects which won't go out in the middle of some battle. The only thing I'm iffy about with this mod is leveling up. I'm not sure if Alteration & Illusion will automatically level up. If not, it's no biggie. I'll still occasionally cast these spells the regular way too.

This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Jan 26 2015, 02:18 AM