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 GraphicsNo Tint and Desaturation (wow, there are colors again!)
No Stretching (textures)No Blood (No Blood Splatter On Your Hud option)No BloomLandscape DetailShrine of Azura LOD FixA Clear World MapA Quality World Map - With Roads Enhanced Distant TerrainEnhanced Night SkyHigh Quality LODsPure 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 EditionFootprintsSkyFalls and SkyMills - Animated Distant Waterfalls and WindMillsQuestsThieves Guild Requirements - No Auto Quest Start BrynjolfDawnguard Delayed StartArmor & WeaponsAuto Unequip AmmoUltraHD - Stormcloak and City GuardsOpen Faced HelmetsRuned Draugr GreatswordsWell Placed Weapons and QuiversGameplayAsh Pile ExpirationOpen and Lock SpellsLockpick ProPlayer HeadtrackingPuppeteer Master (pose mod)
You Are Not The DragonbornImproved Skill BooksCreaturesReal FoxesUser InterfaceSkyUIImmersive HudOther StuffFemale MannequinsNeutral HjerimGuards Equipment Comment TweakLong Lost Smelters of SkyrimThen of course I have my whole array of body and face mods
Listed HereSo 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