Originally posted by Teala
Skyrim is a gorgeous game.   I am running perhaps a dozen graphic mods and the game looks and plays more amazing than almost every other game I have ever played.   I only wish Mount and Blade used this engine.    One thing I think I like the most about Skyrim is the depth of atmosphere.   When it is dark and rainy...it is truly dark and rainy.   Walking through the woods, then seeing a flash of lightning, having it light up the area for a brief second can make you think you see things.   Or how about the mist of a dark dungeon - walking into it - you can almost feel it pressing in on your characters body.   Skyrim is just an amazing game.

As with all ES games, they give us an engine that is incredibly customizable, and the playerbase makes the game a thousand times better.

I am going to go back and visit Skyrim in a bit, and I actually can't think of just playing vanilla Skyrim anymore.  A lot of mods are just far too helpful and make things look far too smooth.  The better cities mod is just an example of that.

Here is an older screenshot, but this is my favorite character I've made for any game. She looks so amazing. It took a little over 3 hours, not including previous character attempts (which add up to a lot)

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/117835

What do you guys think of her? I haven't played on her in a while, but I'll probably re-create her on my next playthrough...probably leave all the settings the same, maybe a few tweaks, dunno. She is kinda perfected in my eyes. It took a long time to get the character I made in that screenshot.

Originally posted by TheScavenger

What do you guys think of her? I haven't played on her 

She looks sad

Originally posted by azzamasin
Pretty nice screens but unfortunetly I have to run a mod that throttles my framerates at 30 fps because my PC is so good it gives me the swimming on land effect.

I imagine you tried turning on Vsync and see if it still happens? In vanilla skyrim I had to turn it on, because the FPS was far too high for the game. My PC can't really handle a modded skyrim though :P 

and @mindw0rk yeah she does look a bit sad, but Skyrim is a harsh, cold place.

But thats just how she turned out I guess. I still think she looks really nice.

But I may do some tweaks and see if I can get a even better looking character. It takes quite a  bit of time though and a lot of work, And I'm not home to do any modding for a while, so I can't do anything with Skyrim.

Thanks for the screenshots guys.  I agree, Skryim is breathtakingly beautiful at times.  This game is easily in my top 5 solo games.  I would bump it up to top three but with some of my console games, my wife and I sit on the couch together and pass the controller back and forth, so the experience of playing together is a lot more fun.

But strictly speaking for pc, this is the best.

What do you guys think?

My new character, changed a bit from the original: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/203782

(^keep in mind the yellow skin is mostly due to the light, if I was to do a screenshot properly I would have found a better location. It was just a quick screen grab.)

Or my original character: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/117835

So far one friend likes both equally, and another likes the newer one better.

I did start playing Skyrim again only some days ago and bought the 3 DLC addons, after I did stop playing it only some weeks after release. This was the best decision, so many nice mods got released since release. I did the same with Fallout 3, bought the game months after release since the community modifications are just that great and improve the Elder Scroll games series really a lot.... love it. Hopefully there will be a new theme in this game series after fallout and fantasy settings....cowboy wild west style would be cool or romes, egypts....wow so many options. 

Will later post some screenshots aswell.

Here is a mod for the true Nord Woman.

Female Muscle Mod

Originally posted by TheScavenger

What do you guys think?

 

My new character, changed a bit from the original: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/203782

(^keep in mind the yellow skin is mostly due to the light, if I was to do a screenshot properly I would have found a better location. It was just a quick screen grab.)

 

Or my original character: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/117835

 

So far one friend likes both equally, and another likes the newer one better.

Here is a better screenshot of Laenaya. I got a new, much better, outfit for her. Other one looked really nice (not like you guys saw it :P), but this fits her much better.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/Images/204272

And yeah I saw that muscular mod. Actually fits nord races and strong races really well imo. But I haven't used it in game.

This is with the ENB Unreal Cinema with a little change in more vibrant color and film grain running ingame @ 30p, aswell with disabled bloom. I really like the combination and it gives quiete a nice cinematic effect with only subtle sharpness and an organic look. Dont like almost oversharpened video in real life aswell like some new HD cameras produce.

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/1wrlavgi/Screenshotskyrim.jpg

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/u4i710xj/Screenshot54207.jpg

Originally posted by spizz

This is with the ENB Unreal Cinema with a little change in more vibrant color and film grain running ingame @ 30p, aswell with disabled bloom. I really like the combination and it gives quiete a nice cinematic effect with only subtle sharpness and an organic look. Dont like almost oversharpened video in real life aswell like some new HD cameras produce.

 

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/1wrlavgi/Screenshotskyrim.jpg

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/u4i710xj/Screenshot54207.jpg

 

 

Wow, very nice man :) I especially like the first. That is a good ENB, don't recall losing much performance from it either.

Here are some new screenshots.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204629 - Mostly a scenery pic, I think it came out nice

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204630 - A scenery pic. The atmosphere in this one I think is good.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204631 - Another scenery pic, sort of showing another mod I have that lets you build your own home (same mod name I believe). I know there is a DLC for that, but my friend said it was really buggy :P This mod is kinda more involved anyway.

This is definately one of the better ENB´s out there, especially when you look for a cinematic effect. The grain plays a big role aswell.

But I did adjust the grain, there was  too much for my taste if you just install it with the basic settings. I think its 0,75 and I reduced it to 0,25-0,35. The ENB looks not vibrant with rich colors outside like most others ENB´s, it fits perfect to the winter weather when you use such great mods like Frostfall-Hypothermia, Wet & Cold, Climates of Tamriel, Get Snowy, Winter is comming - Cloaks .  All these mods are compatible and match perfect with the survival gameplay. Iam using aswell Skyrim Redone. The author from this mod offers also different palettes but did not test them so far. Overall you can adjust the settings.

Add the immersive HUD (iHUD) so you get rid of the interface and it pops up only when you need it.

Check it out:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30406

Originally posted by TheScavenger

Originally posted by spizz

This is with the ENB Unreal Cinema with a little change in more vibrant color and film grain running ingame @ 30p, aswell with disabled bloom. I really like the combination and it gives quiete a nice cinematic effect with only subtle sharpness and an organic look. Dont like almost oversharpened video in real life aswell like some new HD cameras produce.

 

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/1wrlavgi/Screenshotskyrim.jpg

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/u4i710xj/Screenshot54207.jpg

 

 

Wow, very nice man :) I especially like the first. That is a good ENB, don't recall losing much performance from it either.

Here are some new screenshots.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204629 - Mostly a scenery pic, I think it came out nice

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204630 - A scenery pic. The atmosphere in this one I think is good.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204631 - Another scenery pic, sort of showing another mod I have that lets you build your own home (same mod name I believe). I know there is a DLC for that, but my friend said it was really buggy :P This mod is kinda more involved anyway.

what chargen mod did you use to create Laeyana?

Originally posted by chelan

Originally posted by TheScavenger

Originally posted by spizz

This is with the ENB Unreal Cinema with a little change in more vibrant color and film grain running ingame @ 30p, aswell with disabled bloom. I really like the combination and it gives quiete a nice cinematic effect with only subtle sharpness and an organic look. Dont like almost oversharpened video in real life aswell like some new HD cameras produce.

 

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/1wrlavgi/Screenshotskyrim.jpg

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/u4i710xj/Screenshot54207.jpg

 

 

Wow, very nice man :) I especially like the first. That is a good ENB, don't recall losing much performance from it either.

Here are some new screenshots.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204629 - Mostly a scenery pic, I think it came out nice

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204630 - A scenery pic. The atmosphere in this one I think is good.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204631 - Another scenery pic, sort of showing another mod I have that lets you build your own home (same mod name I believe). I know there is a DLC for that, but my friend said it was really buggy :P This mod is kinda more involved anyway.

what chargen mod did you use to create Laeyana?

It is a...sort of...heavily modified version of the Monli race. I actually got "lucky" and made the race better, due to how I installed certain mods before it. I didn't edit it at all, it just came out that way by luck. If you just use the race itself, the head actually becomes far too large compared to the body. It looks quite different too.

If you don't mind going to an adult site (it has an adult ad image, unless you have an adblocker then you don't see it), I can private message you what you need. It is a site for various Elder Scrolls and Fallout mods (mostly clothing and what not). But the race is actually sort of a "child" race (I made my character look older, since I don't really want to play as that), considered to be a loli I guess. That is why the original mod has a big head I guess. I don't really know anything about that stuff though. But I guess thats how it is supposed to be. Keep in mind, you are looking at quite a long process (and some harddrive space), to get the race to look more like how I ended it up turning to.

And to be honest, I dunno if it will look the same in the end...I don't really know what I did really. Except maybe a certain install order made it turn out better.

Originally posted by spizz

This is definately one of the better ENB´s out there, especially when you look for a cinematic effect. The grain plays a big role aswell.

But I did adjust the grain, there was  too much for my taste if you just install it with the basic settings. I think its 0,75 and I reduced it to 0,25-0,35. The ENB looks not vibrant with rich colors outside like most others ENB´s, it fits perfect to the winter weather when you use such great mods like Frostfall-Hypothermia, Wet & Cold, Climates of Tamriel, Get Snowy, Winter is comming - Cloaks .  All these mods are compatible and match perfect with the survival gameplay. Iam using aswell Skyrim Redone. The author from this mod offers also different palettes but did not test them so far. Overall you can adjust the settings.

Add the immersive HUD (iHUD) so you get rid of the interface and it pops up only when you need it.

 

Check it out:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30406

Ah that one. Actually looks really similar to Realistic Lighting Overhaul. I did use that ENB, but went back to RLO to be honest. They looked (at the time) pretty much the same in my eyes. Mostly since ENB is rather taxing on my PC. Have you tried that one? I haven't used their new version.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30450/

Originally posted by TheScavenger

Originally posted by chelan

Originally posted by TheScavenger

Originally posted by spizz

This is with the ENB Unreal Cinema with a little change in more vibrant color and film grain running ingame @ 30p, aswell with disabled bloom. I really like the combination and it gives quiete a nice cinematic effect with only subtle sharpness and an organic look. Dont like almost oversharpened video in real life aswell like some new HD cameras produce.

 

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/1wrlavgi/Screenshotskyrim.jpg

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/u4i710xj/Screenshot54207.jpg

 

 

Wow, very nice man :) I especially like the first. That is a good ENB, don't recall losing much performance from it either.

Here are some new screenshots.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204629 - Mostly a scenery pic, I think it came out nice

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204630 - A scenery pic. The atmosphere in this one I think is good.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204631 - Another scenery pic, sort of showing another mod I have that lets you build your own home (same mod name I believe). I know there is a DLC for that, but my friend said it was really buggy :P This mod is kinda more involved anyway.

what chargen mod did you use to create Laeyana?

It is a...sort of...heavily modified version of the Monli race. I actually got "lucky" and made the race better, due to how I installed certain mods before it. I didn't edit it at all, it just came out that way by luck. If you just use the race itself, the head actually becomes far too large compared to the body. It looks quite different too.

 

If you don't mind going to an adult site (it has an adult ad image, unless you have an adblocker then you don't see it), I can private message you what you need. It is a site for various Elder Scrolls and Fallout mods (mostly clothing and what not). But the race is actually sort of a "child" race (I made my character look older, since I don't really want to play as that), considered to be a loli I guess. That is why the original mod has a big head I guess. I don't really know anything about that stuff though. But I guess thats how it is supposed to be. Keep in mind, you are looking at quite a long process (and some harddrive space), to get the race to look more like how I ended it up turning to.

 

And to be honest, I dunno if it will look the same in the end...I don't really know what I did really. Except maybe a certain install order made it turn out better.

thanks for the reply. but ya that sounds like more dedication than i have for that one model :)

but thank you!

Originally posted by chelan

Originally posted by TheScavenger

Originally posted by chelan

Originally posted by TheScavenger

Originally posted by spizz

This is with the ENB Unreal Cinema with a little change in more vibrant color and film grain running ingame @ 30p, aswell with disabled bloom. I really like the combination and it gives quiete a nice cinematic effect with only subtle sharpness and an organic look. Dont like almost oversharpened video in real life aswell like some new HD cameras produce.

 

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/1wrlavgi/Screenshotskyrim.jpg

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/u4i710xj/Screenshot54207.jpg

 

 

Wow, very nice man :) I especially like the first. That is a good ENB, don't recall losing much performance from it either.

Here are some new screenshots.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204629 - Mostly a scenery pic, I think it came out nice

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204630 - A scenery pic. The atmosphere in this one I think is good.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/204631 - Another scenery pic, sort of showing another mod I have that lets you build your own home (same mod name I believe). I know there is a DLC for that, but my friend said it was really buggy :P This mod is kinda more involved anyway.

what chargen mod did you use to create Laeyana?

It is a...sort of...heavily modified version of the Monli race. I actually got "lucky" and made the race better, due to how I installed certain mods before it. I didn't edit it at all, it just came out that way by luck. If you just use the race itself, the head actually becomes far too large compared to the body. It looks quite different too.

 

If you don't mind going to an adult site (it has an adult ad image, unless you have an adblocker then you don't see it), I can private message you what you need. It is a site for various Elder Scrolls and Fallout mods (mostly clothing and what not). But the race is actually sort of a "child" race (I made my character look older, since I don't really want to play as that), considered to be a loli I guess. That is why the original mod has a big head I guess. I don't really know anything about that stuff though. But I guess thats how it is supposed to be. Keep in mind, you are looking at quite a long process (and some harddrive space), to get the race to look more like how I ended it up turning to.

 

And to be honest, I dunno if it will look the same in the end...I don't really know what I did really. Except maybe a certain install order made it turn out better.

thanks for the reply. but ya that sounds like more dedication than i have for that one model :)

but thank you!

sure thing :) It did take quite a bit of time. In total (creating character. Plus downloading, fixing a few problems, installing the right mods)...probably took 4-5 hours. And even then, it may not come out the same again, since I'm not entirely sure what I did.

(edit)

Slightly edited the hip area. It is a bit thinner now, and looks quite a bit better in my eyes. The waist is still rather thin, but I kind of like it like that. But I made a slight adjustment, and the hips aren't so wide now.

Originally posted by TheScavenger

Originally posted by spizz

This is definately one of the better ENB´s out there, especially when you look for a cinematic effect. The grain plays a big role aswell.

But I did adjust the grain, there was  too much for my taste if you just install it with the basic settings. I think its 0,75 and I reduced it to 0,25-0,35. The ENB looks not vibrant with rich colors outside like most others ENB´s, it fits perfect to the winter weather when you use such great mods like Frostfall-Hypothermia, Wet & Cold, Climates of Tamriel, Get Snowy, Winter is comming - Cloaks .  All these mods are compatible and match perfect with the survival gameplay. Iam using aswell Skyrim Redone. The author from this mod offers also different palettes but did not test them so far. Overall you can adjust the settings.

Add the immersive HUD (iHUD) so you get rid of the interface and it pops up only when you need it.

 

Check it out:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30406

Ah that one. Actually looks really similar to Realistic Lighting Overhaul. I did use that ENB, but went back to RLO to be honest. They looked (at the time) pretty much the same in my eyes. Mostly since ENB is rather taxing on my PC. Have you tried that one? I haven't used their new version.

 

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30450/

 

 

 

 

Yeah, this mod is quiete famous but I dont think it looks similar to the ENB unreal cinema which I use. The cinematic effect with grain and the colors outside of buildings are quiete different.

There is another mod I use which manipulates the lightning, especially for interior, caves and nights.

Its called "Climates of Tamriel"....awesome mod since its major modification is a new unique weather system. 

Thats just awesome and was the main reason I did install this mod. It fits great with the other mods I use.

Check it out and try it if you dont know this mod:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/17802