Cyclops08 Posted July 15, 2018 Posted July 15, 2018 I just today got a copy of the game from Amazon. I want all the cool and funny Mods. I have a cool new computer, but I have not loaded up the game. The reason why is I have only just now begun my research. So I only know enough to be dangerous. -- I will be using Nexus to start as it seems to be simpler. But I am aware that most people here prefer the other platform. 1) So my questions are about the starting load order. I want cute girls, good skins and jiggle that is priority one, and a basic quality of life issue for this game. I've seen the vanilla version online and I hate the girls!. I understand the jiggle issue can be tricky so is that the LAST thing I do? or the first? 1A) when it comes to hair, I'm really kinda lost. What do you use? 1B) is there any hope for elves? Why are they all so ugly? 1C) OK, the cat people. uhg. Is there any mod that magically turns them into anime style catgirls? 2) What are the basic mods I need? and do they come before or after the tricky jiggle mod. 3) I spent a $1000 on my graphics card. I want to use it. In fact, Skyrim is why I spent so much on it. I may need to show my computer stats, but Windows 10 doesn't show the '?' icon...how do I show you that (if it is even needed here). 3A) That said there are environmental mods that use a lot of graphics power. are these needed? for me they take lower priority than the girls and Sex Lab. 4) what other mods do you use? quality of life type stuff. Things that help your game go smooth, and the fun/silly stuff 5) Finally, what is a starting list of mods would you suggest seeing my priorities are beauty, jiggle, and sexlab. Conclusion. I am probably asking a lot here. But even a finger pointed in the right direction would help, like a simple link to basic required reading 101. Thank you!
Mister X Posted July 15, 2018 Posted July 15, 2018 Hi there! To be honest I first would suggest that you start with some simple mods. Replace textures, add some nice and/or kinky armor, that kind of stuff. When you've learned what can be dangerous when it comes to Skyrim modding, then you may try to sexualize your game. I don't say this to be mean or something, I say this, because many mods here put a lot of stress on the game engine, so it can be somewhat complicated to get your game to run smoothly. To point you in the right direction: STEP Guide, start with this to learn the basics of adding mods When you got this up and running, I hope my guide SL Modding for Dummies can teach you some more stuff that's important for SL mods.
Grey Cloud Posted July 15, 2018 Posted July 15, 2018 Welcome aboard. You have two options here: 1. Do the minimum amount of reading and research, dive in and fix it as you break it, or 2. Do a lot of reading and research, get your basic vanilla game installed correctly and stable, and then start adding mods as you learn what you need and what you want. As a general statement, people tend to use the Nexus because it is the largest source of mods and LL for the sex-related mods because it is virtually the only source for them (certainly the best). Read through this, it will give you a good idea of what you are up against. S.T.E.P. Which Skyrim did you buy? Legendary or Special Edition? This is important as it will dictate which mods you can or cannot use. Your $1000 card is wasted on Skyrim. Mister X posted while I was typing. ?
Cyclops08 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Posted July 15, 2018 8 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said: Welcome aboard. You have two options here: 1. Do the minimum amount of reading and research, dive in and fix it as you break it, or 2. Do a lot of reading and research, get your basic vanilla game installed correctly and stable, and then start adding mods as you learn what you need and what you want. As a general statement, people tend to use the Nexus because it is the largest source of mods and LL for the sex-related mods because it is virtually the only source for them (certainly the best). Read through this, it will give you a good idea of what you are up against. S.T.E.P. Which Skyrim did you buy? Legendary or Special Edition? This is important as it will dictate which mods you can or cannot use. Your $1000 card is wasted on Skyrim. Mister X posted while I was typing. ? I am assuming Legendary as neither title is on my game or disk.
DUBALADO Posted July 15, 2018 Posted July 15, 2018 https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/71214 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/10753 Auto Unequip Ammo https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/5712421 Artist specialized in textures. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/10168 Female and Male Hairstyles https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/40038 changes the appearances of Lydia, Jordis, Iona, Aela, Mjoll, Uthgerd, Ria, Frea, Rayya, Njada, Annekke, Adelaisa, Jenassa, Illia, Delphine, Ingjard, Aranea, Eola, Borgakh, Brelyna, Beleval and Ugor. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/63473/? change the appearances of marriable characters(Camilla, Ysolda, Sylgja, Temba, Taarie, Muiri, Senna, Grelka and Morwen https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/71054/? change the appearances of Vex, Sapphire, Irileth, Rikke, Hulda, Lisette, Carlotta, Karliah, Tonilia, Adrianne, Maven, Ingun, Gerdur and Idgrod the younger. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/65242 Purity is an all-in-one visual mod for exteriors (weather, lighting, water, waterfalls, landscape textures). It is a substancial update of the visual and immersion mods http://skse.silverlock.org/ https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/27563 This mod adds weather-dependent visual effects and NPC AI enhancements. All features related to the visual effects apply to all actors unless otherwise stated. Some features require SKSE to function. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/2666 CBBE Body replacer for the females of Skyrim - includes slim, curvy, nevernude, vanilla for all options! One download, look in optional folders for variants of meshes and more. Afflicted and Khajiit female supported. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/49015 An easy to use tool for customizing bodies and outfits, creating new bodies and outfits, and converting outfits between body types. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/25259 A complete set of revealing outfits remodeled for CBBE and adapted for use with Bodyslide and Outfit Studio. https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/32986 A realistic mature female skin texture and normal map for UNP(B) 7BASE CBBE Vanilla. Provides various options for age, realistic blemishes,pubic hair etc https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/62574/ This is a retexture for the Argonian female https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/62193This is a retexture for the Khajiit female, it will make your Khajiit looks more feminine.
Grey Cloud Posted July 15, 2018 Posted July 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, DUBALADO said: That list will be really useful if he wants his game to be exactly like yours.
Ernest Lemmingway Posted July 15, 2018 Posted July 15, 2018 First off, which version are you using? Legendary Edition or Special Edition?
DUBALADO Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 45 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said: That list will be really useful if he wants his game to be exactly like yours. It is a list of mods with a huge amount of downloads and endorsed, in any case it would be exactly like that of many others
Nazzzgul666 Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Well, for a newbie Dubalado's advice is useful since it's not too long, covers some basics and is concrete. When i began i hated most guides because either they were endless and i didn't have a clue if i need it (or if there are alternatives), or they were too general and i didn't feel any smarter after reading it. To add some generic advice: The main female body types are CBBE (linked by Dubalado) and UUNP. Both can be adjusted with bodyslide which is also linked already. For both types there are a lot of clothes and a good amount of textures, just don't mix them. For everything mentioned else there is also a lot to chose from, you can look around at Nexus or google when you have a better clue which kind of mod does what.
Grey Cloud Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 9 hours ago, Nazzzgul666 said: When i began i hated most guides because either they were endless and i didn't have a clue if i need it (or if there are alternatives), or they were too general and i didn't feel any smarter after reading it. Required you to think did they? The bastards. The OP will need to: decide whether to use MO or NMM (or neither). install FNIS SKSE ENBoost Crash Fixes and several other little things Mister X and myself gave advice on how to mod Skyrim; DUBALADO and Nazzzgul666 gave advice on what mods to use.
Nazzzgul666 Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 7 hours ago, Grey Cloud said: Required you to think did they? The bastards. The OP will need to: decide whether to use MO or NMM (or neither). install FNIS SKSE ENBoost Crash Fixes and several other little things Mister X and myself gave advice on how to mod Skyrim; DUBALADO and Nazzzgul666 gave advice on what mods to use. What do you need FNIS for to improve graphics? What do you need SKSE for? What do you need ENBoost for if you install an NEB anyways? Why Crash fixes if you don't install any scripted mods? You gave advice how to create a sexlab infrastructure, which is not the question of the OP. Maybe reading the question you answer would actually help giving good answers.
Grey Cloud Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, Nazzzgul666 said: What do you need FNIS for to improve graphics? What do you need SKSE for? What do you need ENBoost for if you install an NEB anyways? Why Crash fixes if you don't install any scripted mods? You gave advice how to create a sexlab infrastructure, which is not the question of the OP. Maybe reading the question you answer would actually help giving good answers. Did I say FNIS was needed for graphics? How is the OP going to have any animations worth having without FNIS? How many people on this site do you think, do not use FNIS? Do you use it? How many people do you think run a modded Skyrim without SKSE? Do you use it? Who mentioned an ENB? ENBoost is a memory management tool. It is very useful whether one uses a full-on ENB or not and whether one has a cracker-jack rig or not. What does script load have to do with using Crash Fixes? Again it's about memory allocation and management. In any case, scripted mods are not necessairly an evil to be avioded at all cost. From the OP's OP: 20 hours ago, Cyclops08 said: beauty, jiggle, and sexlab So I did in fact read it. And yourself? Did you manage to read beyond 'beauty'?
Psalam Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Spoiler 35 minutes ago, Nazzzgul666 said: What do you need FNIS for to improve graphics? What do you need SKSE for? What do you need ENBoost for if you install an NEB anyways? Why Crash fixes if you don't install any scripted mods? You gave advice how to create a sexlab infrastructure, which is not the question of the OP. Maybe reading the question you answer would actually help giving good answers. 15 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said: Did I say FNIS was needed for graphics? How is the OP going to have any animations worth having without FNIS? How many people on this site do you think, do not use FNIS? Do you use it? How many people do you think run a modded Skyrim without SKSE? Do you use it? Who mentioned an ENB? ENBoost is a memory management tool. It is very useful whether one uses a full-on ENB or not and whether one has a cracker-jack rig or not. What does script load have to do with using Crash Fixes? Again it's about memory allocation and management. In any case, scripted mods are not necessairly an evil to be avioded at all cost. From the OP's OP: So I did in fact read it. And yourself? Did you manage to read beyond 'beauty'? Listen you two. You are confusing the nice newbie who is trying to find out some basics. I have the greatest respect for you both but can we keep our collective eye on the goal here. Spoiler 21 hours ago, Cyclops08 said: I just today got a copy of the game from Amazon. I want all the cool and funny Mods. I have a cool new computer, but I have not loaded up the game. The reason why is I have only just now begun my research. So I only know enough to be dangerous. -- I will be using Nexus to start as it seems to be simpler. But I am aware that most people here prefer the other platform. 1) So my questions are about the starting load order. I want cute girls, good skins and jiggle that is priority one, and a basic quality of life issue for this game. I've seen the vanilla version online and I hate the girls!. I understand the jiggle issue can be tricky so is that the LAST thing I do? or the first? 1A) when it comes to hair, I'm really kinda lost. What do you use? 1B) is there any hope for elves? Why are they all so ugly? 1C) OK, the cat people. uhg. Is there any mod that magically turns them into anime style catgirls? 2) What are the basic mods I need? and do they come before or after the tricky jiggle mod. 3) I spent a $1000 on my graphics card. I want to use it. In fact, Skyrim is why I spent so much on it. I may need to show my computer stats, but Windows 10 doesn't show the '?' icon...how do I show you that (if it is even needed here). 3A) That said there are environmental mods that use a lot of graphics power. are these needed? for me they take lower priority than the girls and Sex Lab. 4) what other mods do you use? quality of life type stuff. Things that help your game go smooth, and the fun/silly stuff 5) Finally, what is a starting list of mods would you suggest seeing my priorities are beauty, jiggle, and sexlab. Conclusion. I am probably asking a lot here. But even a finger pointed in the right direction would help, like a simple link to basic required reading 101. Thank you! These two are both very accomplished in the ways of LoversLab and deserve to be respected and heeded. They are both right but with (as GreyCloud) pointed out in one of his posts) different approaches. There are a number of "basic" mods that anyone who wants to achieve your goals are going to need eventually. These constitute the mods that GreyCloud is pointing toward. You will discover that many, perhaps most, of the mods that you want have prerequisites (other mods that you mus have to get the ones that you) in order to work properly. Others of the mods that GreyCloud has suggested simply make the modded Skyrim game work more efficiently. While some of these may be skipped early and with a "light" load order, you will probably want them all eventually. Nazzzgul666's approach is different. He is working toward getting you the immediate mods that you described in your post. There is nothing wrong with any of his suggestions in that regard either. You need to learn a lot of terminology as well. Currently Skyrim is available in two editions, The older version referred to in many ways including Legendary Edition (LE) or Oldrim and the newer version referred to as Special Edition (SE or SSE). This is important since mods will work only on the edition for which they are made. So (as a general rule) a mod listed as LE will crash you SE game and vice versa. The people here on LL (LoversLab) on generally glad to help. Don't be afraid to ask questions. But remember, we are just people. We have strong opinions that you are likely to hear whenever you post. PS: listen to the lemming, he's usually right!
RebelInfernal Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 Might I suggest you use Mod Organizer to install and manage your mods? I've been using it from the very start for my own game and it really does prove useful. It took me a little while to get my head around how some of the stuff it offers works, (for which Gopher's youtube guides were immensely helpful, if a touch outdated) but it makes it much easier to install, uninstall and generally keep track of your mods. Particularly if you're a new modder, since you'll probably find yourself installing and removing a lot of mods while you find what you like and what works for you. One tip you may not be aware of: generally speaking, don't uninstall a mod mid-game. This is mostly applicable to mods containing scripts (Mod Organizer has a handy feature telling you if there are any such things in a mod. I'm not sure but I think other mod managers do as well). For example, it would be an exceedingly bad idea to remove something like SKSE or the Unofficial Skyrim Patches, while a mod that simply adds HD textures to the game tends not to be a problem to remove. As for mods, honestly most of the quality of life mods and general stuff has various different options. I'm reluctant to spoon-feed you my personal preferences, so I would suggest you do what I did and just go through a dozen or so pages of the most popular mods all time on the Nexus and google any specific things you might want. For LL, I mostly just explored and happened to stumble across stuff.
Nazzzgul666 Posted July 16, 2018 Posted July 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Psalam said: Listen you two. You are confusing the nice newbie who is trying to find out some basics. I have the greatest respect for you both but can we keep our collective eye on the goal here. You're right, i'm sorry. In general i don't see the point in arguing with anyody on the internet, just add an entry to the ignore list and the problem is solved. At times a bad mood gets me and i forget this. @Cyclops08 RogueInfernas is probably right too- although MO has a learning curve that might be exaggerated for a minimal modded Skyrim approach which i'd recommend if somebody plays the game for the first time. While i enjoy my BDSM hell and quests from mods a lot more than the vanilla game, it isn't that bad and probably a lot more fun without all the distractions and problems going along with a heavy modded game, especially if somebody just starts modding (Skyrim). MO is especially useful if you have problems which are to expect when you start to add more than some nice jiggling bodies and textures. MO makes it easy to uninstall mods, change mod setups for testing and these kinds of stuff. Configuring it to use bodyslide (the tool to customize bodies and armor) is already a bit tricky, though. Depending on how much patience you have to learn about this stuff before actually playing, NMM might be a better choice for starters. What you need to know is that sexlab, similar to a couple of other stuff here on LL, is a framework. While it is possible to use it without other mods, it's not really fun. All you can do are rather options for testing than playing with it - good enough to see if it works, but not much more. It's meant to be used by other mods to start sex. If you really want sexlab added to your first playthrough, i'd recommend Amorous Adventures additionally and nothing else, at least not much. Maybe matchmaker and sexlab tools, the first will allow you to start sex via spells instead of going through menus, the second will allow you to switch animations specificly instead of just start another random animation like sexlab itself offers. Amorous Adentures allows you to start sex via dialogue if you do the (rather short) according quests, most tied to followers. Never saw them all, not even close, but i was very amazed by the additions they did for Serena (a follower you'll get when playing the dawnguard DLC). Especially her story isn't as innocent like the mods name might suggest, and i appretiate the... darker sides of LL, but that's just taste. If you add much more it's not a chance but pretty much a certainty that you will get CTDs and probably break your saves beyond repair more than once before you learn what to do and what to avoid, especially since there is no "one fits all" solution or guide to follow. But if you decide to go down that road, MO is very much recommended since it offers much better ways to trace down errors and definitly worth the time you spend on learning how to use it. But as i said - for a first playthrough i'd recommend something else. Add some improvements to graphics including jiggly bodies, some fancy armors (which are "harmless" even in big amounts if you don't get too fancy with talking swords or something), the unofficial patches and try to leave it there. Imho nothing is more annoying than to learn that you can't beat a boss because the saves of the last 50 hours are all somewhat screwed but not broken enough to notice it earlier. After you've seen a good part of the game you've actually paid for, maybe backup your saves in case you want to continue playing from there some time later and add the mods you want to try. Several of the quest mods on Nexus are rather meant for high lvl characters and can be quite hard at low levels (well, often meant to be hard at any lvl) while most sex mods are rather meant for low lvl characters which didn't already solve all the quests, so for playing around at LL i'd recommend a new game. Which also has the advantage to allow you a "Save screwed? don't care, i can just start it all over again with other mods" attitude.
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