New to Skyrim; Mod Recs Please!

[akw0207]

I've recently started playing Skyrim (I have the legendary edition so I have all DLC) and I'd like some recs for mods. I've been looking but I just get overwhelmed by the amount of different mods, and I have no clue whether one conflicts with another or anything. I already have SKSE and FNIS installed, and will probably download Sexlab and mods that use it. Preferably Nexus mods or mods from here would be good, but as long as I know the mod's name I can figure out where to get it.

 

I'm looking for:

 

Character Creation mods to give more control, as well as more hairs, eye colors, and custom body types.

 

Sex mods that include lesbian animations and possibly some custom female NPCs to add in

 

NPC improvements, both looks and dialogue

 

Custom Houses

 

HD texture replacements and just overall things to make the game prettier

 

More quests and stuff because I have a feeling once I have the game modded I'll play it constantly; I've played 18 hours of the vanilla version already in one week of owning it

 

Custom Weapons/Armor for above mentioned custom body types

 

Map replacements so I can see the roads on the map

[KoolHndLuke]

Mod Manager; People often say that Mod Organizer is the best since it does many things and does not put mods directly into your game folder. However, if you are just looking to jump into things then Vortex could be good for now.

 

Body mods; You're probably going to need to choose from CBBE or UNP or UUNP. There are plenty of armor/clothing mods for both. Download and install BodySlide and Outfit Studio so that you can shape your body (ies) to your little hearts content. Big boobs- no problem. Tiny waist and butt- you get the idea. If you want to install physics for your body- and you will- read the instructions on the mod page carefully and be sure to install mods correctly along with any other required mods!!! You will find that a great many mods require other mods in order to work and this can be extensive. FNIS comes to mind.

 

There are several NPC overhauls if you just google. Same with custom houses. Same with weapon overhauls. Same with maps. The key word to use in your searches is overhaul such as "Skyrim map overhaul" or "Skyrim weapon/armor overhaul". Just "Skyrim" and specifically what you are looking for should give you several results in any case. Any clothing/armor overhauls you are looking for should correspond with the body type you want to use like "Skyrim CBBE armor overhaul". An overhaul is the base that you build on top of so that later on if you find a cool replacement for something you can just put it lower (meaning higher in priority) in your mod load order.

 

BTW- if you're not using LOOT, then you should start about the time you reach 30 mods or so. Also FYI, Skyrim only will allow 256 mods in total!! You can get around this by "merging" mods. I know 256 seems like a lot of room, but believe me that you will reach that limit quick with all the cool mods you have to choose from.

 

As far as making the game prettier, first you will need to consider how good your system is and how much you can push it. My game looks pretty decent with a I3 processor and a $50 graphics card and I average 20-25 fps in most places on the highest setting. For HD graphics at 60 fps, you need a pretty good setup. Look for ENB to help with this or specifically ENBoost.

 

Look for the best quests in the top 100 quest mods for Skyrim on the Nexus. The only one I'll tell you to skip is Vigilant or any other mods that make extensive changes in the vanilla world-space or cells because they will cause you nightmares due to compatibility issues. I always look for new world-space mods or mods that give you a new place to go outside  of Skyrim because it will conflict with much less or nothing at all. This is good practice for modding any game in my experience.