In of need some help!

[dokurochan07]

guys i started playing oblivion again and i wanted to add some cool mods, but although i search in the forums i cant find the "basic" mods that needs to be installed, such as body replacers, skeletons or textures, i hope someone read this post and give me some hints on how i can upgrade my oblivion, im interested basically on enhancing the models of the girls and my character is a female argonian, well, thats all, hope you guys understand the needs of a newbie! its a great community and im very confident that someone will answers my call, see you guys!

[gregathit]

All of the basics you are asking about are mostly at the nexus.

 

Body replacers such as HGEC: http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=34442

or if you like several bodies you can use a Setbody mod which allows multiple body types, which you can change in game: http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=39966

 

Skeleton to use is growlf's universal skeleton (use the controllable version): http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=37596

 

Then you need to decide what if any beauty mods you want. There is MBP, Xeo, hotter younger npc's and many others both here and at the nexus.

[seraph777]

If you like a girl with larger assets you can look into the DMRA body type; my personal favorite.

There are several sexy armors that go along with HGEC bodies; more than any other.

Quite a few have been converted into DMRA, and are still being done so now by some awesome modders

http://www.loverslab.com/showthread.php?tid=3778

http://www.loverslab.com/showthread.php?tid=936

 

 

There are also several stock armor and clothing replaces on nexus forums that are more appealing.

 

[dokurochan07]

ok, i will start triying what you suggest right away! thanks for the help, although i may be needing more cause my copy of oblivion has .bsa files and i dont remember quite well what to do with those or how i am supposed to place the folders inside data but i suppose it with come with practice.

 

[gregathit]

ok' date=' i will start triying what you suggest right away! thanks for the help, although i may be needing more cause my copy of oblivion has .bsa files and i dont remember quite well what to do with those or how i am supposed to place the folders inside data but i suppose it with come with practice.

 

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Don't do ANYTHING with the bsa files!!! The old methods used to extract them and that is now a no, no!

 

Remember that all mesh/texture/sound/ini/ folders go into your oblivion/data folder. All esm/esp files also go into your oblivion/data folder.

 

You will need to archive invalidate via bsa redirection after installing vanilla replacer mods (bodies, textures and the like).

Link on how to do so: http://cs.elderscrolls.com/index.php/Oblivion_Mods_FAQ#Archive_Invalidation'>http://cs.elderscrolls.com/index.php/Oblivion_Mods_FAQ#Archive_Invalidation

 

As for brushing up on installing mods give this a read: http://cs.elderscrolls.com/index.php/Oblivion_Mods_FAQ

 

Have Fun and Happy Gaming!

[dokurochan07]

good, the body replacer worked, but idk how to replace the skeletons, do i overwrite the existing data? sry for being so dependant, its because i dont want to mess the data, oh and I can ask for some tips on finding some face replacers or something that gives the girls more beautifull faces in the character creation screen?

[gregathit]

Beautification mods can be found both here and at the nexus.

Links to some here:

Xeo: http://www.loverslab.com/showthread.php?tid=13

MBP: http://www.loverslab.com/showthread.php?tid=1602

 

As for installing the skeleton:

A good rule of thumb is to extract any compressed file to a temp folder to see the file structure. In the case of growlf's mod he has a data folder with subfolders meshes and textures. You will need to drag and drop the data folder directly into the oblivion folder and then say yes to the folder merges and overwrites.

 

This is answered in the last link I gave you on the Oblivion Mods Faq

[dokurochan07]

well thank you all for your support, i need only one more thing, if anyone could give me some links for the game updaters, cause some mods dont seem to be working because i have the original version of the game, if someone can help me with that, i will be very pleased. tnks you all guys![/align]

[seraph777]

well thank you all for your support' date=' i need only one more thing, if anyone could give me some links for the game updaters, cause some mods dont seem to be working because i have the original version of the game, if someone can help me with that, i will be very pleased. tnks you all guys![/align']

 

Most mods have some issues with outdated versions of the game and expansion packs.

Make sure you get the official updates first from bethesda, any other updates needed are usually referenced by the MOD.

Heres one of the places to find the patches: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Patch

 

As for the skeletons, be VERY VERY careful with overwriting them; unfortunately every other MOD comes with their own skeleton they thinkis best and half of them will screw up your character. I suggest keeping a backup folder somewhere in your documents or desktop of your whole "characters" folder; it'll save you alot fo time if any mesh like an animation or skelton gets accidently replaced.