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Load orders are very personal things.  

76 members have voted

  1. 1. What is more important for you?

    • Immersion
      48
    • Dungeons
      4
    • Clothing/Armor/Weapons
      5
    • Homes
      2
    • Quests
      17


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I think we all have a short list of mods we will never play without in our load order ever again. :cookie4u: Let's hear yours. Might give someone else good ideas for their own game.

My "Never play without" mods are:

AWLS

The Ayleid Steps

The Unique Landscapes

Crowded Roads Revisited

Crowded Cities

Cyrodiil Travel Services

Enhanced Water

Faregyl Village

Lynge's Thieves Highway

New Roads and Bridges

Open Cities Leyawiin Reborn

Jog's Stealth Overhaul

Hear No Evil

The Lost Spires

Darn UI

Color Map Mod

Beautiful People, EVE, IFT, Enayla's Facial Textures, Eyelashes

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I've never been very good with load orders. Beyond a certain point, I begin experiencing weird problems with my game (especially FPS drops and stuttering) and invariably, must uncheck a bunch of mods to come to a stable, playable point. Also, my system limits the number of scripts that I can run a one time, otherwise I wouldn't hesitate to add more mods that amp up the realism and immersion factor such as real hunger, sleep, etc...

At this point, my only interest in playing Oblivion is to undertake new quests and content that the community makes and immerse myself in those worlds - because I've already played the vanilla game to the max. I just wish I had a faster and more stable internet connection, otherwise I'd be downloading and playing more right now.

The mods that I've been able to keep using without much trouble (and are favorites) are:

OOO

HGEC

Streamline

Deadly Reflex

Midas Magic

Darnified UI - normal version

Various Pose mods

Crowded Cities

See you Sleep

Improved Hotkeys

Dude Where's my Horse

Denock Arrows

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Oh my list.....

I really can't play without these :cookie4u:

  • Arena Alive
  • Dark Regal Imperial City
  • Actors In Charge/Madness/Emotion
  • Ancient Towers
  • Asharas Sirens And Tritons
  • Better Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary
  • Better Sheogorath
  • Book Jackets
  • Clamshell Cottage
  • Clocks Of Cyrodiil
  • COBL
  • Curse Of Hircine
  • Deadly Reflex
  • DMC Stylish
  • Even Oddities
  • Dual Wield Complete
  • The Inquisitor's Lodge
  • Haunted House
  • Imperial City Unique Districts
  • Imperial City Unique Districts Visible From Cyrodiil
  • Staff Basing
  • Dwemer Spectacles
  • Kvatch Rebuilt
  • Journal
  • Become A Lich
  • MadGod Powers
  • Mad House
  • Malevolent
  • Mannimarco Resurrection
  • Mannimarco Revisited
  • Midas Magic
  • Myths And Legends
  • Natural Environments
  • Nic's Better Beggars
  • Open Cities New Sheoth
  • Origin Of The Mages Guild
  • Playable Sheogorath
  • Power Attack Voicemod
  • Princess Stomper Sheogorath Palace
  • Ring Of Console
  • Ruined Tails's Tale
  • Sephiroth
  • Set Essential Actors
  • Shadowcrest Vineyard
  • Shivering Isles Door Usable
  • Slof's Extra Horses
  • Slof Espless Horse Replacer
  • Slof's Robe Trader
  • Smite Of Order
  • Start Choices
  • The Lost Spires
  • The Oubliette
  • Twin Myths Of The Dawn
  • Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch
  • Ren's Beauty Pack

Yes I need them, im crazy I know! :fun:

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This is a tricky one but my must haves would be,in no particular order (as they say biggrin.gif )

FCOM

QTP3

COBL

Mikails Textures (just found out about these and they are superb)

All Natural

Screen Effects

Symphony Of Violence

Heartbeat

AWLS

KeyChain

Supreme Magicka

CNRP (all packs)

Hau` oli Paena (my SI homebase)

Armoury Lab (main home)

Darn UI + Blue Recolour (the blue is really nice and easy on the eye)

Enhanced Water HD and Enhanced Water SI HD

Decorator Assistant

Map Marker Overhaul (just tried this recently and cant see it ever being dropped)

Clean Quit

Beaming Sunglare

Better Night Sky

Book Jackets

Phew that was difficult but I think thats about all that I would really miss.The many others in my load order I could maybe live without.

EDIT:

RST (thought I`d slip this one in here in anticipation) :D

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For texture packs, I really like QTP3, even the Redimized version, but I find that it just is too stressful for my system when I start to load on all the other mods as well. As a nice balance, CorePC's Vibrant textures is wonderful, yet all textures are around the same size as stock, yet he has done an amazing job of them looking much higher quality. I highly recommend it!

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so far with the characters ive started the mods i cant do without are..

hgec more revealing standard armor... there have been a few that i have tried and this one by far is my favorite...

the ring of console... without which i cant access the console :lmao:

ImpeREAL Districts

Ren's Beauty

my new favorite!! Happy Holidays!!

thats my small list so far lol...

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Hmmm, let me think.

1. OOO - Absolute must, no way I could play without this.

2. Darnified UI

3. Some Monster Mod.... either MMM or WAC

4. Duke Patrick's Combat Mods

5. At least one magic overhaul. If I had to choose between SM or LAME, I would probably choose LAME, but fortunately I don't have to choose, so I use both XD

6. Hear no evil / no more psychic guards

7. Integration: TSL

Those are the absolute minimum requirements for me... depending on what type of character I want to play some mods might be more important though, for example as a thief or assassin I would definitely add more stealth mods and RGO to that list.

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"Never play without" mods plugins: XD

  • AWLS
  • COBL
  • Faregyl
  • Immersive Travelers
  • Improved Hotkeys
  • L.A.M.E
  • Let There Be Darkness
  • Open Cities
  • Symphony Of Violence

In addition, I also use OBSE plugins. Never play without:

  • Oblivion Stutter Remover
  • weOCPS (also known as Windom Earle's Oblivion Crash Prevention System)

Without these OBSE plugins, Oblivion would most likely crash within minutes.

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I have a mod addiction problem. I tend to collect more and more of mods and then I look for some more. Many of the mods in my list I haven't even started yet. And it's hard to remove them from list even if I don't use them...

So, my load order is:

Masters for: aaa.ess

00 Oblivion.esm

01 Jog_X_Mod.esm

02 CM Partners.esm

03 Cobl Main.esm [Version 1.72]

04 Waalx Animals & Creatures.esm

05 Qarls_Harvest.esm

06 Mart's Monster Mod.esm [Version 3.7b3p3]

07 CyrodiilUpgradeResourcePack.esm

08 TamrielTravellers.esm [Version 1.39c]

09 No Lights Flicker.esm

0A TR_OoT_Main.esm

0B Toaster Says Share v3.esm

0C HorseCombatMaster.esm

0D The Other Spheres Base.esm

0E Artifacts.esm

0F Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp [Version 3.2.2]

10 Enhanced Economy.esp [Version 3.3.2]

11 Security Rebalance-Traps and Bash Locks.esp

12 Merged Misc & Tweaks.esp

13 Merged House Mods.esp

14 Merged Books.esp

15 Merged Spells.esp

16 Merged Clothes.esp

17 Merged Weapons & Armour.esp

18 Mercenaries.esp

19 1n.esp

1A 2 items.esp

1B 3 tweaks.esp

1C CM Partners Merged.esp

1D Oscuro's OO stuff.esp

1E DLCShiveringIsles.esp

1F Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp [Version 1.4.0]

++ Enhanced Water v2.0 HD - SI Addon.esp [Version 0.1]

20 PowerAttack Voicemod - The Shivering Isles.esp

21 Book Jackets Oblivion.esp

22 Happyhannah's Wines.esp [Version 1.1]

23 Lyn-StoriesFromTheSeaMod.esp

24 More_Vegetables.esp

25 Q - More and Moldy Ingredients v1.1.esp

26 Qarls_Harvest.esp

27 Living Economy.esp

28 DLCHorseArmor.esp

29 DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.5]

2A DLCOrrery.esp

2B DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.3]

2C NLF Orrery.esp

2D DLCVileLair.esp

2E DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.5]

2F NLF VileLair.esp

30 DLCMehrunesRazor.esp

31 DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.4]

32 NLF MehrunesRazor.esp

33 DLCSpellTomes.esp

++ DLCSpellTomes - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.1]

++ MaleBodyReplacerV4.esp

34 Assassin_Blade.esp

++ Cane of Sheogorath.esp

35 M.O.E. - New Staffs, Blight and Ashstorms.esp [Version 1]

36 M.O.E. - Playable Scythe.esp [Version 2]

++ M.O.E. - Unlocked Palace Guard Armour.esp [Version 1]

++ M.O.E. - Unlocked Dremora Armour and Robes.esp [Version 1]

++ M.O.E. - Unlocked Glenroy and Captain Renault Blades Armour.esp [Version 1]

37 Thieves Arsenal.esp

38 Daedric Lord Armor.esp

** Slof's Horses Base.esp

39 Dude Wheres My Horse.esp

3A CallSteed3.0a.esp [Version 3.0]

3B DLCThievesDen.esp

3C DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.5]

** DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp [Version 1.0.4]

3D Cobl Glue.esp [Version 1.72]

3E Cobl Si.esp [Version 1.63]

++ Cobl Tweaks.esp [Version 1.44]

3F Mart's Monster Mod.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Shivering Isles.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

40 Mart's Monster Mod - Gems & Gem Dust.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

41 Mart's Monster Mod - Hunting & Crafting.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Looting NPCs & Creatures.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

42 Mart's Monster Mod - Zombies for Body Meshes.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

43 Mart's Monster Mod - Durability & Damage.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Less Reavers.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Safer Roads.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - No Giants.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - No Undead Rise.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Spawn Rates - Reduced Reduced.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

44 Mart's Monster Mod - Dungeons of MMM.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

45 Mart's Monster Mod - More Wilderness Life.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

46 Mart's Monster Mod - Extra Wounding.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

47 Mart's Monster Mod - Farm Animals.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ TamrielTravellerAdvScript.esp [Version 1.39c]

48 TamrielTravellers4MMM.esp [Version 1.39c]

49 TamrielTravellersItemsCobl.esp [Version 1.39c]

4A ShiveringIsleTravellers.esp [Version 1.37a]

++ ShiveringIsleTravellersFriendlyFactions.esp [Version 1.37a]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse Imperial Armor.esp [Version 3.7b3p]

++ MMM-Cobl.esp [Version 1.69]

4B ClocksOfCyrodiil.esp

4C Ivellon.esp [Version 1.8]

4D Big Business.esp

4E DexwoodsHideout.esp

4F EiAmod.esp [Version 1.1]

++ EiAmod_ShiveringIsles.esp

50 FuseSnailRacing.esp

51 GlenvarCastle.esp

52 LostSwordOfTheAylied.esp

53 M.O.E. - Tools of Kagrenac - The Secret of White Gold Tower.esp [Version 5]

54 M.O.E. - The Black Sacrament - Night Mother's Ritual.esp [Version 1]

55 Region Revive - Lake Rumare.esp

56 The Ayleid Steps.esp [Version 3.0]

57 TheElderCouncil.esp

58 TheStorytellersBrotherQuest.esp

59 thievery.esp

5A TR_Stirk.esp

5B Stirk_Compatibility_Patch.esp

5C Villages1.1.esp

5D AFK_Weye.esp

5E Rumare-AFK_Weye Patch.esp

5F DLCBattlehornCastle.esp

60 DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.4]

61 Z's Skeleton Horse.esp

62 DLCFrostcrag.esp

63 DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.4]

64 NLF FrostCrag.esp

65 Knights.esp

66 Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.9]

67 NLF Knights.esp

68 M.O.E. - Visit Valen Dreth Topic.esp [Version 1]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Knights.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

69 RTT.esp

6A RTT-Weye Relocation Patch.esp [Version 2.0]

6B Blood&Mud.esp

6C Origin of the Mages Guild.esp [Version 6]

6D Faregyl.esp [Version 1.0.10]

6E XulEntiusGorge.esp

6F PersonalPackGuars.esp [Version 0.56]

70 Duke Patrick's Old Man on the Mountain.esp

71 Harvest [Flora].esp [Version 3.0.0]

++ Harvest [Flora] - Shivering Isles.esp [Version 3.0.0]

++ Harvest [Flora] - DLCVileLair.esp [Version 3.0.0]

72 Harvest [Flora] - DLCFrostcrag.esp [Version 3.0.0]

73 Bag of Holding.esp [Version 1.5.0]

74 DropLitTorchOBSE.esp [Version 2.1]

75 Kyoma's Journal Mod.esp [Version 3.2.0]

++ M.O.E. - Icons for Mythic Dawn Armour - Fix.esp [Version 1]

76 M.O.E. - Lycanthropy and Lichcraft.esp [Version 5]

77 Salmo the Baker, Cobl.esp [Version 3.08]

78 Enhanced Vegetation [150%].esp

79 M.O.E. - Vampire Clan Raelu.esp [Version 3]

7A bgBalancingEVCore.esp [Version 10.5EV-D]

7B MidasSpells.esp

7C Finders Keepers.esp

7D M.O.E. - Ethereal State Spell.esp [Version 1]

7E M.O.E. - Levitation Magic.esp [Version 1]

7F M.O.E. - Mythic Dawn Powers.esp [Version 1]

80 M.O.E. - Teleportation Magic and Icarian Flight.esp [Version 2]

81 bgMagicEV.esp [Version 1.7EV]

++ bgMagicSpellTomes_for_WryeBash.esp [Version 1.68EV]

++ bgMagicEVStartspells.esp [Version 1.68EV]

82 bgMagicBonus.esp [Version 1.7EV]

++ bgMagicEVAddEnVar.esp [Version 1.68EV]

83 bgMagicEVPaperChase.esp [Version 1.68EV]

84 bgMagicAlchemy.esp [Version 1.57]

++ EnchantmentRestore_Wells.esp

85 M.O.E. - Realistic Law Enforcement - Part One.esp [Version 1]

86 M.O.E. - Realistic Law Enforcement - Part Two.esp [Version 2]

87 Enhanced Grabbing.esp [Version 0.4]

88 DeadlyReflex 5 - Combat Moves.esp

89 Grandmaster of Alchemy.esp

++ P1DshieldNoGlow.esp

8A bgMagicLightningbolt.esp

++ Better Redguard v2.esp

++ M.O.E. - Unlocked Hairstyles.esp [Version 1]

++ bgBalancingEVOptionalClasses.esp [Version 9.0EV-U]

++ bgBalancingEVOptionalFangs.esp [Version 10.0EV-D]

++ bgBalancingEVOptionalMoreEyes.esp [Version 10]

++ bgBalancingEVOptionalBetterRedguards.esp

** bgBalancingEVOptionalNPCDiversity, for Wrye Bash Better Redguards.esp [Version 10.0EV-D]

8B bgBalancingEVLAMEAddition.esp [Version 10.51EV-D]

++ bgBalancingEVLAMEGlue.esp [Version 10.0EV-D1.62EV]

** bgBalancingEVOptionalNPCDiversityLAME.esp [Version 10.5EV-D]

8C bgIntegrationEV.esp [Version 0.96]

8D Toaster Says Share Faction Recruitment.esp

8E Companion Postal Service.esp

8F Saerileth.esp

90 Viconia.esp

91 places 2.esp

92 Skingrad Black Market.esp

93 Skingrad Market Stall.esp [Version 1.00]

94 CS_PaperParched.esp

95 WAC.esp

96 WAC - OverSpawn.esp

++ MW_Booze, Cobl.esp

97 Region Revive - Lake Rumare FuseSnailRacing Patch.esp

98 TOS - Prelude.esp

99 The Contented Prisoner V 2.esp

++ Primate Rank Fix.esp

++ Script effect - Bash icon.esp [Version 1.01]

9A thievery - EE patch.esp [Version 1.0]

9B Blood&Mud - EE patch.esp [Version 1.0]

9C Kynareth Armory.esp

9D Lost Paladins of the Divines.esp

9E Slof's Extra Horses.esp

9F Vergayun.esp [Version 1.0.3]

A0 Confession Booths by morerunes 2.esp

A1 WAC - Magic.esp

A2 WAC - Player Summons.esp

A3 WAC - BlackBootDungeon.esp

A4 WAC - Dead Knights.esp

A5 WAC - TCOS Shops.esp [Version 03]

A6 WAC - TCOS.esp

A7 Ayleid Loot EXtension.esp

A8 Artifacts.esp

A9 Alchemy Pocket.esp [Version 1.1]

AA KDQ - Rural Line Additions.esp

++ CoreRandmonClothing4Npcs.esp

AB Merged - Random.esp

AC Kragenir's Death Quest.esp

AD BHC_Expanded.esp [Version 1.2]

AE ThePaleAdventurer.esp

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Slof Horses Complete.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse Runeskulls Loot G&GD.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

AF Mart's Monster Mod - No Carrion Rats.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

++ Mart's Monster Mod - Less Rats.esp [Version 3.7b3p3]

B0 P1DcandlesForKleptos.esp

B1 nanosuit.esp

B2 PortableAltars.esp

B3 Spears of Cyrodiil.esp

++ WAC - QuietFeet.esp

++ TamrielTravellers Cosmetics Cobl or RBP.esp

++ Item interchange - Extraction.esp [Version 0.76]

++ Item interchange - Placement.esp [Version 0.76]

++ Item interchange - Option, Ingredients in Bulk.esp [Version 0.76]

B4 Bashed Patch, 0.esp

B5 Poison Arrows.esp

B6 Crossbows of Cyrodiil.esp

B7 Vector.esp [Version 0.1]

B8 Streamline 3.1.esp

B9 MergedMaps.esp

BA FormID Finder4.esp

This is a very long list because "Merged [something]" (except for MergedMaps.esp), 1n.esp. 2 items, 3 tweaks, and similar are collections of merged mods... And many mods are edited in TES4Edit and CS to fit more to my liking.

I play with two different characters (dunmer mage and nord adventurer) with same load order because switching would be too much of a nuisance.

The l.o. was bossed some time ago, but since I get many unrecognised files, I don't boss it any more.

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Dear lord. :D How on earthdid you get WAC and MMM to not completely beat each other to a bloody pulp? :):wave:

It's obvious that WAC is unfinished, stats are wild and some things dirty, but I like the stuff and I like animals a lot. MMM is great, with it's AI, factions, diverse guards, loot everything.

I haven't done much to combine them. Removed some things from WAC with TES4Edit and cleaned a bit, made it dependent on MMM by giving some factions and AIs and that's it. Also proper Bashed patch tags.

Big nuisance that I haven't fixed is uselessness of loot from the creatures and conflicts with mods that improve the looks of the NPCs. The results can be weird.

But it works.

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  • 3 weeks later...

I have a few I have running all of the time.

Enhanced Water

Realistic Fire

Tears of the Fiend [Mine seems to have bugged out at the end though]

Ruined Tail's Tale

Heart of the Dead

Windfall

The Lost Spires

Return Of Shadows [First mission results in a CTD, still trying to figure out why]

The Oubliette

Ivellon

Malevolent

Cassie's Complete Hair and Eyes

Lost Sword Of The Aylied

The Core - Apocalypse [Cloud's sword(s) in FFVII:AC]

Eshmes Bodies

Get Wet

Exnem Eye Candy

Beautiful People

The Unique Landscapes

I'm a complete sucker for quest and dungeon mods, but I do enjoy items and texture replacers as well. XD

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