How do I make Oblivion look the best it can?

[bart1975]

I decided to dust off my copy of Oblivion since I never finished it. I was just wondering what the best mods are for this game.

 

[Rifter]

download the texture packs, the main one i think its called qarls. The view distance mod is also a good one. so is better cities. There are literally hundreds of mods/texture packs you can install but your 5570 is weak, i dont know if quarls will work with that low end of a card.

 

[bart1975]

I am playing the game in 1360x768 if that makes any difference.

 

[KaOTiK]

nude mods

 

[bart1975]

nude mods

Do these nude mods change your character or everyone in the game?

 

[lupi]

nude mods

neine.

did that once for morrowind, was a terrifying experience.

 

[KaOTiK]

neine.

did that once for morrowind, was a terrifying experience.

The quality of them is much better in Oblivion. I'm the bare breasted backstabber when I play as a rogue.

 

[Dekasa]

Qarl's Texture Pack 3 Redimized and Better Cities for a start. Then look into the LOD mods if you run those alright. Use the FPS patches on Better Cities.

 

[bart1975]

Qarl's Texture Pack 3 Redimized looks great. Thanks for the info.

 

[Borealis7]

wait for Skyrim.

 

[vrait]

Natural Weather or what ever its called is a must.

 

[Schadenfreude]

You're welcome

 

[sigurros81]

This thread has inspired me to install the game again. A question regarding these mods, will the work well together? I notice a site by googling "best mods for oblivion" that an unofficial patch was released, will the patch play well with the various mods?

I'm looking into downloading the unofficial patch, obscuro overhaul, the Qarl texture pack and Natural Weather.

 

[Schadenfreude]

This thread has inspired me to install the game again. A question regarding these mods, will the work well together? I notice a site by googling "best mods for oblivion" that an unofficial patch was released, will the patch play well with the various mods?

I'm looking into downloading the unofficial patch, obscuro overhaul, the Qarl texture pack and Natural Weather.

I believe the Obscuro Overhaul is a legion of lesser mods put together to form Voltron a mega-mod of sorts; I'm thinking that it already encompasses the Qarl pack if I'm not mistaken, you may want to check that out.

 

[lupi]

The quality of them is much better in Oblivion. I'm the bare breasted backstabber when I play as a rogue.

I don't know if I need more quality...had no real desire to see some guys junk because I looted his armor.

 

[finglobes]

I used Qarl's and liked it in some places and not in others. Sometimes it makes Oblivion looked oversharped. Ever see a landscape oversharped in Photoshop or some other app and all the little tree branches stick out? Sometimes less is more when it comes to texture/detail etc.

 

[KaOTiK]

I don't know if I need more quality...had no real desire to see some guys junk because I looted his armor.

Oh no I just downloaded the female ones.

 

[Bateluer]

Uh, OP, you might want to drop a little money on a video card first. That 5570 is going to choke on some of the mods in this read. 100-150 should get with several times the graphics power easily.

 

[Phynaz]

Uh, OP, you might want to drop a little money on a video card first. That 5570 is going to choke on some of the mods in this read. 100-150 should get with several times the graphics power easily.

You missed the fact that he has a 300w PSU in a 7" tall case.

 

[bart1975]

There is nothing wrong with the 5570 it runs all the games I play just fine in 1360x768 or 1280x720.

 

[Mike Gayner]

There is nothing wrong with the 5570 it runs all the games I play just fine in 1360x768 or 1280x720.

It won't handle these hi-res texture packs. You're delusional if you think otherwise.

 

[Rifter]

It won't handle these hi-res texture packs. You're delusional if you think otherwise.

This x2, some of the oblivion mods take a huge toll on your video card, even my SLI 460's stumbles sometimes in cities with some of the mods.

 

[JimmiG]

This x2, some of the oblivion mods take a huge toll on your video card, even my SLI 460's stumbles sometimes in cities with some of the mods.

He's got a 1GB card, so that's enough VRAM for all textures. Where it really struggles is if you have a a 512MB or 768MB card, because some of those packs can use nearly 1GB of VRAM.

Detailed cities and landscapes on the other hand require a fast CPU and GPU. Streamline is great for that. You can set a min target FPS of 15 or 20 for exploring, and then have it automatically increase the target FPS by 10-15 FPS in combat.

Some of the mods I use are:
-Bananasplit Better Cities
-Unique Landscapes (the all in one OMOD)
-QTP3
-Improved Trees and Flora, Improved Fruits Vegetables and Meats, etc. by miknmel1
-Oblivion Graphics Extender v2 - I use the Godrays, Color Grading and FSAA shaders only. I find the Ambient Occlusion causes a huge performance hit and looks a bit wonky at times. Would be great if you could turn it on only for specific locations and objects. Depth of Field gives me a headache. My eyes are not necessarily focused on the same thing that the DoF algorithm *thinks* I'm looking at.

Don't use any distant LOD enhancements. Instead I cut back on the visibility some by using Streamline. That makes the world feel bigger too, since you can't see across the whole game world from the top of mountains.

 

[Linflas]

Did they ever fix the issue of not being able to download and install your purchased Bethsoft extensions on anything other than a Windows XP box?