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Optimising Oblivion v3.0: Into Modblivion

By Ashton Mills
16:52 Apr 20, 2006 | 2 Comments
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Optimising Oblivion v3.0: Into Modblivion

Visual enhancements
Mods to enhance, improve, or outright replace the game's impressive graphics.

[ thread : download ] - Slof's Horses - NEW
Incredible texture replacement mod for horses in the game. Be sure to grab the Mesh Fix [ download ] and the Armoured Horse fix [ download ] if you have the official Horse Armor plugin.

[ thread : download ] - Better Gold
Vastly superior higher polygon gold coins.

[ thread : download ] - No persistent enchantment effects
If the odd enchantment player glow isn't for you, then this mod is for you.

[ thread : download ] - Chamelion change
Disables light refraction on chameleon. Also boosts FPS as a result.

[ thread : download ] - Shipyard textures
Replaces textures on ships with higher quality alternatives.

[ thread : download ] - Faster grass & trees
Why would you want this? If you slow down time, this fixes sway animations.

[ thread : download ] - Lightning Strikes
Causes lightning to physically strike during storms.

[ thread : download ] - Everlasting corpses
Tired of the bloody trail you leave behind disappearing forever? No more!

[ thread : download ] - Get Wet
Brilliant mod that causes raindrops to appear on the player, NPCs, and creatures.

[ thread : download ] - Funky's Slinky Female Groin
To quote "Say Bye, Bye to the chunky Nappys !!!"

[ thread : download : download ] - Reduced polygon faces and landscape
Optimised (reduced polygon) models for faces and, importantly, landscape.

[ thread : download ] - Dark Brotherhood hood replacer
Gives you a hood that's actually fit for the brotherhood.

[ thread : download ] - Better staff textures - UPDATED
Much improved, higher-resolution, textures for staffs.

[ thread : download ] - Larger Ogres and Trolls - UPDATED
Makes both as formidably sized as they should be. Now built into Sagerbliv's Creature Balance mod.

[ thread : download ] - Kal's fun with lightning effects
Turns the shock spell into something more visually... shocking.

[ thread : download ] - Badder Spell FX
Visual enhancement that makes magic what it should be - much more impressive.

[ thread : download ] - New Nebular
Replaces the night sky nebula with a substantially better image and texture.

[ thread : download ] - Improved Lava
Makes the original red soup look more like the real deal.

[ thread : download ] - Beautiful Stars
More beautiful stars, replete with Tamarilic lore, for your night sky.

[ thread : download ] - Emperors Face Redone
Great mod makes the Emperor in game look more like his intro video.

[ thread : download ] - Darker nights + Darker Dungeons - UPDATED
Makes nights and dungeons more atmospherically darker. Also includes Burning Kvatch mod, to make Kvatch visibly burn from the outside.

[ thread : download ] - Better Night Sky
Vastly improved, higher quality moons to rise in the night sky.

[ thread : download ] - De-Parallaxer
Removes parallax shaders from 650 models in the game to improve performance.

[ thread : download ] - Sunlit Interiors - UPDATED
Make inside buildings follow the light of day.

[ thread : download1 : download2 ]Bulky Orcs and Nords  - NEW
Bulks out the Orcs and Nords to be taller and a tad fatter!

[ thread : download ] - University Cosmetics - NEW
Give the Arcane University a magical facelift.

[ thread : download ]More Gory Blood - NEW
Replaces the default blood textures with better ones.

[ thread : download ]Kafeid's Better Quality Rings - NEW
Replacement higher-quality textures for rings! Schwing!

[ thread : download ]Kafeid's Better Quality Amulets - NEW
Replacement higher-quality textures for amulets! Must-see!

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This article appeared in the Online issue of Atomic.

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2 Comments
tunksy
Jul 4, 2010 8:04 PM
umm all the links appear broken now lol
ArgentSouL
Aug 14, 2010 4:37 PM
tessource was the name in 2006 now it is http://www.tesnexus.com/ and has its own recomended mods.. Mods are a must have in Oblivion, they make it awesome..
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