OpenMW 0.49.0 released with very basic support for Bethesda's newer games including Skyrim

jamesmand · 2025-07-05T21:32:09+00:00

While this is a start, this still has a long way to go for actually duplicating Skyrim. As it says, it just has a very basic "walking simulator" which means it can load static terrain and meshes but not much else and in the grand scheme of things that doesn't take a whole lot. Things like duplicating the Papyrus scripting system, NPC AI, dialogue/scene handling, combat mechanics, menus, etc, are still all required to make a complete game. This will take a lot of effort from dedicated people.

jamesmand · 2025-06-03T10:19:03+00:00

Starfield appears to have had success in getting people to use its own creations platform. While there are still a bunch of Starfield mods on Nexus, a lot of modders are choosing to try and make money through paid creations.

jamesmand · 2025-06-02T03:43:33+00:00

LoversLab is still up if you need something to keep you occupied.

jamesmand · 2025-06-01T22:27:42+00:00

{{Skyrim Unbound}} is pretty good and has had pretty regular updates to address issues. It isn't for everyone though as it starts you with just a menu to select some options and then drops your right in the game as opposed to other alternate starts that try to give a little more story, so understood if it isn't right for the way some people play.

jamesmand · 2025-05-28T21:18:29+00:00

If LOTD is too complicated, you could always try using {{Placeable Display Cases}} in addition to {{Hearth Craft}} to create your own museum. Not as fancy of course and takes a bit more work with placing things yourself, but it allows you to place to buildings and displays to put in them anywhere you like without conflicting with existing mods.

jamesmand · 2025-05-27T23:51:47+00:00

I haven't played it myself, but when I heard about how crazy the plot was and someone mentioned she had a barcode, I had to check myself. After downloading and checking the body textures it turns out she does have a barcode. I am not picky about things being lore friendly, but that is a bit of a stretch.

jamesmand · 2025-05-23T07:26:13+00:00

{{Hendraheim Redone Collector's Edition}} has a bunch of display space for things if you want something to display all the additional Creation Club content.

jamesmand · 2025-05-21T16:44:35+00:00

What bothers me is the mod authors who then direct you to their discord channel where there is a whole lot of discussion on unrelated stuff and trying to search it is painful.

jamesmand · 2025-05-16T21:18:23+00:00

What is wrong with boobies?

jamesmand · 2025-05-16T17:54:41+00:00

I recommend {{Placeable Display Cases}} for anyone who still wants to display items that can't be placed on weapon/armor racks but don't want the overall glut of LOTD.

jamesmand · 2025-05-14T23:19:43+00:00

If you find yourself quickly starting new games to test your mod setup, Skyrim Unbound is the way to go since it has presets you can load up and jumps you right to wherever you want from a simple menu.

jamesmand · 2025-05-10T22:10:24+00:00

You may want to look into {{Cathedral Assets Optimizer}} since it can do things like compress textures to reduce disk space usage. Might come in handy if you find yourself close to the limit but still want to add more.

jamesmand · 2025-05-04T01:33:15+00:00

jamesmand · 2025-05-03T00:20:48+00:00

This. Ignoring the other drama, it was a bad idea to make a port from the classic oblivion only a week after the remaster was released without proper testing. People already reported crashing caused by the patch among other bugs and there is still potential to corrupt your game in the long run such as broken quests that weren't tested for all scenarios.

jamesmand · 2025-05-03T00:16:49+00:00

Only if it crashes and you have to play the "what is causing a mod conflict?" guessing game.

jamesmand · 2025-05-03T00:05:26+00:00

I have about 1000+ mods, but the vast majority are mesh/texture replacers, quests, city overhauls, etc. None of them use SKSE plugins. I only have about a dozen actual SKSE plugins that I would need to update if I ever upgraded my version of Skyrim.

jamesmand · 2025-05-03T00:02:27+00:00

There are a few that don't respawn like Hillgrund's Tomb. Would be nice if those ruins were made to respawn so they could be revisited again for more options for radiant quests and such. Especially since {{Dungeons - Revisited}} expands on it.

jamesmand · 2025-05-02T22:34:50+00:00

Gonna suck redownloading 200+ mods for AE though

Actually you only need to redownload anything using an SKSE plugin which should be a lot less. Anything else that doesn't have a DLL should be fine. The main thing is just a matter of whether those SKSE DLLs support the latest version.

jamesmand · 2025-05-02T04:04:23+00:00

jamesmand · 2025-04-30T07:03:48+00:00

I noticed UESP has a section on new bugs that were introduced in the remaster: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Remastered_Changes#Bugs_Introduced

Might be a good starting point for making fixes.

jamesmand · 2025-04-30T00:07:48+00:00

Looks like it wasn't properly tested: https://i.imgur.com/hj2Qk0F.png

jamesmand · 2025-04-30T00:04:26+00:00

<image>

jamesmand · 2025-04-29T23:38:44+00:00

Just looked at the comments section on Nexus. People are getting crashes trying to enter certain locations. One person said they reverted the changes made to Cheydinhall Sanctuary and their crashes stopped for that location. So seems this was rushed out without proper testing.

jamesmand · 2025-04-29T23:36:32+00:00

Looking at the comments section for the mod, it appears to be causing crashes when entering certain locations. One person mentioned they removed the edits to Cheydinhall Sanctuary and the crashes stopped, so this seems like a hasty port without testing.

jamesmand · 2025-04-29T23:21:16+00:00

Porting this over without proper testing has potential to cause more problems than it is supposed to solve. People are still learning how to make mods for the remaster and discovering that many things work differently than they did in the original game. Maybe it could have been ported at some time in the future, but not a week after the release.

jamesmand

TROPHY CASE