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I finally added in Discovery 1's "Atmospheres Natural Ambience," which is the only thing new. I really love the subtle effects of mist, buzzing insects and such. :)
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Very good capture!
I was thinking about The Elderscrolls series, in general, earlier.. Typically, I have ranked those I've played in the following order:
1. Morrowind
2. Skyrim
3. Oblivion
But, the thing is.... Oblivion, once you mod it well (which is, of course, entirely subjective) actually becomes the superior game. While the main quest is rather lacklustre, the faction quests, many of the miscellaneous quests, and the Daedric quests are all far more imaginative than those in the other two games. In vanilla form, however, Oblivion is very much a diamond in the rough, and for it to really shine, you need to add in various gameplay mods for balance and levelling, and you need to eliminate all the self-evident messages ("Your horse is stabled at" etc. ) . Thankfully Dark Darn UI mostly covers the latter, as well providing a made-for-PC UI.
But, of course, that is just my opinion, and I'm rambling... o.O
Thanks btw,
And, like you, I'm pretty experienced at modding these games. Hell, I can set up Morrowind and Skyrim in a few hours, more or less... Oblivion, however, is a far more demanding task mistress.
The more mods we add, the more we have to think about the compatibility aspect. And we can't have everything in Oblivion, we often have to make compromises (ENB or ENBoost ? ^^). This game crashes so easily compared to Skyrim haha
Modding this game can be challenging (and frustrating) and that is a reason why I love it.
In the end I decided to go with EnBoost over a ENB, and honestly, between OR, Heaven and Hell, and Natural Ambience, I'm quite pleased with the result. I enjoy stability, and happily, I rarely (as in, almost never) CTD now.. but wow, it took *a lot* of trial and error to reach this point.
My only remaining gripe with Oblivion is that the voice acting, between the small number of actual actors, poor delivery and horribly synced NPC conversations is just cringe-inducing..
NPC1: "have you heard about Kvatch ?"
NPC2: "I saw a mudcrab the other day..."
But, I'm finding I have more tolerance for it now, and obviously, there's not a lot that can be done. I just turn down the volume on voices and I have a mod installed that silences all of the merchant commentary while bartering.
With EnBoost, you can now safely add more mods on top of what you already have
I made the other choice, and I managed to have something (relatively) stable with the help of other stability/performance mods (OR purger, MoreHeap, OSR, 4GB Patch ...)
haha the voice acting didn't shock me for the moment, probably because most of the time I am in the forests and not in populated areas ^^