However, if you don't want to get too technical, NMM covers most mods on Oblivion Nexus pretty well (and the author will usually write in the description if it doesn't). Manually is nice, since you can look at all the folders and see everything that may or may not be overwritten. Lysanafae: Welcome, I hope you will enjoy the game! There are some extras like "Fast Exit", "Stutter Remover" and "Elys Uncapper", if you're interested, but they involve adding OBSE to the mix. That already covers many of my pet peeves. If you'd like to browse a bookshelf's contents without scrolling over each and *every* book: Books all look very same-y, so you can't really tell what's what. This is technically a graphical mod, which I normally wouldn't list.*but* it has a vanilla-friendly look. If you want them to have to "hear" the crime: Ĥ. Guards can psychically know that you murdered someone silently, in the dark, from a rediculous distance. The icons are chunky, and there is a lot of emptiness where helpful information could be displayed. Playing on PC with a console-style UI can take a lot of time. This causes many players to just leave off doing those quests until a higher level, which ruins immersion. The leveling system can leave special items and spells (earned through quests) completely useless if you outlevel them. Mods are very much a matter of taste, so I'll just skim over a minimal list of enhancements.ġ. Some mods need you to download a certain file for compatibility with the patches.
But if you do install them, read each mod page carefully.
It works either way, just UOP has less bugs. I have played the game many times with and without them. However, if you want the most vanilla experience, they are not necessary. They are not included, so you need them if you want the most fixes possible. If you want the fixes, then yes, go ahead and install the Unofficial Patches on top of your Deluxe.