User:Velyanthe/Skyrim Progress

This is a page for mods that I use. Ignore the page title; this page's use may change once again. Update authors, names, or links as appropriate. Any mods marked as unavailable will not be shared.

Skyrim Mods

Immersion

Mod	Author	Function	Pros	Cons
A Place to Sleep	DK on Steam Workshop	Adds a few locations to sleep where one would expect to be able to sleep.	Makes a lot of sense and should have been in the vanilla game.	None.
Clanking Armor	Lord Sane on Steam Workshop	Makes heavy armor noisy.	This was a great feature in Oblivion that wasn't added in Skyrim.	None.
Lanterns of Skyrim	manny_gt on Steam Workshop	Adds lanterns around the world to light up the night.	Goes great with any mod darkening the night.	Lanterns go on/off at exact times with no in-game explanation.
Legible Road Signs High Res†	Unknown	Makes road signs readable.	Common sense.	None.
Project Reality: Climates of Tamriel	jj.con on Steam Workshop	Adds more varied weather to Skyrim.	Makes the weather very interesting and fun to see. Makes nights darker.	Some transitions are sudden.
Real Wildlife Skyrim	nedius on Steam Workshop	Adds to and alters Skyrim's wildlife so there's more variety. Also adds Alchemy ingredients such as lungs and liver.	Makes the wilds much more interesting.	None.
RNG (Dynamic) Guards	김로렌 on Steam Workshop	Makes guard outfits area-specific to make more sense based on climate, etc. Also varies helmets between individual guards.	Makes a lot of sense and adds variety.	None.
Slightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings	Cipscis on Steam Workshop	Reduces the distance you need to be from an NPC for the to greet you.	NPCs don't interrupt you with greetings when you're talking with someone, and you don't have to hear about your stolen sweetroll every time you pass through city gates.	None.
Sounds of Skyrim (multiple mods)†	Unknown	Adds ambient sounds to areas of the game that change based on time of day.	A much-needed improvement to the game.	Latest version causes crashes and corrupts save games.

Items

Mod	Author	Function	Pros	Cons
Alternate Ancient Shrouded Armor	churchofsmalldog on Steam Workshop	Gives a new design to the Ancient Shrouded Armor set.	Looks amazing.	Mask could look better.
Ring of Water Walking	Norville Rogers on Steam Workshop	Adds a ring of water walking to the game.	Great for those of us with hydrophobia or a fear of fish.	None.

Miscellaneous

Mod	Author	Function	Pros	Cons
SkyUI	snakster on Steam Workshop	Alters the Skyrim UI.	Cleaner, easier to sort and see, makes text smaller and everything more organized.	Requires SKSE, which isn't always up-to-date; SKSE reliance can cause crashes if out of date.

Tweaks

Mod	Author	Function	Pros	Cons
Auto Unequip Arrows	Alek on Steam Workshop	Automatically unequips arrows once a bow is unequipped.	Functions perfectly and avoids having to manually unequip arrows for visual preference.	None.
Horses Ignore Combat	Cynick on Steam Workshop	Makes owned horses ignore combat.	Leads to far fewer horse deaths.	Everything else still attacks the horse.
SKREEE Less Frequent Dragons	Mahws on Steam Workshop	Lowers the frequency of dragon attacks.	Fewer annoying dragons.	Mod's name makes me think of Cliff Racers.

World Changes and Additions

Mod	Author	Function	Pros	Cons
Open Cities Skyrim	Arthmoor on Steam Workshop	Removes loading screens when entering/leaving cities.	Can ride horses in cities, cuts down on transition time.	Conflicts with other mods.

Note

^† Mod is unavailable due to legal issues or author decisions.