@@Rookmai This is bad advice especially for new modders first thing you shouldn't be relying on LOOT to sort your load order. Use xedit to find conflicts which is very easy to do then sort manually.
@@kertgp8275brother, I have 2400 plugins, I HAVE to rely on loot for sorting. Besides, it works just fine, only a couple mods require manual sorting in my case.
@@kertgp8275 That's why I said 'IF' mo2 users can obviously sort manually. But Vortex users can use loot just fine with changes to the mod's load order metadata.
For anyone having trouble with getting northern roads to work I highly recommend you to try simplest roads. Its a new mod from this year and it will come very close to the northern roads visuals in many areas but is ten times easier to implement even with a large load order since it does not change any meshes or world spaces and basically just applies your dirt texture to the road.
That actually sounds solid. I like Northern Roads add on that removes the ground edits but keeps bridges and nick knacks that were added that don't edit the terrain.
@@TheSixoul If anyone's reading this in the future and searching for this mod, I believe it's "Northern Roads - Let Me Guess, Someone Stole Your Sweetroads." (That sounds madeup, but I'm pretty sure that's the mod in question. xD)
Alternate Start: Live Another Life, SkyUI, True Directional Movement & Ultrawide fixes for SKSE are 4 mods i can't touch Skyrim without. Its 2024, Bethesda games need actual Ultrawide support without needed mods.
You forgot Papyrus Tweaks, PowerofThree, SPID, BOS, etc - but these were not added on purpose as SG said at the start. But yes, you're right that you can't get far modding the game without these.
This video was perfect timing as I am putting the finishing touches on my first pretty decent sized Skyrim mod list of 250 mods. First time modding in animations and an enb (Nat 3) was pretty cool as well!
You should create a wabbajack list or two as a companion for these videos, so noobs can easily get the 'softgaming' skyrim experience without being overwhelmed. I've been avoiding Skyrim VR for awhile because the modding is 'too hard' (i.e. I'm too lazy). The best would be a wabbajack list which keeps the original 'feel' of skyrim (i.e. dark and gloomy, not turned into a bright fairyland) but updated graphics, updated melee combat to make it more accurate, updated ui, etc. In other words, it just updates to 2024 but maintains the skyrimness. The existing wbbajack lists all go too far and make Skyrim ungloomy and bright and have outlandish stuff, such as making the bodies go flying like in a Matrix movie.
my favorite visual mod has to be slightly bigger trees, it's such a simple thing to make the trees about 50% bigger but forests look so much better with it+ it has no performance impact
I had it installed on a couple of play-throughs. It was fun for the first time, the second time its quests became really annoying. Even more annoying was the urge to collect all junk it creates. Uninstalling it was quite a liberating experience for me - you just play your character w/o ever thinking about museum, collections, etc.
I have used it, it's tedious and boring to me. It's adds too much junk too. Removing it from my modlist felt great. I'm sure it's an amazing mod, it wouldn't be so popular if people didn't enjoy it, but it's really not for me. Its comprehensive nature and overwhelming number of addition actually lessen my immersion, and makes Skyrim feel more like a collectible journey than a universe you can live in. It gamifies the collecting too much.
See I didn’t even know that LOTDB added stuff I thought it was just a museum for all the existing things in Skyrim I never had a proper place for. I would have preferred it more that way as well.
Triumvirate - Magic Archetypes Proteus - Huge potential, but I've had terrible luck making it work in my playthroughs. But it has the ability for you to combine several of your characters into one playthrough. So you could have a party of your other characters as followers, then actually switch between them at will and play as them in one playthrough!
A simple mod which pairs very well with any animation mod, called PC Headtracking and Voice. Your dragonborn turns their head automatically to look at whoever is speaking or something interesting rather than standing like a stuffed dummy. The voice part enables them to say general things to others, automatically, such as Good Morning, or May I help you? You can import voices of your choice. It gives my dragonborn her own personality without input from me.
true directional movement is simply the goat for me, the most revolutional mod to ever exist. combine it with true hud and it feels like im playing a different game
Using the Vigilant mod was the playthrough that made me try Dark Souls and I absolutely recommend trying it out. Also install all the update mods for it that gives it voiced lines and better textures.
Another great show case SG. I noticed you skipped NPC replacers, understandably and Environment mods. But they are so subjective, so perhaps a vid for the future :) I think you could have added a skin texture (Tempered Skin) and one of the skill book pick up replacers (Non-Auto Skill Books). One makes the NPCs match the updated looks of new armors and the other helps a lot with late game skill building. Still very subjective though.
Honestly I wish someone ould do something like LAL or Alternate Perspective mixed with dealing with backstories. LAL is my go to cause it gives you a small sliver of backstory but if it could be fleshed out would be awesome.
For those who love immersion I highly recommend Honned metal. Yes you could very well craft atuff yourself but sometimes ita fun to play as a halfwit who can't make enchants or a weakling who cant lift a hammer. Though I want a mod that sets up a time limit on wait and sleep time so your forced to bum around a city while you get your sword sharpened
There's a known bug with SmoothCam 1.7 on the latest AE causing sprint attack camera jitters and FOV issues. How did you (or anyone here) get around this? Are you guys using a backported version of Skyrim?
@@SoftGamingOfficial so this video is your favourite mods of all time, come on how you going to make a video of greatest mods and not include THE best follower mods 😉
Just to add. Better third person selection is not stable. The skse is heavy and unstable, cause freeze every several hours of gameplay. There are lots of people complaining this on the mod forum and discussion. I myself encounter freeze every several hours after using this mod. Another mention is detection meter with similar issue.
these are really cool i would love to get these in my game but i have no idea where to start on how to download these if its not through the creation tab in game im bad with computers tbh lol could you make a vid on how to import some of these mods ? like the ENB visual mod for example
Northern road is old and outdated go for Skyland AIO + Blended roads Vigilant Mod is great but it has about 330k refrences (skyrim engine can handle about 1048576 refrences so only get it on a big playthrough if its a small 50+ modlist always make a new character to try out new land quest mods
How's everybody making their spells look so cool with the runes and stuff? I have yet to find any good mods that enhance the magic visually but I'm also kind of a noob lol
SkyUI and other mods like it aren't working anymore cuz of stupid updates. My anniversary version is the latest which is supposedly stable but it does not support papyrus util / their tweaks , racemenu and many other script based mods.
A mod that was a staple in my LO for a long time was Convenient Horses. I believe there is a newer mod that does the same. As much as I enjoy gameplay, graphics and quests, I find that my personal best mods of all time include mods that protect my companions...for reasons I can agree with most of your list, with one exception. I am one of the few people that are vehemently opposed to SDA Lore reasons. Over-all, a great list 👍
I hate the true directional thing, I feel that locking into targets makes me lose that feel of being in actual control of the character or that need to aim every skill and arrow. But I love the effect that you do everytime you hit someone, that slash with blood when the weapon makes contact with the enemy. Anyone knows the name of that mod?
Improved Camera is amazing, it lets you see your body in first person and stay in first person while using crafting stations, riding your horse, being a werewolf and more. Its in-game menu also lets you edit field of view and a crazy amount of stuff. CFPAO gives you cool new first person animations, Finally New First Person Magic Animations adds.. magic animations hahahah and there are other animation mods out there, but these cover everything if you wanna make things simple :)
Patching Northern roads gave me PTSD
THIS
@@Rookmai This is bad advice especially for new modders first thing you shouldn't be relying on LOOT to sort your load order. Use xedit to find conflicts which is very easy to do then sort manually.
@@kertgp8275brother, I have 2400 plugins, I HAVE to rely on loot for sorting. Besides, it works just fine, only a couple mods require manual sorting in my case.
@@kertgp8275 Works just fine for me on Vortex. Haven't had any issues since Softgaming gave that worldspace changes advice.
@@kertgp8275 That's why I said 'IF' mo2 users can obviously sort manually. But Vortex users can use loot just fine with changes to the mod's load order metadata.
Still here watching skyrim mod videos while i'm not even playing the game anymore.
i'm just preparing for my return😂
its on sale on gog. just bought for pc now. 3rd time owning😀
same here😅
try nolvus, it's great!
Same with me.
Same. 😂
You're not watching it for no reason. You preparing your next return to Skyrim.
I'm finally awake.
You're not wrong. Working on my modlist now
I would argue that Inigo is one of the best follower mods.
Indigo is pretty good
While I agree, if someone were to truly make a video including the best mods of all time, it would probably be over an hour long.
My entire Skyrim game has turned into an endless installation of mods. I don't even play the game itself
Congrats you’ve made the title true Skyrim player 🎉🎉🎉
I’m using the macho dragon and pew effect makes it easier to keep going oh yeah
Modding Skyrim is basically the story of Sisyphus at this point endlessly installing mods for a day that won’t come😂
For anyone having trouble with getting northern roads to work I highly recommend you to try simplest roads. Its a new mod from this year and it will come very close to the northern roads visuals in many areas but is ten times easier to implement even with a large load order since it does not change any meshes or world spaces and basically just applies your dirt texture to the road.
That actually sounds solid. I like Northern Roads add on that removes the ground edits but keeps bridges and nick knacks that were added that don't edit the terrain.
@@TheSixoul If anyone's reading this in the future and searching for this mod, I believe it's "Northern Roads - Let Me Guess, Someone Stole Your Sweetroads."
(That sounds madeup, but I'm pretty sure that's the mod in question. xD)
Alternate Start: Live Another Life, SkyUI, True Directional Movement & Ultrawide fixes for SKSE are 4 mods i can't touch Skyrim without.
Its 2024, Bethesda games need actual Ultrawide support without needed mods.
add JK's Skyrim and I am happy with your list :D
I prefer Alternate Perspective tbh. Seeing a rando in the place of the player character is surreal. It feels like time travel
@@HeldIntegral It's basically like Dark Souls
Love them or hate them, Frostfall and Campfire ought to be included. Inigo too.
omg this guy jus needs to make his modlist a wabbajack list at this point, his gameplay just looks amazing
I'm finishing up my current modlist. Here's hoping I already have all of these mods. Time to watch and find out
You Can't Go Anywhere without These : Address Library , USSEP , SKSE..THE GOATED!!!!
You forgot Papyrus Tweaks, PowerofThree, SPID, BOS, etc - but these were not added on purpose as SG said at the start. But yes, you're right that you can't get far modding the game without these.
Sexlab*
Engine fixes
@@cartuner111whats that?
@@RefRed_King who's gonna tell him?
This video was perfect timing as I am putting the finishing touches on my first pretty decent sized Skyrim mod list of 250 mods. First time modding in animations and an enb (Nat 3) was pretty cool as well!
Inigo and SMIM definitely deserve a spot imo
Oh yeah wow no mention of SMIM. I can't play without SMIM those chains were so hideous
SkyUI is so ubiquitous that I forgot to enable it on my recent install at first because I just remembered that as being the default menu.
It’s very modern but as someone who only plays with controller making the ui so tiny on my 4K tv makes it unusable.
Glad to see Wildcat here. I've tried so many combat overhauls but I always end up going back to Wildcat.
Ordinator not being on here is criminal ngl
iagl
You should create a wabbajack list or two as a companion for these videos, so noobs can easily get the 'softgaming' skyrim experience without being overwhelmed. I've been avoiding Skyrim VR for awhile because the modding is 'too hard' (i.e. I'm too lazy). The best would be a wabbajack list which keeps the original 'feel' of skyrim (i.e. dark and gloomy, not turned into a bright fairyland) but updated graphics, updated melee combat to make it more accurate, updated ui, etc. In other words, it just updates to 2024 but maintains the skyrimness. The existing wbbajack lists all go too far and make Skyrim ungloomy and bright and have outlandish stuff, such as making the bodies go flying like in a Matrix movie.
Still waiting for that juicy Modlist my Good Lord.
my favorite visual mod has to be slightly bigger trees, it's such a simple thing to make the trees about 50% bigger but forests look so much better with it+ it has no performance impact
I cannot emphasize enough how vital and incredible Legacy of the Dragonborn is, no one playing skyrim should ever pass this by.
I've never used it. What makes it so vital? It just seems kind of like a collector's museum but with the chance of getting in the way of other things
I had it installed on a couple of play-throughs. It was fun for the first time, the second time its quests became really annoying. Even more annoying was the urge to collect all junk it creates. Uninstalling it was quite a liberating experience for me - you just play your character w/o ever thinking about museum, collections, etc.
I have used it, it's tedious and boring to me. It's adds too much junk too. Removing it from my modlist felt great. I'm sure it's an amazing mod, it wouldn't be so popular if people didn't enjoy it, but it's really not for me. Its comprehensive nature and overwhelming number of addition actually lessen my immersion, and makes Skyrim feel more like a collectible journey than a universe you can live in. It gamifies the collecting too much.
See I didn’t even know that LOTDB added stuff I thought it was just a museum for all the existing things in Skyrim I never had a proper place for. I would have preferred it more that way as well.
Triumvirate - Magic Archetypes
Proteus - Huge potential, but I've had terrible luck making it work in my playthroughs. But it has the ability for you to combine several of your characters into one playthrough. So you could have a party of your other characters as followers, then actually switch between them at will and play as them in one playthrough!
I am surprised Precision and Inigo weren't mentioned...
A simple mod which pairs very well with any animation mod, called PC Headtracking and Voice. Your dragonborn turns their head automatically to look at whoever is speaking or something interesting rather than standing like a stuffed dummy. The voice part enables them to say general things to others, automatically, such as Good Morning, or May I help you? You can import voices of your choice. It gives my dragonborn her own personality without input from me.
Bro i gave been binge watching your videos they're sooooo good
I think you should add time based scaling. Quite solid.
And add peaceful living too.
Love your videos btw! Your parallax vid got my into modding and I haven't looked back :)
true directional movement is simply the goat for me, the most revolutional mod to ever exist. combine it with true hud and it feels like im playing a different game
Using the Vigilant mod was the playthrough that made me try Dark Souls and I absolutely recommend trying it out.
Also install all the update mods for it that gives it voiced lines and better textures.
Aside from the sewers section and some flashbacks i didn't really like , the mod is fantastic and a must try for every skyrim player
Another great show case SG. I noticed you skipped NPC replacers, understandably and Environment mods. But they are so subjective, so perhaps a vid for the future :)
I think you could have added a skin texture (Tempered Skin) and one of the skill book pick up replacers (Non-Auto Skill Books). One makes the NPCs match the updated looks of new armors and the other helps a lot with late game skill building. Still very subjective though.
youtube recommended decides when my next skyrim phase happens, it would be a real shame to simply ignore it
Honestly I wish someone ould do something like LAL or Alternate Perspective mixed with dealing with backstories. LAL is my go to cause it gives you a small sliver of backstory but if it could be fleshed out would be awesome.
For those who love immersion I highly recommend Honned metal. Yes you could very well craft atuff yourself but sometimes ita fun to play as a halfwit who can't make enchants or a weakling who cant lift a hammer. Though I want a mod that sets up a time limit on wait and sleep time so your forced to bum around a city while you get your sword sharpened
Sorry, do you have an auto install modlist? Because the first person gameplay of the starting 10 seconds looked fucking amazing
YOU HAVE BEST MODS RECOMMENDATIONS
THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I really want to use Experience but it makes my xp bars orange/glitched :( idk how to fix
SKSE, Additional address library. the top two mods in skyrim
Would have included or at least mentioned FSMP under HDT-SMP since it's the direct successor for AE.
I love how I didn’t have a pc but still watch a video about mods I can’t even play 😂😂😂😂
There's a known bug with SmoothCam 1.7 on the latest AE causing sprint attack camera jitters and FOV issues. How did you (or anyone here) get around this? Are you guys using a backported version of Skyrim?
I am using a downgraded version but I'll test it out of the latest version
great vid as always!
What exactly does ENB stand for? I tried to google it but everyone says its just a graphics overhaul program... is it not an acronym for something?
Great picks, brooooo.
anyone know how to stop imperial soldier and named npc to stop leveling with you?
I appreciate you doing these videos man, lots of love from Syria. ❤
Thank you for this!
I’m looking mods like this but for 2011 skyrim and every video on yt is about special edution mods, anyone have the same problem?
No follower mods? No Inigo, Lucien or Xelzas 😢
I'm sorry lol followers really aren't my thing
@@SoftGamingOfficial so this video is your favourite mods of all time, come on how you going to make a video of greatest mods and not include THE best follower mods 😉
Just to add. Better third person selection is not stable. The skse is heavy and unstable, cause freeze every several hours of gameplay. There are lots of people complaining this on the mod forum and discussion. I myself encounter freeze every several hours after using this mod. Another mention is detection meter with similar issue.
Surprised Apocalypse spell pack isnt in there pretty sure its like the goated magic mod
That is a great one 👍
@@SoftGamingOfficial What EMB preset did you use to get the graphics you have?
these are really cool i would love to get these in my game but i have no idea where to start on how to download these if its not through the creation tab in game im bad with computers tbh lol could you make a vid on how to import some of these mods ? like the ENB visual mod for example
Great list! I loved it, I have a question, which mod modifies the compass in the hud? or that one changes with skyUI?
Nordic UI for the visual and compass navigation overhaul
@@SoftGamingOfficial thank you!
Any news on your modlist? Great video as always
Northern road is old and outdated go for Skyland AIO + Blended roads
Vigilant Mod is great but it has about 330k refrences (skyrim engine can handle about 1048576 refrences so only get it on a big playthrough if its a small 50+ modlist
always make a new character to try out new land quest mods
some good choice. no creature mods tho :
Which creature mod would you add? :)
How's everybody making their spells look so cool with the runes and stuff? I have yet to find any good mods that enhance the magic visually but I'm also kind of a noob lol
The runes is from the strange runes mod
@@SoftGamingOfficial thank you dude you're the real mvp 🤘🏻🔥
SkyUI and other mods like it aren't working anymore cuz of stupid updates. My anniversary version is the latest which is supposedly stable but it does not support papyrus util / their tweaks , racemenu and many other script based mods.
A mod that was a staple in my LO for a long time was Convenient Horses. I believe there is a newer mod that does the same. As much as I enjoy gameplay, graphics and quests, I find that my personal best mods of all time include mods that protect my companions...for reasons I can agree with most of your list, with one exception. I am one of the few people that are vehemently opposed to SDA Lore reasons. Over-all, a great list 👍
Hey, Is it possible to download your skyrim folder and install everything?
Is there a mod that i can use with the Standard version? 😢
Tree Mod? Also I saw a comment saying you used NAT 3 in this video. Was it just NAT 3 by itself or was it a preset built for NAT?
I hate the true directional thing, I feel that locking into targets makes me lose that feel of being in actual control of the character or that need to aim every skill and arrow. But I love the effect that you do everytime you hit someone, that slash with blood when the weapon makes contact with the enemy. Anyone knows the name of that mod?
He uses 2 mods for that effect, "dynamic impact" and "separate slash effect x".
@@frog6054 thank you very much!
Great! New mods I can try out. Any suggestions for a better first person view?
Improved Camera is amazing, it lets you see your body in first person and stay in first person while using crafting stations, riding your horse, being a werewolf and more. Its in-game menu also lets you edit field of view and a crazy amount of stuff.
CFPAO gives you cool new first person animations, Finally New First Person Magic Animations adds.. magic animations hahahah and there are other animation mods out there, but these cover everything if you wanna make things simple :)
@@jorgecardoso5863 yoooo thanks a lot I'll definitely check these out
whens that modlist releasing homie? gonna be 2025 soon lol
Inigo?
like this comment if you want softgaming to do a character creation overhaul male and female
Can someone tell me what's the enemy health bar mod he is running?
TrueHUD
@@SoftGamingOfficial thanks
not putting Spellsiphon (one of the best magic gameplay mod) in the magic category
all texture are cool inculte time 11.33
What armor mod are you wearing? The one at 6:23.
Vigilant >>>>>>>>>>>>> LOTD
Always
Hello, what is the armor at 11:11 please
it looks amazing
Wind ruler
I've moved away from ENB for Community shaders.
same here
Nice, what enb is this?
NAT 3
New Zealand?
Yeeep
At this point just play Assassin's creed Odyssey or something lmao
make a best mod creators and
I perfer BS cyrodil as it adds all of cyrodil to skyrim
(Lol ya think its out yet, dw i see promising time out of the charts)
Thomas the tank engine wasn’t mentioned, L list 🤡
this video be so soft bruv
helo i have problems with instaling can you send me discord please i want play skyrim with mods awesome!