I guess UA-cam has some auto-moderation for "abuse." I'm new to making videos. It's fine if people hate them. I'm just using this channel to learn about video editing and production. I just wanted to mention, I'm not the one removing any comments.
good review bro, been debating to get this... This was very insightful! Subbed! Im not much of a modder myself have played vanilla skyrim 99% of the time... All I really use are creation club mods built in with anniversary edition
I installed Nolvus on my Steam Deck. I use Community Shaders instead of ENB. So far so good. I follow their manual installation. The mod numbers is intimidating but if you know what you are doing, you don't have to install everything, just pick what you need. For the controller, I don't have any issue at all. There is a controller mod made specifically for Nolvus.
Edit: just played fot a bit, the mod is hot garbage very annoying tweaking stuff constantly + settings and asking for help, still more innovative than modern bethesda devs 💀
I'm downloading the redux with my 1080ti atm. I am keeping my expectations low, but I want to try it out because I'm frustrated with modding myself. Thank you for your review. You seem very objective about it. Let's be honest we all want to love this. Maybe it would be better if were 500 instead of 2000+ mods
Well, I'm trying to use constructive criticism. It's not all bad, but most videos greatly misrepresent the modpack. I'm just an average person. I think my experiences are somewhat representative of that. People need that context.
I found your review very helpful all I need is graphical fluff so to speak I have everything else so I'm looking for something to really generate that photorealism I got mods that are not included and some that are on mod list like added effects for spells and enchantments blood and gore even dismemberment I can't tell you how nice it is when you hit someone with lightning and they spazz or start steaming even get ionized burning results in a pile of ash or a charred corpse ice well literally let's you freeze them and then shatter them
glad I found this video I knew the modpack was too good to be perfect, nice to see not just the creator trailers. Anyway I have a few questions, 1. disregarding hardware requirements, do you find the current build mostly playable? 2. if the technical problems (eg: textures, combat glitches, t-pose, skyshard,) were worked out, would you play it? 3. do you find that in the scenario of this mod having no problems would you play it? would you make changes? and lastly my most specific question 5. you mention spells being “essential” for builds. So can you multiclass ( main a fighter and use spells too)? 5.2 you mention spells being required for fast travel, so i cant fast travel normally as a sword and board character !?!? 6. any other comments?………….. sorry for being long winded, i’m just very interested in this game and since you’ve actually played played the pack I would like to hear your insights!! thank you!!
1. It ran fine for the first 20 hours. 2. If the technical issues were less frequent, I'd be happy. I would be more likely to mess with it. 3. If I had no issues, I may even prefer this modpack over vanilla. Keyboard and mouse in 3rd person makes the game a little too awkward for me, and would be my one personal complaint. 4. As for changes, proper dodging in first person would help a lot. 5. Ordinator let's you master all skills like vanilla Skyrim. There aren't any true classes. It takes tons of time to level a skill with perk points, so you have to specialize. I played with fast travel disabled, so I needed spells for it. I'm sorry that wasn't totally clear. Magic in Nolvus is so Overpowered it's hard to not use it. It's not balanced, imo. Why use an iron sword when you can summon your own bound mystic sword that's more powerful? It's that kind of issue. I think the install process is a big hassle. It took me a couple of days. I'm just warning you.
@@Ribbert2099 I don't care for Ordianator, and prefer Simonrim's Adamant perk system better as it is more balanced. Nolvus, is supposed to be power fantasy but I don't feel that way with the Ordiantor or the Standing Stone Overhaul. I would like Nolvus a lot better if it ditched Ordinator and other mods that work with it.
@@abrahambobst4602 I'd be happy if they had mods that were all more compatible. If Simonrim's Adamant perk system was more compatible, then I'd prefer it.
I have a RTX 3080 12 gb card... and the ModPack started off great, but seems to be falling apart the more I play. A lot of the combat feels clunky, and had me going constantly into the mod settings to adjust the freecam mod they use that adds this overly floaty camera system. Another thing is to turn off the reshade crap. (default was 'Del' key to turn it on/off) it tanks your framterate and looks terrible to boot. The overhaul of the trees is a bit overkill too, it looks great in some places, but other places there is just WAY too many trees, you can't even see the sky half the time you're outdoors. And all the females look like goofy Barbie dolls that dont fit the aesthetic of the rest of the game. The description of the mod being some amazing graphical overhaul is mostly subjective. Their custom installer needs way more options as you go - like - give me the vanilla skybox, and it should also show simple picture comparisons of what the options will change (simple picture showing what the different LOD distance look, and what Global illumination does, and its performance cost). Also: I installed it a few weeks ago, and a couple of the links to mods are dead, so as you install it, you also have to manually google and hunt down the missing mods to finish the install. But, like the video said, its a guarantee that if you plan on playing Skyrim with this, your game will fall apart and die, and crash the more you play. But at least it got me into Modding Skyrim, and I do enjoy the mods that increase the LODS at a distance, makes the game world way more immersive. The only upside is it does have a ton of extra content, like new voiced NPC's and companions, and dungeons and areas. MY plan is to finish the DragonBorn DLC since i never played it vanilla, or ever really, and when im done that, I''ll just start fresh with a vanilla install and only add in things I want.
I haven't tried it on anything lower end than a RX 5700XT + R5 5600X and performance was still ok - the online install guide has a detailed "requirements" section & the installer is SUPER comprehensive as well allowing it work with a fairly wide range of systems: Redux has it set to "GPU : Minimum : GTX 1080 - Recommended : RTX 2070" 1080 to 2070 is a 14% difference and a 5700XT is about on par with a 2070 so that seems accurate. If you are going to argue it doesn't run well on a midrange PC today but you have something older than Skylake/an older i7 or a Ryzen 1600x/2600x/3100/3300x (effectively low end now) and aren't actually using a midrange GPU when a midrange budget RX 6750XT & RTX 3060 Ti has near parity with an RTX 2080 Ti make sure you're using the right settings & an SSD, or realize you're complaining about performance on what is actually a low end system in 2023. Your i5 6500 prebuilt with a GTX 1060 isn't really going to cut it, and neither would the GTX 1080 on the "Ultra Variant" presets or even the Redux version on an HDD. There's no getting around the outlined requirements that were CLEARLY STATED. This also goes for your complaints about the NSFW version - the installer offers a SFW version but isn't "advertised" as one, and while the target audience is adult that audience doesn't have to pay a dime -- IT'S DONATIONS ONLY. Trust me when I say from two angles of personal experience: as a modder I have put a ton of work into getting my Fallout 4 load order to work with 366 mods, and as someone who has tried modding Skyrim myself and then installed 8 other mod lists & can attest to this being one of the best if not the best list I've tried. It's next gen graphical fidelity is pretty much perfect, the enhanced gameplay makes it feel modern and polished - unlike other lists where it can be kinda clunky or confusing, or dealing with bugs this feels like it was remastered, or new a game. There are two other lists I really like but one of them had game breaking bugs after a couple hundred hours of play time and both had small graphical inconsistencies while Nolvus has looked and played amazingly well. What a surprise it is to go to sleep and have "dreams" where you wake up a werebear and everyone goes agro cause "LOOK IT'S A BEAR WHERE TF DID THAT COME FROM!" I've had FUN.
I'm not trying to be super negative, but providing my anecdotal experience. I'm just an average person. The amount of time it takes to install the mod pack, is my main issue. It seems bad that you have to give Nexus money for a premium account to get around that problem. Nexus did ban the Nolvus auto-installer after all.
@@Ribbert2099 True but nexus is also a great platform tbh. Don't see a problem in buying a month of premium. Just unsub instantly! Not like my ****ing audible subscription that I didn't even know I had lol
Think it's crazy to complain about breaking a modpack by modifying it, why include that in your review? If you want to modify it and have the issues be on the responsibility of the modpack creator, then make your own modpack.
Not a review, just low effort rambling. Please just stop. By all means, I’m not trying to be rude for no reason, but the modders and people that put together this collection put in actual effort and work to make this happen. You don’t have to give it a positive review, but they deserve better than this.
@@Ribbert2099 that’s not the point. I was looking for someone actually reviewing it. Not shilling it is not the same as it being unbiased, critical or even worth watching. Like I said, regardless of the verdict, 10s of thousands of combined working hours went into this collection. Doesn’t mean that you should dickride them. But it should mean that you actually bother with your assessment of the collection if you wanna call it a review. The thoughtless rambling is the issue, not your personal recommendation. Lots of whining, no substance, no sense whatsoever of even trying.
I mentioned the technical issues I had. I explained the controls a little bit. I listed mods that had the most impact on combat, mostly TDM and Ordinator. Mentioning gameplay and technical issues is just rambling, I guess.
@@Ribbert2099 your video is just rambling. It’s certainly far from what constitutes a review. Once again, you can either take the feedback or continue to contribute nothing. In the latter case, save yourself and everyone the time, and simply stop uploading stuff like this. Mentioning technical issues and (poorly) explaining arbitrary individual mods is not something you can just pretend elevates your video in any way. In a proper version of this video, yes, it would be expected. But there’s degrees of quality to this. Yours is still just as much rambling as anything else in the video. Seriously consider: exposition, context and structure. A beyond just surface level of understanding how this collection works and what it changes would be nice. And when talking about issues, complaining about something not being foolproof is just an invitation for mockery. At the very least do the research and convey if the issues you have a reported elsewhere a lot.
@@SHODAN-TriOptimum Your "feedback" doesn't mention anything about my video at all. Just calling me dumb is not a critique. You could label anything as incoherent rambling, and you are the one complaining I'm not being specific.
I guess UA-cam has some auto-moderation for "abuse." I'm new to making videos. It's fine if people hate them. I'm just using this channel to learn about video editing and production. I just wanted to mention, I'm not the one removing any comments.
good review bro, been debating to get this... This was very insightful! Subbed! Im not much of a modder myself have played vanilla skyrim 99% of the time... All I really use are creation club mods built in with anniversary edition
I installed Nolvus on my Steam Deck. I use Community Shaders instead of ENB. So far so good. I follow their manual installation. The mod numbers is intimidating but if you know what you are doing, you don't have to install everything, just pick what you need.
For the controller, I don't have any issue at all. There is a controller mod made specifically for Nolvus.
Edit: just played fot a bit, the mod is hot garbage very annoying tweaking stuff constantly + settings and asking for help, still more innovative than modern bethesda devs 💀
14:00 all facts... absolutely ridiculous bro... fr Sir Froggie, its overrated af. I was so hyped to try it out 😢
the ribbit frog on the left is cute haha i love the approach
I'm downloading the redux with my 1080ti atm. I am keeping my expectations low, but I want to try it out because I'm frustrated with modding myself. Thank you for your review. You seem very objective about it. Let's be honest we all want to love this. Maybe it would be better if were 500 instead of 2000+ mods
At least I found one negative review for Nolvus
Well, I'm trying to use constructive criticism. It's not all bad, but most videos greatly misrepresent the modpack. I'm just an average person. I think my experiences are somewhat representative of that. People need that context.
Thank you for this!
I found your review very helpful all I need is graphical fluff so to speak I have everything else so I'm looking for something to really generate that photorealism I got mods that are not included and some that are on mod list like added effects for spells and enchantments blood and gore even dismemberment I can't tell you how nice it is when you hit someone with lightning and they spazz or start steaming even get ionized burning results in a pile of ash or a charred corpse ice well literally let's you freeze them and then shatter them
glad I found this video I knew the modpack was too good to be perfect, nice to see not just the creator trailers. Anyway I have a few questions, 1. disregarding hardware requirements, do you find the current build mostly playable? 2. if the technical problems (eg: textures, combat glitches, t-pose, skyshard,) were worked out, would you play it? 3. do you find that in the scenario of this mod having no problems would you play it? would you make changes? and lastly my most specific question 5. you mention spells being “essential” for builds. So can you multiclass ( main a fighter and use spells too)? 5.2 you mention spells being required for fast travel, so i cant fast travel normally as a sword and board character !?!? 6. any other comments?………….. sorry for being long winded, i’m just very interested in this game and since you’ve actually played played the pack I would like to hear your insights!! thank you!!
1. It ran fine for the first 20 hours.
2. If the technical issues were less frequent, I'd be happy. I would be more likely to mess with it.
3. If I had no issues, I may even prefer this modpack over vanilla. Keyboard and mouse in 3rd person makes the game a little too awkward for me, and would be my one personal complaint.
4. As for changes, proper dodging in first person would help a lot.
5. Ordinator let's you master all skills like vanilla Skyrim. There aren't any true classes. It takes tons of time to level a skill with perk points, so you have to specialize.
I played with fast travel disabled, so I needed spells for it. I'm sorry that wasn't totally clear. Magic in Nolvus is so Overpowered it's hard to not use it. It's not balanced, imo. Why use an iron sword when you can summon your own bound mystic sword that's more powerful? It's that kind of issue.
I think the install process is a big hassle. It took me a couple of days. I'm just warning you.
@@Ribbert2099 I don't care for Ordianator, and prefer Simonrim's Adamant perk system better as it is more balanced. Nolvus, is supposed to be power fantasy but I don't feel that way with the Ordiantor or the Standing Stone Overhaul. I would like Nolvus a lot better if it ditched Ordinator and other mods that work with it.
@@abrahambobst4602 I'd be happy if they had mods that were all more compatible. If Simonrim's Adamant perk system was more compatible, then I'd prefer it.
I have a RTX 3080 12 gb card... and the ModPack started off great, but seems to be falling apart the more I play. A lot of the combat feels clunky, and had me going constantly into the mod settings to adjust the freecam mod they use that adds this overly floaty camera system. Another thing is to turn off the reshade crap. (default was 'Del' key to turn it on/off) it tanks your framterate and looks terrible to boot.
The overhaul of the trees is a bit overkill too, it looks great in some places, but other places there is just WAY too many trees, you can't even see the sky half the time you're outdoors. And all the females look like goofy Barbie dolls that dont fit the aesthetic of the rest of the game. The description of the mod being some amazing graphical overhaul is mostly subjective. Their custom installer needs way more options as you go - like - give me the vanilla skybox, and it should also show simple picture comparisons of what the options will change (simple picture showing what the different LOD distance look, and what Global illumination does, and its performance cost).
Also: I installed it a few weeks ago, and a couple of the links to mods are dead, so as you install it, you also have to manually google and hunt down the missing mods to finish the install.
But, like the video said, its a guarantee that if you plan on playing Skyrim with this, your game will fall apart and die, and crash the more you play. But at least it got me into Modding Skyrim, and I do enjoy the mods that increase the LODS at a distance, makes the game world way more immersive. The only upside is it does have a ton of extra content, like new voiced NPC's and companions, and dungeons and areas. MY plan is to finish the DragonBorn DLC since i never played it vanilla, or ever really, and when im done that, I''ll just start fresh with a vanilla install and only add in things I want.
I haven't started playing yet but I already agree. More options less mods would be great. The Barbie dolls made me chuckle :)
I haven't tried it on anything lower end than a RX 5700XT + R5 5600X and performance was still ok - the online install guide has a detailed "requirements" section & the installer is SUPER comprehensive as well allowing it work with a fairly wide range of systems: Redux has it set to "GPU : Minimum : GTX 1080 - Recommended : RTX 2070" 1080 to 2070 is a 14% difference and a 5700XT is about on par with a 2070 so that seems accurate. If you are going to argue it doesn't run well on a midrange PC today but you have something older than Skylake/an older i7 or a Ryzen 1600x/2600x/3100/3300x (effectively low end now) and aren't actually using a midrange GPU when a midrange budget RX 6750XT & RTX 3060 Ti has near parity with an RTX 2080 Ti make sure you're using the right settings & an SSD, or realize you're complaining about performance on what is actually a low end system in 2023. Your i5 6500 prebuilt with a GTX 1060 isn't really going to cut it, and neither would the GTX 1080 on the "Ultra Variant" presets or even the Redux version on an HDD. There's no getting around the outlined requirements that were CLEARLY STATED.
This also goes for your complaints about the NSFW version - the installer offers a SFW version but isn't "advertised" as one, and while the target audience is adult that audience doesn't have to pay a dime -- IT'S DONATIONS ONLY. Trust me when I say from two angles of personal experience: as a modder I have put a ton of work into getting my Fallout 4 load order to work with 366 mods, and as someone who has tried modding Skyrim myself and then installed 8 other mod lists & can attest to this being one of the best if not the best list I've tried. It's next gen graphical fidelity is pretty much perfect, the enhanced gameplay makes it feel modern and polished - unlike other lists where it can be kinda clunky or confusing, or dealing with bugs this feels like it was remastered, or new a game. There are two other lists I really like but one of them had game breaking bugs after a couple hundred hours of play time and both had small graphical inconsistencies while Nolvus has looked and played amazingly well.
What a surprise it is to go to sleep and have "dreams" where you wake up a werebear and everyone goes agro cause "LOOK IT'S A BEAR WHERE TF DID THAT COME FROM!" I've had FUN.
I'm not trying to be super negative, but providing my anecdotal experience. I'm just an average person. The amount of time it takes to install the mod pack, is my main issue. It seems bad that you have to give Nexus money for a premium account to get around that problem. Nexus did ban the Nolvus auto-installer after all.
@@Ribbert2099 True but nexus is also a great platform tbh. Don't see a problem in buying a month of premium. Just unsub instantly! Not like my ****ing audible subscription that I didn't even know I had lol
I dont like the tv being in the way ❤
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Think it's crazy to complain about breaking a modpack by modifying it, why include that in your review? If you want to modify it and have the issues be on the responsibility of the modpack creator, then make your own modpack.
I didn't modify it.
nolvus was so had that let bro sad
Not a review, just low effort rambling. Please just stop.
By all means, I’m not trying to be rude for no reason, but the modders and people that put together this collection put in actual effort and work to make this happen. You don’t have to give it a positive review, but they deserve better than this.
Most of the reviews I end up seeing are just trailers. Especially the ones promoted on the discord, which is totally intellectually dishonest.
@@Ribbert2099 that’s not the point. I was looking for someone actually reviewing it. Not shilling it is not the same as it being unbiased, critical or even worth watching.
Like I said, regardless of the verdict, 10s of thousands of combined working hours went into this collection. Doesn’t mean that you should dickride them. But it should mean that you actually bother with your assessment of the collection if you wanna call it a review. The thoughtless rambling is the issue, not your personal recommendation.
Lots of whining, no substance, no sense whatsoever of even trying.
I mentioned the technical issues I had. I explained the controls a little bit. I listed mods that had the most impact on combat, mostly TDM and Ordinator. Mentioning gameplay and technical issues is just rambling, I guess.
@@Ribbert2099 your video is just rambling. It’s certainly far from what constitutes a review. Once again, you can either take the feedback or continue to contribute nothing. In the latter case, save yourself and everyone the time, and simply stop uploading stuff like this.
Mentioning technical issues and (poorly) explaining arbitrary individual mods is not something you can just pretend elevates your video in any way. In a proper version of this video, yes, it would be expected. But there’s degrees of quality to this. Yours is still just as much rambling as anything else in the video.
Seriously consider: exposition, context and structure.
A beyond just surface level of understanding how this collection works and what it changes would be nice.
And when talking about issues, complaining about something not being foolproof is just an invitation for mockery. At the very least do the research and convey if the issues you have a reported elsewhere a lot.
@@SHODAN-TriOptimum Your "feedback" doesn't mention anything about my video at all. Just calling me dumb is not a critique. You could label anything as incoherent rambling, and you are the one complaining I'm not being specific.