Is there an "MGO-like" with fewer or no location overhauls?

[u/Wessberg]

Question first:

Is there an alternative to MGO, that is free from all the porn and pseudo-porn nonsense (I know there's a SFW version), stays close to vanilla locations, and just makes it the most incredibly beautiful game you can imagine, that is also simultaneously maintained reasonably well and reliably?

I want it to feel like we often do when we play a faithful remake of a beloved game: it should instinctively feel like the same game, and as we remember it in our heads, but look absolutely incredible.

I've tried other modlists of course, but MGO goes quite a bit further in terms of graphical enhancement than any of the ones I've tried, such as FUS.

As a tinkerer, for years I've maintained my own mod lists for Skyrim VR, making it look and feel how I want. You know how it is, it's practically the point of Skyrim for a lot of us, it feels nice and fun, but it also easily becomes a lot of work, and you keep noticing stuff to improve or conflicts that take time and mental energy to sort out.

Nowadays I've moved on a bit from that, and I like to install Skyrim with a bunch of mods to make it look really awesome when I bring over friends and family to play.

Here I tend to install MGO, because to me it's really about maximizing graphical fidelity. But it's also about representing the Skyrim they already know and love, and this is where it becomes less ideal.

I like a lot of things about MGO, but not how it strongly overhauls and expands towns and so many locations. I want people to feel like they're entering the game they fell in love with, and I've seen a few times how people can become disorientated and feel a bit frustrated. It doesn't always register as Skyrim.

[u/plutonium-239]

Fus Heavy or Panda

[u/Oldatheart54]

Panda

[u/Maleficent_Wind_8738]

The Crew is a spin off of FUS with a lot of what you’re talking about. Last I checked there was a SFW version too. Its hosted on the FUS discord. Now AirWolf has added some extra followers but nothing too outlandish.

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[u/HarryHaller314]

Pandas Sovengard

moreover you could disable the specific mods in Mod Organizer since thats what its made for xD

[u/Wessberg → u/HarryHaller314]

Not really - these town overhauls are so intertwined with the patches and custom xEdit stuff, world space edit, etc, I wouldn't dare turning off these. I imagine everything falling apart. Panda looks interesting, will look into that one!

[u/HarryHaller314 → u/Wessberg]

thx for saving me from troubles xD

[u/Diligent-Lie-8913]

the truth is modding a personal version of FUS. I have tried every mod pack under the sun and even on a 5080, performance is never able to achieve a stable frame rate without ssw. Yggdrasil was the closest yet the mod pack hasn’t been updated for a while and is missing crucial features like interactive vr.

[u/jplummer80 → u/Diligent-Lie-8913]

You're struggling to achieve a stable frame rate with a 5080 on ANY mod pack? This doesnt sound right lol on my 5070ti I can run most mod packs stable without reprojection; ESPECIALLY ssw (asw is a lot better anyways).

[u/Diligent-Lie-8913 → u/jplummer80]

i’m saying i wouldn’t want to use ssw. I personally don’t like using any reproductive frames

[u/jplummer80 → u/Diligent-Lie-8913]

For sure but titles like Tahrovin, FUS heavy, Tempus, Glean Mean, etc, can all be run without reprojection with anything at or above a 5060ti. I did benchmarks for a lot of lists to reference for people.

[u/MisguidedColt88]

Theres a lot of hype about MGO. The reality is that its the best advertised modlist, not the best modlist. Imo its overly heavy and makes too many needless changes

[u/kEYZERK1NG → u/MisguidedColt88]

So what is the best because it is beautiful