Does anyone know of a "Detailed Skyrim" that doesn't go overboard?

[Vitalius]

Hi guys,

So I installed all of the "Towns and Villages Enhanced" series of mods for Skyrim. Including Outskirts and such. They were beautiful, but that much stuff made my game jittery. I assume it is the game trying to keep up with so many objects and failing, or wtv. 

It even did it in inns. Which... confuses me. 

PC Specs:

R9 290X
i5 3570k
32GB of RAM. 

... So I doubt it's a hardware problem. 

Anyway, I uninstalled all the "Detailed/Outskirts" type of mods and everything is fine now. No more jitters. But at the same time, default Skyrim and it's cities are very empty. Now, to my question, does anyone know of a mod that adds more detail to Skyrim, but in a more conservative fashion? 

Like... "Towns and Villages Enhanced" adds TONS of stuff to everything. I don't need that much. But without it, it's empty. Is there a balanced mod out there? Something that adds stuff but does so with FPS/Memory/Game Engine in mind? 

Any help is appreciated. 

Thanks,
Vitalius

[AlwaysFSX]

Skyrim never was made right for pcs in the first place.. Might also just be a micro suttering problem with your gpu too

[Vitalius]

Skyrim never was made right for pcs in the first place.. Might also just be a micro suttering problem with your gpu too

Removing the mods fixes the problem. I doubt it's a hardware problem since that is true. And I don't mean "remove all mods", but "remove those specific mods that add detail to everything".

The only hardware thing that could cause that, I think, is VRAM (such as it being bad), but even with these mods, Skyrim barely uses 1.4GB of VRAM at what I play at (2xAA, FXAA, Ultra everything, 1080p). The 290X has 4GB. 

I could be wrong, but I tested it. I agree about Skyrim for PC though.

[helping]

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[Hirad123]

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[SynapseBreak]

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[IlDuceSaint]

upload a video of your gameplay, i want to see all those mods in action, if you can.

[beebskadoo]

One thing you can try is re textures. Clothing and weapons re textures are a must. You can go deeper too and do potions and scrolls and miscellaneous items too.

[beebskadoo]

Logan from teksyndicate has a guide (I Don't have the time to find it) But he gives a list of the 100+ mods that he uses, that should be a good place to start.

[Vitalius]

upload a video of your gameplay, i want to see all those mods in action, if you can.

I'll try that tomorrow. 

Here are some screenshots:

These aren't of the cities.

 

 

Logan from teksyndicate has a guide (I Don't have the time to find it) But he gives a list of the 100+ mods that he uses, that should be a good place to start.

I completely forgot about that. Thanks.

[joelthezombie15]

I use that mod on my 5850 and i know what you mean. I found a GPU boost mod and a Memory mod and both of those help A LOT. It could just be me but i think they should help. 

 

Also, this will help aswell.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4rBkV-vRpY

[IlDuceSaint]

you can use this mod, to make skyrim more wow, more eyegasm, i don't know if you know it, or you already have installed but, take a look to this http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30936/?

[joelthezombie15]

you can use this mod, to make skyrim more wow, more eyegasm, i don't know if you know it, or you already have installed but, take a look to this http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30936/?

wont work for me.

[Drunken Savior]

Watch Gopher's Beginner's Guide to Modding Skyrim and skip ahead to Video 6 ('Water') if you're familiar with NMM, BOSS, TES5Edit, and installing mods in general.

He also does a series on different mods in Skyrim (Skyrim Mod Sanctuary) that goes over many of the best mods in the game.

 

I use Expanded Towns and Cities, maybe that one would work for you.

[Vitalius]

Watch Gopher's Beginner's Guide to Modding Skyrim and skip ahead to Video 6 ('Water') if you're familiar with NMM, BOSS, TES5Edit, and installing mods in general.

He also does a series on different mods in Skyrim (Skyrim Mod Sanctuary) that goes over many of the best mods in the game.

 

I use Expanded Towns and Cities, maybe that one would work for you.

I think my actual problem is that I'm using Steam Workshop...

I've got NMM installed now and I uninstalled every mod from Steam. 

Here we go, let's see how this turns out. Thanks for the awesome links.

[Drunken Savior]

I wouldn't think that would be the problem.  But then again, I've never used Steam Workshop, so let us know if using NMM fixes the problem.

[Vitalius]

I wouldn't think that would be the problem.  But then again, I've never used Steam Workshop, so let us know if using NMM fixes the problem.

So far, it has. 

I've got a ton more stuff installed (the mods folder is around 4.8GB) and I'm not even getting hiccups. And my Grid is set to 7. Whereas, even setting my other one to 5 wouldn't fix the problem. 

If you look under "Description" of this mod, you will see a list of mods he recommends to get his visuals. I have 90% of them installed. No hiccups. Still rocking 60FPS. 

I'll add the expanded towns and cities to the list tomorrow (I'm at work, going to sleep immediately after). If they are compatible with all those other mods. The game is beautiful now. The cookie cutter plants and empty spaces are filled with unique plants everywhere. It's so great.