Playing Skyrim without mods.

Well, I reformatted my PC a week ago, and was looking to get back into Skyrim, only to discover that my Skyrim directory is a complete mess (I rely on the Nexus Mod Manager to keep track of and update the 50+ mods I play with). Now, without the Nexus Mod Manager, the directory is just a mess of files. In preparation for Dawnguard next month, I'm going to simply redownload Skyrim and replay the game without mods, so that I won't have mods corrupting my save files.

Then again, I did play most of Skyrim without mods (like 85 hours) and found it completely fine. It was only towards the last five hours that I played it that I downloaded many, many mods (that was around the time the Creation Kit came out). I haven't touched Skyrim since.

Your thoughts? Is it worth my effort to rebuild my mod directory? I didn't install very many gameplay mods - most of my mods were texture mods/model replacements, plus a few player-made homes, and some custom clothing.

I personally can't play it without mods, as many of my character builds are centered around certain mods. Not to say the vanilla game was bad, but modded, it's incredibly better

I never disable quick travel. It compresses the game for me.

As for SkyUI, yes, that is a must.

I think you should buy the game..._Judas_

I did. I plan to buy Dawnguard when that's out too.

[QUOTE="_Judas_"]I think you should buy the game...The_Capitalist

I did. I plan to buy Dawnguard when that's out too.

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i think we should do a modding thread as sticky.

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JC_Spot

Strange I had a great time without mods.

This is exactly what I will be doing because I have so many mods that my save got kind of corrupted, so I will be re-installing Skyrim and doing a vanilla playthrough. Gotta get prepared for Dawnguard next month. Although I will be using some mods like SkyUI, Skyrim HD 2k, Quality World Map, but thats probably it. Other than that I'm just going to do a complete vanilla playthrough.

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Pedro

Strange I had a great time without mods.

As did I. Maybe people here are playing a different version of Skyrim?

But yeah the mods are great, I do wish the SKSE wasn't so difficult. So many guides often miss a step, and its supposedly easier to install then the Fallout Script Extenders.

The only way I would play a Bethesda game is without mods. I want the developer's vision, not someone elses.

just delete it and redownload them with the mod manager, skyrim is a game that MUST be played with mods.

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Pedro

Strange I had a great time without mods.

its like everything, a game can be great (skyrim is a good game even vanilla) but mods just enhance that experience, doesn't mean you can't play it without them, but modded skyrim > vanilla skyrim

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Krelian-co

Strange I had a great time without mods.

its like everything, a game can be great (skyrim is a good game even vanilla) but mods just enhance that experience, doesn't mean you can't play it without them, but modded skyrim > vanilla skyrim

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Strange I had a great time without mods.

Starshine_M2A2

its like everything, a game can be great (skyrim is a good game even vanilla) but mods just enhance that experience, doesn't mean you can't play it without them, but modded skyrim > vanilla skyrim

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Strange I had a great time without mods.

Starshine_M2A2

its like everything, a game can be great (skyrim is a good game even vanilla) but mods just enhance that experience, doesn't mean you can't play it without them, but modded skyrim > vanilla skyrim

it cerrtainly wasn't me who said you will have a bad time playing it without mods so why you put words in my mouth?

i said it was better than unmodded skyrim, never said vanilla skyrim was bad, i even said it was good in the post you quoted, and it wasn't me who posted that pic

reading comprehension ftw

reading comprehension ftwKrelian-co

[QUOTE="Krelian-co"]reading comprehension ftwStarshine_M2A2

even another user pointed out how dumb you were with your answers, stop failing please.

Skyrim without mods? what's wrong with you!

I can live without mods, but there are some that do make the game better for me. Enhanced blood textures and Sounds of Skyrim are musts for me.

I can live without mods, but there are some that do make the game better for me. Enhanced blood textures and Sounds of Skyrim are musts for me.

JangoWuzHere

Both very good mods. Magic dueling is a must for me now too

[QUOTE="Starshine_M2A2"][QUOTE="Krelian-co"]reading comprehension ftwKrelian-co

even another user pointed out how dumb you were with your answers, stop failing please.

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[QUOTE="Starshine_M2A2"] If you have problems differentiating between quotes including your own, that's your problem. Perhaps you might want to work on your own comprehension skills...Starshine_M2A2

even another user pointed out how dumb you were with your answers, stop failing please.

you are a scrub who can't even read the name of the poster and confuses me with someone else, then comes with these kind of brain dead answers, yes you are failing very hard, but keep trying though, is it reading the names of the poster too hard for you? no wonder you can't even understand whole posts, too many complicated words for you.

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even another user pointed out how dumb you were with your answers, stop failing please.

Krelian-co

you are a scrub who can't even read the name of the poster and confuses me with someone else, then comes with these kind of brain dead answers, yes you are failing very hard, but keep trying though, is it reading the names of the poster too hard for you? no wonder you can't even understand whole posts, too many complicated words for you.