Skyrim - Real Estate

[PanzersEast]

Does Lanterns of Skyrim do what it sounds like it does?

It adds lanterns to Skyrim to make it more atmospheric...

This mod adds lanterns to main roads, villages, towns and settlements. To avoid immersion breaking I haven't placed tons of lanterns like "Christmas holidays lighting" in villages or like "Highways lighting" for main roads; way far from it.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/18916

[PanzersEast]

A couple of mods I have yet to test are

Immersive Patrols
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/12977

WarZones
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9494

Sleeping - Fast Travel - Waiting - Walking Dangers and Increased Spawns- Sands of Time
*REQUIRES DAWNGUARD
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/12452

DFB - Random Encounters
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/11836
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/32394

WTF - Random Encounter Zones
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/28761

OBIS - Organized Bandits In Skyrim
http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/31264

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Realistic Needs and Diseases
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/26228

More Village Animals
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8565



Some others I have installed but did not mention:
-Whiterun Market
-Snowbound Acres
-Dawnstar Expanded
-Nernies City and Villages Expansion
-Morthal's Ghastly Mine

PE

[Gusington]

Hmm not sure if I love or hate that lantern idea :)

[PanzersEast]

Two mods I have settled on for testing together after reading through the documentation are:

Immersive Patrols
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/12977

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OBIS - Organized Bandits In Skyrim
http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/31264


I have to scroll for days to go through all my stuff  ;)  Can't pack enough immersion in!

I believe the two above mods should work together and give the same effect as the other mods and give it the random battles and patrols that will help populate skyrim and make travel a interesting ordeal.  I read that Warzones still has a lot of bugs and the two mods above appear to be light-weight in terms of footprint to the game.  Sands of Time looks very interesting, however I do not own the DLC needed (will purchase the next sale).  The other two appear to be ok, but it appears the two mods above take care of the same thing.

PE



One more...

I have this in the waiting bin and going to install as well....

Travellers of Skyrim
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/15501#content

[PanzersEast]

One mod I have found really useful without cheating is the Bandolier - Bags and Pouches http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/16438 ... really cool mod that will extend your carry weight capacity and also see it visually.

PE

[Gusington]

Thanks PE...you are a modgician...TEEHEE

[panzerde]

I had a lot (read save corrupting) problems with Warzones.  It also tended to bring my game to a crawl.

[Kushan]

Immersive Patrols
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/12977

WarZones
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9494

I used to use WarZones, but haven't installed it for my last 2-43 play throughs. I found a lot of the battles to be very inconveniently placed when I was in the mood to just quest and not participate in them. Its really fun when you combine it with the Ultimate Follower Overhaul and Convenient Horses mods, its about the closest I've been able to come to Mount and Blade in Skyrim.

Immersive patrols is also really good. It's battles feels more dynamic then WarZones, but battles are more infrequent since they only occur when two patrols of opposing factions meet. They also attack the bandit/necromancer forts, which is something WarZones doesn't do. Either way, you can't go wrong with playing with either of them, and their compatible if you want to try both.