Hi, new to this community, and curious about whether some people here are into Skyrim VR modding, and if we can discuss stuff that works, stuff that doesn't, cool mod experiences etc here. It's my main way to play Skyrim these days.

I know it's kind of a niche. Skyrim VR is technically a very old SE that will never be updated and doesn't even support mods officially. Turns out, modding Skyrim VR might be a bit clunky sometimes, but it's also the way to make it remotely modern or immersive (VRIK, HIGGS and related mods are incredible). And thanks to the efforts that went into adapting tools and libraries, most often than not, SE mods work perfectly.

Any experiences to share?

Edit : If there is some interest for it, either from someone already using it or just wondering about what it's like, I can comment with a tour of my favourite VR-oriented or VR-compatible mods.

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[–] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

So I have 2 videos I've uploaded to YouTube "showcasing" the general vibe of my modded setup, so take a look if you wish. I'm using slightly different versions of The Crew VR in each, with roughly 200-300 mods piled on top (basically pushing near the 254 esp limit even with the esl support). This was just for fun and nothing scripted or whatever, just wandering lol.

I've avoided the auto sneak as I try my damnedest to play standing (even after my feet get numb from idling lol), although seated play is okay. I've tinkered with the Mantella stuff in the past as it was included with the Mad God Overhaul, but I'm trying to avoid external AI use. As for lighting, The Crew VR uses Light Placer, but previously used LUX, and still uses LUX Via for the fantastic road additions. Follower wise, I have way too many to count. Some are just plain eye-candy without too much depth, but I have a number that have deep stories and fun adventures attached. Still trying to find Val Serano before my next inevitable CTD or complete restart. I tend to use a lot of Eeekie/ColdSun overhauls, and I have way too many demon followers that I should probably trim back on lol.

Community Shaders is a weird one for me. It usually works really well, and keeps me from having to dip into the ENB drama that seems to follow Boris around, although I've not paid it much attention lately. These was one point where I was using Realm of Lorkhan and CS would have lighting glitches all the time over near the pool, and sometimes elsewhere in the vanilla worldspace too. It is a pretty awesome setup if you don't mess with updating version too much (plus I think the latest CS broke VR compat a little, although maybe that's been fixed by now).

One of these days I hope to mash up Crew and Nordic Adventures as the former has all the fancy PBR stuff, and the latter has a more fantastical worldview and plenty of eye-candy in many forms (although I'll take Something in Between over BD's armors, too scantily clad lol), although I'm also holding out hope for other packs like Panda's Sovngarde and maybe some sort of MGO lite, but that's kinda the niche that my current modpacks handle.

Anywho, videos!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAeVokmjgFw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93RPwfKWAwk