rootsrat Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Hi guys. I am finishing off my base Skyrim installatio in next couple of days and I cannot decide which lighting mod and/or ENB to go with. I am aware of the official STEP lighting solution thread, however I also realise that it's looked at mainly from STEP mandate point of view, which is not my goal really. In my previous playthroughs I was using either Enchanced Shadows + Project ENB or Climates of Tamriel + Project ENB or Climates of Tamriel on it's own. I know there are some more solutions available now, like RCRN, ELFX etc. So I wanted to ask you guys which one(s) are you using and why if possible please? I basically would like to achieve bit more saturated colours, dark nights & dungeons, but I don't want over the top bloom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MontyMM Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 ELFX The Wilds 3.0 ENB - dark interiors and dark nights (but with the bloom.fx file from The Goddess ENB, and some tweaking of brightness in the ENB gui) Further Dark Dungeons for ENB I'm still tweaking, but I'm really enjoying what I have with just those. Certainly boosts vibrancy and provides atmospheric interiors. I find the bloom at an acceptable level, and a greatly improved image quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamImm Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Realistic Lighting Overhaul with Skyrealism Vanilla. Also use Climates of Tamriel weathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besidilo Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 SkyRealism Cinematic CoT 2.1 (3.0 is cooking to be the best revision so far, fully compatible with RLO and ELFX) RLO 4.0 Might test ELFX with the above soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsgc Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Realistic Lighting Overhaul with RLwC 3.5 weathers and custom SkyRealism config (from TheCompiler's RCRN Plus). But SkyRealism Vanilla is my second choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootsrat Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 I can see a pattern emerging there... Keep'em coming :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechAngel85 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 SkyRealism Cinematic RLO 4.0 RLwC 3.5 weathers (might add in CoT...I'm waiting for RLO weathers before I decide) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toshaka Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 SkyRealism Cinematic RLO 4.0 + RLwC 3.5 weathers for RLO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torminater Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Skyrealism Vanilla, COT, RLO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechAngel85 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Skyrealism Vanilla' date=' COT, RLO.[/quote']The Vanilla preset was provide as mainly a starting point for those who would like to create their own custom preset. With that said, a lot of modders have used it because it sticks to vanilla lighting with the advantages of the other ENB features. If we ever recommend an ENB for STEP, this would probably be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootsrat Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Skyrealism Vanilla' date=' COT' date=' RLO.[/quote'']The Vanilla preset was provide as mainly a starting point for those who would like to create their own custom preset. With that said, a lot of modders have used it because it sticks to vanilla lighting with the advantages of the other ENB features. If we ever recommend an ENB for STEP, this would probably be it.This is very useful tip, as I like to play with ENB settings a lot to create something I would really enjoy. Decided to go for RLO, Skyrealism Vanilla and CoT weathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besidilo Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 techangel, you should have told them to use the Cinematic preset, which is technically better. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechAngel85 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Cinematic is better and that's what I use. I was only echoing MT's explanation of why he included a Vanilla preset that doesn't alter the vanilla colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootsrat Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 In terms of "better" or "worse" ENB preset I tink there is no telling, as it's the matter of personal taste and preference I think :) I installed RLO with it's legacy weathers (wasn't sure whether I'm supposed to install CoT Dawnguard patch if I wanted to use weathers only...) and SkyRealism Cinematic, and I didn't like the letterbox, so changed to Vibrtant. I didn't do much testing (it was late and Mrs Rootsrat was calling me to bed ;) ), but from what I could gather, Cinematic has much better saturation and colour profile, true. But I am not a fan of a letterbox at all... Vibrant is not so bad, but a bit dull I think. I couldn't see anything "vibrant" about it to be honest. Will do more testing today and check other presets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toshaka Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Just add // infront of #define ENABLE_LETTERBOX_BARS in enbeffect.fx and gone is the letterbox bars for cinematic. I use it like that, so do many people :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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