I was gaping at how smooth Oblivion was, and how it still looked awesome (Not 360 awesome, that kills my comp
), so I decided to make a screenshot thread and screenshot guide (sort of.)
Mods I recommend to make the best screenshots:
Actors in Charge
http://www.tessource.net/files/file.php?id=6239
This is ideal for making staged screenshots. It gives you an item called Actor's Ball, and a spell called Director's Touch. Clicking Actor's Ball will allow your character to play an animation (attack, swim, read book), and Director's Touch can be used to make an NPC do an animation (including hidden ones).
Actors in Madness (Requires Shivering Isles Expansion)
http://www.tessource.net/files/file.php?id=10150
An expansion to Actors in Charge, it adds Touch of Madness and something like Ball of Madness. These two allow either your Player or any NPC to play out a Shivering Isles animation.
Toaster Says Share
http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/V ... ail&id=543
This is a mod that allows you to recruit anybody in the game, as long as they have a high disposition towards you. You can tell them to follow, wait, meet you somewhere, give you their stats, and dismiss them. This is good for placing people where you want them to be.
All Armor from Oblivion and SI playable
http://www.tessource.net/files/file.php?id=10785
All armor from Oblivion and the Expansion are playable. There's also one that just enables the Oblivion ones, which should be used by those who don't have the expansion. Just search All Armor in TESSOURCE.
Chargen Amulet
http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/V ... ail&id=444
The amulet can be found just outside of the beginning sewers, around the gate. Equipping this allows you to change your race, class, birthsign, or reset back to lvl 1.
Mart's Monster Mod
http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/V ... il&id=1757
One of the best leveled list revamps out there. It adds a ton of new monsters, and works with Oscuro's, Francesco's, and so on. Can really help you if you want random encounter screenies.
Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul
http://jorgeoscuro.googlepages.com/
An overhaul that works with Mart's Monster Mod. Better for gameplay.
Modular Oblivion Enhanced
http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/V ... il&id=2000
Good mod that adds a ton of features.
Fatality Cam
http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/V ... ail&id=416
The death camera is set to 5 minutes instead of 3 seconds, allowing you to enjoy the ragdoll effects.
There was another mod that removes the camera delay and swing so that it directly follows behind the player. However, that's optional.
Of course, I highly recommend using your favorite custom race and items mods. Adds more variety to the screenshots.
Here's some tips:
These commands would further increase the control over your screenshot.
player.createfullactorcopy - Creates a full copy of your player. Removing "player." will duplicate an NPC that you have selected in the console.
tm - Turns menus off so they don't block your Screenshot.
setpcfame 1000000 - modifies your fame.
player.setav "insert skill/attribute name without the quotes" "insert skill/stat level without quotes" - Allows you to adjust any skill or stat to the desired number. remove "player." to set the stat/skill of the selected person in the console.
tfc Free flying camera. Only works well when you are in third person. Activating this command in 1st person will only display your arms.
setactorfullname "John Doe" clicking on a person in the console, typing this command in (the name is the words inside the quote" will change the person's name.
tai Freezes the AI of the entire game or just one person, depending if you clicked on someone or not.
Making a good Screenshot:
Use all of the recommended mods for best results.
1. Find a good place to make your screenshot.
2. Figure out who you want to put into the screenshot. Find them, copy them using createfullactorcopy, and using Toaster says share, recruit them. Remember to up their disposition. You can also do player.createfullactorcopy to make clones of yourself. You could have a very diverse screenshot by using the Chargen amulet to create a different persona, and clone them once, so you might have a shriveled up red nord, a white Dark elf with neon green hair, and so on, in the same screenshot.
3. You can also find items to dress them up in. I outfitted legion soldiers with assorted weapons and stuff like that.
4. You can use the Actors mods to put them in a comprising position, and freeze each of them with tai. The other way is to tell them to follow you, or maybe tell them to attack or meet up with you somewhere else using Toaster says share. The latter option will put a more natural feel.
5. All you need to do after that is take the screenshot!
I hope it didn't bore you to death. I'll be posting screenies up to show you what I mean.
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But yea still try I'm sure it will look nice
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