Thanks to the great efforts of modders, Skyrim continues to surprise us despite its age. Even visually, it can still compete with many much newer titles.
We will be highlighting some creations from a team of modders called doodlez. She’s very active in Skyrim and gives Bethesda’s masterpiece a little next-gen touch that Cyberpunk 2077 wouldn’t deny.
Despite its age, Skyrim is still in top shape
In 2011, Bethesda would shake up the once small universe of open-world RPGs with Skyrim. An absolutely fantastic sandbox that offers players a freedom that was rare at the time. Of course, if the basic formula in itself was already excellent, it is thanks to the deep love of the modders that the game remains a reference even today. As we write this, there is an absolutely gigantic amount of over 60,000 mods on the Nexus Special Edition Mods page! Together with the base version of the game, it is the most modded title in the world.
In the last few days, a number of graphic mods in particular have attracted the community’s attention. This comes to us from the doodlez team. The team first became known in 2011 Light limitation correction. This mod allowed you to add infinite light sources to the game to achieve the most dazzling results. The mods that interest us today deal with visual effects and improved textures.
Mods that next-gen games can envy
The most notable mod added to Skyrim is called Effects of wetness. This adds some devilishly realistic humidity and weather effects. Rainwater therefore adopts an extremely convincing behavior and collects on the ground. Puddles form over time. However, to take full advantage of it, you will need to complete your mod collection Dynamic cubemaps
Staying on the theme of water, doodlez has released two excellent mods aimed at improving bodies of water. Water parallax et Water corrosive Come add water surfaces to make them even more detailed than in some newer games. Caustics also serve to cause water to reflect on a curved surface and refract light rays. The result is truly breathtaking. Finally, doodlez has provided a mod called Subsurface scattering This allows you to significantly improve the quality of character skin textures and is compatible with other similar mods.
However, to benefit from all these mods, it is mandatory to install the mod Community shader. If you happen to be tempted to try them out on Skyrim, don’t hesitate to give each mod a thumbs up to appreciate the excellent work of their creators!