Vanilla Remastered 1K

1K? This is 2021.

Kuzja80's textures are in my opinion the best available for Oblivion, so even at 1k they look much better than vanilla and stay true to the original Bethesda concept. The 2K reduced version of the original mod ran fine for me in city's and dungeons but outside it was unstable, so with the authors permission I tried to make a true performance version which would be suitable for any old PC. If you can run Oblivion with 4K textures then go right to Kuzja80's page, I found 1k was the sweet spot for performance so here is Vanilla Remastered 1k.

Compatibility.

I went to great lengths to make this pack compatible with most popular mods so I included up-scaled versions of all UOP textures, you can install this on top and it will work perfectly. There will be no conflicts with OCO or body mods as NPC textures have been left out. Mods like Improved Trees and Flora can be used, or the optional Remastered Plants Rocks Trees file. Any texture mods made for the vanilla game will work. I should also mention that things like ENBoost will not be required unless you also install huge amounts of 2k textures, that said, you should still use every fix and performance mod you can find.

Extra Stuff.

I've made several improvements to vanilla horses, removing texture seams and that odd purple tint Bethesda likes so much. Eye textures have also been replaced which makes them look much more alive. A tweaked version of Skeleton Replacer n Retex by boofdawg with no glowy eyes is also included, her skele just looks way better than the standard one. A fixed mesh for the white flame effect from the original mod is available in optional files.

Very Horny Knights

A simple alternative to companion mods without the bugs, there are no boobs or celebrities here, just good old fashioned knights. Followers from the Fighter's Stronghold DLC were very poor in combat and wore vanilla plate armour, with a few simple changes to stats and equipment, you should find them more effective, durable, and interesting characters. The combination of bows and melee weapons they had before seemed untested and really did not work so now there is one dedicated archer using silver arrows and the others have different melee styles. Castellan Athon is still the strongest fighter and is armed with a silver longsword, unlike the others though, he is killable. Most items carried by the knights are unbreakable so are unplayable to prevent exploits. The overhaul is based on several mods by AkitoKuno that have been thoroughly reworked and fixe