Game Setting Compendium
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 1 step
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #193 of 624 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
A large collection of game setting changes, most with a wide range of ready-made options, all in a fully modular FOMOD package for easy and quick installation. Among other things altering auto lockpicking chance, cell respawn times, difficulty multipliers, enemy health values, bounties, training limits and costs, potion usage limits and leveling rates.
Requirements:
Game Settings Loader
Installation:
Vortex heavily recommended to take advantage of the FOMOD installer. Or MO2 when Oblivion Remastered support is added.
If you want to install manually, extract the archive, choose the ini files you want and place them into:
<Game Directory>\OblivionRemastered\Binaries\Win64\OBSE\Plugins\GameSettings\
Credits:
powerofthree for Game Settings Loader
Included tweaks:
Easier Auto Lockpick: Comes with three options to give the automatic option in the lockpicking minigame a higher success rate.
Moderately Easy: higher success rate than vanilla, but at low skill levels harder locks will still prove a challenge.
Very Easy: very high success rate, even the hardest locks will open after a few tries at low skill levels
Always Succeed: automatically open any lock on the first try
Credit: inspiration from Yuiop
Cell Respawn and Merchant Restock: Adjusts how long it takes for cells to respawn after the player leaves them and for merchants to reset their inventories.
Default Vanilla value: 72 hours
Following options are available:
1 hour
1 Year
Compass Map Markers: Adjusts how far away map markers are visible on the compass and discovered on the map.
Double the vanilla distance
Half the vanilla distance
Disabled, markers never show up on the compass or the map
Crime Alarm: Adjusts how far away NPCs report crimes from.
Reduced distance, roughly third of vanilla
Zero distance, likely will stop NPCs from reporting crimes
Difficulty Multiplier: Controls how much the difficulty ingame setting changes damage done by the player and the NPCs.
Default vanilla value (5x)
Difficulty | Damage Dealt by NPCs | Damage Dealt by Player
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Novice | 0. 17 | 6. 0
Apprentice | 0. 29 | 3. 5
Game Setting Compendium is a modular FOMOD package that consolidates game setting tweaks into a single plugin via Game Settings Loader, saving plugin slots. It offers a wide range of options for easy installation, ideal for modders who want to customize gameplay without bloating their load order.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Saves precious plugin slots by consolidating tweaks into one plugin.
- Modular FOMOD installer makes setup a breeze—pick what you want, skip what you don't.
- Community-tested with 114 endorsements and over 7k downloads, so it's got some traction.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Game Settings Loader as a dependency, so you'll need to grab that first.
- Tweaks are game settings, not new content—if you're after quests or items, this isn't it.
- Compatibility risk with other mods that alter the same game settings; check for conflicts.
For modders who want to fine-tune gameplay mechanics without eating up plugin slots. If you're already using Game Settings Loader and like tweaking values, this is a handy toolkit. Skip if you prefer all-in-one overhauls or don't want to mess with settings.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Install Game Settings Loader first, then run the FOMOD installer to pick your tweaks.
- Check your load order to ensure Game Settings Loader loads after any mods that might conflict.
- Use a mod manager to handle the FOMOD installation—it'll make selecting options easier.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Oblivionremastered Mods
- Author
- Blackread
- Version
- 1.0.3
- Downloads
- 7,027
- Endorsements
- 114
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 4/27/2025
- Updated
- 4/30/2025
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