Comparing tree and grass mods

[nisen]

Hey heres a comparision of a four tree and grass mods plus an addon. Im starting a new game and thought itd be useful to first see some perspective and might be useful for others

 

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6800/1greenworldv2.jpg

Greenworld V2 - feels abit basic with little variation in the tree shape or color, but its compatible with Autum retex below so worth trying with that too

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http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/2819/2greenerworld.jpg

GreenerWorld - similar but less obvious with smaller size trees, and the grass (bushes) looks a lot better, but this also has little variation in tree shape. Its compatible with Autumn Retex below and there an alternate version ive not tried called GreenerWorld Plus

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http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6846/3greenerworldautumnnogr.jpg

GreenerWorld with Autumn Retex and no green grass addons

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http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9269/4greenerworldautumngree.jpg

same as above but with the original grass from GreenerWorld (deleted the grasswastelandcomp01.dds from Autumn Retex file). fwiw the other two grass colors in the Autumn Retex downloads look abit too oversaturated. The standard grass from GreenerWorld is probably to bright sometimes, so somewhere between GreenerWorlds default and Autumn Retex no green is best, but simple to tweak this effect

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http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/7175/5theirworld33.jpg

Their World looks beautiful for screenshots, but ingame feels pretty claustrophobic. The other downside is theres not enough variation of tree species or size imo, so seen from a distance tend to look lined up in rows. This mod also includes a weather mod, so you cant use other weather mods ontop iiuc.

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http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1391/6bawastelandrestoration.jpg

BA Wasteland Restoration ibesides what you see here, adds a sortof synthetic grass surface to replace most dirt areas, ironically theres not much at this spot and the shots not at ground level so dont see it clearly but normally covers every square inch of ground and looks very detailed, like real grass, problem is it can make everything seem too perfect and definately very different to the vanilla game, so might not be to everyones taste (this mod also adds the most tree species so another plus there)

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Note the weather mod used in the screenshots is from The Outbreaks Wastaland mood series and ive also got a color enhancer mod active, not a huge difference but a slight bump

 

Fallout.ini changes

iMinGrassSize=80

fGrassWindMagnitudeMax=250.0000

fGrassWindMagnitudeMin=125.0000

uGridsToLoad=7 (apparently you cant lower it afterwards and use saves where it was higher, default is 5)

 

FalloutPrefs.ini change

fGrassStartFadeDistance=14000

Edited December 8, 2012 by nisen