Winter Skyrim Mod?

[xJaegermeifter]

Looking for one, i seen one before but cant find it on nexus.

 

I know theres the CoT one, but im already using Vivid Weathers and RLO. So wouldnt those two mods clash with CoT? Or is there some witchcraft i can do to run it with no conflicts?

[thestigma]

Yea, you shouldn't use 2 weather mods. At best they will mostly overwrite each other. At worst you will get unexpected results. RLO is an interior lighting mod, and weather mods usually don't modify interiors directly, so that's likely no problem. In other words it should be entirely valid to switch out vivid for COT if that' what you want to do.

 

You aren't quite clear on what you are looking for though. "winter mod" could mean a lot of things.

 

- Seasons mod?

- Snow in all of skyrim mod?

- Colder visuals (like lighting ect.)?

- mod that makes snowy weather more intense?

 

My hunch is maybe that you are thinking of this?

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/61711/?tab=description

(this is for oldrim though)

Edited May 3, 2018 by thestigma

[xJaegermeifter]

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Yea, you shouldn't use 2 weather mods. At best they will mostly overwrite each other. At worst you will get unexpected results. RLO is an interior lighting mod, and weather mods usually don't modify interiors directly, so that's likely no problem. In other words it should be entirely valid to switch out vivid for COT if that' what you want to do.

 

You aren't quite clear on what you are looking for though. "winter mod" could mean a lot of things.

 

- Seasons mod?

- Snow in all of skyrim mod?

- Colder visuals (like lighting ect.)?

- mod that makes snowy weather more intense?

 

My hunch is maybe that you are thinking of this?

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/61711/?tab=description

(this is for oldrim though)

Apologizes.

 

English isnt my first language here :).

 

But yes, THAT is exactly what i want. Snow everywhere. That oldrim mod, but there isnt a SE version for it, or is there a way for me to convert it?

 

I found the CoT winter mod, and im using that with RLO and some snow textures, it gets the job done, gets me the atmosphere. But i would perfer Vivid + True storms and the patch, so you can hear the thunder n such from inside of buildings and the crazy blizzards that comes with it. So if i could use those with that oldrim mod i would be sold. CoT Winter doesnt add snow into the cities sadly.

[thestigma]

Nothing wrong with your english man.

 

it seems like that particular mod has not been ported to SE yet. I don't exactly know if any other mod on SE does something like the same.

You will just have to search and ask around - and maybe go encourage the mod author to port it to SE on the mods comments section. Porting over simple meshes and textures from oldrim can be relatively easy, but a full weather mod like this probably needs some expertise to have work correctly. I suspect you have to make some manual edits to forms and such... check out the comments section and maybe if you are very lucky you can run across someone experienced who has made it work for personal use.... sometimes the hardcore fans figure out workarounds before oldrim mods are officially ported.

 

Otherwise you can check out Obsidian weather. it's a fantastic weather mod(I use it myself) that has nice "cold" and "bleak" presets (accessed in-game via a power) that certainly makes the weather look very cold. It actually has optional seasons too that you can enable to make the light-setting change during the year if you want that. It also works fine with True storms (using comparability patch), but it's snow and rain is already very intense and close to True Storms so you might not really need it. (like true storms it does things like making rain and thunder be heard while indoors).

 

But it won't make the ground in Riverwood be covered in snow all the time if that's what you are really after...

[xJaegermeifter]

Nothing wrong with your english man.

 

it seems like that particular mod has not been ported to SE yet. I don't exactly know if any other mod on SE does something like the same.

You will just have to search and ask around - and maybe go encourage the mod author to port it to SE on the mods comments section. Porting over simple meshes and textures from oldrim can be relatively easy, but a full weather mod like this probably needs some expertise to have work correctly. I suspect you have to make some manual edits to forms and such... check out the comments section and maybe if you are very lucky you can run across someone experienced who has made it work for personal use.... sometimes the hardcore fans figure out workarounds before oldrim mods are officially ported.

 

Otherwise you can check out Obsidian weather. it's a fantastic weather mod(I use it myself) that has nice "cold" and "bleak" presets (accessed in-game via a power) that certainly makes the weather look very cold. It actually has optional seasons too that you can enable to make the light-setting change during the year if you want that. It also works fine with True storms (using comparability patch), but it's snow and rain is already very intense and close to True Storms so you might not really need it. (like true storms it does things like making rain and thunder be heard while indoors).

 

But it won't make the ground in Riverwood be covered in snow all the time if that's what you are really after...

Yeh man, im after a fully frozen skyrim. Im playing as a werewolf/hunter type character. While using the frostfall and ineed mods to their fullest for a full on survival experience.

[Waterlily78]

I haven't tried it myself, but this mod is supposed to work alongside CoT's Winter Edition to add the snow into at least some of the cities, so it may help a bit.

 

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/11751

[thestigma]

Oh, and in that same vein you might want to try out "snowy AF windhelm" (just be careful reading compatibility notes with other city mods like the one Journeyman suggested).

 

It's only for Windhelm obviously, but it adds a lot of character to the place, really making it feel like the frigid nordic stronghold it was meant to be.

 

As an IRL nord I have to say it's pretty genuine to heavy nordic winter snows - especially what you'd often see at a bit higher elevations and in-land where winter is more pronounced. The rest of the snow in vanilla Skyrim is what we'd call "spring" =P

[xJaegermeifter]

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Oh, and in that same vein you might want to try out "snowy AF windhelm" (just be careful reading compatibility notes with other city mods like the one Journeyman suggested).

 

It's only for Windhelm obviously, but it adds a lot of character to the place, really making it feel like the frigid nordic stronghold it was meant to be.

 

As an IRL nord I have to say it's pretty genuine to heavy nordic winter snows - especially what you'd often see at a bit higher elevations and in-land where winter is more pronounced. The rest of the snow in vanilla Skyrim is what we'd call "spring" =P

Let me ask you this. i nearly got what i want but im having one issue.

 

Ive tried moving them around in my load order, and rewritting both ways, doesnt fix it but....

 

The "No snow under roofs" mod, when i download that, it gives me a SUPER white snow ontop of the darker snow. Its not that bad during the day, but the snow nearly glows in the dark at night. Like youll have all the normal snow on ground/buildings look great, then this stuff is super white snow drifts/dunes/piles.

[thestigma]

That is an issue that can happen if you use custom snow textures (not unlikely to be included in these sorts of mods, or in texture-overhauls in general) in combination with weather mods that change the lighting.

 

You should refer to the weather-mod (and/or any mod that changes exterior lighting) for advice on what snow is suitable. This can usually be worked around by either using a darker variant of the snow, or another snow entirely that is suitable for your lighting mod - they often make recommendations in the description/troubleshooting section.

 

Check both the weather modpage and the "no snow under roofs" page and read descriptions / posts carefully. Chances are that this issue has been encountered and fixed by other users already.

 

You may also consider disabling the "improved snow shader" that came with SSE. First of all it is very subjective if it is an "improvement" at all since it adds some weird shiny flecks to snow - and more importantly this effect can mesh very badly with non-vanilla snow unless is not specifically designed to work well with it. It is toggled in the INI (and bethINI is the tool I'd recommend to change it if you don't want to do it manually). I'm not saying you SHOULD disable it necessarily - that depends on your snow config, but be aware of this and test if in doubt.

 

Hope that gets you on the right track to fixing it.

[sopmac45]

I use Vivid Weather and when installing the mod via fomod, select Extended Snow and Rain and you will have sever weather related to what you select. I have never used any other so I can only advise on this one.