Floating birds & Ivy (Rustbelt Flora/ Delightful Ivy)

[jcro25]

Hi all!

 

I have spent a while now looking for an answer on both the mod pages and the forums with no luck :(

 

I am experiencing an issue with birds floating in the air and some Ivy doing the same (this has been exaggerated somewhat since installing the delightful Ivy mod). In most locations the birds and the ivy are in the correct position and this do not cause a problem but in certain places they are very noticeable and ruin the landscape of the game.

 

I find it suspicious that there are no discussions regarding this issue so I assume this is something specific to me? Possibly a load order problem? If someone could provide some advice/ guidance about this I would be grateful! :smile:

 

[Trajan1965]

I've had the same problem, from what I can see it is a side effect of using foliage mods that replace some of the stock tree models with new ones that no longer line up with what I assume are hand-placed (by Bethesda designers) ivy and birds.

[jcro25]

I've had the same problem, from what I can see it is a side effect of using foliage mods that replace some of the stock tree models with new ones that no longer line up with what I assume are hand-placed (by Bethesda designers) ivy and birds.

 

Thanks for the reply, that was my assumption but I found it strange that no one has discussed this before! Seeing birds floating where the was previously a tree is pretty immersion breaking for me, I have tried to individually kill and disable the birds but they always come back :wallbash: I would like to keep the birds in the game if possible but this may mean going into the GECK and individually removing the birds which are causing the issue. Did you get the same issue with the Ivy in places?

[Deleted49413338User]

Rustbelt makes ivy invisible because the trees it changes are no longer the same shape so ivy is now floating. If you install any other flora mod that adds an Ivy texture, and it is placed below rustbelt flora , the ivy will re-appear. So you wanna place other flora mods above Rust belt in the load order.

 

For birds try Simple Bird remover https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/35575/

 

Rust Belt Flora is a good mod but it breaks precombines and impacts performance significantly. One mod I can suggest that simply adds pine trees and keeps everything else in place is Boston Natural Surroundings Pines only version. If you want brown grass or your own grass mod, go with the Pines only/Trees only version. https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/30673?tab=files With this mod you won't need Bird remover and Ivy will all be in place. As long as Rustbelt is removed, of course.

 

Then for Grass add something like this https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/23532 If you like a rustbelt Look . Or find a Green Grass mod Like True Grass if you prefer. https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/23469

 

The pine trees Look different to the Far Habour and Rustbelt ones but they are quite nice. Plus there is a good retexture mod found here if you prefer a different look.https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/36820

The same mod author also offers a mod that edits grass placement for a selection of grass mods so it is not growing up through roads and building floors etc. https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/37891?tab=files Choose the file specific to any grass mod you choose.

 

Place Boston Natural surrounding highest in load order then your grass mod then any pine texture replacer then the grass placement mod last.

 

This is an alternate version of Rustbelt and much better performance, though it does require more mods, imo It is the better choice.

Edited May 3, 2019 by Guest

[Deleted49413338User]

I am currently creating an Alternate version for Boston Natural Surroungings Pines only that is a winter Version. The LODS (distant Trees) will match very closely to the actual tree shapes. I will Perhaps release a Greener version and Dead Far Harbour type version too.

 

Sill a little way off atm but maybe another week or less hopefully. https://imgur.com/a/a7q1SvH