Project Rainforest SE by SA547 for NexusMods 2:26 PM 12/11/2018 ------------------ DEVELOPER'S NOTES ------------------ APPEARANCE/AESTHETICS * The only changes made by the mod to the game are largely the following: landscape, flora, water, some structures and clutter (mainly to eliminate the snow shader) WEATHER/REGION/SOUND FX * Tundra ambient sounds have been transplanted to areas previously used for snowy and/or windy climate. * Other climate mods such as Vivid and CoT may have to be patched accordingly. COMPATIBILITY - This mod is best used with Mod Organizer and xEdit to better diagnose and resolve conflicts. * Overall texture packs (i.e. Noble Skyrim, Skyrim HD) may or may NOT be compatible with this mod, especially those adding snow, ice, or both for landscapes; load such packs before or after Project Rainforest. * Texture packs for buildings, structures, armor, weapons, clutter, furniture, NPC and creature overhauls can be loaded after this mod * Some texture packs for landscapes, glaciers, snow, and ice NOT compatible unless specifically made for this mod. * Better Dynamic Snow not compatible with this mod because it mainly reverts back the snow shader effect * ELFX Exteriors may revert some previously snow-free buildings (i.e. farmhouses, Windhelm and Winterhold structures) to having a frosted shader effect aka that mossy look. * ELE/ELE Lite is compatible. * Cloud texture packs are compatible. * Snow, ice, and glacier effect mods may or may NOT be compatible with this mod, especially as this mod tries to eliminate the ice/snow effect. * Skyrim Particle Patch is compatible. * Some water mods like WATER, RWT, or Pure Waters may or may not affect the mod, they should be loaded after this mod; RWT wet rock effects affect the overall look due to modified meshes and added cubemap. * Flora mods such as Skyrim Flora Overhaul, Bigger Trees, Enhanced Vanilla Trees, and others like it are NOT compatible with this mod unless patched for compatibility. However, the stand-alone big tree option mod that comes with SFO is perfectly compatible. * Plant mods are highly compatible. * Paradise City for Skyrim is compatible with summer version. * Some grass mods like Verdant, Veydosebrom may NOT be compatible with this mod unless designed for this mod or as summer version. * Weather overhauls like CoT, NVT, Vivid, Obsidian, Dolomite, as well as Sounds of Skyrim, True Storms, and Wonders of Weather must have a compatiblity patch (Dolomite and True Storms patches comes with this mod) * Creature mods are highly compatible; this mod preserves all creatures' respective appearances for the sake of full compatibility. * RS Children or other kid overhaul mods require a patch to override the default dress used by that Skaal girl (RS Children patch comes with this mod). * NPC overhaul mods, especially those that modify the Skaal NPCs, require a compatibility patch so that the Skaal can use clothing and armor other than the Skaal coats. * Until there's a compatibility patch made, Wet and Cold settings must be set to *default* or *summer* and according to screenshots; disable all snow-weather visuals but retain clothing/equipment usage. WnC works primarily by checking the surrounding trees if they're snow or not. * Mods with other worldspaces such as Wyrmstooth, Falskaar, Beyond Skyrim: Bruma may or may not be affected with this mod due to changes in aforementioned objects and terrain; regenerating the LOD through xLODGEN may be necessary to reflect changes. * Not tested yet with DynDOLOD; should work provided one must use Texgen to create LOD texture pieces for DynDOLOD. * Not tested yet with Frostfall; may use only hypothermia effects. ----- TOOLS ----- * Creation Kit (resave only) * xEdit * xLODGen * Adobe Photoshop PS6 * Nifskope 2.0+ * Outfit Studio for Bodyslide * TreeLOD.exe Billboard Texture Generator * NIF Optimizer ------- CREDITS ------- * Stroti & Tamira via MannyGT - Tropical Plants/New Plants 1.3 * Elinen & zTree - Hoddminir Trees/Flowers/Grass/Ground Textures * LorSakyamuni - TW3 Landscape Resource * Ga-Knomboe Boy's GKB - Tree Resource Pack * Vurt - Skyrim Flora Overhaul (some texture resources) * muppetpuppet - Moonpaths to Elsweyr Resources * zilav, sheson, et. al. - xLODGEN/DynDOLOD ----------- PERMISSIONS ----------- * This mod can only be uploaded by anyone to the following sites other than Nexus: TES Alliance, AFKMods, DarkCreations, LoversLab. * Some assets are from third-party authors whose free assets are strictly for NOT-FOR-PROFIT use, so this mod cannot be monetized whatsoever or for any commercial exploitation. * Patches, bugfixes, updates, add-ons, third-party retextures, and the like are allowed freely for further improvement and stabilization of this mod as long as due credit is given.