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    Compares updated in post linked from OP. Simplified. Still not sure how to impact exterior fire transparency/saturation/bloom, but it's not as bad as interiors were.
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    Saturation helped, but I forgot about bloom. That will definitely help if it's still too washed out. What would address exteriors outside of Weather records? Luminosity achieves this somehow ourside of Weather.
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    The 2.0.0 guide doesn't support 1.5.xx game. You will need to tweak the patches yourself to remove the CC dependencies. The Step patches rely on the CC content, which in turn likely rely on records in the 1.6.xxx game plugin masters, IDK for sure.
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    @DoubleYou I lowered the saturation a bit in the Ambiance Image Space records. This seems to fix fires in interiors, which seems to be how Luminosity does it. I think the lower sat also looks better with the altered color temps (see last image in each set above). Not sure how to address exteriors though. I don't want to mess with CW image Space records, so need to find how Luminosity handles those. PS: Saturation should have no impact on RAID mechanics.
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    THis is a good point. I was also doing this but got lazy a while back and haven't installed the non-ENB options again.
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    You don't have the CC content in your game. The AE guide requires the AE Update with all CC content. Not just the four freebees.
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    I will ping @Majorman and @Greg for you. They both know this game pretty well. I have little/no XP with FO games outside of the general Bethesda rules of thumb.
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    All things are equal but for Luminosity vs Ambiance. Identical saves. Luminosity touches way more records than Ambiance, which is really just an enhancement to vanilla lighting. The third shots are just my tweaks to "Ambiance - Light Colors.esp" Light RGB values, as I find Ambiance to be a bit flat otherwise. What I like about Luminosity: Rich, warm colors that look more consistent in any given scene. It's a well-developed lighting mod. What I like about Ambiance: Higher contrast and lighting variation in most scenes ... Breezehome in the day is more realistic with the daylight cool lighting way from the fire (same for Dragonsreach). Luminosity is more consistent but is more reminiscent of what I'd expect at night with no daylight interference from the windows ... it's about 9:30 AM in that shot. However, this same look is likely what you would see at night with Ambiance ... I still prefer the variation though. It's more clear to me now why Ambiance will work better with RAID: it honors the light sources a little better without giving one a fake sense of security (or lack thereof), so a shadowed area is more likely to be interpreted as such by the game mechanics with Ambiance than with Luminosity (which considers only aesthetic without regard for realism, IMO). As described in the compares, Ambiance requires EmbersXD yellow/orange option (all else being equal). Otherwise, the fires are way too red/orange and washed out. I think the Ambiance fires look pretty good myself. I do see your point though: They are too saturated in Ambiance and washed out ... EXCEPT for in the Fletcher shot, where Ambiance looks good and Luminosity is too washed out. I think it's just a matter of the lighting templates used by Ambiance in many of the cells edited ... @TechAngel85 is this the case? I would like to 'fix' the fire in Ambiance to be a bit more transparent ... that's the issue.
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    Double negatives are hard to interpret, as they are often accidental. Do you mean you would be surprised if double-sided mesh flag is useless in LOD and/or full models? I would be surprised if they were found to be useless in full models, since the EVLaS MA and others seem to be promoting these mods. I am not surprised that they are purportedly not effective in LOD though. I would be surprised if they cost any measurable performance though, so I would recommend using them in mods that implement them properly (without altering the MM textures in any other way, for example) and in DynDOLOD settings. I suppose the first step is to measure the performance impact, which should be simple enough, given that we have this mod and double-sided models for "Skyrim - A Mountainous Experience" ... and both the DynDOLOD double-sided settings based on texture or mesh path. I am probably not best suited to test this though. It would likely be most apparent to test on a potato or mid rig.
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    Screens updated (link in OP)
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    Yes, just go back to the mod in MO, right-click, and select "reinstall" with the other options. Then choose to "Replace" when prompted. If it's an entirely separate download/mod, then disable (untick) the current mod, and install the other version. Then place it just before or after the disabled mod version leaving that one unticked.
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    Untagged for testing. We'll be going with Tech's upscaled version of Bellyache's for this one.
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    Tagged for testing
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    It may well be EVLaS bug. I haven't googled the issue myself. Do post back if you learn anything.
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    To understand all of the basics, you should follow the Step Guide. It gives you all of the needed knowledge required while setting up a new game. Everything. Then you can come back here for help (but you likely will have resolve all of your issues).
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    How do you know it's related to ENB? That would seem difficult to prove, as you would need to play with ENB to determine the frequency of occurrence and then without for 2-3x that time to confirm it doesn't happen without ENB. If it IS ENB, then it's most likely related to ENBSeries engine-level DLLs and outside the scope of our control ... unless you have evidence otherwise. I recall this happening to me before on rare occasion, but it's not reproducible AFAIK.
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    According to sheson's answers to Mousetick's related questions starting here (I suspect he is thinking of this and similar mods' double-sided option with DynDOLOD), it seems advisable to use the double-sided option of this mod with EVLaS. Also, DynDOLOD's terrain underside only affects terrain and not mountains, but the DoubleSidedTextureMask and DoubleSidedMeshMask settings compensate for other meshes ... but still only in LOD and not full.
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    This mod is a no-brainer. The Windhelm mod is good, but too bad the author didn't keep the frame arches on the stone version. I suspect the model was scraped from an existing resource, since there is no reason not to retain the stonework, which fits the style much better. Tagged for testing
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    See the OP and post the logs as described. Note the forum posting guidelines in the parent forum. If done as described, the logs indicated may contain clues that most people won't find significant.
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    Fixed Fixed. Thanks for the feedback
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    Thanks. Removed from testing unless there are any takers out there that want to advocate for it.
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    Added upscaled textures prepared by Tech. See screenshots from the OP. THis is what I think we should run with
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    Any opinions on Ambiance? See Screenshots linked in OP. I think it's a great lighting solution. I think it beats Luminosity in some cases (Riverwood/Solitude interiors) but not in others (Whiterun interiors). Overall, it's better compatibility with RAID is the seller for me. It's also more true to vanilla but with RS, it fixes most of the vanilla lighting issues. I also prefer the "Ambiance colors, CW fog distance & image spaces" patching method for Blackreach after running around in there under the different scenarios. I vote to accept Ambiance. Added a third compare to the set. This is a tweak to the Ambiance Light Colors module in the Step L/W patch. Adds a dash of saturation and red where needed. Ambiance is just a bit too yellow and in some cases a bit too desatureated. I think this adds a bit of realism and shouldn't impact anything but color temp.
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    Thanks all. Removed from testing
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