SMC with SRLE Extended: LotD

[jdsmith2816]

I was looking around the web on articles about texture resolution and most said that 4K textures aren't even noticeable on 2K monitors (my monitor is 2k with gsync), which is sometimes not true. For example, 4K tens would appear really good, but 1K or even 2K tents look like mush when up close. This is because the whole tent shares one texture. Same goes with dragons/dragon skeletons, too. So, if I were to finalize my decision, I would choose 1K/512MB textures for clutter and small, common things, 2K textures for everything else, and finally, 4K textures for very special and huge things like tents or dragon skeletons.

Exactly :D  4K for mountains/giants/dragons/tents and interiors/interior creatures, 2k for pretty much everything else.  I didn't think to mention clutter but yes pls don't have 4k or 2k tomatoes :D

 

If you have the VRAM to spare then 4k is still advisable for things you're liable to get up close and personal with... such as walls that you literally run up on sometimes.. like cave walls, barrow walls...  and since interiors take around 50% vram of exterios in my experience you can spare the 4K for those monsters which, if you're a melee person, you'll be up close and personal with.

 

It's all up to personal preference though and anytime I get 4k textures I try for 4k/2k/1k since unless you're doing screen archery you literally won't be able to tell the difference but save nicely on vram.

Edited July 31, 2016 by jdsmith2816

[Darth_mathias]

For mountains I went with a combination of the One Mountain meshes and Northfire textures with Moss Rocks. I'll pop into the game shortly and get some screenshots but they look pretty awesome to me.

actually just had a quick look and this combination does look quite good Dunc.

[dunc001]

Some mountain pics - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/51xxwyvsd8oi0tp/AAADf2iWbTsX7jgAbLpdMefCa

[LuvianSkyrim]

nice pix dunc :)

also so nice to see a separate thread for this topic :)

hopefully jdsmith (or others) have the time to make the official (?) guide for this SRLE Extended: LotD !

some random pix before I crash for the night! this forum is awesome

 

https://i.imgur.com/xJgh27eh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Zvc5pREh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/GhPSnkah.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/FRzI4nDh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/GMhuCxCh.jpg

[Darth_mathias]

well i guess i am going to have to bite the bullet and start to compile all the mods needed for this.

[reddvilzz]

well i guess i am going to have to bite the bullet and start to compile all the mods needed for this.

It's not that hard actually on existing profile, if you set the texture directories for the downloaded mods you have for SRLE and LotD you'll see what mods that is combined into SMC and start disabling the mods in MO.

 

I'm doing a fresh install just for SMC for SRLE and LotD and it is a lot more easier to do fresh install. You can decide easily which textures you want to be overridden by SMC and sort it out.

 

Just an information on my experience :)

[Darth_mathias]

It's not that hard actually on existing profile, if you set the texture directories for the downloaded mods you have for SRLE and LotD you'll see what mods that is combined into SMC and start disabling the mods in MO.

 

I'm doing a fresh install just for SMC for SRLE and LotD and it is a lot more easier to do fresh install. You can decide easily which textures you want to be overridden by SMC and sort it out.

 

Just an information on my experience :)

thing with that is i don't keep already downloaded mods after i have installed them.

[dunc001]

some random pix before I crash for the night! this forum is awesome

 

https://i.imgur.com/FRzI4nDh.jpg

That fourth shot looks amazing. Is that just SMC, so Northfire plus Moss Rocks? 4k? And which ENB are you using?

[reddvilzz]

@jdsmith2816 here is the blacksmith water you asked me for in Whiterun, looks like the water is displaying correctly.

https://imgur.com/a/oxG7c (I still have no idea how to properly post an image instead of link)

Edited July 31, 2016 by reddvilzz

[dunc001]

Use the image tool (the one that looks like the photo icon) or in Imgur use the 'Get Links' button and copy the Forum link, then just drop it into your post

Edited July 31, 2016 by dunc001

[reddvilzz]

Okay noted. Thanks dunc I'll try it next time

[MattsDaZombieSlayer]

Which ones would you prefer?

SRTO Clouds vs. Ethereal Clouds

Northfire's Photoreal Mountains vs. SRTO Mountains

[InstantKor]

Honestly I cant speak for the clouds as I have a hard trying to tell the difference but with mountains after looking at this vid by hodilton the srto mountains look worse than vanilla imo.

Edited July 31, 2016 by InstantKor

[jdsmith2816]

@jdsmith2816 here is the blacksmith water you asked me for in Whiterun, looks like the water is displaying correctly.

https://imgur.com/a/oxG7c (I still have no idea how to properly post an image instead of link)

Interesting... I wonder why I get no water in my troughs.   I wonder if by fixing the NAM0 and NAM9 bounds in those files i broke it...  Having said that if it REQUIRES those giant worldspace bounds changes then it's not worth the additional stuttering it could cause.

[jdsmith2816]

Which ones would you prefer?

SRTO Clouds vs. Ethereal Clouds

Northfire's Photoreal Mountains vs. SRTO Mountains

The cloud choice won't really matter if you're planning on running a weather overhaul like VW. Most weather overhauls and the ENBs they're paired with rely on the specific cloudscape they were designed for due to ENB skylighting.

 

Having said that... I think I went with SRTO clouds and SRTO mountains.