ACCEPTED Skyrim Realistic Overhaul (by Starac)

[frihyland]

Not sure on that Starac, but I found another one I haven't found covered by SRO or any other in the TPC/STEP...

 

 

This image taken in Embershard Iron Mine right outside Riverwood in the large cavern at the end.

It's a minecraft easter egg :)

[z929669]

Not sure on that Starac, but I found another one I haven't found covered by SRO or any other in the TPC/STEP...

 

 

This image taken in Embershard Iron Mine right outside Riverwood in the large cavern at the end.

It's a minecraft easter egg :)

[Starac]

Not sure on that Starac, but I found another one I haven't found covered by SRO or any other in the TPC/STEP...

 

 

This image taken in Embershard Iron Mine right outside Riverwood in the large cavern at the end.

 

This is probably extreme UV-mapping case?

 

Not a texture problem.

[skwareballz]

Version 1.5 is up and it's bigger than 1.4 update, almost 400MB. Starac must be off of work or school cuz that's Dawnguard, 1.4, 1.5 in about 2 weeks time. Are they still selling Four Loco?

[Starac]

I have forget to fix one texture and to add ruins furniture file in 1.4 version.

 

That's why 1.5 is out so quickly.

 

Btw, most of the update textures have been created long ago.

 

And i'm a little bit to old for school :)

[torminater]

Hey Starac, I'ld like to ask you a question:

majin662 looked at the skyrim mountains that produced incredibly bad z-fighting with the ck (further info in this thread: https://forum.step-project.com/showthread.php?tid=154&page=24; the comments by majin662: https://forum.step-project.com/showthread.php?tid=154&pid=9476#pid9476 https://forum.step-project.com/showthread.php?tid=154&pid=9484#pid9484)

I know you did some nice mountain textures, is there any chance you could rearrange the conflicting mountain textures in a simple way that doesn't break anything completely?

[Starac]

Hey Starac, I'ld like to ask you a question:

majin662 looked at the skyrim mountains that produced incredibly bad z-fighting with the ck (further info in this thread: https://forum.step-project.com/showthread.php?tid=154&page=24; the comments by majin662: https://forum.step-project.com/showthread.php?tid=154&pid=9476#pid9476 https://forum.step-project.com/showthread.php?tid=154&pid=9484#pid9484)

I know you did some nice mountain textures, is there any chance you could rearrange the conflicting mountain textures in a simple way that doesn't break anything completely?

 

 

What should i rearrange? What do you suggest?

 

Textures can be designed differently, but that's it. I doubt this can fix the problem?

[torminater]

The problem is, that the mountains are structured by many layers of textures of snow and rocks (clouds might be problematic, too). The LOD of the mountain that gets rendered at a certain distance has not a z-buffer-value which is precise enough that z-fighting doesn't happen, since all of those layers stick out of another and so on. It will not be texture editing. it'll be more like moving the textures and thus giving them specific z-buffer values so they don't flicker in the distance. I'll have to tell you that I don't really know anything about how to fix this, I just asked you to find out whether you know more about it.

[Starac]

 

 

The problem is that the mountains are structured by many layers of textures of snow and rocks (clouds might be problematic, too). The LOD of the mountain that gets rendered at a certain distance has not a z-buffer-value which is precise enough that z-fighting doesn't happen, since all of those layers stick out of another and so on. It will not be texture editing. it'll be more like moving the textures and thus giving them specific z-buffer values so they don't flicker in the distance. I'll have to tell you that I don't really know anything about how to fix this, I just asked you to find out whether you know more about it.

I presume that this requires coding, precision increasing between the textures, polygons.

Not my field. 

Besides some tweaks can reduce this. So i don't see what's the big problem here.
This is not something that happens 5 meters in front of me.

[torminater]

well, not necessarily as this video shows:

[Starac]

I know that there are alternatives. But question is will this work in case of mountains?

 

If it works, why is not implemented already?

[Starac]

Btw, what is wrong with Bethesda forums?

 

I can't access them?

[Kelmych]

I was reading them when you posted this and I haven't seen any problems.

[torminater]

I know that there are alternatives. But question is will this work in case of mountains?

 

If it works, why is not implemented already?

i don't know whether it works with mountains or not. Ethatron has already been asked to have a look at this matter, but he declined, since he didn't have any issues with z-fighting (using tweaks and certain lighting mods helps cover them although they DON'T fix them). So far I think nobody with CK-knowledge ever tried to fix this, especially not Bethesda who have been very reluctant to say or tell anything on that matter.

[Besidilo]

Starac has released yet another update for his mod.

 

No changelog, though, so can't comment on it.