ACCEPTED ELFX Fixes (by wizkid34)

[z929669]

4 hours ago, TechAngel85 said:

I've now done this for the next patch update. There were a couple fixes just like this one that I forwarded from ELFX Fixes.esp; Faldar's Tooth and Riften Fishery. These two just switch the cubemap out with a black texture, which works, but isn't ideal. The better solution is to set up the reflections properly so the water is reflecting the walls, ceiling, objects, etc. I've seen this in the CK, but have never done it myself. I can look into this for an RWT update. For now, this is a quick and dirty solution that disables the water reflection.

I've also incorporated the Ragged Flagon fix into the Patch. We don't want to use the plugin from the mod, regardless if it is an ESL, because it also includes ELFX's lighting changes to the interior, which is not desirable. This is something I had planned to do, just hadn't done it yet. Thus are the consequences of running mosting unpatched (SAE CR Patch is barebones). So a lot of chaning for nothing, but you can go back to the original of plan of hiding the plugins once this updated Patch is up.

Nice. Thanks for looking into this.

[TechAngel85]

Updated instructions
The option for ENB should never been installed. It updates files that are not in use by Step, nor do the files apply to our setup. Removed it from the FOMOD, removed the ENB flag, and added CR flag.

[Bushranger]

On 11/28/2021 at 11:56 AM, Greg said:

I think I see the problem with this one. If you look at the ELFX Fixes Ragged Flagon Fix in xEdit, you'll see (surprise!) that the vanilla game is using the Whiterun Temple cubemap (Textures\Cubemaps\WRTemple_e.dds) on the water in the Ragged Flagon. It's been a while since I looked at the water here so I'm guessing the vanilla cubemap is so vague that it wasn't noticeable. Quality Cubemaps changes this cubemap to one that sticks out like a sore thumb and ELFX Fixes Ragged Flagon Fix changes this to use Textures\cubemaps\ELFX\raggedflagon_e.dds so it's a better match.

 

On 12/2/2021 at 9:12 AM, TechAngel85 said:

I've now done this for the next patch update. There were a couple fixes just like this one that I forwarded from ELFX Fixes.esp; Faldar's Tooth and Riften Fishery. These two just switch the cubemap out with a black texture, which works, but isn't ideal. The better solution is to set up the reflections properly so the water is reflecting the walls, ceiling, objects, etc. I've seen this in the CK, but have never done it myself. I can look into this for an RWT update. For now, this is a quick and dirty solution that disables the water reflection.

I've also incorporated the Ragged Flagon fix into the Patch. We don't want to use the plugin from the mod, regardless if it is an ESL, because it also includes ELFX's lighting changes to the interior, which is not desirable. This is something I had planned to do, just hadn't done it yet. Thus are the consequences of running mosting unpatched (SAE CR Patch is barebones). So a lot of chaning for nothing, but you can go back to the original of plan of hiding the plugins once this updated Patch is up.

Thankyou for this! With the discussion threads linked to mods in the Step Guide it is so helpful to see what and how things are being done with them. Because I'm deviating from Step's SkyrimSE v2.3 from 10-17 I won't be able to use the CR Patch from what I've read here I'll keep ELFX Fixes Ragged Flagon Fix.esp active.