SKYRIMLE Solstheim landscape and furniture (by Langely)

[exploiteddna]

Here is a compare of one of the several ash landscape textures. This may be sufficient for the ash landscape textures because they all look the same, they just are different in terms of scaling, alpha channels, etc. Anyways, here is one more set of compares to add to the repertoire.

(Vanilla is HRDLC + USKP)

 

  Vanilla-No STEP      >>      Core-STEP active         >>     Core-Step plus Langley Solstheim

 

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[WilliamImm]

Again, my vote goes to Langelys, the look of it looks the best to me.

[EssArrBee]

Isn't there a mystery modder landscape for Solstiem as well?

 

I like the vanilla myself, since it looks the most like flat ash.

[WilliamImm]

Telvanni Reborn? I think it just covered the mushrooms and the Telvanni releated textures - was there another one? Only conflict I saw was between the furniture.

[exploiteddna]

Yeah this and serioushd are the only ones that cover the landscape.

I don't like vanilla, it's too blurry. I think SHD looks most like volcanic ash. Info like langleys though. I can't decide between SHd and Langleys.. Ive used them both extensively on my own games and still haven't picked a favorite

 

 

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[TechAngel85]

Again, I've for STEP and not Langleys. STEP Core look much more like fluffy ash what would have fallen like snow; thus, looks more realistic. As for the comments on the wood, I'm still for STEP because Langleys changes from the vanilla intent of the texture. The decal on the wood in vanilla is a carved/burnt/engraved decal. On Langleys, it no longer looks carved or burnt in. It appears to be embossed rather than the vanilla's intended engraved look.

[exploiteddna]

I agree with your assessment of the ash, and you do make a good argument for the wood.

 

 

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[exploiteddna]

@ William: Where is the furniture texture used? It is dlc2darkelffurniture01.dds so not very helpful in terms of what it is used on..

 

Now that I think about it, it may actually be used for all of the dragonborn wood furniture

[WilliamImm]

Langely's looks the most like the kind of ash you would expect to find on Solstheim. That, and it looks to be vanilla-like in apperance.

[exploiteddna]

Here is another set of compares. The main purpose of this set is to show the door texture that is used for all of the Redoran hut doors in the Raven Rock area.  Also you can note the differences between the ash and road textures. In this shot, the ash textures are more similar to each other. (keep in mind there are 15 or more different color maps for the solstheim landscape in this pack. While a lot of them are similar, some are not. Thus, I am trying to make sure that all the different textures are shown)

 

    Vanilla-No STEP      >>      Core-STEP active       >>     Core-Step plus Langley Solstheim

 

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[exploiteddna]

Langely's looks the most like the kind of ash you would expect to find on Solstheim. That' date=' and it looks to be vanilla-like in apperance.[/quote']

i do agree with this. in that first compare of the ash, the langleys is definitely a lot more similar to the vanilla, regardless of how realistic it may or may not be (it almost is like small little round pebbles or rocks)

[TechAngel85]

Langley may win for ash, but for the wood it's SHD hands down. Again, the compares above. I don't like how drastic the wood in changed in Langley. The vanilla door looks like it "belongs" better than the Langley door. You can also notice there are parts missing from the table in the Langley shot. The author most certainly doesn't go for a vanilla "look and feel" in his/her re-textures.

[TechAngel85]

Who keeps unsticking this thread? >_

[exploiteddna]

Langley may win for ash' date=' but for the wood it's SHD hands down. Again, the compares above. I don't like how drastic the wood in changed in Langley. The vanilla door looks like it "belongs" better than the Langley door. You can also notice there are parts missing from the table in the Langley shot. The author most certainly doesn't go for a vanilla "look and feel" in his/her re-textures.[/quote']

yeah  he seems to have "cleaned up" the look of some of the textures in this pack. but looking at his work as a whole, it doesnt always follow this pattern. 

Also with comparing this pack, were comparing parts of it to SHD and other parts to HRDLC. I think it would have been better if he included the wood related textures in his other pack (Langleys wood stone and metal) and left the landscape textures as its own separate pack. But i suppose that's neither here nor there at this point 

[exploiteddna]

   Vanilla-No STEP      >>      Core-STEP active       >>     Core-Step plus Langley Solstheim

 

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   Vanilla-No STEP      >>      Core-STEP active       >>     Core-Step plus Langley Solstheim

 

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These shots are showing Solstheim's "ash tundra", according to the name of the textures. The pictures speak for themselves.

 

*cough* Langleys wins this round *cough*