SKYRIMLE Remove Underwater Grass - A Performance Mod by Cauug

[hyperionEXILEd]

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/55240/ Removes underwater grass which is rendered whether underwater or not, could be used as a performance enhancement for a few more fps alongside Skyrim Project Optimization.  "How it works.Removes underwater grass that you can usually not see in skyrim for an fps boost of around 5fps (depending on the area this can be more or less). This type of grass is hidden from view unless you are underwater, annoyingly it is still being rendered when you are on land and it makes sense to get rid of it altogether considering the fps boost at a small graphical change.Blank Meshes for the grass = nothing being drawn = a small but definite fps boost.No graphical quality loss on when you're on land but still gives an fps boost!!!Recommended for Dense grassGrass in skyrim is pretty demanding especially with mods that increase density of the grass - which also increase density of ANY and ALL grass including underwater kelp/grass/seaweed which is pretty pointless - this mod can help alleviate the fps loss in certain areas.This mod also leaves land grass untouched - only underwater grass is edited"  - From Mod page

[DoubleYou]

But underwater looks terrible without the seaweed.

[Octopuss]

To be honest, even with it :D I strongly suggest anyone who never went for a dive not to try.

[hyperionEXILEd]

Haha I don't disagree on the aesthetic front, but some people have worse rigs than others :P

 

It might be good in a performace pack of some sort.

Edited June 28, 2014 by hyperionEXILEd

[Guest]

Next up,  lets remove all  the rocks! Who needs them right?

 

Anyway, I remember my question being answered before launch on the underwater aspect. The lead designer sort of dodged it and went on to say something about barnacles.     Right then, I knew it would be disappointing. 

[hyperionEXILEd]

There's a Lance Armstrong joke somewhere here, I know it...

[kryptopyr]

I could see where this might be useful for some people to pick up a few extra frames.  Particularly if using Frostfall, in which case you're probably not going to be spending much time underwater.

[Livnthedream]

I could see where this might be useful for some people to pick up a few extra frames.  Particularly if using Frostfall, in which case you're probably not going to be spending much time underwater.

That is one of the biggest reasons why I don't like Frostfall.

[DoubleYou]

How can you get that quill that Maven wants you to get with Frostfall...

[Neovalen]

How can you get that quill that Maven wants you to get with Frostfall...

Snowberry Extract

[phazer11]

I could see where this might be useful for some people to pick up a few extra frames.  Particularly if using Frostfall, in which case you're probably not going to be spending much time underwater.

Unless you're using snowberry extract.

Also has anyone asked the author of Skyrim Performance Optimization if there is a way to fix this without having to go in and occlude all of the sections with seaweed if it could even be done? If it had to be manually edited I'd just write it off as a loss and deal with it I think.

[darkside]

I believe grass can be removed in CK. Does anyone has more detail instruction?