ACCEPTED Embers HD (by mindflux)

[EssArrBee]

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Embers HD by mindflux
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Accepted for STEP 2.2.9.1.

 

I saw this mod on the front page and loaded it up. I liked it quite a bit, so I'll mark it for testing since it's just a few textures. It does fires and forges separately, so we can choose to use one, both, or neither. For the screens, I turned the brightness down a smidgen to reduce the glow from the fire to better see the embers.

 

STEP->Embers HD  (Current STEP is pretty much HRDLC with a couple meshes from SMIM)

 

 

Fire pit in Jorvaskar

 

Fit pits in cities

 

Forge

 

SkyForge

 

These are fire pits from Castle Dawnguard

 

 

[Adonis_VII]

I think they're all large improvements except for the SkyForge.  That doesn't seem to fit as well.

 

EDIT: Grammar

Edited February 14, 2015 by Adonis_VII

[phazer11]

I think I like all of them but the ones for the SkyForge and there's something funky about the Castle Dawnguard braziers.

[EssArrBee]

The funkiness might be from the reduced fire glow since I turned down the brightness. Plus, you don't really see the fire like that since those things are eye level. I jumped up on a rock to snap that screen. The SkyForge looks weird in game too. It would look better with a texture that added depth, but that would require a super high poly mesh to match or parallax. 

[TechAngel85]

STEP should be Realistic Smoke and Embers... make sure you have that installed SRB and update the compares!

 

EDIT:

The skyforge just needs a proper normal which would add some depth.

[EssArrBee]

STEP should be Realistic Smoke and Embers... make sure you have that installed SRB and update the compares!

 

EDIT:

The skyforge just needs a proper normal which would add some depth.

I have it installed. There is no overwriting of that mod.

[TechAngel85]

Interesting. I always thought RSE provided ember textures but it's only providing ash and giant fires textures along with the ember and smoke effects. (am curious what that fxembers file does in RSE)

 

...carry on, carry on...

[EssArrBee]

I recommend that the embers be added to STEP Core. I'm still not sold on the forges, but everything else is great. I keep running into fires while doing other stuff and notice how much this mod looks like actual embers of wood and coal.

[TechAngel85]

I too recommend for Core but leave out the forges. Those don't look well.

[oqhansoloqo]

I agree.  Regular forges look OK with the mod.  The Skyforge does not.  Regular forges have the new mesh over them that looks good and glows OK when the bellows work - would be better if it glowed brighter maybe?  The Skyforge doesn't add a new mesh and with the new texture looks way too flat.  The Skyforge does not glow bright enough at all with the new texture when the bellows work.  It should glow brighter than a regular forge because it's supposed to be a badass forge and all.  Hopefully the author will create a nice cover mesh for the Skyforge that glows appropriately.

 

Personally, I'm going to have the regular forge files and hide the Skyforge texture in the current version.

 

EDIT: Actually, I don't like the way the metal bars look in the regular forge...

Edited February 14, 2015 by oqhansoloqo

[EssArrBee]

Everyone seems to like the embers, but not the forges file. I might try them out loaded before SMIM and add a few more of the forges that way.

 

Lets accept the regular file anyways. If anyone has any objections or anything else to add speak up.

[EssArrBee]

Okay, I added a picture of the Skyforge with Embers HD textures and SMIM meshes. The regular forge with SMIM meshes doesn't work with Embers HD textures.

[TechAngel85]

Okay, everything looks great but the Skyforge. It's better but not as good as the others. I say accept the mod.

[EssArrBee]

Alright. I'll say to install both files, but we will just hide the Skyforge textures. I think it's a little better with the SMIM meshes, but it is still to funky.

[oqhansoloqo]

What about the metal bars in the regular forge?  The mod kind of messes them up (you can compare this difference in the pics EssArrBee provided up above in a previous posting).