mothergoose729 Posted November 23, 2012 Posted November 23, 2012 Discussion thread:Jewels of the Nord by PfaffendrillWiki LinkHigh resolution texture replacer for rings, amulets, and necklaces in skyrim. The detail looks very nice. The mod author says they have contacted the author of higher-poly skyrim for permission to use their work, so he may be retexturing for the higher quality meshes in that mod. Available in higher resolution, which uses 4096 and 2048 res textures, and low resolution which is universally 1024.
JudgmentJay Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 I see that the new release of STEP is still using Yuril Rings. I think this mod is an improvement. It covers rings and necklaces and also includes higher-poly meshes for the rings so that they're actually round.
Farlo Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Stickied the thread, let's get some comparisons up in here!
rpsgc Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Quick (and I mean quick) comparison shots: Necklaces:Jewels of the Nord > Vanilla (STEP doesn't have a mod that changes the necklaces) Rings:Jewels of the Nord > Yuril's (with JotN's meshes) > Yuril's (with vanilla meshes) > Vanilla (with JotN's meshes) > Vanilla (with vanilla meshes) I'm using the official HR texture pack for the vanilla shots. Jewels of the Nord includes high polygon (HQ) meshes for the rings, the difference is night and day.
EssArrBee Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 I like the JotN or the Yuril's with JotN meshes. The rings are actually round, who would of thought.
JudgmentJay Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Took some shots of my own. Vanilla | Yuril Circle | Yuril Classic | Jewels Meshes...Vanilla | Yuril | Jewels
TechAngel85 Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 To be honest, it's such a small object in-game that you only see up-close when viewing in inventory that I could really care less. :P I would pose a question though. Is the fine detail that's in the JotN rings even possible with Skyrim blacksmith technology?
rpsgc Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Skyrim's technology? Who knows. It surely was possible during our late medieval period (14-15th century) Examples: https://www.insecula.com/PhotosNew/00/00/02/17/ME0000021787_3.JPG https://www.bildindex.de/bilder/MI07909f05a.jpg https://media.vam.ac.uk/media/thira/collection_images/2009BY/2009BY8421_jpg_l.jpg https://www.artfund.org/images/cache/800x442_004425_011548_0.jpg https://www.larsdatter.com/rings-3.htm
JudgmentJay Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 I would pose a question though. Is the fine detail that's in the JotN rings even possible with Skyrim blacksmith technology?The same could be said for all of the rings including vanilla. Rings are made with molds aren't they? Pretty easy to make a detailed mold I would think.
TechAngel85 Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 I would pose a question though. Is the fine detail that's in the JotN rings even possible with Skyrim blacksmith technology?The same could be said for all of the rings including vanilla. Rings are made with molds aren't they? Pretty easy to make a detailed mold I would think.Molds... This is a fair assessment.
Farlo Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Definitely liking this one as a replacement for Yuril's, although the bands are a little thick.
rpsgc Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Definitely liking this one as a replacement for Yuril's' date=' although the bands are a little thick.[/quote']Thick? All that gnome-beer must be messing with your eyes. They're round that's what! :pirate: Making the rings actually round should warrant an automatic inclusion. And Yuril's doesn't improve necklaces.
kryptopyr Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 I think I'm going to have to try out these in-game. In the screenshots, I don't care as much for the color in JotN. They look flatter and less metallic than Yuril's, and the gold is a bit too yellow. I prefer the design though, and the mesh is a huge improvement. Someone in a different topic pointed this mod out: https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2054 which includes ring meshes.
JudgmentJay Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Someone in a different topic pointed this mod out: https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2054 which includes ring meshes.That's true, but Jewels covers 11 meshes that Higher Poly doesn't. I haven't looked into which meshes do what though.
rpsgc Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Worst case scenario you could instruct users to just install the meshes.Jewels of the Nord includes meshes for all (8) ring types, both ground objects (go) and regular object (as seen on the player character I presume).Higher-Poly Skyrim includes meshes for 4 ring types (plus one generic 'ring' I can't identify) but only the ground object. Comparison:JotN >Â Higher-Poly Skyrim JotN's meshes appear rounder.
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