That's Ice resolves some of these initial issues by something seemingly-simple: It overhauls the ice textures to look more like, well, actual ice.īetter Dynamic Snow: In tow with the That's Ice mod, "Better Dynamic Snow" details snow to have real textures, making it crisper and more, well, snow-like. Skyrim should have felt the same - but something was just. That's Ice: Morrowind's Bloodmoon subcontinent (island?) was outfitted properly to give off the feeling of a true, frozen, frontier, deadly wasteland. You get new groundcover, bark, coloring, type, and even a shrubbery upgrade. Skyrim Flora Overhaul: If the above two didn't cut it for you, the Flora Overhaul retextures forests with anywhere from 512x512 all the way up to 4096x4096 textures. The first link is the Lush Trees mod, the second is for better grass.
The "Lush" mods enhance exploration and sightseeing in Skyrim by leaps-and-bounds, and also add yet another layer to roleplaying and immersion - especially for woodsmen. Lush Trees & Lush Grass: In conjunction, these two mods fill-out the vegetation in Skyrim to be a bit more natural and overgrown. Shadow Striping Fix: Shadow striping was pretty bad in the vanilla version of Skyrim, but with the help of dWillb, we have a fix for that! This one's pretty simple - it smooths shadows and fixes lighting in player homes (and elsewhere) throughout Skyrim.
I've become very fond of this mod for my roleplayed mage - it adds a level of immersion that was not previously present. Fire will now give off a warm glow, even in the icy tundra of Windhelm. Lighted Spell Effects: Simply titled "Spells Give Off Light," this mod is perfect for our magicians out there - when equipped, spells will now radiate with light surrounding the mage's hands.
This "Quality World Map" mod for TESV gives full control of swivel and rotation of the world map, but more importantly, it maps all the roads (aside from some minor ones) and gives the map a better, more pastel-like color scheme. It's bland, gray, and has limited angular pivoting. Quality World Map: Let's face it: Skyrim's world map left a lot to be desired. Installing Brumbek's mod will solve general ugliness in Skyrim and help to smooth out the game's meshes.
Static Mesh Improvement: Noticed all the ugly UV wrapping and jagged meshes in Skyrim? Well, we did - as did the modder behind Static Mesh Improvement. RCRN comes with multiple presets for easy installation and effortless configuration, packaged with a dark version, light version, and balanced mix. Do you like dark RPGs? This should do the trick. Realistic Colors and Real Nights: Didn't like the previous one? This mod, shortened as RCRN, adds HDR, better FXAA antialiasing, darker nights, more a more believable color swathe, better weather and lighting (which are dynamically rendered), and overall a better, more gruesome atmosphere. You can adjust all settings if there's something you're unhappy with, which is probably the best part of the mod. The "Realistic Lighting Mod" by Sydney666 adds a more powerful sun, vibrant sunset and sunrise skies, better ambience in dark locales, and makes nights very, very dark. Realistic Lighting Mod: Many of you disliked the high levels of bloom in our original mod round-up post, but now that mods have had time to fully develop and realize their potential, we're given the option of allowing players to fully customize the coloring, allowing for more idiosyncracies.