Unofficial Skyrim City Patch (USCP) Reawakened
v1.6.6
by Darklocq, based on previous work of DDVIL, TagerJharn, MatthHunter, and Shakarian2154
2023-02-26

This is a re-release of Unofficial Skyrim City Patch (abandoned in 2017),
with bug/compatibility fixes and now new features. It is a mod that
fixes a slew of problems in three cities of Skyrim:

* Whiterun (exterior and some interiors)
* Riverwood (exterior and interiors)
* Riften (exterior and some interiors).

Fixes include: houses floating above the ground; chimneys not emitting smoke;
incorrect alignment of light sources with fire pits, windows, houses, etc.;
mis-placed/misaligned objects, "fixes" by USLEP that were not actual fixes or
not quite good enough; removes grass from Riften (the crashiest and most
system-stressing city in the game); removes unseen objects; adds objects
that actually belong; fixing worldspace seam problems that allowed looking into
"the void"; and much more.

More fixes in this new edition:

* 1.6.6: Stupid me; I zipped up the old version in 1.6.5; 1.6.6 has the wild
edits fixes for real. Sorry about that.
* 1.6.5: Removes some "wild edits" (empty cell records and missing formIDs);
thanks to RenaPG
* 1.6.4: Removes broken occlusion culling in Honeyside's basement; thanks to
Drift91.
* 1.6.3: Fixes clipping of chests in Faringar's room, Dragonsreach, Whiterun.
* 1.6.2b: Fixes clipping of cabinets under Jarl Balgruf's desk in Dragonsreach.
* 1.6.2b: Masters cleaned. Mod renamed slightly.
* 1.6.1b: Better compatibility with Skyrim Project Optimization (may not be
complete compatibility; needs testing).
* 1.6.0: Home and tavern fires no longer damage NPCs
* 1.6.0: Wall/floor flickering problems in Dragonsreach, especially with ELFX,
should be resolved. This does not necessarily guarantee full compatibility
with ELFX; the original mod was not designed to be compatible with it.

See the original mod's page at Nexus for hundreds of animated-GIF "before and
after" screenshots:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/79559


Original Mod's Description
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************************* QUOTED FROM DDVIL ***********************************

Since a lot of people were asking for a longer/better explanation of my mod
(seems like over 500 screenshots is not enough to some) I've decided to update
the description to be up to date with the new update changes. So sit back,
relax, and read this boring explanation of what this does and doesn't do.

What does this mod do:

Improves performance of every cell in Whiterun (at this point in time is just
the only city that is covered by this). The framerate gains will range from
15%+ to just 10% in some areas depending on your CPU and mods loaded. If you
have any mods that add a lot of items and increase the polygon count of the
meshes such as SIMM, this will greatly improve your performance). And yes I
KNOW there's a mod that already does this, but nowhere near as good as this
one, not when it comes to Whiterun. This isn't "debatable" or an opinion, it's
a fact, just check the framerates between these two mods. And REMEMBER this mod
ADDS things to the cells, the other doesn't. So the fact that you still end
with a better framerate is pretty cool.

Adds missing misc like candle lights where there was light sources, roofs in
the interior cells where you could just see through the walls. Dinning plates
on some cells that had the food on the table (like pies).

Adds some black "textures" behind certain doors, walls and other things so you
don't see though them into the skybox, this is particularly annoying on some
inside doors where you once open them can see a bright light that just leads
into the clouds. "oh but since it's a door connected to exterior cells it makes
sense". No! these are doors linked to other rooms.

Fixes pretty much every single miss-aligned object, wall, building, door,
table, candle, fire pit, chair, weapon rack, water texture, smoke effect, (the
list goes on) in the game.

What this mod doesn't do:

Fixes quests.

Game breaking bugs like engine related problems that make your game crash
(though some people have said their game stopped crashing when they enabled
this mod, though it might be from the f*ton of objects I've disabled).

Robotic animations.

Sound problems, of any type.

Your 300+ sexy always up for hot sex scantly clad maid mods that seems to crash
your game every time you try to dry hump them.

Horrible looking meshes.

Low quality textures.

The Empire sucking balls.

Other mods(?) except some mistakes the USLEEP team made.

OBS: I've edited over 10k things, so no I didn't take a screenshot for every
change made, just for some. I could upload the rest of the screenshots

I have but I've bored, and 300+ screenshots will bore you too by the end of it.

FAQ:

Q: "Uh, your mod sucks noob"
A: Do better, now bounce.

Q: "omg there's conflicts, when I use TES5EDIT and compare it to USLEEP"
A: OFC there is. You're comparing two mods that alter things... Their values
will NEVER be the same. But none of them cause problems, for some goddamn
reason TES5EDIT STILL sees things I've changed as conflict, like I move an
object, after loading everything from all the patches and all the DLCs +
USLEEP and it STILL sees it as a conflict even though I just changed the items
location. So yeah, learn to live with that, I've checked every single item that
I've changed, TWICE the engine literally chooses what it wants to mark as a
conflict and what not. I've deleted the records, went back into CK and changed
it again, and it still shows as a conflict. What is the conflict you ask?
Nothing but the items position data. So yeah. Check for yourself if you don't
believe me. For some strange reason it shows red, which is conflict, but there
is none.

Q: "Can I use other mods that alter lighting and other things with this"
A: Yes, I turned this into an ESM so you could do it. Any "problems" just hit
me up, I'll make a patch. Remember to provide screenshots and explain in detail
what is that is wrong, or else I won't make the patch.

Q: "How can I support your mod"
A: Whatever way you want.

Q: Why isn't a Vanilla version of this new version?
A: In the works, I have to clean everything I added, that takes time, and
TES5edit didn't save it the first time I did it so I got bored.

Q: Will you marry me?
A: Send the papers.


Special thanks to these people, in no particular order, because they either
came fourth to help with the old Whiterun patch, asked if needed help, donated
or were overall cool people. I appreciate it:
- Sthaagg, sirjesto, LucidAPs, CyborgArmGun,Craigdkilner -

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Requirements and Installation
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This requires Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch (USLEP or USLeEP):
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/71214

That in turn requires all three of the DLCs.

Install like any other mod, either with a mod manager or manually. Mod manager
users should remove the original mod first if installed. Manual installers
should overwrite an existing "Unofficial Skyrim City Patch Modified.esm" if
present.

Also remove, if present, both "Unofficial Riverwood Fix - Interior and Exterior
Cells" (Unofficial Riverwood Fix.esp) and "Unofficial Riften Fix" (R I F T E N
Fix 2.1.esp); those are old versions of 2/3 of this mod.

I would suggest putting this, in your load order, shortly after USLEP along with
other game-wide patches like Skyrim Supplemental Patch and Unofficial Skyrim
Modders Patch.


Permissions and Credits
=======================

I impose no restrictions of any kind on this, and the original had none either.

The first Unofficial Skyrim City Patch was by DDVIL. Some specific fixes
integrated into this version were worked out by TagerJharn, MatthHunter, and
Shakarian2154 in the Posts and Bugs sections of the original mod's Nexus page.
All these named users who still have accounts receive an equal portion of the
Nexus Mod Rewards/Donation Points for this mod. DDVIL has also been made a
manager of this mod at Nexus, in case they come back around. DDVIL also
credited (for unspecified help) Sthaagg, sirjesto, LucidAPS, CyborgArmGun,
and Craigdkilner. Some potential credit is also possibly due toward Arthmoor
and the rest of the USKP/USLEP team, as USCP fixes some of the same things
USLEP attempted to fix, just differently (but USLEP or USKP before it may have
first identified them as problems to fix).