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Adds stained glass windows to Dragon's Reach in Whiterun

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Stained Glass windows for Dragon's Reach


About
I never liked how Dragon's Reach used the same windows as all the other houses in Whiterun. 
So now Dragon Reach, both inside and out, has it's own unique stained glass windows.


Full disclosure, I took inspiration from Langley, and her mod Inconspicuous art in Skyrim. So credit to her where it's due, and please check out her mod.
The thing that bothered me about Langey's mod is that the stained glass is not lore friendly. 
It has Christian symbols and characters on it, not that there's anything wrong with that, just doesn't belong in Skyrim.
My stain glass is more 'lore friendly' and has the gold and blue colors of Whiterun, plus interesting designs that would not be out of place.

Windows will function as normal windows do.
Interior windows are bright during the day and dark at night.
Exterior windows are dark during the day, and bright at night.


Install
I've packed everything in an installer, simply install with NMM or MO. Select core and the texture size you wish to use. 
I highly recommend 2k/4k. 4K is only used on one texture, so trust me your PC can probably run it.

Here are the installer options for textures:
2K-4K: 2K Diffuse on smaller windows, 4k on larger windows. 1K uncompressed normals
All 2K: All 2K diffuse, 1K uncompressed normals
All 1K: 1K diffuse, 1K DXT5 normals

You have a choice of glass type: 
Smooth or Rough, see the screenshots for details.


Compatibility
This mod is dead simple, it has meshes that use the new textures i've made and an .esp to place the new meshes in Skyrim. 
Should be compatible with all city overhauls. New objects are given a unique name so they should only appear Dragon's Reach.
Not compatible with  Inconspicuous art in Skyrim's Dragon's Reach stained glass. 
The meshes are exterior dragon's Reach are parallax enabled,
so if you're a parallax use you're already set.

Is this compatible with ELFX? Likely not.
Other lighting overhauls? Likely yes, but untested.


Credits
Besthesda
Crazybump
Textures.com (textures used in accordance with their license)
Langey02 for the idea :)