1.1 update: now there's some alternate versions to choose from! You got your Standard version (which is the same as it was before), a Red version, a Blue version, and a Purple version. Check the screenshots to see if that's the sort of thing you're interested in - the effect that the different versions have on the game is very interesting! :)


The name of the mod is quite self-explanatory: this is a texture tweak for the wonderful mod "Let There Be Flowers" by nexusmods user laulajatar! It's not a full-on retexture, where I change the shapes of the flowers or anything like that, which is why I just called it a texture "tweak". What I did was take the original texture that came with the mod, up the vibrancy of the colors, brighten some of the flowers, and add some depth to some of the flowers by darkening certain areas to make them look more detailed/3-dimensional. It's difficult to explain in text, so I have included a comparison image - even then it's still kind of hard to see the differences since it's a still image, but click back and forth between the original file and my tweaked version and you'll see what I mean. The effect is small and subtle, but striking!

The reason I decided to post this was because I was near Shardrock Farm testing an unrelated mod, when I happened across a field of flowers and was confused as to why it looked different than usual! Then I realized - I'd actually forgotten I installed the tweaked texture for testing and stumbled across it naturally! I was amazed at how such small edits make such a big impact. Maybe you'll agree, maybe you'll disagree - either way, I hope you enjoy! :)

For those who are curious, the changes are as follows:

• pink flower: greatly increased the reddish saturation, and thus its pinkness, as well as darkening sections of the center
• large white flower: the original was almost green-ish? I played around with the saturation until it looked more like a pink-ish white and darkened the center by upping the contrast and adding some very faint blue
• yellow flower: largely unchanged, just made the center more orange so it looks darker without actually being darker - this is just to visually differentiate it from the petals
• blue flower: VERY small saturation increase with small amounts of darkening done around a few of the petals
• orange flower: used a lot of oranges to make the inside ring and the petals' shadows more pronounced - this is the flower that you really need to compare directly to the original to see the difference, but you can see some of the petals are more defined now
• red flower: largely unchanged, I just darkened the center from an almost greenish yellow to a more orange color
• purple flower: probably the most drastic edit! I changed it from a blue-ish purple to a reddish purple in order to differentiate it from the blue flower more. The original was perfectly fine, but too similar to the blue one to really stand out! I also darkened the center slightly to make the stamen (I think that's what they're called? lol) stand out and look a bit more 3D
• small white flower: like the large white flower, it was almost a sort of gray-ish green? I made it more pink and purple-y and upped the contrast to bring out the shadows a bit more
• stems: the gray one is unchanged I think, I just upped the saturation on the green one to make it more visually different from its friend, that way I didn't need to edit the gray one
  

INSTALLATION: This isn't even an .esp, just a single texture! You can install this with Wrye Bash if you want, but all you really need to do is click and drag the texture you want to the appropriate folder! Go into the folder of whatever version you want - for instance, if you want to install the Standard version, click on the Standard folder. There, you'll see the "textures" folder, at which point you can click and drag to your "Data" folder. The texture you need to replace will be located here:

data\Textures\Laula\Plants

Allow this new texture called "Flowers" to overwrite the existing textures, and that's it!

If you downloaded the 1.0 version previously and don't intend to change to the Red, Purple, or Blue versions, then you don't need to do this, as the Standard version has not been edited.


COMPATIBILITY: This is a texture replacer, so it will be incompatible with other mods that retexture the same thing! That being said, I don't know of any that do other than the original, so I can't imagine this issue will be much of a problem.


REQUIRED/RECOMMENDED MODS: The original Let There Be Flowers, of course! This retexture assumes you have the original mod (as well as any patches or ini tweaks needed) up and running correctly in your game - if you don't, you're not getting anything out of this, obviously. It's not a replacer for the entire mod, just the texture!


CREDITS and LEGAL:

Bethesda for creating the game and the CS, and for allowing us fans to create and share mods for their wonderful games! I am not affiliated with Bethesda in any way and am making no money off of this mod. Same thing applies to this mod as applies to any other mod - that I am not responsible for your computer or your save file so install responsibly!

Paint.Net, my primary tool used to edit the texture!

NexusMods user laulajatar for the original Let There Be Flowers mod and its texture! Per the original mod's description, all assets are from free-to-use resources (in this case, from Pixabay) and the mod can be used freely so long as it doesn't involve paid mods (or pineapple on pizza)!