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High-resolution Retexture of all Banners and Shields in a Nordic style, with Performance Options for Potato PCs. JDANCHOR NEEDS OUR HELP!

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Justin, AKA JDAnchor, is in need of a lifesaving surgery. Please visit here to learn more and support the fundraiser. He is dealing with a chronic complex series of issues in his ear canals and intracranial cavities and is unable to work or do many things for himself as his health degrades and threatens his very life. 

I am releasing this mod to help bring attention to JDAnchor's urgent need for financial support. Yes, he will be receiving Donation Points from this mod, but he needs lots of money now to pay for this surgery, not small amounts 4 months from now. Please donate to the fundraiser if you can, and share the link with others! Together we can help JDAnchor enjoy many more years of life.

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This mod retextures every banner and hold shield in the game including ones from DLCs in a way to allow them to feel worn, desaturated, look better with ENBs and changes the designs to fit the theme of each hold and faction. Now each new holds sigils are proudly presented on both their banners and guard shields for consistency.

Texture files from the original mod were a mix of 2K and 1K. I have cleaned all files of compression artifacts, and then upscaled them all by 4x, to a maximum resolution of 4K in BC3 compression and generated full mipmaps. I cleaned and upscaled them using Cupscale/ESRGAN and then finalized with NVIDIA Texture Tools and Octagon

Performance Option for Potato PCs
Mipmaps compression reduce VRAM usage, especially when the files are cleaned of compression artifacts.
For Potato PCs, I've uploaded a downscaled version where the diffuse texture files are larger than normal and environment map files, which are less visible in game. This reduces VRAM usage considerably while maintaining higher visual quality, using the Octagon config files posted on this mod, which I recommend using if you have a Potato PC.


My Cleaned & Upscaled Texture Mods for LE:
Clutter

SMIM 4K
Detailed Rugs 4K-2K
Ruins Clutter Improved 4K
Forgotten Retex Project 4K-2K
Sigils of Skyrim 4K-2K - Banners & Shields

Animals and Creatures
Bellyaches 4K Animal and Creature Pack
Bellyaches 16K-8K Dragon Replacer Pack
Bellyaches New Dragon Species 16K-8K

Weapons, Armor and Gear
DX Faction Crossbows 4K
Cloaks and Capes 4K
Tribunal Robes and Masks 4K
Chitin and Dwemer Goggles and Scouter 4K-2K
Cloaks of the Nords 4K-2K

Magic, Weather and FX
Wonders of Weather 4K
Deadly Spell Impacts 4K
Rainbows 4K
Shooting Stars 2K
Mysticism - Cleaned and Upscaled Textures

DLCs & More
Beyond Skyrim Bruma - Upscaled Mountain Textures
Pilgrim - Cleaned and Upscaled Textures
Monuments of Men 4K


If you are interested in collaborating on Overhaul projects, or levelling up your experience of modding Skyrim, please join my discord server, Skypocalypse.

Skypocalypse is above all a place for COLLABORATION, a community hub for mutual aid to level up our skills and Skyrim itself.
 
This server is the host to Skypocalypse Academy, where modders and porters of all skill and experience levels assist each other as we dive ever deeper into transforming the bones of this magical game. Featuring an extensive library of tools and resources, The Academy is meant to be as educational as it is welcoming.
 
We know from experience that modding is an extremely addictive past-time and can be a slippery slope from creating a simple load order to porting mods to going full boat and attempting to rebuild Skyrim from the ground up. That's why we believe in a community that integrates Xbox and PC gamers along with porting noobs and experienced mod authors. We all have more to learn, and modding Skyrim to its extreme is a community effort to say the least.
 
Skypocalypse is meant to be a gaming community that supports collaborative efforts. The gaming and social channels here are intended to foster the social connections that help act as glue for our collaborative work.