Skyrim

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wskeever

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vsmods97

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Many Bethesda loading screens uses model space normal map textures on meshes that don't have skinned transforms. This causes incorrect shading.

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This is a backport of Load Screen Shading Fix mod thanks to open permissions by the author wskeever. The description below is from the original mod.


 


Description
  • Many Bethesda loading screens uses model space normal map (also know as world space normal map) textures on meshes that don't have skinned transforms.
    • This causes incorrect lighting as model space normals expect the polygons to be orientated in a certain way.
    • Using model space normals on non-skinned meshes causes shading to be the same as if the character is T-posing.
    • This works fine if the character's pose is similar to T-pose, but causes incorrect shading for other poses.
    • It also causes hue shifts with ENB, no idea why.
  • This mod changes these incorrect textures to use tangent space normal maps.
    • This fixes shading, especially around the hands.
    • Fixes the ENB hue shifts.
  • I just hacked together some normal maps based on vanilla textures. These normal maps aren't the best. Feel free to remake.
  • This mod will use your own diffuse textures.
  • Some player home mods place these load screen statics as macabre taxidermy decorations. This mod will fix those too.
  • Breton mage loading screen green hand fix fixes the Breton mage loading screen in a different and also cool way.
  • SMIM and USSEP changes included.

FAQ
Q: This "conflicts" with SMIM and USSEP!
A: SMIM and USSEP changes included. These aren't "conflicts".

Q: Does this "conflict" with mods that have "load screen" in its name or mods that are only conceptually related?
A: Probably not. You have many tools at your disposal to find out. I leave this as an exercise for the reader.

Q: What about Breton mage loading screen green hand fix?
A: It fixes the Breton mage loading screen in a different and also cool way.

Q: You changed Argonian/Orc's color!
A: That's just the same hue shift bug that made the humans green.

Q: Some stuff looks different!
A: I ain't got permissions to make textures with whatever skin mod you're using. These textures are also just a quick and dirty job because these are just load screens, and you can't zoom in too close to them. This mod is open permissions, ask people with permissions to make tangent space normal maps to replace what I have included if you want.

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