It is simply textures. This can be used just fine. Thought people should know this so this is the reason for updating this dead topic. I'm still using these textures and have not used an ENB yet but it works fine so far.
The reason behind no detail in the cubemaps is as obvious as possible in your ebony shield picture; the more detail there is the sillier the model looks, like seeing a reflection of a tundra and sky in an interior cell. Detailed reflections make sense only on stationary models like windows on a house.
From what I've seen it not only works for my skimpy armor mods but even for my horse armor mod, I think it modifies reflection textures for all metals regardless of MESH files. IDK, that's what I've seen. Its a great mod!
Stupid question, but are your screenshots showing just the mod in vanilla skyrim, or the mod + an ENB that has reflection effects? My ENB doesn't have armor reflections that look anywhere near as good as these shots.
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