Name: Real Clouds
Version: 1.0
Date: 8/2/2013
Category: Environmental
Author: Soolie


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Description
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This mod adds pseudo-volumetric clouds to skyrim, i.e realistic 3d clouds. These clouds will change in coverage and altitude depending on the current weather. As well as normal clouds, there are also rain clouds which you can see raining in the distance, (at close distances they will look like fog). There is also a random variation applied to the coverage and altitude to create more variation.



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Details
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Pretty much does what it says on the tin. These clouds are real 3D objects which will react to the current weather. You can touch them, fly through them, fly over them, fly under them, drink them when they rain on you (you can see rain in the distance)....THE SKY'S THE LIMIT :D

Clouds are controlled by a script which will give the cloud layer a random height and coverage based on the current weather type. There are also chances of 'extreme' events, such as 100% coverage at a low height, or even no clouds at all. In addition to regular clouds, you will also encounter rain clouds which dump their load off in the distance. Rain clouds also double as fog at close distances as the rain effect can look like fog up close.

Features:
- Pseudo-volumetric clouds
- Distant rain effects
- Clouds react to weather, (low dense coverage during fog/rain/snow, sparce high coverage for clear weather)
- Random variation to cloud coverage and altitude to maximise weather diversity
- Blends perfectly with Skyrims already existing cloud and sky textures.
- full compatibility with pretty much everything (including other weather mods)
- And all this with no noticeable performance hit! :D


Please feel free to leave any comments suggestions or questions in the comments



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Install
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1. Extract the files to a temporary location.
2. Copy files to Skyrim\Data
3. Start Skyrim Launcher, click 'Data Files', place a check-mark beside the .esp file.
4. Play the game :)
5. And dont forget to endorse/vote for this mod if you enjoyed it (it helps other users find it). Actualy, while you're at it, endorse all your favourite mods. :)



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Uninstall
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1. Start Skyrim Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the .esp file.
2. Delete Real Clouds.esp and Real Clouds.bsa



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Upgrading to a New Version
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1. Uninstall the old version.
2. Install the new version.
3. Start the Game :D



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Compatibility
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DLC:
This will still run fine regardless of whether or not you have the DLC or not. However, currently the clouds will only appear in Skyrim so you won't see any of these clouds in world spaces added by DLC. In the near future I will update this to work with all world spaces.

Other Mods:
This is compatible with pretty much everything. Even other weather mods, this will not replace or overwrite anything from other mods.



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Known Issues or Bugs
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Occasionally you will see clouds suddenly disappear or appear in the sky. Unfortunately I have not yet found a way to fix this. However, It is not noticeably during normal game play; It is only really apparent when directly looking at the sky for a period of time.

Sometimes clouds will flicker when the camera is moved past an area of high cloud coverage. So far I'm not sure how this can be fixed, however I will investigate, and if anyone can help then it would be appreciated :)



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History
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1.0, 02/08/2013 - Initial release.


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Contact
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You can find me on the Nexus as 'Soolie'


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Licensing/Legal
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You must contact me (Soolie) and obtain my permission before re-packaging, translating, re uploading to any website or using any part of this mod in your own.