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About this mod

(Mostly) lore-friendly interior and lighting overhaul of High Hrothgar.

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OVERVIEW

High Hrothgar Overhauled changes the cold and unwelcoming interiors of High Hrothgar into a cozy and comfortable base for the Dragonborn. It's also modular, so you can pick and use only the elements you like. 

If you want to use both the suite with pool and the exterior smithy, kojak747 was kind enough to prepare a merged version of these two esp for me. You will find the file in the optional downloads section. 

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1) "HH Interior and lighting" .esp includes:
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-- LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS
ENB used in the example below: RedShift Performance ENB Preset.

  • nearly every vanilla light has been edited to provide better illumination
  • several carefully placed lights added to illuminate most of the pitch black areas

Note: do NOT clean this file in TES5Edit. For reasons unknown to me, cleaning the file causes severe flickering from all of the lights and ruins what the mod aims to achieve. Flickering is also possible if you use the mod on a save where you have already visited HH, or one where you have used lighting mods that edit HH interior cell.

-- INTERIOR REDESIGN

  • extensive carpeting added wherever possible
  • many of vanilla rugs replaced with more colorful ones
  • lots of potted plants in place of bowls/vases
  • more plants in their original vases to improve aesthetics
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2) "HH Suite and Pool" .esp includes:
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-- DRAGONBORN'S ROOM

  • fully navmeshed new room at the end of the left corridor
  • visually separated living and sleeping areas
  • double bed
  • enchanting table and alchemy station
  • cozy fireplace with a cooking pot
  • bookcases
  • non-respawning containers (but not ALL of them, see the note below!)
  • shrine of Dibella (not present in the "Loremonger" version)
  • Lover Stone and Mage Stone for buffs 
  • idle markers for followers
  • lots of decorations

Note: The small containers added around alchemy and enchanting tables are for decorative purposes only and yes, they will totally eat your stuff. You have been warned. All other containers in the room are safe.

-- POOL

  • fully navmeshed new room at the end of the right corridor
  • hot bubbly tub, Frostfall compatible
  • three wardrobes
  • safe containers
  • lots of decorations
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3) "HH Exterior Smithy" .esp includes:
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-- EXTERIOR SMITHY on HH's ROOF

  • forge
  • smelter
  • armoring bench
  • sharpening wheel
  • safe storage
  • wood chopping block
  • campfire and bedroll for those who like to watch glorious sunsets
  • entrance leading to the roof is located by the HH's main right door:



For more details check the images section.
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ALTERNATE LOOK FOR THE ROOF WORKBENCH
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Thanks to Caerendil's Iron Dragon Workbench for High Hrothgar, you can now use renthal311's amazing new workbench model from blacksmith iron dragon. In order to have it on your High Hrothgar roof, download Caerendil's mod and install it instead of my Exterior Smithy esp.


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LORE

This mod started out as a home for my own Dragonborn who happens to be an avid Dibella worshipper. My personal headcanon is that the changes my mod makes to High Hrothgar, are the changes the Dragonborn makes after saving the world from Alduin. This is the place he chose to settle down and being the ultimate dragon-slaying, Voice-wielding boss now, he gets to do it his own way. That said, if the Dibella-related elements offend you, you can download the "Loremonger" version of the files from the Miscellaneous downloads section.

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VIDEOS

Showcase courtesy of Gruntlock:


Below are my own videos, please excuse their abysmal quality.

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REQUIREMENTS

I only used base game resources, so all you need is the latest version of Skyrim.

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COMPATIBILITY

If you are using Thunderchild, please download the mods from Misc Files - one planter and one candle holder had to be removed to clear the passage to the library door that the other mod adds. 

Players report that the overhaul is compatible with Dragon Souls Relinquishment although the planter my mod adds is "a little too close to the shrine".

'HH Interior and Lighting' edits existing lights and adds new ones to the entire interior of HH, so it will most probably not work well with any lighting mods that edit the same cell. Feel free to give it a go, but there's a great probability you'll end up with lots of flickering wherever the lights overlap. That said, I've been told it works well with RLO, but I haven't tested it myself.

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INSTALLATION

Use NMM or any other mod handler of your preference. If you want to do a manual install, each 7zip only contains one .esp file, simply unpack and copy it to your Skyrim/Data folder, then enable it in the game's file list.

Place the lighting/interior overhaul mod above the other one in your mod list, and remember to only use ONE of the mods adding the new rooms: pool OR forge!

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UNINSTALLATION

Remove any items stored in the containers, go outside High Hrothgar's building (preferably to another cell. just in case), making sure there are no NPCs/Followers left in the areas added by the mod. Leave the game and uninstall the mod. There are no scripts there, so it's safe to remove it at any time.