Yeah, ask away! Answers below after I have been asked things:
1. So is this kinda like Automatic Variants, but for dragons?
Kinda yes, but mostly no. This is a change that happens during runtime, it happens kind of like this: 1. Game decides to spawn dragon. 2. The Dragon Engine picks a color scheme, then up to three tintmasks 3. The Dragon Engine then randomly assigns colors within that scheme to each tintmask layer. 4. Tintmasks are applied and dragon is spawned.
2.Is it compatible with (insert mod here)?
Most likely yes, possibly no. The Dragon Engine works by assigning Expired's script (thank you again Expired!) to the dragon base actors in the CK. This script fires when the game decides to spawn a dragon, but before it loads. This may cause compatibility issues, but that is why I released it in an alpha state so I can try to correct it. Known Compatibility: DCO (EGO) Deadly Dragons
3. Does this reduce fps?
Not in my experience and I am on the higher end of midrange PC performance, so not great, with a script heavy mod load.
4. What's the UI mod you're using?
Not related to TDE but it's the excellent Widgets mod.
Questions that might be asked:
1. Why are the normal and LOW downloads the same size?
Both downloads have both the normal and low resolution tintmasks in their folder structure to allow people to try both if they want to see what the performance difference is. If anyone wants to know how to switch them out easily I'll post a quick walkthrough of doing it, as it's rather simple.
2. What hud mod is that with all the icons?
Widgets, which can be found here: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59361/?
Questions! (3 comments)
1. So is this kinda like Automatic Variants, but for dragons?
Kinda yes, but mostly no. This is a change that happens during runtime, it happens kind of like this:
1. Game decides to spawn dragon.
2. The Dragon Engine picks a color scheme, then up to three tintmasks
3. The Dragon Engine then randomly assigns colors within that scheme to each tintmask layer.
4. Tintmasks are applied and dragon is spawned.
2.Is it compatible with (insert mod here)?
Most likely yes, possibly no. The Dragon Engine works by assigning Expired's script (thank you again Expired!) to the dragon base actors in the CK. This script fires when the game decides to spawn a dragon, but before it loads. This may cause compatibility issues, but that is why I released it in an alpha state so I can try to correct it.
Known Compatibility:
DCO (EGO)
Deadly Dragons
3. Does this reduce fps?
Not in my experience and I am on the higher end of midrange PC performance, so not great, with a script heavy mod load.
4. What's the UI mod you're using?
Not related to TDE but it's the excellent Widgets mod.
Questions that might be asked:
1. Why are the normal and LOW downloads the same size?
Both downloads have both the normal and low resolution tintmasks in their folder structure to allow people to try both if they want to see what the performance difference is. If anyone wants to know how to switch them out easily I'll post a quick walkthrough of doing it, as it's rather simple.
2. What hud mod is that with all the icons?
Widgets, which can be found here: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59361/?