This mod includes an installer which will detect which other mods you have installed and recommend patches accordingly.
▪ The Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch must be installed before installing OCW.
▪ Please use Mod Organizer 2 or Vortex. Manual installation or other mod managers are not supported.
▪ All patches use the esp-fe format and will not count towards your load limit.
▪ Both OCW's main plugin and OCW_CellSettings.esp have bash tags. Please rebuild your patch or manually forward the records.
▪ OCW works "out of the box" with DynDOLOD and includes rebuilt LODs at a medium setting.
Installing Mid-Playthrough: This is supported, but you must be aware of a few things before you install.
▪ Ensure that your game is saved away from the College. Certain setup scripts can not execute properly if the entities they're trying to run on are loaded.
▪ Uninstallation is not supported, so it's best to keep a manual save from before you've installed in case you need to uninstall.
▪ While installing at any point during the College questline is supported, you will not get the full experience.
▪ If you are already using a mod OCW conflicts with, the patch may not fix everything, as some data is permanently stored in your save game.
Upgrading: I work to ensure that updates to OCW will be as compatible as possible with save games in progress. If you do upgrade and you think you've found a problem, please let me know. (And please keep your save game from before you upgraded!)
Uninstallation: This is not supported.Please create a manual save before installing this mod. It puts some data permanently into your save game, so if you find that the mod is not to your liking, you will need this save to revert back to.
Switching from another Winterhold Overhaul to this one: This is not supported. Many mods place data in your save game which persists even after that mod is uninstalled. This can cause issues that become impossible to resolve. If you're already using another Winterhold overhaul, I hope you'll consider OCW for your next playthrough.
Converting to a Master Plugin:
If you're navigating the reference handle cap, you may want to convert OCW's main plugin to a master file. You can read about this topic here. This can be done by simply flagging OCW_Obscure's_CollegeofWinterhold.esp as an esm. This is not recommended mid-playthrough, as it will move OCW out of its place in your load order up to the very top with the other master files. After doing this you may need to make patches for any mod in your load order which OCW normally should be loaded after, such as Cutting Room Floor.
These are my other Winterhold mods, and mods which I have been entrusted with. They are all designed to be used with OCW and one another.
▪ Misc. College of Winterhold Tweaks - A collection of tweaks to the College of Winterhold.
▪ Immersive College NPCs - An assortment of new College NPCs which pairs with OCW. (Integration patch is included)
▪ Bibliophile's Arcanaeum - Adds a fully functional library system to the Arcanaeum.
▪ Choose Your Own Arch-Mage - Who do you think should be Arch-Mage?
▪ Finding Velehk Sain - Expands upon one of the Winterhold quests.
▪ Obscure's Faces of Winterhold - My visual tweaks to many College NPCs.
The following Winterhold mods are recommended. In some cases patches are provided to integrate the two mods.
▪ Cutting Room Floor - OCW contains content which is intended to pair with CRF.
▪ Improved College Entry - Questline Tweaks - Provides an assortment of tweaks and adjustments to the College quests and dialog, in addition to MCWT's.
▪ Not so Fast - Mages Guild - This mod will allow you to spend more time as an apprentice in the college.
▪ Armor and Clothing Extension for WACCF - This will improve the look of the college robes and NPC outfits. (A patch is provided.)
▪ Book Covers Skyrim - Lost Library - OCW adds many of Lost Library's books via patch.
▪ Better Dynamic Snow - A patch is included to apply BDS's shader to OCW's new art.
▪ Ennead Banners - Replaces the Winterhold banners with re-imagined versions which I happen to really like.
▪ Mannequins Stay Put - This will help ensure that the mannequin added to the Arch-Mage's quarters stays in place.
▪ Multiple Floors Sandboxing - This will allow NPCs to wander vertically throughout the towers of Winterhold.
All patches are included in the installer, which should detect if the patch is needed or not.
▪ 3D Trees and Plants - Modifies the scale, position, and quantity of many trees and plants to make the new models work better with my changes
▪ Aemer's Refuge - Integrates the architectural changes made to the Hall of the Arch-Mage
▪ Arcanum - A New Age of Magic - Tweaks the position of the new crafting station to suit OCW's new architecture
▪ Armor and Clothing Extension - Resolves minor conflicts
▪ Artifacts - The Tournament of the Ten Bloods - Tweaks the position of added elements to suit OCW's new architecture
▪ Atlas Map Markers - (Port by Slaterman) Eliminates redundant map markers and adds AMM style Map Markers based on OCW additions
▪ Atlas Map Markers SE - (Port by kryptopyr) See above
▪ Audio Overhaul for Skyrim - Ensures Compatibility
▪ BadGremlin's Collection - Complete version. Ensures Compatibility.
▪ Better Spell Learning - Adds research book to player room furnishing enable parent
▪ Black Mage Armor - Removes one dagger case to make room for BMA's chest
▪ Blacksmith Forge Water Fix - Implements the Forge Water Fix to the new forge in the Midden
▪ Book Covers Skyrim - Re-positions a floating book
▪ College Modifications - Ensures that with enough lockpicking or pickpocket skill, you can rob the Arch-Mage
▪ Cutting Room Floor - Integrates CRF content with OCW.
▪ Dynamic Firewood Stacks - Resolves conflicts
▪ Enhanced Lights and FX (and ELFX Exterior) - Adapts ELFX's vision with OCW's changes and additions
▪ Enlightened College of Winterhold - Resolves a minor conflict
▪ Equippable Tomes - Adjusts position of Tome in Arcanaeum.
▪ Female Mannequins - Sets the mannequin added to the Hall of the Arch-Mage to female
▪ Flora Respawn Fix - Adds the fix to OCW's new-ish harvestables.
▪ The Great City of Winterhold 3.01 and The Great Cities - Minor Cities and Towns 1.02 - Ensures navmesh compatibility
▪ Humans, Mer, and Beastfolk - Rebuilds facegen files to avoid tintmask bugs.
▪ Immersive Laundry - Moves all of the clothes lines to The College's roof, and adds a few more
▪ Immersive Music - Adds Immersive Music's tracks to OCW's music list
▪ Interesting NPCs - If you've flagged OCW as an esm, ensure that it still loads after 3dpnc.esp.
▪ iNeed - Food Water and Sleep (and iNeed Extended) - Adds several water kegs to the College
▪ Konahrik's Accoutrements - Tweaks book position due to architectural changes
▪ Lanterns of Skyrim II - Resolves conflicts with Tamriel Master lights
▪ Legacy of the Dragonborn - Many compatibility tweaks; includes all content from the Lost Library patch
▪ Lootable Wood Piles - Resolves conflicts
▪ Luminosity Lighting Overhaul (Skyrim is Lit Edition) - Improves compatibility
▪ Map Markers Complete - Eliminates redundant map markers
▪ The Midden - Expanded (Lite) - Re-opens the secret passage
▪ Morrowloot Ultimate, Lite, Miscellania - Tweaks the positions of some robes
▪ M'rissi's Tails of Trouble - Removes all edits to Orthorn's room
▪ Mystic Condenser - Moves the condenser to better suit the new room layout, and resolves the navmesh conflict.
▪ Mysticism - A Magic Overhaul - Resolves minor conflicts
▪ The People of Skyrim 2 (Both Versions) - Merges navmesh changes
▪ Quests are in Skyrim - Applies QaiS's changes to the rewritten Fetch Me That Book! quest.
▪ Realistic Winterhold - Patches the navmesh.
▪ Relighting Skyrim - Removes redundant lights
▪ Rigmor of Bruma - Integrates RoB's additions to the Hall of the Arch-Mage into the architecture
▪ Scrollwriting in Skyrim - Integrates scrollwriting content into OCW.
▪ Snazzy Furniture and Clutter Overhaul - Adjusts the positions of furniture and paintings, as well as some navmesh tweaks
▪ Solitude Temple Frescoes - Tweaks Fresco position and size to better fit with OCW architecture. Disables the one in the Arcanaeum.
▪ Soulmancer Music Merge - Adds Soulmancer's tracks to OCW's music list
▪ Sounds of Skyrim Complete - Tonycube2's port. Adds SoS's acoustic settings and unique sound effects to all new and modified content
▪ Sounds of Skyrim Complete - Arthmoor's port. Adds SoS's acoustic settings and unique sound effects to all new and modified content
▪ Spell Crafting for Skyrim - Removes the kitchen and alchemy lab from the Hall of Attainment in favor of SCS's crafting lab
▪ Spell Research - Tweaks the position of some elements and adds them to player room furnishing enable parent
▪ Tamrielic Culture - Re-positions the new elements to fit OCW's room layouts.
▪ The Tools of Kagrenac - Tweaks the position of some elements
▪ Viewable Faction Ranks - Edited the English language file to use the college rank titles from OCW's door signs so the menu matches what's in-game.
▪ Weapons, Armor, Clothing, and Clutter Fixes - Resolves conflicts
▪ Winterhold Restored 2.0 - Merges the distant LOD of OCW and Winterhold Restored 2 - Patch by Mannenyuki using DynDOLOD
Many of these have only been verified "at a glance" either in SSEEdit or in the CK or in-game, so if you feel that I missed something, please let me know in the Posts section.
OCW is compatible with the following mods without patches
▪ Alternate Start - Live Another Life
▪ Barely Used Vanilla Actors Recycle Project (BUVARP) - Tested in SSEEdit
▪ Better College Application
▪ Bibliophile's Arcanaeum
▪ Chantry College of Winterhold
▪ Choose Your Own Arch-Mage
▪ College Days - Briefly tested
▪ College of Winterhold Shop Fixes - No conflicts with OCW, but does conflict with the USSEP, and WACCF/ACE.
▪ College Students SE - Uses some vanilla AI Packages which OCW edits, to mostly beneficial effect.
▪ Enhanced Lighting for ENB - OCW's lighting settings will overwrite ELE's.
▪ Erudite - Study Magic - Tested in SSEEdit
▪ Even Better Quest Objectives
▪ Finding Velehk Sain
▪ Immersive Citizens
▪ Improved College Entry - Questline Tweaks - ICE has been updated to remove edits to doors
▪ Improved Eyes Skyrim - This patch is for the Complete "Default Only" version of this mod.
▪ JK's Skyrim - Tested in editor
▪ Misc. College of Winterhold Tweaks - See MCWT's page for compatibility with OCW.
▪ The Missing Apprentices Quest Fix
▪ Nether Mage Armor - Tested in editor
▪ No Snow Under the Roof
▪ Not so Fast - Mages Guild
▪ Obscure's Faces of Winterhold
▪ Opulent Outfits (for both AIO and Replacer versions)
▪ Realistic Lighting Overhaul - OCW's lighting settings will overwrite RLO's.
▪ Skyrim Flora Overhaul - Briefly tested
▪ Skyrim Project Optimization - OCW's edits to SPO are built into the main plugin.
▪ Simply Bigger Trees
▪ Special Edition Followers
▪ Taloring Workbench - TW has been updated to remove edits to the Hall of the Arch-Mage
▪ Unique Region Names - OCW contains functionality similar to URN, so the apparent conflicts do no harm
▪ Winterhold Bridge Fix
▪ Winterhold College Hideout - WCH has been updated to remove edits to the Hall of Attainment
▪ Winterhold - Expanded Ruins - Tested in SSEEdit
▪ World Actor Recycle Project (WARP) - Tested in SSEEdit
▪ OCW contains no edits directly to the vanilla NPCs, so any mod which changes the appearance or skills of those NPCs will be compatible.
OCW is incompatible with the following mods (patches will not be made)
▪ Apepi's Better College of Winterhold
▪ Better College Students Room
▪ College Grounds
▪ College of Winterhold Upgraded
▪ Especially Special Winterhold
▪ Fix that Winterhold Bridge (Currently Unavailable) - Will result in massive light glitching if used with OCW.
▪ A Follower Pack
▪ Guards of Skyrim - College Guards
▪ Immersive College of Winterhold
▪ Juniper's College of Winterhold
▪ Mage College Dorm Doors - OCW already contains doors and ownership settings
▪ Magic College Music - Songs for Academy - OCW includes its own music
▪ Magical College of Winterhold
▪ Okata's College of Winterhold - Thriving Edition
▪ Toberone's Winterhold College
OCW has minor incompatibilities with the following mods
▪ Cloaks and Capes Fixes - A tanning rack added by this mod is hidden behind some clutter which OCW adds
▪ Marvelous Mirabelle - Conflict is narrative, not technical
▪ College of Winterhold Bridge Fix - This mod has ITM records and should be cleaned in xEdit prior to using it with OCW.
▪ Psijic Teleport Spells - This mod has ITM records and should be cleaned in xEdit prior to using it with OCW.
▪ Guardian Spectres - Mihail Monsters - This mod has ITM records and should be cleaned in xEdit prior to using it with OCW.
▪ There are minor item placement issues with the Creation Club modules Wild Horses and Arcane Archer.
▪ The training area will cause issues with various Death Alternate mods, as both modify the player's "essential" status.
If a patch is provided, it doesn't matter if OCW or the other mod are loaded first. LOOT will sort OCW according to my suggested rules, but it's best to always verify.
Recommended Load Order:
▪ The Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch
▪ Skyrim Project Optimization
▪ Interesting NPCs
▪ Cutting Room Floor
▪ OCW_Obscure's_CollegeofWinterhold.esp
▪ Any mod which edits Winterhold in any way, with their OCW patch (if applicable) loaded directly below them
▪ ...
▪ Unique Region Names - Conflicts are intentional and harmless.
▪ OCW_CellSettings.esp
▪ Realistic Water 2
▪ Generated plugins such as bashed patches or DynDOLOD
▪ Other mods that edit the Tamriel Worldspace
Notes:
▪ The ELFX patch may be placed before or after ELFXEnhancer.esp or ELFX - Hardcore.esp. It doesn't matter. What matters is that OCW_CellSettings.esp is loaded last.
▪ If OCW_LightingPatch_Brighter.esp or OCW_LightingPatch_Darker.esp are in use, they may be loaded anywhere after the main OCW plugin.
▪ If OCW_MusicPatch_VanillaPlus.esp is in use, it likewise may be loaded anywhere after the main OCW plugin.
▪ Unlike previous versions of OCW, the [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/8286]Sounds of Skyrim patch just needs to be loaded after Sounds of Skyrim and OCW.
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