Introduction
Epic Cities - Solitude SSE is a criminally underrated high fantasy overhaul of Solitude that adds grandiose architecture and new details to the city, but I felt like it was held back by an overreaching scope. I really loved the concept, but the extra features and some dated or broken textures made it stand out too much in the world of Skyrim. My solution was to remove the additions I felt didn't fit, while leaving the awe-inspiring architecture that makes the original mod unique! Redbag's Solitude is an amazing mod that breathes new life into Skyrim's capital city, and is the basis that this update was designed around.

Changes
- Removed all new or modified NPCs, Armors, and Weapons from Epic Solitude
- Removed de-leveled armor shop
- Removed closed brothel building
- Removed music tracks that played in the background in Solitude
- Removed several statues that had texture issues or I felt didn't fit the in world
- Deleted or moved architecture that clipped with Redbag's solitude


Requirements
This mod only requires Redbag's Solitude. Necessary assets from Epic Cities - Solitude SSE are included.

Compatability
This mod makes hardly any changes to Redbag's Solitude, so most patches for that mod should also work here. Epic Cities - Solitude has been completely gutted, so any patches made for the original mod will be incompatible. If you find incompatibilities caused by the Epic architecture, let me know and I might get around to making a patch.

Check out Redbag's Solitude Patch Collection

JK's Winking Skeever - Compatible
JK's Blue Palace - Compatible
JK's Bard's College - Compatible w/ patch
JK's Temple of the Divines - Compatible w/ patch
JK's Skyrim - Compatible w/ patch
JK's Skyrim + Dawn of Skyrim - Compatible w/ patch
Any other solitude overhaul - Incompatible

Please report and bugs or incompatibles to me.

Retexture used in screenshots: Mrf's Solitude

Performance
Shouldn't be much worse than base Redbag's Solitude. On my setup (i7 13700K, RTX 4070) 750 mods w/ Cabbage ENB visual setup, I get 75-90 fps in most of the city

Credits
FaramH - Original Author of Epic Cities - Solitude
Anduniel - Port of Epic Cities - Solitude to SSE
Redbag - Author of the mod this patch is built on!


Credits for assets from the original Epic Cities - Solitude. I don't know which assets are still used, so I will just include everything!
NEXUS ASSETS USED:

Solitude Towers Flags - iLita (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/48032)
Modder's Resource - Pillars - Incaendo (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/91288)
Modder's Resource Pack - Oaristys and Tony67 (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/16525)
Resources for modders - Runspect (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/26132)
Modder's Resource Pack - The Witcher Extension - Oaristys (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/68755)
Mr Siika Castle Seaview Kit - mr_siika and Tamira (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/53461)
Scarla's Toybox - Modder Resources - Scarla (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/69705)
Komodo's Lair - Snow Elves - Komodo (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/70800)
Flag banner - GreyFox77 (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/27282)
Stendarr Statue Modders Resource - Edhildil (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/65664)
Vampire Castle - zardalu (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/16645)
Strotis Treebench - Stroti and Tamira (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/46787)
Strotis Market Stands - Stroti and Tamira (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/46785)
Malo Statues - Malo (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/54152)
Antique statue - Tamira (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/28732)
Lor Modders' Resources - Lor (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/84433)
Thalmor banner - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/72431/

EXTERNAL ASSETS USED:
https://robostimpy.deviantart.com
https://opengameart.org/content/rough-coloured-concrete
Roof - http://bgfons.com/download/5587
Red Cloth - http://www.onlygfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/stained-light-red-fabric-texture-2.jpg
Rock texture - https://www.deviantart.com/agf81/
Grey rock texture - http://www.openwebgraphics.com
Bark - https://opengameart.org