COVERED BRIDGES OF SKYRIM
by SA547
NEXUSMODS

10:36 PM 1/12/2019

Description:

All this mod does is to add covered roofs to selected bridges in the Tamriel worldspace.
The roofs have enough high clearance (about 2 meters) to accomodate mounted horses and carriages.

Two plugins are available: regular and summer version (without snow shader; inside Optional subdir).

This mod is a product of an experiment involving the use of Sketchup Pro 2017 as a rudimentary
editor for creating moderately-complex models for use in Skyrim, helped along with an online model
converter (for converting 3DSmax models -- exported by Sketchup Pro -- to OBJ), Nifskope
(for assigning textures and UV editing) and NifUtils Suite (Chunkmerge to make Havok collisions).

Like most small ideas, this was thought about during a staid afternoon while toying around with
Sketchup models: if Sketchup Pro could export OBJs, why not it could be used to create new models
for prototyping and eventually be used in the game? Took two weeks of experimentation with basic
pieces until I decided to create a new mesh resource from scratch, the covered bridge roof taking
four days to make.

A half-arsed note on this process is also available in the Optional section to explain in steps
how I did it from Sketchup to Skyrim.

Tools Used:

Sketchup Pro 2017
Nifskope 2 alpha
Nifutils Suite
Adobe Photoshop CS6

Credits:

IDK, but thanks to everyone.

Permissions:

Mesh resource can be reused for other mod projects, as long as due credit is given.