An overhaul of the aspen trees aiming to create the feel of a realistic seasonal forest. Bigger trees, spring and autumn leaf colors to choose from, different barks to choose from, new sapling models featuring Aspens Ablaze meshes, optimised 3D meshes for Dyndolod. 2K and 4K options available. No plugin, just meshes and textures.
Requirements
This mod does not have any known dependencies other than the base game.
Required if using Basic LOD for Happy Little Trees + Green and Lush Aspen Trees SE
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Credits at the bottom of description.
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Changelogs
Version 2.03
Added missing normal maps for the new saplings, the autumn option.
Version 2.01
- Added back the missing texture for the falling leaves animation
Version 2.0
>Complete rework of the mod from the ground up.
- New high quality textures cleaned and upscaled using Ai trained models. - New high quality shrub texture using the same methods. - 4K and 2K textures to choose from. BC7 compression for best visual results and good performance. - New saplings featuring models from the Aspens Ablaze mod with edited textures to match the rest of the trees. - New and optimised Dyndolod 3D models for lod generation. - lod textures are optimised for best visual results without losing performance. - Rebuilt the FOMOD installer and file structure so that you can combine leaf colors, bark colors and sapling meshes however you like.
Version 1.3.1
Fixed the 3D lod bark for the vanilla style bark option.
Version 1.3
Added green leaf texture for the small aspen forest shrub. Added optional vanilla style bark texture for those that want to keep the aspen look but with green branches. Fixed the aspen sappling mesh that got unintentionally big in the last update and was sticking out, especially inside Riften.
Version 1.2.3
Fixed the installer for MO users.
Version 1.2.2
Fixed some errors in the FOMOD. If you downloaded 1.2 or 1.2.1 you need to download the new version.
Version 1.2.1
Added optional alternate autumn colors with matching billboards to the installer.
Version 1.2
Added 3D static meshes to generate 3D ultra tree lod with Dyndolod. Added FOMOD installer. Fixed a texture that was not in a power-of-two size.
Version 1.0
Initial release.
Description
An overhaul of the aspen trees aiming to create the feeling of a realistic seasonal forest.
Complete rework of the previous version, made from scratch. More details in the changelog.
Features:
Bigger tree models. Some are huge and towering above the others.
New high quality textures made from AI upscaled and cleaned vanilla textures.
Two color options provided, one for spring season featuring dark green, light green and yellow leaves, and one for autumn season featuring red, orange and dark yellow leaves.
Two bark options provided, one dark brown in the style of oak and linden trees, and one vanilla in the style of aspen and birch trees.
Different trees have different leaf and bark textures for variety in both seasons.
New saplings (young trees) featuring the awesome models from Aspens Ablaze by mindflux, with hand calibrated textures to match the colors and feel of the rest of the trees.
For those that don't want the new Aspens Ablaze saplings, an option is given to keep the vanilla meshes, enlarged and following the texture scheme of the big ones.
New texture for the fall forest shrub made from cleaned and upscaled vanilla texture, it comes in two color variations matching the Spring and Autumn season.
New handmade and optimised 3D lod meshes and lod textures for each and every option of the above to be used with Dyndolod, for the best visual results for distant lod.
Textures come in 2K and 4K resolution to choose.
Installation
Just install with your favorite mod manager and enjoy!
The mod is compatible with everything except mods that do the same thing.
If you have tree overhauls that change the meshes and/or textures of the aspen trees,
you need to make this mod load after them and overwrite anything it needs to.
The screenshots of the new 2.0 version are with my own enb preset.
It's a very vanilla style enb when it comes to colors so the trees might be a lot more vibrant depending on your enb setup.
Credits
Fadingsignal and vurt for helping me out when I started making this mod years back.
Mindflux who kindly gave me permission to use some of his awesome aspen tree assets.
