INTRO

I miss a lot of things from Tamriel Reloaded, and I still use bits here and there in my game. I made myself this little mod to add just the shady red aspen groves, and thought I'd share in case anyone else would like to use it. I love some of the other aspen mods that have come out, but this for me breaks up the monoculture and adds some variety into the environment.

THANK YOU

Huge thank you to 32cm for Tamriel Reloaded Trees (and the rest of the series). I simply removed everything from this mod that wasn't the red aspen groves, and ported it to SSE.

Huge thank you to Ga-Knomboe Boy for GKB Green Trees, from where the tree models and billboards originate.

Some_Random_Guy_83 for a bark texture I modified from HQ Tree Bark for the optional dark mossy bark.

Fridam for Real cherry blossom (sakura trees) SE. Though no assets are contained here, an optional file directs Ga-Knomboe Boy's tree models to the Fridam's textures if you assemble that mod correctly. See download notes for how.

INSTALLATION

As usual. Load Order: if another mod changes vanilla-placed aspens, let this mod win, unless the overlap is partial and it would look better the other way around. Install order doesn't matter, as the models and textures from this mod have unique paths.

COMPATIBILITY

Uses unique path to models and textures to replace a fraction of vanilla-placed aspen trees, so should be broadly compatible. Let me know if something conflicts either technically or aesthetically and I'll look into it. Tested briefly with A little tree mod WIP, Dark Forests of Skyrim, Realistic Aspen Trees,  Real cherry blossom (sakura trees) SE, Myrkvior - The Flora Of Skyrim - Trees SSE, and Aspens Ablaze.

STATUS

I have yet to test it with DynDOLOD, but will make it compatible by hook or crook.

I haven't looked at all of the trees in game, but did find one that didn't render properly and removed it. I will remove any such offending trees for future versions rather than trying to fix them. Looks good now.

Please report any mod conflicts in the comments, and if it's not a significant aesthetic compromise, I will remove conflicting trees from future versions to make them compatible, rather than make patches.

PLANS

If I have time:

1. DynDOLOD compatibility.
2. Thin problem trees.
3. Add groves from other aspen mods, if I can get permission, for further diversification of the Rift.




Feel free to fork without my permission, but treat it like you're forking from 32cm's mods and get permission from 32cm. Also of course credit 32cm, Ga-Knomboe Boy, me, and (if you use the optional dark mossy bark) Some_Random_Guy_83 properly in that case. Also link to this page, which links back up the chain. Not required, but I'd love it if you sent me a link to any fork mods so I can see where this has gone.