Skyrim Special Edition

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David Richard

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Removes the unecessary grass in densly grassed areas covered by Origins of Forest which includes a true Lakeview Manor patch.

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Origins of Forest is a really beautiful mod which greatly enhances the forests of skyrim. It adds tons of visual quality to the game's nature.

BUT!

In some places, this mod just adds TOO much grass and makes it less immerssive and more disturbing than fun. This is where THIS mod comes in. I patched a few places and I will probably patch other places with this mod that Origins of Forest overwhelms with nature a little bit too much..

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This is to show you why this mod exists and why I also cleared the Area near Anise's Cabin. As you'll see in the spoiler, there is a corpse hidden under those lushfull plants which is impossible to see without this mod.
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What this mod covers up to now

You can get a good interactive location map here if you want to know more specifically where I edited the terrain.

The Lunar Lorkhan
This is a bandit camp near a small waterbed south of Pinewatch, West of Helgen.
- Cleared the camp since it was completely covered in grass and forest shrubs.

Purloined Shadows
Just a bit south-east of Lunar Lorkhan, higher in the waterfall is an abandoned cabin with some burnt corpses.
- Cleared the area around and inside the cabin.

Riverwood Fishing Location (near the bridge)
- Cleared the tall grass from that location near the riverbed (For those using the Anniversary Edition, it clears the area around the fishing rod)
v1.1.0: Changed the grass around the area. My modded game was showing dried out grass so made it more forest looking and lushfull for a riverside bed

Lakeview Manor
  - No more plants everywhere arround the manor. You won't loose your chickens as easily now.
  - Cleaned up the paths near every stairway.
  - Made the workbench area and smelter clear
  - Cleared the area arround the clay pit and log pile
  - Cleared the area arround the beehive and horse stable
  - Cleared the area in the animal den and garden

Anise's Cabin's small event spawning location just before the fallen tree trunk (see screenshots)
  - I removed pretty much all of the tall flora which is now mostly pine forest ground
  - Cleared the way to the hill going to the cabin from Riverwood so you can try a shot with an arrow to shoot the misfits that sometimes spawn there.

Embershard Mine
  - Cleared the pathway that leads to the mine from the main road
  - Cleared a small portion of the forest in direction of Riverwood

I am too lazy to make before and after screenshots so if you wonder why this mod exists, it's because the Lakeview Manor patch offered on NexusMods simply replaces some plants with smaller plants but it still makes the ground full of plants where there clearly should not be. So this mod removes those plants making the place clearer to work with and more appealing.

Installation and load order and dependencies

You should load this far below all other grass mods you have and obviously, load AFTER Origins of Forest.

This patch is ESL flagged so it will not take a place in your loading order.

And I think it's useless to say but I am still saying it, this mod is dependant on Origins of Forest. Please make sure you endorse his excellent mod too!

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What mods are you using in your screenshots?

All the mods listed in my CBM Guide SE and CBM Guide SE - Extended Mod list.