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This is a collection of patches between Winterhold - Expanded Ruins and a couple of other mods affecting the Winterhold exterior. The aim is to bring Winterhold to an as immersive experience as possible.
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Starting out as a compability patch between JK's Skyrim and Winterhold - Expanded Ruins, I have now expanded this mod to resolve a couple of more mod conflicts. I would still recommend to get the JK's Skyrim patch, though, and have no plans for a standalone COTN Winterhold patch. If you don't use JK's Skyrim, the other patches will of course still be useful.
JK's Skyrim patch
JK's Skyrim by jkrojmal and Winterhold - Expanded Ruins by Rhinala70, Phaota, AvengerJikir, and SolarTails are both well-made overhauls of Winterhold, but they focus largely on different things. While JK's Skyrim focuses on the settlement itself, Winterhold Ruins aims at expanding the ruins both above and below the cliff. The Winterhold Ruins team aimed at maximising compatibility with other mods by releasing a "Compatibility Version", but unfortunately it is still largely incompatible with JK's Skyrim. Here is my take of a patch, where I have decided to let JK's overhaul take priority atop the cliff, but retained almost all other parts of the Winterhold Ruins mod. The exception is the wall, where I think JK's take looks better than the thick Windhelm wall from Winterhold Ruins. Moreover, the ghost and the note from Winterhold Ruins remain in the settlement, as well as the Hall of the Dead.
COTN Winterhold addon
This is a compability patch between the JK's Skyrim patch and Cities of the North - Winterhold by JPSteel2. With this patch, you will get the new architecture inside Winterhold, while still retaining everything from Winterhold Ruins that is included in the standalone JK's Skyrim patch.
Immersive College of Winterhold patch
Grantyboy050's Immersive College of Winterhold (ICOW) is mostly compatible with Winterhold Ruins, but has some navmesh conflicts. This patch resolve these for the compability version with a dungeon. I don't think the other compability version needs a patch. Compatible both on its own and with the other patches included on this page, provided that the load order is correct.
Bring Out Your Dead Patch
Arthmoor's Bring Out Your Dead (BOYD) adds its own Hall of the Dead to Winterhold. I find it immersion breaking to have two Halls of the Dead in the same settlement, so I resolved this by merging the two into one. More specifically, I removed the entrance added by Winterhold Ruins, and connected that Hall of the Dead as an inner chamber to the one added by BOYD (and roughly at the same place in the exterior). This way, the residents should not need to worry about undead while tending their dead. The patch is compatible both on its own and with the other patches included on this page, provided that the load order is correct.
Which Winterhold Ruins version to use?
All patches are tested with the compability version of Winterhold Ruins that has a dungeon. I am not taking responsibility if you are running into issues with another version, but you are welcome to try. This is what I would expect:
JK's Skyrim (and COTN) patches: Likely work with either of the compability versions, do not work with the full version.
BOYD patch: Likely work with either of the compability versions, might work with the full versions.
ICOW patch: Requires a version with dungeon, might even cause CTDs without. Might work with the full dungeon version.
LOAD ORDER
Make sure to load the files in this order (except 4-6, which could be put in either order), otherwise you are likely to experience issues:
Want to enhance Winterhold with even more mods?
I am not planning to release patches for any of the other Winterhold and College expansion mods out there, but I have another recommendation:
If you want the snow to thaw in summer, make sure to check out Seasonal Landscapes - Unfrozen by Mefariah (requires Seasons of Skyrim). A patch for JK's Skyrim is available at the main page. For the other mods included here, I have provided patches at Seasonal Landscapes - Unfrozen - More Patches (well, sort of; the BOYD patch requires JK's Skyrim. Winterhold Ruins does not need a patch).
JK's Skyrim patch
JK's Skyrim by jkrojmal and Winterhold - Expanded Ruins by Rhinala70, Phaota, AvengerJikir, and SolarTails are both well-made overhauls of Winterhold, but they focus largely on different things. While JK's Skyrim focuses on the settlement itself, Winterhold Ruins aims at expanding the ruins both above and below the cliff. The Winterhold Ruins team aimed at maximising compatibility with other mods by releasing a "Compatibility Version", but unfortunately it is still largely incompatible with JK's Skyrim. Here is my take of a patch, where I have decided to let JK's overhaul take priority atop the cliff, but retained almost all other parts of the Winterhold Ruins mod. The exception is the wall, where I think JK's take looks better than the thick Windhelm wall from Winterhold Ruins. Moreover, the ghost and the note from Winterhold Ruins remain in the settlement, as well as the Hall of the Dead.
COTN Winterhold addon
This is a compability patch between the JK's Skyrim patch and Cities of the North - Winterhold by JPSteel2. With this patch, you will get the new architecture inside Winterhold, while still retaining everything from Winterhold Ruins that is included in the standalone JK's Skyrim patch.
Immersive College of Winterhold patch
Grantyboy050's Immersive College of Winterhold (ICOW) is mostly compatible with Winterhold Ruins, but has some navmesh conflicts. This patch resolve these for the compability version with a dungeon. I don't think the other compability version needs a patch. Compatible both on its own and with the other patches included on this page, provided that the load order is correct.
Bring Out Your Dead Patch
Arthmoor's Bring Out Your Dead (BOYD) adds its own Hall of the Dead to Winterhold. I find it immersion breaking to have two Halls of the Dead in the same settlement, so I resolved this by merging the two into one. More specifically, I removed the entrance added by Winterhold Ruins, and connected that Hall of the Dead as an inner chamber to the one added by BOYD (and roughly at the same place in the exterior). This way, the residents should not need to worry about undead while tending their dead. The patch is compatible both on its own and with the other patches included on this page, provided that the load order is correct.
Which Winterhold Ruins version to use?
All patches are tested with the compability version of Winterhold Ruins that has a dungeon. I am not taking responsibility if you are running into issues with another version, but you are welcome to try. This is what I would expect:
JK's Skyrim (and COTN) patches: Likely work with either of the compability versions, do not work with the full version.
BOYD patch: Likely work with either of the compability versions, might work with the full versions.
ICOW patch: Requires a version with dungeon, might even cause CTDs without. Might work with the full dungeon version.
LOAD ORDER
Make sure to load the files in this order (except 4-6, which could be put in either order), otherwise you are likely to experience issues:
- WinterholdDestruction.esm
- COTN - Winterhold.esp
- JKs Skyrim.esp
- JKs Skyrim - WinterholdDestruction Patch.esp
- Bring Out Your Dead.esp
- CollegeOfWinterholdImmersive.esp
- COTN Winterhold - JK's Skyrim Patch.esp
- WinterholdDestruction - ICOW patch.esp
- JKs Skyrim - COTN - WinterholdDestruction Patch.esp
- WinterholdDestruction - BOYD patch.esp
Want to enhance Winterhold with even more mods?
I am not planning to release patches for any of the other Winterhold and College expansion mods out there, but I have another recommendation:
If you want the snow to thaw in summer, make sure to check out Seasonal Landscapes - Unfrozen by Mefariah (requires Seasons of Skyrim). A patch for JK's Skyrim is available at the main page. For the other mods included here, I have provided patches at Seasonal Landscapes - Unfrozen - More Patches (well, sort of; the BOYD patch requires JK's Skyrim. Winterhold Ruins does not need a patch).