Skyrim Special Edition

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A Natural Reshade inspired by Phinx Natural ENB, built up from my Brittle ENB.

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Inspried by Phinx Natural ENB, for Skyrim32.

I made this reshade because I left someone that gave me suggestions hanging in my old mod, Brittle ENB. I took that persons suggestions, and remade Brittle ENB for reshade, and I have also made it so it looks nice with Climates Of Tamriel 5.4.

Why Reshade?

I made this mod a Reshade, instead of an ENB for three reasons:

1. Reshade seems to grant me more FPS
2. I'm fairly sure that Reshade is compatible with mods like Gophers Predator Vision
3. Reshade has a lot more fancy effects for me to mess around with.

What Should I be expecting to see with this mod?
 
You'll find that places in this mod are not overly bright or saturated, but not overly gloomy and melancholy either. There is a slight sharpening of textures and you should see an overall more dramatic effect while you're playing the game because of Reshade's MXAO. Nights aren't unrealistically bright, but not extremely dark either, and interiors are a bit more darkened, and feel cosy. I think the best thing of all when using this mod is the sun sets. Just staring at the sun in whiterun at 5-6Pm with this mod is just glorious.



Required Mods
These mods are required to get the look and feel that I am aiming for.

Climates Of Tamriel - choose the Default Options For EVERYTHING! NO EXCEPTIONS!

Dynamically Disable Eye Adaptation And Bloom - Removes weird light on faces for me.

Noble Skyrim
- Download With the Required Patches (SSE Patch and SMIM Patch) 


Skyrim Flora Overhaul
- Do NOT download the Trees Only version. Download the one with grass and bushes, it works well with this reshade.

Realistic Water Two - This Mod goes with anything. Get it!

Static Mesh Improvement Mod
- This mod also goes with everything, get it!

WHEN COT IS DOWNLOAD, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL OTHER LIGHTING MODS, LIKE ELFX TURNED OFF OR ELSE IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT! ALSO GO INTO YOUR SKYRIM SETTINGS AND MAKE SURE SHADOWS IS SET TO ULTRA, FOR ME IT LOOKED VERY, VERY DIFFERENT WHEN SET AT MEDIUM OR HIGH!

Installation 

If you've downloaded things like this before, and you've got all the fancy shadow Inis setup, then just download this Reshade like any other reshade. If not, lets go:

1. Download The Reshade Installer, start it up and find the file where SkyrimSE.exe is kept, and then click DirectX 10 and download all the add-ons! 

2. Go into the file where the Inis are kept and open SkyrimPrefs.ini. Set these inis to the required numbers, if you don't have this option, then just add it yourself:

bDrawLandShadows=1
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
bShadowsOnGrass=1

3. Download My File, and place it where Skyrim SE is kept

4. Start Your Game and open up the Reshade In-Game Menu. (Shift+F2, normally.). Then click continue on the tutorial until it gets you to click the little box to the left of the  + sign in the top right. Then click "Brittle". Get through the rest of the tutorial (Just keep clicking continue) and then close the box (Shift+F2, normally.)

5. Play the game, and have fun.

Installing DOF 

If you want to install the DOF, then just follow all the steps in the installation but instead of installing the main file, you should install the DOF file. If you have already downloaded the main file then DELETE IT. You either have one or the other. Do not have both at once and DO NOT overwrite, this may caused unexpected problems. For me (GTX 1070, i5-4460) I lose very little FPS, but if you have a weaker computer then the impact might be higher.

"Natural Brittle"? 

That option makes the game a bit less dark, and has a bit less saturation and contrast. I highly recommend this option, but choose Climates of tamriel nights Lvl  2 if you're going to use it. Download it the same way as you would with the DOF but use the Natural ini. 

Are there any problems with this mod?
One Problem I found was that Godrays seem to cause lighting bugs with this reshade, because when you pass them the screen seems to go darker instead of brighter. I have GodRays turned off for that reason.

If you experience any problems, please tell me in the posts section, and I will add them here, and I will try to fix them!


End  (Wow, that took me a while)


I hope you have fun, and enjoy my Mod.

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Please give me suggestions and ways that I could improve this mod! 

Any Mod Showcases (That are High Quality, or at least not recorded on a potato) Will be added to this description.