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File credits
Main author: Arindel
Many thanks to the following: Firemanaf - For making amazing ENB presets for Rustic Weathers. Megaloblast - For helping me and allowing me to adapt one of his weathers to Rustic Weathers.
The thunder sounds are provided by the following authors under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license: Mike Koenig Mark DiAngelo hantorio NoiseCollector FreqMan dobroide Edvin25 GlennM
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Changelogs
Version v33
Brought rain/thunder sounds and particles from Aequinoctium.
Removed the horizontal lens flare that's often visible on sun and candles.
Improved Ambient Occlusion.
Version v32
- Improved shading for a better depth on landscape, objects and characters. This is noticeably mostly during mornings and sunsets.
- Very slightly increased contrast.
- Cleaned some leftovers that occured from merging with Extras in the last update.
Version v31
Merged Extras addon with main mod. Please remove Extras addon from your load order as it's no longer needed. - Added 4 new weathers. - Tweaked weather playlists. - Tweaked rain particles. - Fixed minor issues. - Minor tweaks to Fog and Storm Rain weathers to alleviate the high brightness that happens during these weathers while using ENB.
Version v30
- New variation of Clear and Cloudy weathers - Major tweaks to Cloudy morning sky, featuring godrays - Minor tweaks to Clear morning sky - Fixed mist being too bright during day in certain areas - Fixed a wind sound issue - Tweaked snow particles behaviour
Version v29
- Tweaked ambient lighting for Clear day in terms of colors - Slightly tweaked ambient lighting for Cloudy day in terms of colors - Tweaked sky for Clear weather - Added godrays for Clear sunsets - Tweaked contrast and brightness for Clear and Cloudy days in snowy regions - Increased Rain particles for Light Rain weather to look more like droplets
Version v28
- Increased brightness for Clear and Cloudy weathers in non-snowy regions. - Slightly increased saturation for Clear weather. - Tweaked eye adaptation, slower, more natural and subtle.
Version v27b
- Fixed a transition issue between heavy rain and other weathers. - Fixed Storm shout weather sounds.
Version v27
- Changed godrays for heavy rain. This will make the mist animate a bit, but as a side effect, the weather will be slightly darker and contrast slightly different.
Version v26
- Changed sunset and sunrise godrays for: light rain, snowing and foggy weathers. - Transition time is twice as long. - Increased rain particles size for heavy rain.
Version v25
-Ground is now lit by aurora borealis during night. -Changed the storm caused by Storm shout, before it wasn't changed by mod. EXPERIMENTAL: Version 25 added INI file which fixes snow shader during night. Let me know if it works. Example here: https://imgur.com/a/0KjZj
Version v24
- Added the much needed sunset and sunrise visuals for light rain weathers. - Decreased the eye adaptation effect for all weathers. - Minor tweak to the sun lens flares.
Version v23
- Changed cloud textures for Rain weathers, smoother, more varied and fits with the fog color.
Version v22c
- changed how contrast works for Clear/Cloudy in snowy regions as the previous method had flaws in regards of sun glowing and transitions; - minor fixes
(Too many updates in short periods, send help)
Version v22b
- lowered sunlight for Cloudy weathers in snowy regions to account for the new Cloudy sunset;
Version v22
- adjusted Cloudy sunset, should look more natural;
Version v21
- Tweaks to Clear sunrise and sunset; - Fixed waterfalls being too bright in Clear days; - Changed flora brightness, should blend slightly better with terrain;
Version v20
Changed sun lens flares textures to another ones that are included with the game.
Version v19
- Slightly increased sunlight for Clear days - Slightly increased contrast for Clear/Cloudy sunrise and sunsets - Higher ash storm particles density - Changed ambient lighting of snowing nights for better character appearance - Major changes behind the hood for compatiblity reasons. Mods like True Storms or Supreme Storms/Fogs should work properly now - Tweaked Solstheim weathers for consistency with Skyrim weathers
Version v18
- changed ambient lighting for foggy nights, characters should look better during a foggy night
Version v17c
- slightly increased contrast for snowing weathers by 4% for light snow and 8% for blizzard;
Version v17b
- fixed rain sounds being too quiet sometimes; - fixed thunder sounds not playing sometimes;
Version v16b
- darker fog for Cloudy and Clear sunsets; - minor tweaks to sunset;
Version v16
- tweaked sunset sky for Clear and Cloudy weathers; - minor tweak to godrays for Clear sunset;
Version v15
- tweaked godrays colors for Clear and Cloudy sunrise and sunsets; - more gray fog color for Cloudy mid day; - day is longer than previous version;
Version v14b
- amplified thunder sounds;
Version v14
- decreased fog distance for both light and heavy rain nights; - increased godrays intensity for heavy rain nights to make lightnings far more powerful;
Version v13b
- increased sound volume for winds during snow weathers;
Version v13
- increased snow particles size; - added foggy particles during heavy snow; - reduced fog distance for both, light and heavy snow weathers; - tweaked heavy snow godrays;
Version v12
- reduced bloom intensity during light snow weather; - increased rain particles size; - fixed ash appearing along with light snow particles;
Version v11
- Changed the brightness, saturation and contrast in snow regions for the Clear and Cloudy days. This results in a smoother contrast, far more pleasant to the eyes.
Version v10e
- Slightly toned down the brightness I increased previously in v10c as it caused overblown whites on clouds.
Version rwpV5
- Added 2 new presets: Bleak; Vikings
Version V17
- increased contrast for foggy days; - slightly tweaked sunrise; - restored daylight length to vanilla;
Version V10d
- the stars and moon are no longer visible during storm rain nights;
Version V10c
- slightly harsher textures during Clear/Cloudy days; This brings more detail from textures. - slightly brighter Clear/Cloudy days; - slightly lowered godrays for Cloudy days;
Version V10
- Added sun lens flares. Additionally, sun glows better - Increased saturation across the board by 7% to give slightly more color to light sources without changing the tone.
Version V9
- Increased contrast for snowing nights; - reduced fog distance for snowing weathers; - tweaked snow particles; - attempted to hide the sea horizon lines as good as possible for most weathers;
Version V8b
- Minor fix related to snow weathers.
Version V8
- Major changes to snow weathers. - Increased the amount of snowflakes during heavy snow.
Version V7
- Adjusted foggy weathers, now the sky should blend better with terrain; - Foggy nights are slightly darker; - Minor tweak to light rain particles;
Version V6c
- Slightly increased contrast in heavy rain to counter the closer fog.
Version V6b
- Changed the weather that occurs during the Whiterun civil war battle.
Version V6
- Major tweaks to storm rain. - Light rain remains relatively same, just less godays intensity - Darkened the night fog during rain.
Version V5
- Shorter days. - Slightly lowered night brightness for snow/rain/fog weathers. - Very minor tweak to rain particles.
Version V4c
- Added interior rain sounds for light rain weather. Hopefully it doesn't get too weird in dungeons.
Version V4b
- Fixed dark blue grass when snowing.
Version V4
- Tweaks to rain and thunder sounds. Extra thunders, a quiet raining sound in interiors, deep bass thunders in interiors.
[!] - A subwoofer might be required for the deeper thunder sounds.
Rustic Weathers and Lighting .: by Arindel :. ---------------------------------------
Complete weather overhaul meant to bring a level of immersion to you, the player, by adding new weathers, increasing variety and altering the weathers, lighting, colors and more, in order to achieve a rustic, medieval vibe with more natural colors.
Additionally, there is one optional plugin: - Rustic Weathers - Presets: adds a Power spell that allows you pick one of the available presets which can alter your brightness, contrast and saturation.
For seasonal weathers support, download Seasonal Weathers Framework and the patch for Rustic Weathers there to add seasonal weathers support for use with Seasons of Skyrim SKSE so that you get snow weathers and no rain storms during winter and so on.
Features: ------------
changes weathers, fog, godrays and imagespaces to achieve a rustic, medieval look
adds new weathers, each with its own uniqueness
blizzards and rain storms are now heavier as they should be
louder wind, rain and thunder sounds
more thunder sounds can be heard during rain storms
rain sounds can now be heard in interiors along with thunders
the brown weather from Raven Rock is replaced with a cloudy weather
sun has subtle lens flares
Compatibility: ------------------
Not compatible with other weather mods, mods that makes the nights darker unless the mod was specifically done for Rustic Weathers And Lighting.
About Rustic Weathers - Presets optional plugin:
Compatible with everything, even other weather mods. The presets are tailored for Rustic Weathers and Lighting so they may not look as good on other weather mods.
Credits: ------------------ Main author: Arindel (me)
Special thanks to the following people: Firemanaf - For making amazing ENB presets for Rustic Weathers. Megaloblast - For helping me and allowing me to adapt one of his weathers to Rustic Weathers.
The thunder sounds are provided by the following authors under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license: Mike Koenig Mark DiAngelo hantorio NoiseCollector FreqMan dobroide Edvin25 GlennM
