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Rustic Weathers and Lighting

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Last updated

27 January 2022, 5:39PM

Original upload

20 February 2017, 3:02AM

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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.
Version V3
- - Tweaked contrast, less harsh now;
  - Slightly increased brightness;
  - Tweaked rain particles;
  - Tweaked godrays;
Version V2
- - Fixed sky being too bright in Riften foggy weather.
Version 33b
- Removed the weird rain particles that went through roofs.
Version 10b
- - sunrise happens slightly later, this means 7am is going to be a bit darker;
  - minor tweak to Clear and Cloudy godrays to slightly reduce hazynesss;

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