Like mine was when I installed it. See, the wilderness ones (bottom two) are gorgeous, but the whiterun ones are too glare-ish.
EDIT: Ooh, this is a perfect example.
http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.ph...st__p__5138530
The top one is what you have now. The middle one I'd like to try out. The bottom one is what I have currently and am fine with.
Yea, I know.. Whiterun is actually the only place like that. It's mostly a lot darker than Vanilla Skyrim.
It is annoying though, I wish I could tune the brightness down a bit but especially the really bright, all the sky going white at noon effect. Unfortunately turning off the RL.esp also disables the darker nights and darker rainy weather.
Last edited by mmocc089ef6a74; 2013-01-03 at 01:18 AM.
Originally Posted by High Overlord Saurfangi7-6700 @2.8GHz | Nvidia GTX 960M | 16GB DDR4-2400MHz | 1 TB Toshiba SSD| Dell XPS 15
Yeah I'm biased towards Whiterun - it's my favorite city. I should get out more. :P
Anyway I piddled with sharpshooter again, and I think I'm very pleased with how it's turning out. This is before:
http://i.imgur.com/IvJp2.jpg
And these are the after ones:
http://i.imgur.com/TUPi8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Xs6TZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/uLzbl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OmCAa.jpg
One for the interior:
http://i.imgur.com/4IkcT.jpg
Amazing looks. The interior is also good lighting. Dark enough that you need a torch to pick up things from the ground, but bright enough that you can see where you're going. I always measure interior lighting in taverns - if I need a torch to maneuver in a tavern, then it's too dark. Turned off bloom, blur, SSAO (oh framerates how I missed thee).
Going to try a couple of hours in this settings in different weathers etc. Hopefully they'll be perfect and I can go back to playing instead of tweaking graphics and fixing broken quests and NPCs caused by stubborn mods who embed themselves so deeply in my savegames (I'm looking at you Open Cities).
I think I prefer using SweetFX rather than ENB.
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/23364
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=368880
http://sweetfx.thelazy.net/ - A easy-to-use config tool for SweetFX
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"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance
Sharpshooters used to be one of my favorites, but now I'm just stuck using The Wilds ENB with Climates of Tamriel. It just has everything for me, very nice weather changes, near perfect lightning and bloom, dark dungeons. I'll post some screenshots tomorrow but, http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/21123, there's tons on the mod's page. Sharpshooters was just too bright for me. As for DoF, it's great for taking screenshots if you know what you're doing, it's really not meant for actually playing the game with it on.
Thanks for the link. Well, the Climates one anyway But is the sun supposed to be red on noon or it's just some rare weather or caused by ENB? I couldn't wait for long, just tried it in morthal and whiterun over 2 days and it was red in all cases, like during dawn or dusk.
PS. Sharpshooters does seem to need too much effort to get everything look right, especially if you have no idea what these values actually do.
Does anyone know a good ENB that doesn't make the colors too vibrant, I'm just looking for one that gives trees and objects (especially plants) in distance a fuller, maybe a bit fuzzier look. Makes nights a bit darker with fires standing out more and dungeons a bit darker too. Im not looking for something that makes them pitch black.
Alternatively, which setting controls the brightness of day and how vibrant the colors are. Too much color just looks fake and plastic.
EDIT: Actually nevermind, I think I'll stick with wilds ENB with climates. It looks amazing. The nights are a bit too dark (as in I cant see anything unless it's a snowy area) but I'm going to pick vampires anyway so I'll just try to find a mod that makes night vision permanent or toggle on/off.
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I think the description by The Wilds author says it best:
And ultimately, the perfect ENB would be the one custom tweaked by you. I ended up staying up late last night just to keep tweaking my settings just to get it right. It's now what I consider near-perfect (only gripe is nighttime fires in cities are still too yellow).I believe that tastes are personal and that something that really pleases me may not please somebody else - I've put a lot of effort into creating something that *I* like and would adore to play with.
The night is a bit to dark in wilds ENB. Other than that it's REALLY good. To bad he stopped working on it.
Okay so I've played Skyrim a lot on the PC but haven't used a single mod... If there is one mod I should start with, can somebody name it?
Hey everyone
Same answer I give everyone who asks this: What do you want to accomplish with mods? QoL improvement and fixes? Complete overhauls? Realism/Immersion? Graphical? Different things to do beyond what is offered in vanilla?
Definitely get Unofficial Skyrim Patch though. Fixes hundreds of game-breaking bugs. SkyUI if you hate console interface - I don't use it because I'm used to the console interface. Beyond those two, can't suggest more until we know what you want.
Im finally somewhat happy with how it looks now after nearly 8 hours .. /sigh. Didn't change any settings but I mix matched a lot of mods and got this bleak look with deep shadows and not as pitch black nights.
There are still some minor details I want changed or fixed (like whats up with there being no rain sometimes with the climates of tamriel mood even though there's a rain and thunder sound) as well as as the sun looking a bit too dim even when the sky is clear midday. But I'm afraid to touch anything at this point cause there are literally dozens on pieces of ENB, texture, effect mods and settings to consider.
Heres a few pictures
Forest near Falkreath, foggy, cloudy weather
http://i.imgur.com/hNZxX.jpg
Falkreath, early morning
http://i.imgur.com/giSUo.jpg
Whiterun at night (actually it looks a bit brighter in game, there's almost no black)
http://i.imgur.com/xSUZG.jpg
Whiterun at noon, slightly cloudy
http://i.imgur.com/MQMPA.jpg
My attempt at being atrsydartsy with The Wilds ENB
And it does get a little dark at night
Yea I agree, I'm still having a bit fun fighting during the nights just mashing buttons hoping I hit something, rofl, it's scary sometimes. Roaming around, then the loudest sound effect in game, the bear, out of nowhere.
Well said, good thing some of the authors and I have similar taste. :3
Also still no word on the Dragonborn DLC for PC? Was hoping it'd be next Tuesday. Already close to a full month after the Xbox release.
Yea, I guess it's a matter of taste. I can't stand the pitch black nights and they're unrealistic anyway. It's never that dark outside at night especially with a huge moon overhead and clear, starry sky.
I know what you mean. I endedup not being entirely happy with my previous attempts (I'm a perfectionist ) so I tweaked some more today. Trying to go for a 'warm colors' look like Naidia's. Now I can't decide if I like my previous attempt better or keep this one.
Album! http://imgur.com/a/qI6tf#9
Something still feels not right though, can't really put my finger on what. Bloom? Color?
WTB your sunny days in southern Skyrim! Mine always look too dark now, sort of like cloudy, even though the sky is clear.. but I dont think there's anything I can do about it without breaking something else and making snowy areas too bright. But I know how you feel, every time I get it right and start playing there are some small details that really start to bother me.
Maybe it's blur or fog you're missing? The indoor images look great but outdoor ones, at least coming from my game look a little sharp and triangly (its a word!)